Grades 4-5

SUBJECT Reading/Phonics

GOALS Students will:

1. Show an interest in prose and poetry.
2. Use comprehensive skills.
3. Become aware of various forms of literature.
4. Listen for details and meaning.
5. Read a variety of literature.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Identify literary elements.
2. Read variety of literature (fiction, historical folk tale, etc.).
3. Develop vocabulary.
4. Develop independently ready strategies.
5. Explore modes of reading.
6. Develop higher level thinking, summarize, cause and effect, analyze,
compare.
7. Develop creature writing skills.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Book Reports Tapes/CD
Cooperative groups Tests - book generated
Creative Writing Text and selection response book
Observation Videos
Recreational reading Whole language approach
Story book magazine DEAR
Computer Projects






SUBJECT English

GOALS Students will:

1. Communicate ideas through various written and oral expression.
2. Distinguish between different sentence types.
3. Identify main parts of speech.
4. Write and speak with complete sentences.
5. Acquire study skills.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Practice creative writing.
2. Familiarize students with journaling.
3. Develop grammar skills - period, comma, quotation marks and
question marks.
4. Develop usage skills.
5. Understand mechanics of English - 4 types of sentences, parts of
speech, noun, verb, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs.
6. Demonstrate composition writing.
7. Develop vocabulary skills.
8. Develop study skills.
9. Develop listening and speaking skills.
10. Practice proofreading and reference skills.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Cooperative Groups
Observation
Overhead
Quizzes
Tests
Text - End of Chapter Assessment





SUBJECT Spelling / Handwriting

GOALS Students will:

1. Correctly spell, write and define words thru the curriculum.
2. Decode phonetically.
3. Recognize sight words.
4. Increase vocabulary.
5. Define spelling words.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Identify sounds.
2. Recognize suffixes and compound words.
3. Identify prefixes.
4. Identify digraphs.
5. Understand sounds.
6. Distinguish between bases and affixes.
7. Understand past tense.
8. Proof read for handwriting errors.
9. Recognize sight words.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Spelling “Bees”
Spelling Book
Spelling practice pages
Weekly spelling tests




SUBJECT Reading

GOALS Students will:

1. Use comprehension skill independently.
2. Show interest in prose and poetry.
3. Discuss details and meaning.
4. Share reading experiences.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Develop critical reading skills.
2. Introduce and expand vocabulary.
3. Relate reading to students’ own experience.
4. Develop personal response to reading.
5. Give oral (creative) and written summary book reports.
6. Provide opportunities to read and react to many different models of literature.
7. Develop listening skills in the classroom and informal settings.
8. Use various types of reference material.
9. Discuss authors - Newberry Award winners.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Basal text
Book Reports - written and oral
Reflections on reading - essays, poems, creative responses
Variety of paperbacks to read as a class or in groups
Videos related to reading curriculum





SUBJECT English

GOALS Students will:

1. Communicate effectively through oral and written expression.
2. Distinguish between different sentence types, write and punctuate in
complete sentences.
3. Write and speak with complete sentences and correct paragraph structure.
4. Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
5. Use reference skills.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Identify and use correctly nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
and prepositions.
2. Use correct punctuation and capitalization in written work.
3. Develop writing skills - paragraph, letter, report or story.
4. Use writing skills for authentic plays, poetry, interviews, advertisements
and writing about oneself.
5. Develop listening skills in the classroom and informal settings.
6. Identify sound words, shape words, fables, haiku, and newspapers.
7. Proofread written work.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Journal writing
Listening and speaking opportunities
Teacher and student evaluation of written work
Text and tests from series
Workbook with enrichment activities




SUBJECT Spelling / Handwriting

GOALS Students will:

1. Correctly spell, write and define words used throughout the curriculum.
2. Use correct spelling in written work.
3. Correctly form letters, use correct spacing and correct size.
4. Write neatly in all areas of the curriculum.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Define and use words in context sentences.
2. Students proofread to check for spelling and handwriting errors.
3. Recognize commonly misspelled words.
4. Master skills with vowel sounds, consonant combinations, prefixes and
suffixes and homographs.
5. Students evaluate handwriting and confer with teacher.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Dictionaries
Handwriting emphasis on spelling tests
Spelling lists from curriculum