The 3rd and 5th grade groups are working in the Language! Program which is a research based literacy intervention program. It is aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Current unit information for 3rd Grade
Unit 3 Concepts: Phoneme-Grapheme correspondences: d, g, v
Some phonemes are voiced (voice box is activated) and some are voiceless (voice box is not activated)
Knowledge questions require recall of facts. Some signal words are: who, what, when , where, why, and how.
The setting of a story describes when and where the story takes place and introduces the main characters.
A sentence is a group of words that conveys a complete thought.
Current unit information for 5th Grade
Unit 15 Concepts A word must have at least one vowel phoneme.
Words have syllable parts. The number of vowel sounds in a word always equals the number of syllables in a word.
A word has one or more syllables. A closed syllable ends with a consonant phoneme and has a short vowel sound. Analysis questions require breaking down information. Some signal words are: arrange, compare, distinguish.
Quotation marks are used to set off direct quotations.
Some verbs are not action words: *Forms of be are verbs. Some forms of be are: am, are, is, was, were. *Main verbs or helping verbs: Forms of be can be used as the main verb in a sentence. Forms of be can also me used as a helping verb in a sentence. Examples: am going, are sitting, is pulling, was fixing, were hopping.
A verb or verb phrase forms the base predicate.
A verb may be the main verb or a helping verb.
Correct forms of be are determined by: *Number (singular or plural) *Person (first=speaker; second=person spoken to; third=person spoken about)
Singular Plural First Person I am we are Second Person you are you are Third Person he/she/it is they are
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Language! Correlation to the 3rd grade standard course of study
Language! Correlation to the 5th grade standard course of study
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