M T S ss s o ff f tt t w a r ee
S c o p e a n d S e q u e n c e
2006-2007 School Year
Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Basic Understanding: Sentence Meaning
Classifying
Identifying Word Concepts
Inferential Meaning
I Can Make Inferences
Making Inferences
Language
Mechanics
Comparative/Superlative Adjectives
Developmental Oral Language
Usage
Prepositional Relationships
Singular/Plural Usage
Spatial/Directional Language
Temporal Order: Sequence of Events
Using Sentence Clues: Spelling in Context
Expression
Complete Sentences
Shared Characteristics: Classification
Word Study
Vocabulary
Rhyming Words
Word Analysis
Alphabet Drill
Consonants: Sound Matching
Consonants: Word Building
Initial Sound - Pictures
Initial Sounds
Letter Identification
Lower Case Letter Identification
Match Pictures and Words
Matching Letter Groups
Matching Letter Groups
Phoneme Substitution
Phonemic Blending
Phonemic Segmentation
Relating Oral Sounds to Consonants
Visual Discrimination

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Answering Questions: Key Words
Appropriate Word for Context
Appropriate Word for Context
Arranging Events and Ideas in Sequence
Arranging Sentences by Sequence
Classifying Words
Identifying Speaker
Likenesses and Differences
Matching Pictures with Text
Riddles
Sequence with Pictures
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Generalization from Facts
Making Inferences
Making Inferences
Evaluative Meaning
Comparing and Contrasting
Main Idea: Illustrating
Main Idea: Pictures
Main Idea: Rephrasing
Main Idea: Supporting Ideas
Main Idea: Titling
Recognizing Tone, Feeling
Words Expressing Feelings
Reading Strategies
Skimming or Rereading
Skimming or Rereading
Language
Mechanics
Alphabetical Sequence
Capitalization: Days, Months, Sentences
Capitalization: Nouns and Pronouns
Punctuation: Exclamation Point, Period, Question Mark
Usage
Punctuation in Context
Spelling in Context
Tense/Subject – Verb Agreement
Expression
Extraneous and Supporting Sentences
Identifying Complete Sentences
Purpose and Audience
Shared Characteristics: Classification
Word Study
Vocabulary
Homonyms
How, Where, Why, Who and What
Identifying Words through Definition
Recognizing Unknown Words through Context
Recognizing Unknown Words through Pictures
Rhyming Words
Rhyming Words

Rhyming Words
Word Analysis
Beginning Sound
Compound Words
Consonants: Beginning and Ending
Identify Letter Substitutions
Identifying Vowel Sounds
Letter Identification
Noun Form: -es
Noun Form: -s
Relate Oral Sounds to Consonants and to Vowels
Verb Form: -ed
Verb Form: -ing
Verb Form: -s
Visual Discrimination
Spelling
Long Vowel Sounds
Long Vowel Sounds in Words
Short Vowel Sounds
Short Vowel Sounds in Words
Sight Words in Context
Sight Words with Picture Clues
Vowels: "au"
Vowels: "ou"

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Answering Questions: Key Words
Appropriate Word for Context
Arranging Sentences by Sequence
Classifying: Ideas and Details
Classifying: Items (Like or Unlike)
Factual Meaning: Word Problems
Two Sentence Stories
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions
Figures of Speech
Making Inferences
Reading Comprehension: Textual
Recognizing Emotional Reaction
Evaluative Meaning
Author’s Opinion, Intent
Cause and Effect Relationships
Comparing and Contrasting
Judgment: Fact, Fantasy, True, False
Main Idea: Rephrasing
Main Idea: Supporting Ideas
Main Idea : Titling
Recognizing Tone, Feeling
Summary Sentences
Reading Strategies
Following Directions
Skimming or Rereading
Language
Mechanics
Alphabetical Sequence
Capitalization
Capitalization and Ending Punctuation
Punctuation
Usage
Predicates
Pronouns
Using Sentence Clues: Spelling in Context
Expression
Identifying Complete Sentences
What is the Big Idea?
Writing for a Purpose
Integrated Writing and Editing
Map Interpretation
Word Study
Vocabulary
Antonyms
Antonyms
Context Clues with Unfamiliar Words
Homonyms
How, Where, Why, Who and What
Identifying Words through Definition
Identifying Words through Definition
Recognizing Unknown Words through Context
Recognizing Unknown Words through Context

Rhyming Words
Synonyms and Synonymous Phrases
Words in Context
Words with Two Meanings
Word Analysis
Adjectives: -er,-est
Adverbial Suffix: -ly
Compound Words
Get to the Root of It – 1
Get to the Root of It – 2
Get to the Root of It – 3
Identify Missing Letters
Noun Suffix: -er
Phonetic Analysis: Consonants
Phonetic Analysis: Vowels
Silent Letters
Spelling
“ai” Vowels
“ow” Sound Made by “ou”
Final “ph”
Inflectional Endings
Initial Clusters
Long “a”
Long “a” Sound Spelled by “ay”
Long “i”
Possessive Form: -s
Schwa Made by “a”
Short “o”
Sight Words
Sight Words
Sight Words
Sight Words in Context
Sight Words with Picture Clues

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Answering Questions: Key Words
Appropriate Word for Context
Arranging Events and Ideas in Sequence
Arranging Sentences by Sequence
Factual Meaning: Word Problems
Identifying Speaker
Identifying Speaker
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Generalization from Facts
Identifying and Interpreting Feelings
Inferential Meaning
Verifying Answer, Opinion, Hypothesis
Evaluative Meaning
Cause and Effect Relationships
Comparing and Contrasting
Judgment: Fact, Fantasy, True, False
Main Idea Through Key Sentences
Main Idea Through Supporting Ideas
Purpose and Audience
Recognizing Absurdities
Recognizing Tone, Feeling
Reading Strategies
Following Directions
Skimming or Rereading
Language
Mechanics
Alphabetical Sequence
Capitalization and Letter Parts
First Word Capitalization and End Marks
Punctuation and Capitalization
Punctuation: Ending Marks
Usage
Appropriate Use of Language: Verb Tense
Double Negatives and Plural Forms
Modifying Adjectives and Adverbs
Pronouns
Verb Forms
Expression
Conciseness and Clarity
Content and Organization
Content and Organization
Sentence Structure: Fragments, Run-Ons
Integrated Writing and Editing
Charts, Pictures and Maps
Classifying Items into Categories
Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Glossary
Mixed Punctuation
Pronouns and Verb Forms
Root Words
Sentence Structure and Organization
Sources
Sources: Relevant, Irrelevant
Subtitles
Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Word Study
Vocabulary
Antonyms
Homographs
Homonyms
How, Where, Why, Who and What
Information from Definitions
Multi-meaning Words and Homonyms
Recognizing Unknown Words through Context
Rhyming Words
Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes
Sight Words
Synonyms and Synonymous Phrases
Vocabulary Usage in Passages
Word Analysis
Consonant Blends/Digraphs
Contractions
Contractions
Syllables
Verb Form: -en
Verb Form: -n
Vowels, Dipthongs
Spelling
“s” Sound Made by "c"
“st” Letter Combination
Adding: -es
Identify Correct Spelling
Identify Incorrect Spelling
Long “i” Sound
Prefix: dis-
Prefix: re-
Prefix: un-
Schwa Sound Made b y “a”
Silent Letters
Suffix: -er, -ness
Suffix: -ful, -less, -ly
Words Beginning with “sl” and “sn”

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Classifying: Related Ideas and Details
Classifying: Stories and Poems
Classifying: Words and Pictures
Details: Key Words
Distinguishing Important Details
Inferential Meaning
Generalization from Facts
Identifying and Interpreting Feelings
Interpreting New Ideas: Making Inferences
Making Inferences
Verifying an Opinion, Answer, Hypothesis
Evaluative Meaning
Author’s Intent
Comparing and Contrasting
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Judgment: Fact and Fantasy
Main Idea: Key Words and Sentences
Main Idea: Rephrasing
Main Idea: Supporting Details
Main Idea: Titling
Recognizing Absurdities
Recognizing Bias: Character Traits
Recognizing Mood and Tone
Time and Place Relationships
Reading Strategies
Skimming or Rereading
Summarizing: Own Words
Summarizing: Story Parts, Ideas
Language
Mechanics
Capitalization
Capitalization Errors
Capitalization: Dates and Groups
End Mark Punctuation
End Marks, Commas, Quotation Marks
Punctuation
Writing Mechanics
Usage
Linguistic Conventions
Pronouns
Pronouns/Modifiers
Verb Forms: to be
Verb Tense, Verb Forms
Verb Tenses
Expression
Conciseness and Clarity
Content and Organization: Sentence Combining
Extraneous Sentence, Purpose and Audience, Supporting/Topic Sentence
Sentence Structure: Fragments, Run-Ons
Subject/Predicate
Integrated Writing and Editing
Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Glossary
Interpreting Maps
Newspaper
Outlining
Radio, TV Schedule

Table of Contents
Word Study
Vocabulary
Definitions and Meanings
Homographs
Homophones
How, Where, Why, Who and What
Multiple Meanings
Phrase Meanings: Dialect, Idioms
Recognizing Words: Sentence Use
Root Words
Words in Context
Word Analysis
Accent Marks: Two Syllable Words
Compound Words
Spelling
Blends: “sl” and “sn”
Blends: “st”
Consonants: Variant Spellings
Forming Irregular Plurals
Long “o” Sound
Noun Form: -y
Noun Plural: -(i)es
Recognizing “c” as /s/ or /k/
Root Words
Silent Consonants
Spelling with Mistakes
Suffix: -ment, -ion, -ward
Verb Form: - ies, -ied, -ing, -y
Words Ending: -er and -est
Words Ending: -ies

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Classifying: Related Ideas
Classifying: Related Ideas and Details
Definitions
Details Supporting Main Idea
Distinguishing Important Details
Factual Meaning: Citizenship
Factual Meaning: States of Matter
Recalling Details
Recognizing Likenesses/Differences
Recognizing Sequence
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Interpreting New Ideas
Making Inferences
Making Inferences: Predictions
Recognizing an Emotional Reaction
Evaluative Meaning
Cause and Effect Relationships
Comparing and Contrasting
Comparing and Contrasting
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Fact or Opinion
Main Idea: Composing Paragraphs
Main Idea: Rephrasing
Recognizing Absurdities
Recognizing Bias
Recognizing Cause and Effect
Recognizing Main Idea
Responding to Vivid Language
Summary Sentences
Time and Place Relationships
Vivid Language
Reading Strategies
Details: Topical Guides
Skimming or Rereading
Skimming or Rereading: New Ideas
Language
Mechanics
Capitalization
Capitalization
End Marks and Commas
Punctuation
Punctuation Errors
Punctuation: Letter Writing Conventions (Business/Friendly)
Usage
Language Usage
Linguistic Conventions
Modifiers
Negatives, Plurals, Homonyms
Pronoun Agreement
Pronouns: Usage
Subjects and Predicates
Subject-Verb Agreement
Verb Forms
Verb Forms and Verb Tense

Expression
Conciseness and Clarity
Conjunctions and Parallel Construction
Sentence Structure: Fragments, Run-Ons
Suitability to Purpose, Appropriate Use of Language
Verb Form and Verb Tense
Integrated Writing and Editing
Charts and Graphs
Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Glossary
Footnotes and Bibliographies
Language Conventions
Multiple Skills
Newspaper, Radio/TV Schedule
Table of Contents
Timelines, Flowcharts, Diagrams
Topical Outline
Word Study
Vocabulary
Definitions and Meanings
Foreign Root Words
Homophones
How, Where, Why, Who and What
Multiple Meanings
Phrase Meanings: Dialect, Idioms
Recognizing Unknown Words through Context
Synonyms and Synonymous Phrases
Understanding Technical Terms
Words in Context
Spelling
Double “o” Words
Identify Correct Spelling
Letter Combination: “ea”
Letter Combination: “er”
Long “e” Sound Made by “y”
Long “o” Sound Made by “oa”
Long “o” Sound Made by “ow”
Root Words
Schwa Sound Made by “e”
Spelling: Root Words
Suffix: -ern
Suffix: -ous
Suffix: -ship
Suffix: -some
Suffix: -teen

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Appropriate Word for Context
Classifying: Related Ideas and Details
Distinguishing Important Details
Factual Meaning: Basics of Atomic Structure
Factual Meaning: Differentiating Matter
Factual Meaning: Units of Measure
Recognizing Likenesses and Differences
Sequencing Events
Sequencing Events
Supporting Details
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Identifying and Interpreting Feelings
Identifying Characters
Interpreting New Ideas
Making Inferences
Reacting Personally to a Story
Recognizing an Emotional Reaction
Verifying an Opinion, Answer, Hypothesis
Evaluative Meaning
Creating a Title
Judgement: Fact or Opinion
Recognizing Absurdities
Recognizing Cause and Effect
Recognizing Main Idea
Summary Sentences
Reading Strategies
Skimming or Rereading: Specific Information
Language
Mechanics
Capitalization: First Words
Capitalization: Other Proper Nouns
Capitalization: Proper Nouns
Punctuation: Colons and Semicolons
Punctuation: Comma Conventions
Punctuation: End Marks
Quotation Marks and Apostrophes
Usage
Double Negatives, Articles and Demonstrative Pronouns
Modifiers
Plural Nouns
Possessives
Proper Use of Pronouns
Special Problems: Comparative Adjectives
Subject-Verb Agreement
Expression
Appropriate Use: Parallel Construction
Conciseness and Clarity
Connecting Words: Conjunctions
Content and Organization: Sentence Combining
Sentence Structure: Clarity/Redundancy
Sentence Structure: Run-Ons /Fragments
Sentence Structure: Run-Ons/Fragments

Integrated Writing and Editing
Best Source of Information
Card Catalog: Author, Title, Subject
Correct Usage, Verb Forms, Modifiers
Homophones
Newspaper, Radio/TV Schedule
Reading and Writing Strategies
Table of Contents
Timelines
Topical Outline
Using a Dictionary
Using Correct Punctuation
Using Homonyms within Sentences
Word Study
Vocabulary
All, None, Some
Learning Words through Context
Phrase Meanings: Dialect, Idioms
Using Context
Words with Multiple Meanings
Spelling
Correct and Incorrect Spelling
Homophones
Silent Letters/Double Letters
Spelling Rules
Spelling: Structural
Spelling: Vowels
Suffixes

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Context Clues
Factual Meaning: Basics of Atomic Structure
Factual Meaning: Citizenship
Factual Meaning: Elements and Compounds
Factual Meaning: Molecular Bonding
Factual Meaning: Properties of Matter
Factual Meaning: Static Electricity
Inferential Meaning
Character Interpretation
Drawing Conclusions
Evaluation of Logic
General to Particular
Imagery
Intensity of Feeling
Interpretation
Making Inferences: Characters
Prediction
Previewing
Style
Evaluative Meaning
Analogies/Figurative Language
Cause and Effect
Expressing Feeling
Fact and Opinion
Fact/Opinion: Persuasion
Main Idea
Main Idea
Supporting Details/ Main Idea
Reading Strategies
Following Directions: Identify Outcomes/ Products
Recognizing Elements
Terminology
Language
Mechanics
Capitalization: Proper Adjectives
Capitalization: Proper Nouns
Colon
Colons and Semicolons
Comma
Comma
Punctuation: Colons and Semicolons
Punctuation: Commas in Clauses and Interrupters
Punctuation: Commas in Separating Items
Punctuation: Quotation Marks
Punctuation: Terminal Marks
Usage
Comparative Adjectives
Correct Verb Forms
Irregular Verbs
Linguistic Conventions
Pronouns
Pronouns: Antecedent Agreement
Regular Verbs

Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement with Intervening Phrases
Verb Form: Tenses
Verb Shifts
Verb Tense, Verb Forms
Expression
Analyze Paragraph Elements
Clarity, Precision and Vivid Description
Combining Sentences
Conjunctions and Parallel Construction
Connecting Words/Sentence Order
Discern Organizational Patterns
Paragraph Organization
Paragraph Structure
Sentence Meaning
Sentence Structure: Fragments and Run-Ons
Sentence Structure: On and On
Sentence Structure: Redundancy/Double Negatives
Sequential Order
Suitability to Purpose
Words Out of Place
Integrated Writing and Editing
Capitalization-Place Names, Overcapitalization, Names of Organization
Editing for Errors
Homonyms by Definition
Interpreting Charts
Interpreting Graphs
Locate Information: Dictionary/Pronunciation Marks
Sentence Formation, Homophones, Capitalization and Punctuation
Verb Forms
Word Study
Spelling
Spelling/Linguistic Conventions: Homonyms and Homophones
Spelling/Linguistic Conventions: Homonyms and Homophones

Reading Comprehension
Factual Meaning
Answering Questions
Context Clues
Context Clues
Factual Meaning: Citizenship
Factual Meaning: Citizenship
Factual Meaning: States of Matter
Factual Meaning: Taking Tests
Inferential Meaning
Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions
Imagery
Implied Directions
Inference
Interpretation
Interpreting Imagery
Style
Evaluative Meaning
Analogies/Figurative Language
Analogies/Figurative Language
Analogies/Figurative Language
Analogies/Figurative Language
Appealing to Feeling
Cause and Effect
Fables, Myths and Legends
Fact and Opinion
Persuasion
Recognizing Author's Intent
Recognizing Author's Opinion or Intent
Recognizing Bias
Recognizing Elements
Responding to Vivid Language
Supporting Details/Main Idea
Supporting Details/Main Idea
Understanding Irony
Understanding Irony
Understanding Irony
Reading Strategies
Following Directions: Implied
Recognizing Elements
Terminology
Language
Mechanics
Capitalization
Capitalization: Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives
Commas
Commas: Dates, Addresses and Letters
Commas: Introductory Elements, Interrupters, Nouns of Direct
Address and Appositives
Commas: Series and Conjunctions
Correct Use: Apostrophes
Correct Use: Apostrophes
Correct Use: Apostrophes

Correct Use: Apostrophes in Possessives
Correct Use: Capitalization
Correct Use: Capitalization
Correct Use: Colon and Semicolon
Correct Use: Colons
Correct Use: Colons
Correct Use: Commas
Correct Use: Commas
Correct Use: Dashes and Apostrophes
Correct Use: Quotation Marks
Correct Use: Quotation Marks and Underlining
Correct Use: Quotation Marks and Underlining
Correct Use: Semicolons
Correct Use: Semicolons
Correlative Conjunctions
Punctuating Titles
Semicolons: Dependent Clauses
Semicolons: Independent Clauses
Semicolons: Items in a List with Commas
Semicolons: Transitional Phrases
Usage
Using Quotation Marks in Special Ways
Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparisons
Finding Verb Tense
Incorrect Shifts in Verb Tense
Negatives
Noun Comparison
Past Participles
Possessive Nouns
Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
Pronouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement: Collective Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Structure
Subject-Verb Agreement: Compound Subjects
Subject-Verb Agreement: Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects
Subject-Verb Agreement: Plural in Form/Singular in Meaning
Subject-Verb Agreement: Recognizing Sentences with
Intervening Phrases
Subject-Verb Agreement: Regular and Inverted Order
Two and Three Part Verbs
Understanding Figures of Speech
Understanding Figures of Speech
Verb Shifts in Paragraphs
Verb Tense
Verbs: Active Voice and Passive Voice
Expression
Complete Thought
Connecting Words
Correct Parallel Structure in Sentences
Correct Placement of Misplaced Participles
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Run-On Sentences
Correct Sentence Fragments
Correct Sentence Fragments

Correct Sentence Fragments
Discern Organizational Patterns
Effective Sentences
Expression: Conciseness and Clarity
Identifying Sentence Fragments
Introductory and Concluding Sentences, Transitional Words,
Irrelevant and/or Redundant Sentences
Introductory and Concluding Sentences, Transitional Words,
Irrelevant and/or Redundant Sentences
Organization of Ideas
Recognizing Correct Placement of Dangling Participles
Recognizing Run-On Sentences
Relationships Between Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Sentence Meaning
Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure
Sentence Structure: Redundancy/Double Negatives
Integrated Writing and Editing
Capitalization Errors
Correct Multiple Skills
Interpreting Graphs
Locate and Comprehend Research
Locate and Comprehend Research
Locate Information
Locate Information: Dictionary
Locating Information: Other Sources
Word Study
Spelling
Spelling/Linguistic Conventions: Homonyms and Homophones