Reading

120-180 minute literacy block includes Guided Reading and Center Activities.

Skills and strategies taught include:

• Character, Plot, Setting
• Main Idea and Details
• Graphic Organizers
• Make and Confirm Predictions
• Sequence of events
• Making Inferences
• Cause and Effect
• Reading Captions
• Using Illustrations
• Author’s Purpose
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Fantasy and Reality
• Fluency

Vocabulary Skills include:

• Word Families
• Word Endings-er, est, ing, ed, s, es, ies
• Multiple- Meaning Words
• Synonyms/Antonyms
• Compound Words
• Homophones (sound the same, spelled differently)
• Suffixes/Prefixes/Base Words
• Dictionary Skills

Science and Social Studies concepts are imbedded throughout the reading series. Examples include: Science- A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up,   The Tiny Seed        Social Studies: A Visit to the Dentist,  New Americans in Florida

Grammar Skills include:

• Types of Sentences ( statement, question, command, exclamation)
• Parts of Speech (subject, predicate, noun, verb, adjective, adverb)
• Proofreading and Correcting

Spelling is included in the Phonics series and is assessed every fifth lesson.