Syllabus - Year Long

Reading

- Setting a Purpose for Reading, Sequencing

- Autobiographies / Biographies

- Narratives

- Historical Fiction

- Nonfiction

- Folktales

- Poetry

- Book Reports

- Using the Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Glossary

- Drawing Conclusions and Author's Purpose

- Using Text Organizers

- Fluency

Writing

- Planning What to Write and Using Planning Strategies (Using Four Square)

- Complete Sentences

- Descriptive / Narrative Paragraphs

- "How To" Paper

- Folktales

- Explanations

- Letter Writing

- Reports and Poetry

- Punctuation and Grammar (Same as English)

- Using Technology

English/Language Arts

- Word Study

- Daily Language Practice

- Grammar and Punctuation: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Articles,

  Noun-Pronoun Agreement, Prepositions, Capitalization,

  Ending Punctuation

- Sentence Structure