The Family Under the Bridge

Age 7-9: Concept 3 - Cycles: Unit 3

Summary of Skills

• Analyze characters, including their traits, relationships, and changes. (Language Arts)
• Compare communication in different forms such as contrasting a dramatic performance with a print version of the same story. (Language Arts)
• Compose sentences and use the appropriate punctuation. (Language Arts)
• Connect life experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others. (Language Arts)
• Demonstrate learning through productions and displays such as murals, written and oral reports, and dramatizations. (Language Arts)
• Discuss similarities and differences in events, characters, and concepts within texts. (Language Arts)
• Draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions. (Language Arts)
• Identify multisyllabic words by using common syllable patterns. (Language Arts)
• Increase knowledge of cultures and cultural elements. (Language Arts)
• Increase oral and written vocabulary when responding to literature. (Language Arts)
• Locate information in text for specific purposes. (Language Arts)
• Participate in conversations and discussions. (Language Arts)
• Read expository materials for answers to specific questions. (Language Arts)
• Read independently from text. (Language Arts)
• Read orally with fluency and expression. (Language Arts)
• Recall the main idea, facts, and details from a text. (Language Arts)
• Respond to text in ways that reflect understanding through discussion, writing, movement, music, art, and drama. (Language Arts)
• Retell or act out the order of important events in stories. (Language Arts)
• Understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, plays, poems, and information books. (Language Arts)
• Use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks. (Language Arts)
• Use personal experiences and knowledge to interpret written and oral messages. (Language Arts)
• Use published pieces as models for writing. (Language Arts)
• Use resources such as beginners' dictionaries, glossaries, available technology, and context to build word meanings. (Language Arts)
• Use text for a variety of functions, including literary, informational, and practical. (Language Arts)
• Write in different forms for different purposes such as lists, letters, and stories. (Language Arts)
• Write structured, informative presentations and narratives when given help with organization. (Language Arts)
• Write to communicate with a variety of audiences. (Language Arts)
• Analyze and evaluate the effects of responsible citizenship in a school, community, and/or other social environments. (Social Studies)
• Compare language and oral traditions that reflect customs, regions, and cultures. (Social Studies)
• Compare similarities and differences among cultures in various communities. (Social Studies)
• Demonstrate responsible citizenship in a school, community, and other social environments. (Social Studies)
• Demonstrate responsible citizenship in a school, community, and/or other social environments. (Social Studies)
• Demonstrate responsible citizenship in the school, community, and other social environments. (Social Studies)
• Describe different types of employment and ways people earn an income. (Social Studies)
• Describe the interdependence among individuals, families, and the community. (Social Studies)
• Explain how work provides goods and services. (Social Studies)
• Explain how work provides income to purchase goods and services. (Social Studies)
• Identify and describe attributes of responsible citizenship. (Social Studies)
• Identify people, events, and places associated with various cultures around the world. (Social Studies)
• Identify the sources and use of revenue in the community. (Social Studies)
• Read classic and contemporary works. (Social Studies)