English Language Arts 15. Identify and explain adjectives as descriptive words and phrases in all forms of texts, including poems.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
15.
Identify
Explain
Adjectives
Descriptive words
Descriptive phrases
Poems Knowledge:
15. Students know:
Adjectives are descriptive words or phrases that occur in all genres of text. Skills:
15. Students are able to:
Identify adjectives in all forms of texts, including poems.
Explain the meaning of adjectives as descriptive words and phrases in all forms of text, including poems. Understanding:
15. Students understand that:
Adjectives are a type of word that are used to describe nouns in all forms of text.
English Language Arts 17. Use content knowledge built during read-alouds of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through drawing and writing.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
17.
Content knowledge
Read-alouds
Informational text
Literary text
Participating
Content-specific discussions
Peers
Drawing
Writing Knowledge:
17. Students know:
Content knowledge can be learned from read-alouds of informational and literary texts.
Content knowledge can be shared with others through discussions, drawing, or writing. Skills:
17. Students are able to:
Gain new content knowledge by engaging in read-alouds of informational and literary texts.
Participate in discussions with their peers demonstrating their knowledge of content-specific topics.
Produce drawings or writing that displays content knowledge learned through read-alouds. Understanding:
17. Students understand that:
They can learn new information by engaging in read-alouds of informational and literary texts.
They can demonstrate their understanding of content-specific knowledge through discussions, drawing, or writing.
English Language Arts 45. Demonstrate understanding of standard English language conventions when writing.
a. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.
b. Form regular nouns and verbs by adding -s or -es .
c. Form and use simple present and past verb tenses.
d. Form plurals by changing -y to -ies .
e. Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns and verbs.
f. Use plural possessives.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
45.
English Language conventions
45a.
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Conveys
45b.
Regular nouns
Regular verbs
45c.
Verb tenses Simple present Simple past
45d.
45e.
Irregular plural nouns Irregular plural verbs
45f.
Knowledge:
45. Students know:
The English language has grammatical conventions that must be followed when writing.
45a.
There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
The role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence.
45b.
Regular nouns and verbs are formed by adding an -s or -es suffix.
45c.
Present tense verbs tell about something that is happening currently or continuously.
Past tense verbs tell about something that already happened.
Different suffixes must be added to the end of verbs to show when the action happened.
45d.
A plural shows there is more than one of something.
Base words that end in y must be changed before adding the plural suffix.
45e.
Some nouns and verbs do not follow the regular pattern when forming a plural.
45f.
A plural possessive is used when a plural noun has ownership, or possession, of something. Skills:
45. Students are able to:
Correctly use standard English language conventions in writing.
45a.
Identify a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in a sentence.
Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs provide in a sentence.
45b.
Correctly form regular nouns and verbs by adding an -s or -es suffix.
45c.
Form and use simple present and past verb tenses in writing.
45d.
Form plurals by changing -y to -ies when the base word ends in y .
45e.
Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns, such as feet, children, mice, fish, teeth.
Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural verbs.
45f.
Accurately use plural possessives in writing. Understanding:
45. Students understand that:
To clearly communicate through writing, they must use standard English language conventions.
45a.
Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
45b.
An -s or -es suffix is added to the end of regular nouns and verbs for subject-verb agreement and to form plurals.
45c.
The simple present verb tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, and the suffix -s or -es is usually added to the end of the base word. The simple past verb tense is used to describe things that have already happened, and the suffix -ed is usually added to the end of the base word.
45d.
To form a plural of a word that end in y , the y must be changed to -ies .
45e.
Some nouns and verbs are made plural by changing vowels, changing the entire word, or adding a different ending.
45f.
Plural possessive nouns show that a plural noun has ownership and that an apostrophe or -s apostrophe is added to the end of the word.
