I can identify illustrations that support the story. I can explain how illustrations contribute to the words in the story. [...]

I can define theme. I can define setting. I can define plot. I can identify themes, settings, and plots in [...]

I can ask questions to demonstrate my understanding of an informational text. I can answer questions using specific details from [...]

By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the [...]

I can define the main idea (in an informational text). I can identify key ideas from an informational text. I [...]

I can define event, procedure, idea and concept. I can identify events, procedures, ideas, and/or concepts in different types of [...]

I can identify general academic words or phrases. I can identify domain specific words or phrases (content). I can use [...]

I can identify and give examples of text features and search tools. I can explain how text features and search [...]

I can define point of view (in an informational text). I can determine point of view of the author (in [...]

I can explain how illustrations in a text add meaning to the words. I can use information from illustrations to [...]

I can describe connections made between sentences and/or paragraphs within the text. I can identify words authors use to help [...]

I can find the most important points and key details found in two texts on the same subject. I can [...]

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the [...]

I can use capital letters correctly. I can use punctuation correctly. I can use common spelling pattern when writing words.

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.

Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.

Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil).

Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings

I can recognize and explain how formal English differs from informal English. I can use formal and informal English when [...]

Compare formal and informal uses of English.

I can determine the meaning of an unknown word using context clues. I can determine the meaning of an unknown [...]

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, [...]

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., [...]

Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, [...]

Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.

I can make real-life connections to words I hear and read. I can recognize verbs and adjectives that have similar [...]

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).

Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, [...]

I can discover new words and phrases through reading, listening, and conversation. I can use my new words and phrases [...]

I can introduce an informational topic. I can use facts to explain my informational topic. I can write a concluding [...]

I can write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end. I can include details that describe actions, thoughts, and [...]

I can recognize that a good piece of writing requires more than one draft. I can revise my writing with [...]

I can identify digital tools that will help me produce and publish my writing. I can use digital tools to [...]

I can define research and explain how it is different from other types of writing. I can research a topic [...]

I can answer questions using information recalled or gathered.

I can identify and follow up on rules for discussion. I can make connections between comments of others.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at [...]

Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.

Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

I can identify information from a text being read aloud. I can identify information that is presented in different formats. [...]

I can ask a speaker questions to get more information, to understand a topic better. I can ask a speaker [...]

I can tell a story or share an experience with facts and appropriate details. I can tell a story or [...]

I can read aloud stories or poems and use my voice to make them come to life. I can speak [...]

I can recognize a complete sentence. I can speak using complete sentences.

I can define collective nouns and use them correctly. I can identify irregular plural nouns and use them correctly. I [...]

Use collective nouns (e.g., group).