First Nine Weeks

1. Distinguishes between letter/word, word/sentence, left/right, and beginning/ending of words and sentences.(13)
2. Classifies and categories words into sets and groups with common characteristics. (14)
3. Applies phonetic strategies to read by using beginning, medial and ending consonants to decode word. (15).
4. Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (16)
5. Demonstrates and understanding of semantic relationships by using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading.(17)
6. Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition) (18)
7. Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently. (19)
8. Identifies the main and supporting characters including character motives, feelings and traits. (23)
9. Draws conclusions and makes predictions and comparisons. (25)
10. Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension. (26)
11. Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms (e.g., poetry, letters, fiction and non-fiction) (27)
12. Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes “ing,” ‘”ed,” “ s” and “es.” (28)
13. Recognizes simple word opposites. (30)

14. Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight vocabulary. (32)
15. Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly. (33)
16.    Identifies a sentence, the parts of a sentence in various sentence patterns including: simple subject        and predicate. (36)
17.    Identifies sentences including: descriptive words and phrases. (36)
18.    Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative question about literature. (40)
19.    Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama) (42)
20.    Discriminates between realism and fantasy. (43)
21.    Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature. (44)
22.    Recognizes the author, illustrator, and title as identifying items of information about a book. (48)
23.    Recognizes the purpose of the title page and the table of contents. (49)

Second Nine Weeks

1. Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (16)
2. Demonstrates and understanding of semantic relationships by using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading. (17)
3. Increases existing sight vocabulary by blending sounds to make words. (18)
4. Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), sight vocabulary and phonetic strategies including: consonant blends, short, long and r controlled vowel sounds to decode words. (19)
5. Recognizes EXPLICIT  main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction. (21)
6. Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.(22)
7. Identifies the main characters. (23)
8. Identifies characters’ actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings (24)
9. Draws conclusions and makes predictions and comparisons. (25)
10. Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama). (27)
11. Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes “ing,” “ ed,: “s,: and “es.” (28)
12. Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in word recognition. (29)
13. Recognizes simple word opposites. (30)
14. Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight words. (32)
15. Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly. (33)
16. Applies the standard rules of capitalization including: beginning of a sentence, pronoun I, proper nouns, days, months, seasons and titles. (36)
17. Applies standard rules of punctuation including: end punctuation, commas to separate day from year and apostrophes in contractions. (36)
18. Uses and recognizes spelling strategies of standard written American English including: common spelling rules, phonetic strategies and frequently confused words. (36)
19. Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about literature. (40)
20. Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) (42)
21. Discriminates between realism and fantasy. (43)
22. Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature. (44)
23. Alphabetizes words to the first letter. (45)
24. Uses picture dictionaries as information sources. (46)
25. Recognizes the purpose of the title page and the table of contents. (49)

Third Nine Weeks

1. Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (16)
2. Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading. (17)
3. Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition). (18)
4. Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies: divides words into syllables, uses word families/letter patterns. (19)
5. Recognizes EXPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction. (21)
6. Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction. (22)
7. Identifies characters’actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings. (24)
8. Draws conclusions and makes predictions and comparisons. (25)
9. Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.(26)
10. Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama). (27)
11. Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes “ing,” “ed,” “s,” and “es.” (28)
12. Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in word recognition. (29)
13. Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight vocabulary. (32)
14. Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly. (33)
15. Identifies and uses antonyms, synonyms and homophones. (36)
16. Uses and recognizes the parts of speech in a sentence including: nouns, adjectives, verbs and forms of singular and plural nouns. (36)
17. Responds to literal, inferential, evaluative questions about literature. (40)
18. Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) (42)
19. Discriminates between realism and fantasy. (43)
20. Uses picture dictionaries as information sources. (46)

Fourth Nine Weeks

1. Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by using pictures, context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading. (17)
2. Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition) (18)
3. Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently. (19)
4. Recognizes EXPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction. (21)
5. Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension. (26)
6. Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) (27)
7. Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes “ing,” “ed,” “s,” “es.” (28)
8. Uses correct spelling for frequently used sight vocabulary. (32)
9. Recognizes a sentence about a topic. (34)
10. Review appropriate punctuation and capitalization. (36)
11. Identify and use complete sentences. (36)
12. Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama) (42)
13. Uses picture dictionaries as information sources. (46)