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Age 8-10: Concept 3 - Similarities and Differences: Unit 2

Summary of Skills

• Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes. (Language Arts)
• Compare communication in different forms, such as a dramatic performance and a print version of the same story. (Language Arts)
• Compile notes into outlines, reports, summaries, or other written efforts using available technology. (Language Arts)
• Compose readable text in a variety of forms. (Language Arts)
• Consider a character's point of view. (Language Arts)
• Describe how the setting affects the characters and plot of a story. (Language Arts)
• Draw conclusions, make generalizations, and gather support by referencing the text. (Language Arts)
• Gain new insight into text by using evaluative processes. (Language Arts)
• Identify and describe irony within text and situations. (Language Arts)
• Identify and discuss similarities and differences between concepts and ideas. (Language Arts)
• Identify and discuss similarities and differences in events and characters. (Language Arts)
• Identify relevant questions. (Language Arts)
• Identify similarities and differences among characters and stories. (Language Arts)
• Identify the correct use of homonyms in context. (Language Arts)
• Identify the correct use of homophones in context. (Language Arts)
• Identify the musical elements of literary language, including rhymes, repeated sounds, or instances of onomatopoeia. (Language Arts)
• Identify the problem, climax, and solution of a story. (Language Arts)
• Know the meaning of simple prefixes and suffixes. (Language Arts)
• Make inferences and draw conclusions about characters. (Language Arts)
• Put story events in proper sequence. (Language Arts)
• Recognize and use adverbs correctly. (Language Arts)
• Recognize and write similes and metaphors. (Language Arts)
• Recognize distinguishing features of familiar genres, including stories, poems, and informational texts. (Language Arts)
• Recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences. (Language Arts)
• Recognize types of story conflict within novels. (Language Arts)
• Relate plot, setting, and characters to personal experiences. (Language Arts)
• Share written products in a variety of ways. (Language Arts)
• Summarize written text. (Language Arts)
• Take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources (Language Arts)
• Take simple notes from relevant sources such as classroom guests, books, and media sources. (Language Arts)
• Underline and capitalize book titles. (Language Arts)
• Understand how to use an index and a table of contents within a book. (Language Arts)
• Use correct capitalization and punctuation. (Language Arts)
• Use effective oral communication. (Language Arts)
• Use figurative language in writing. (Language Arts)
• Use logical thinking and reasoning to solve problems. (Language Arts)
• Use oral and written language to answer open-ended questions. (Language Arts)
• Use oral and written language to report information on a topic. (Language Arts)
• Write for a wide variety of audiences. (Language Arts)
• Write in different forms for different purposes such as lists to record, letters to invite or thank, and stories or poems to entertain. (Language Arts)
• Write personal and formal letters that include date, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. (Language Arts)
• Write to record ideas and reflections. (Language Arts)
• Create models to represent inventions. (Science)
• Identify and discuss different rocks, including their role in geologic formations and distinguishing geologic regions. (Science)
• Identify and record properties of soils such as color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants. (Science)
• Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how plants survive and grow. (Science)
• Observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem. (Science)
• Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present. (Social Studies)
• Describe how individuals, events, and ideas change over time. (Social Studies)
• Describe similarities and differences among communities in different times and places. (Social Studies)