The Sign of the Beaver

Age 8-10: Concept 1 - Interdependence: Unit 2

Summary of Skills

• Accurately use capitalization and punctuation, such as commas, in writing. (Language Arts)
• Analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes. (Language Arts)
• Answer open-ended questions related to a text. (Language Arts)
• Compose a draft that conveys major ideas and maintains focus on the topic by using preliminary plans. (Language Arts)
• Compose a variety of literary genres, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, using self-selected topics and forms. (Language Arts)
• Compose elaborate written sentences and use appropriate end punctuation. (Language Arts)
• Conduct research for assigned and self-selected projects from a variety of sources. (Language Arts)
• Connect his or her own experiences with others' life experiences, languages, customs, and cultures. (Language Arts)
• Determine the author's purpose, plot, conflict, sequence of events, resolution, and theme of a text. (Language Arts)
• Draw and discuss visual images based on text descriptions. (Language Arts)
• Edit writing for standard grammar and usage. (Language Arts)
• Focus reflection and revision (with assistance) by clarifying ideas, adding descriptive words and phrases, sequencing events and ideas, and strengthening word choice. (Language Arts)
• Identify (with assistance) the purpose, the audience, and the appropriate form for an oral or written task. (Language Arts)
• Identify and discuss similarities and differences in events, characters, and ideas among selections and support them by referencing the text. (Language Arts)
• Identify and interpret elements of fiction and nonfiction. (Language Arts)
• Identify cause and effect patterns found in text. (Language Arts)
• Identify parts of speech within a sentence. (Language Arts)
• Identify root words, prefixes, and suffixes. (Language Arts)
• Identify similarities and differences such as in topics, characters, and themes in texts. (Language Arts)
• Increase vocabulary through word study. (Language Arts)
• Interact with text by making connections. (Language Arts)
• Practice different kinds of questions and tasks. (Language Arts)
• Present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays. (Language Arts)
• Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres. (Language Arts)
• Read fiction and nonfiction texts. (Language Arts)
• Recognize correct sentence structure. (Language Arts)
• Relate plot, character, and setting to own experiences. (Language Arts)
• Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes by participating in creative interpretations. (Language Arts)
• Respond to stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation in discussion, writing, and through art. (Language Arts)
• Respond to text by reflecting on learning, gaining new insights, and identifying areas for further study. (Language Arts)
• Share written and oral products in a variety of ways. (Language Arts)
• Summarize main ideas from written or spoken texts using succinct language. (Language Arts)
• Support interpretations or conclusions with examples from text. (Language Arts)
• Use oral and written language to share information and ideas. (Language Arts)
• Use prepositions and prepositional phrases in writing. (Language Arts)
• Use text and own experiences to verify facts, concepts, and ideas. (Language Arts)
• Use word reference materials such as a dictionary or glossary to confirm decoding skills, verify spelling, and extend meanings of words. (Language Arts)
• Explain what people can learn from observing the habits of animals. (Science)
• Compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment to meet their needs. (Social Studies)