Key

Reporting

Category

4.1.26

T

Recognize the sounds of language (i.e., alliteration, rhyme, and repetition).

• English Lessons 2-5 & 8

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.19

C

Identify different forms of text (e.g., poems, drama, fiction and nonfiction).

• English Lesson 1 Forms of Text

• Comprehension Questions

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.4

C

Recognize plot features of fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and myths.

• Skill Page with Chapters 3-4 Oral Traditions

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.3

V

Use prefixes, suffixes, and root words as aids in determining meaning within context.

4.1.27

V

Choose a logical word to complete an analogy using synonyms and antonyms.

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.10

V

Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple meaning words using context clues, dictionaries, and glossaries.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.9

V

Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.17

MG

Make predictions about the text.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.11

V

Recognize and use grade appropriate vocabulary within text.

• Vocabulary Practice

4.1.18

MG

Select questions to clarify thinking.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.25

MG

Identify the author’s purpose (e.g., to entertain, inform, persuade, and share feelings).

• Skill Page with Chapters 7-8 Author's Purpose

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.20

MG

Recognize cause and effect relationships within context.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.12

MG

Evaluate texts for elements of fact/opinion and reality/fantasy.

• Skill Page with Chapters 1-2 Reality Vs Fantasy

• Skill Page with Chapters 5-6 Fact or Opinion

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.8

T

Identify the most reliable sources of information for preparing a report.

4.1.22

MG

Determine appropriate inferences and draw conclusions from texts.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.14

T

Interpret information using a chart, map, or timeline.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.24

T

Locate information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.23

T

Select sources from which to gather information on a given topic.

4.1.2

T

Use table of contents, title page, and glossary to locate information.

4.1.15

T

Use available text features (e.g., graphics, glossaries and illustrations) to make meaning from text.

• Skill Page with Chapters 13-14 Using Illustrations

4.1.8

T

Use headings, graphics, and captions to make meaning from text.

• Skill Page with Chapters 13-14 Using Illustrations

4.1.6

C

Determine the problem of a story and discover its solution.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.16

C

Indicate the sequence of events in print (fiction and nonfiction) and in nonprint texts.

• Comprehension Questions

4.1.5

C

Identify character, setting, and plot in a passage.

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.13

WP

Identify the audience for which a text is written.

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.3

WP

Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to entertain, to inform, and to share experiences).

• Skill Page with Chapters 7-8 Author's Purpose

• Vocabulary Practice

4.2.6

WP

Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., listing, clustering, story maps, and webs) to group ideas for writing.

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.1

WO

Choose a topic sentence for a paragraph.

4.2.10

WO

Select details that support a topic sentence.

4.2.11

WO

Choose the supporting sentence that best develops a topic sentence.

4.2.5

WO

Select the best title for a text.

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.2

WO

Rearrange sentences to form a sequential, coherent paragraph.

4.2.4

WO

Rearrange events in a sequential or chronological order in a writing selection.

• Comprehension Questions

4.2.15

WP

Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.

4.2.12

WP

Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph.

4.2.16

WO

Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well developed paragraph.

4.1.21

T

Identify similes and metaphors.

• English Lessons 6-8

4.2.14

WO

Supply a missing piece of information in a simple outline.

4.2.7

WO

Select appropriate time-order or transitional words to enhance the flow of the writing sample.

4.3.3

WP

Select the best way to correct incomplete sentences within context.

4.2.9

WP

Select the best way to combine sentences to provide syntactic variety within context.

• Skill Page with Chapters 9-10 Sentence Combining

4.3.1

G

Identify the correct use of nouns (e.g., singular and plural, common and proper, singular and plural possessives), verbs (i.e., agreement, tenses, action and linking) and adjectives (i.e., comparison forms and articles) within context.

4.3.4

G

Identify the correct usage of pronouns (i.e., subject, object, and agreement) and adverbs (i.e., comparison forms and negatives) within context.

4.3.6

G

Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome word groups, [i.e., to, too, two, there, their, they’re, its, it’s).

• Skill Page with Chapters 11-12 Usage Errors

4.1.1

WP

Identify correctly used capital letters with names, dates, addresses, and the beginning of sentences within context.

4.3.5

G

Identify the correct usage of commas (e.g., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, introductory words, and compound sentences) within context.

4.3.9

G

Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas in direct quotations.

4.3.8

G

Choose the correct formation of plurals, contractions, and possessives within context.

4.1.7

V

Identify grade level compound words, contractions, and common abbreviations within context.

4.3.7

T

Identify correctly or incorrectly spelled words in context.

4.3.10

G

Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person and number).

4.3.2

G

Identify declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences by recognizing appropriate end marks.