Reading

Our reading program will focus on the following objectives based on the students’ grade levels and Virginia Standards.

Objectives:

Students will be able to :

• Identify and name the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
• Develop an understanding of basic phonetic principles and expand vocabulary.
• Match consonant, short vowel, and initial consonant digraph sounds to appropriate letters.
• Demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts by retelling stories, using beginning, middle, and end and identify characters, setting, and events.

Students will be able to :

• Apply phonetic principles to read and spell by using beginning and ending consonant sound.
• Learn two-letter consonant blends and diagraphs.
• Learn Blend beginning, middle, and ending sounds to recognize and read words.
• Read and spell commonly used sight words.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional and non-fictional texts.
• Make and confirm predictions.
• Identify characters, setting, and important events.
• Retell stories and events, using beginning, middle, and end.
• Identify the main idea or theme.

Student will be able to :

• Use phonetic strategies when reading and spelling.
• Use knowledge of short, long, and r-controlled vowel patterns to decode and spell words.
• Use knowledge of homophones, prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, and make predictions.
• Main idea and supporting details.
• Describe characters, setting, and important events in fiction and poetry.
• Identify the problem and solution.
• Summarize stories and events with beginning, middle, and end in the correct order.

Students will be able to :

• Use knowledge of regular and irregular vowel patterns.
• Use knowledge of homophones, roots, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms.
• Compare and contrast settings, characters, and events.
• Identify the author’s purpose.
• Draw conclusions about text.
• Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.
• Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.

Student will be able to :

• Use context to clarify meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction texts, and poetry.
• Explain the author’s purpose and identify the main idea and supporting details.
• Draw conclusions/make inferences about text.
• Make, confirm, or revise predictions and identify cause and effect.

Student will be able to :

• Expand vocabulary when reading.
• Use context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.
• Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones.
• Identify an author’s use of figurative language.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
• Describe character by identifying traits.
• Describe the development of plot and explain the resolution of conflict.
• Describe the characteristics of free verse, rhymed, and patterned poetry.
• Describe how an author’s choice of vocabulary contributes to the author’s style.
• Identify cause and effect relationships.

Student will be able to :

• Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms to expand vocabulary.
• Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words.
• Identify and analyze figurative language.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
• Identify the elements of narrative structure, including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme.
• Make, confirm, and revise predictions.
• Describe cause and effect relationships and their impact on plot.
• Use information in the text to draw conclusions and make inference.
• Identify and analyze the author’s use of figurative language, transitional words and phrases that signal an author’s organizational pattern.
• Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.

Student will be able to :

• Read to determine the meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases within authentic texts.
• Identify word origins and derivations and use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms to expand vocabulary.
• Identify and analyze figurative language and connotations.
• Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words.
• Read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
• Describe the elements of narrative structure including setting, character development, plot structure, theme, and conflict.
• Compare and contrast various forms and genres of fictional text.
• Identify conventional elements and characteristics of a variety of genres.
• Describe the impact of word choice, imagery, and literary devices including figurative language.
• Make, confirm, and revise predictions and use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning.
• Make inferences and draw conclusions based on the text.
• Identify cause and effect relationships and use reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.