Using and applying knowledge of grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills to read and write single-syllable an multisyllabic words.
Fluently read grade-level texts.
Demonstrating legible cursive writing skills.
Writing a personal or fictional narrative, write to make a claim and write expository texts that follow rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling.
Improving writing by planning, revising and editing, with guidance and support from adults.

Summarize a text to enhance comprehension.
Explain how relevant details support the central idea.
Explain how text features contribute to the meaning of the text.
Explain how setting, events, conflict and character development contribute to the plot in a literary text.
Figure out the meaning of unknown words using context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials and/or background knowledge.
Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic from multiple and valid sources.

Fish Cheeks, by Amy Tan
Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in
Colonial America, by Glennette Tilley Turner
The Declaration of Independence, by Elaine Landau
Tales of the Odyssey (series), by Mary Pope Osborne
Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog, by Judith Viorst
Halfway Down, by A.A. Milne
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
The Castle in the Attic, by Elizabeth Winthrop
Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History, by Don Brown
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads The Way, by Joy Hakim
Who Would Win? (series), by Jerry Pallotta
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
The Wolf’s Story, by Toby Forward
William Shakespeare and the Globe, by Aliki
Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
To Catch a Fish, by Eloise Greenfield
Florida, by Tamra Orr
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker’s Story, by Joseph
Bruchac
On the Wings of Heroes, by Richard Peck
Toliver’s Secret, by Esther Wood Brady
Reaching for the Moon, by Buzz Aldrin
Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America, by Sharon Robinson
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, by Jean Fritz

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