Communities and Culture

Age 7-9: Concept 2 - Change: Unit 2

Summary of Skills

• Compose first drafts using an appropriate writing process by planning and drafting, reading for meaning, and revising to clarify and refine writing. (Language Arts)
• Connect and compare information within and across selections (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) to experience and knowledge. (Language Arts)
• Discuss an author's structural decisions and word choice. (Language Arts)
• Identify and describe characters in a text. (Language Arts)
• Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and maps. (Language Arts)
• Locate examples of author's use of capitalization. (Language Arts)
• Locate information in text for specific purposes. (Language Arts)
• Make predictions about a text. (Language Arts)
• Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences). (Language Arts)
• Read and comprehend text by making inferences and drawing conclusions. (Language Arts)
• Read and comprehend text by recognizing text structure. (Language Arts)
• Read expository materials for answers to specific questions. (Language Arts)
• Read text to locate information and answer specific questions. (Language Arts)
• Recall the main idea, facts, and details from a text. (Language Arts)
• Relate personal experiences to those found in text. (Language Arts)
• Use capitalization correctly when writing. (Language Arts)
• Use editing to check and confirm the correct use of conventions such as complete sentences and correct word order in sentences. (Language Arts)
• Use media and technology to enhance the presentation of information to an audience for a specific purpose. (Language Arts)
• Use new vocabulary in speaking and writing. (Language Arts)
• Use text for a variety of functions, including literary, informational, and practical. (Language Arts)
• Write structured, informative presentations and narratives when given help with organization. (Language Arts)
• Create a model and solve a problem. (Math)
• Create a model. (Math)
• Use area or region models. (Math)
• Analyze the effects of change in communities. (Social Studies)
• Cite ways people modify the physical environment to meet their needs, and explain the consequences. (Social Studies)
• Compare similarities and differences among cultures in various communities. (Social Studies)
• Compare similarities and differences between self and others. (Social Studies)
• Define geography and use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate. (Social Studies)
• Describe similarities and differences among families in different communities. (Social Studies)
• Identify multiple roles performed by individuals in their families and communities. (Social Studies)
• Identify the absolute and relative location of communities. (Social Studies)
• Recognize and demonstrate examples of the elective process. (Social Studies)