WR04 Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 1 grammar: Sentences
Unit 1 writing: Expressive writing
Time frame: 8 weeks
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
- writing simple and compound sentences
- punctuating 4 kinds of sentences
- identifying complete and simple subjects and predicates
- using figurative language and imagery
- identifying writer's viewpoint
- writing descriptive paragraphs
- writing personal narratives
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
- identifying compound and simple subjects and predicates
- identifying compound and simple sentences
- using figurative language and imagery
- identifying writer's viewpoint
- writing descriptive paragraphs (fall, monsters)
- writing personal narratives (favorites)
- write poetry
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 2 (grammar): More about nouns and verbs
Unit 2 (writing): informative and expository writing
Time Frame: 8 weeks (starting Nov. 15)
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
- common and proper nouns
- singular and plural nouns
- abbreviations and titles
- using figurative language and imagery
- identifying writer's viewpoint
- write a letter
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 2 (grammar): More about nouns and verbs
Unit 2 (writing): informative and expository writing
Time Frame: 8 weeks (starting Nov. 15)
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
- singular and possessive nouns
- creative/story writing
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 2 (grammar): More about nouns and verbs
Unit 2 (writing): informative and expository writing
Time Frame: 8 weeks (starting Nov. 15)
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
- action and linking verbs
- be verbs
- informative writing (directions; how to)
- letter writing
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 3 (grammar): More about Verbs
Unit (writing): review informative writing skills
time frame: 6 weeks
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
present/past/future tense verbs
irregular verb forms
Snowman Constructions sales ad
Star People paragraphs (with Number the Stars book)
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit (grammar): con't Unit 3 from February.
Unit (writing): con't
Time Frame:
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
verb tenses
irregular verbs
use Soaring Scores for test prep
NE/SE state poster reports
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit 4 (grammar): Pronouns, Adjectives, & Adverbs
Unit 3 (writing): Persuasive writing
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
pronouns and antecedents and correct usage
subject and object pronouns
possessive pronouns
writing biography reports and time lines
Optional
May
Content and Essential Skills
- Standard 2: Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- Standard 3: Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Unit (grammar):
Unit (writing):
Time Frame:
Skills
Students will:
> generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes.
> organize their writing.
> choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely.
> revise and edit speech and writing.
> create readable documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.
> know and use correct subject/verb agreement.
> know and use correct modifiers.
> know and use correct capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations.
> spell frequently used words correctly using phonics rules and exceptions.
Assessment
- teacher observation on daily assignments, tests and writing pieces
- daily spelling assignments and weekly tests
Resources
adjectives and adverbs
essays about mom and dad for parents day contest
Optional
