Quarter 1 (Writing)
(Writing Process Standards)-These standards will be used all year long!
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4.4.2-Select a focus, organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements for a piece of writing
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4.4.10a- Review writing for meaning and clarity
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*4.4.11a-Indentify editing marks
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*4.4.11b-Practice using editing marks on sentences
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*4.4.11c-Proofread own writing using an editing checklist or set of rules with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.
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*4.4.11d-Proofread other’s writing using an editing checklist or set of rules with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.
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4.4.9b-Demonstrate basic keyboarding skills
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4.4.9c-Practice keyboarding from a writing draft
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4.5.6c-Explain the rationale for selecting a specific audience and purpose
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4.4.6d-Identify organizational features of reference texts (including prefaces, appendixes, indexes, table of contents)
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4.4.6a-Locate information in reference text
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4.4.10b-Evaluate writing for meaning and clarity
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4.5.6a-List purposes for writing including to inform, persuade, and entertain
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4.5.6b-List audiences for writing
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4.6.8-Spelling
Informational Standards
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4.4.12a-Identify sentences and paragraphs in text
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4.4.6a- Locate information in reference text
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4.4.4 and 4.4.2- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
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*4.6.7- Capitalization
Narrative
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4.5.5e- Write descriptions of common items using interesting words.
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4.5.1b-Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
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4.5.1-Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequence.
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4.5.5- Word Choices
Persuasive

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4.4.2-Select a focus, an organizational structure and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements for a piece of writing.
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4.5.2-Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
Quarter 1 (Language)
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*4.6.2a- Indentify simple sentences
*4.6.2b-Define compound sentences as a sentence of two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction or conjunctions.
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*4.6.2c-Indetify compound sentences
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*4.6.2d-Comstruct simple sentences correctly
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*4.6.2e-Construct compound sentences correctly
Quarter 2 (Writing)
Informational
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4.4.3 and 4.5.2- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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4.4.6-Locate information in reference texts by using organizational features , such as prefaces, and appendixes
Narrative
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4.5.1-Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequence.
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4.4.2-Select a focus, an organizational structure and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements for a piece of writing.
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4.5.5a-List synonyms for small words within a text or story
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4.5.5b-Create a list of interesting words(adjectives, adverbs, etc.)
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4.5.5c-Explain why a specific word works better in a piece of writing over a different word
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4.5.5d-Evaluate different words in pieces of writing to determine their effectiveness.
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4.1.2a-Analyze pictures of synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
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4.1.2b-Compose simple sentences using synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
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4.5.5- Word Choices
Persuasive
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4.5.2Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
Quarter 2 (Language)

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4.6.7, *4.6.5, 4.6.8-Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. o Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text o Punctuation-apostrophes to show possession, and apostrophes in contractions
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4.1.2-Demonstate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. o antonyms and synonyms
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*4.3.5-Define figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, hyperbole, or personification, and identify its use in literary works
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4.6.2 and 4.6.4 Form and use prepositional phrases, regular, irregular, and adverbs
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*4.6.5a- Identify quotation marks
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4.1.2a- Analyze pictures of synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
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4.1.2b-compose simple sentences using synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
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*4.6.6-Use underlining quotation marks, or italics to identify titles of documents
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*4.1.6-Distinguish and interpret words with multiple meanings by using context clues
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4.4.6- Locate information in reference text by using organizational features, such as prefaces and appendixes
Quarter 3 (Writing)
Informational
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4.4.3- Write informational pieces with multiple paragraphs
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4.4.5-quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them appropriately
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4.4.7-Use multiple reference materials and online information (the internet) as aids to writing
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4.4.6b-Define prefaces as the introductory remarks of a speaker or author
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4.4.6c-Define appendix as a supplementary material usually attached as the end of a piece of writing
4.4.8-Name the function of almanacs, newspapers, and periodicals
4.4.8b-Use almanacs, newspapers, and periodicals
4.5.2-Definitions, link ideas within categories using words and phrases, using precise vocabulary
Narrative
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4.5.1-Event sequence, variety of transitional words and phrases, conclusion
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4.5.5- Word Choices
Persuasive
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4.3.6-Determine the theme

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4.5.3- Write or deliver a research report that has been developed using a ststematic research process.
Quarter 3 (Language)
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4.1.6-Homophones
4.6.5d-apostrophes in contractions
4.6.5e-use apostrophes to show possession
4.6.2, 4.6.4-Form and use progressive verb tenses
4.6.5a-commas and apostrophes
Quarter 4 (Writing)
Informational
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4.5.3-Research Application: Write or deliver a research report that has been developed using a systematic research process.
Persuasive
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4.5.2Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
Quarter 4 (Language)
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*4.6.3j-Demonstrate correct use of adverbs
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*4.6.3k-Write sentences using adverbs
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*4.6.3o-Create interesting sentences that describe, explain, or provide additional details and connections
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4.6.4-Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. A. use relative pronouns (whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs
(where, when, why)
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4.1.2- Vocabulary and concept development (synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms)