|
|
| |
| Curriculum |
| English Language Arts: |
| |
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | Grade 9 | Grade 10 |
| |
| Grade 1 |
Oral Presentation and Discussion |
| Standard One: Students will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others, and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge. They will make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience and the information to be conveyed. |
| |
1. Benchmarks:
1.1. Follow rules for conversation
1.2. Give and follow two-step directions
1.3. Use appropriate voice level in small group settings
1.4. Be able to express ideas orally in complete sentences
1.5. Retell stories and events in sequence
1.6. Contribute knowledge to class discussions in brainstorming for a project
1.7. Give oral presentations about personal experiences or interests using eye contact and enunciation
1.8. Stay on topic in a presentation
1.9. Listen to a variety of literary forms: poems, songs and stories and audio tapes
1.10. Use listening skills to obtain information.
1.11. Make informal presentations that have a recognizable organization (sequencing, summarizing).
|
|
| |
Language |
| Standard Two: Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading and writing. They will analyze and use standard English spelling, grammar, and usage in speech and writing. Students will describe, analyze, and appropriately use formal and informal English. |
| |
2. Benchmarks:
2.1. Identify and sort common words into categories (opposites, color words, shapes)
2.2. Describe common objects and events in general and specific language
2.3. Identify base words (look), simple words with multiple meanings (saw/saw), common antonyms and synonyms
2.4. Use knowledge of simple words to predict the meaning of compound words
2.5. Use a beginning dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words
2.6. Use language to express spatial concepts: up, down, in, out
2.7. Identify formal and informal language in stories and poems
2.8. Understand and use fundamental skills: sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling for grade one.
2.9. Identify the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes and root words.
|
|
| |
Reading and Literature |
| Standard Three: Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of speech. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres. They will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation. |
| |
3. Benchmarks:
3.1. Read aloud with fluency and comprehension at grade level
3.2. Demonstrate a knowledge of the form and functions of written English: concepts about print, letter knowledge, early book handling
3.3. Isolate phonemes and manipulate them (ex. counting phonemes, adding or deleting phonemes, blending sounds to make word parts and words )
3.4. Create rhyming words orally
3.5. Apply knowledge of how print is organized (ex. read from left to right, match spoken words to print, identify letters, words and sentences)
3.6. Recognize common sight words
3.7. Use phonics to decode written English, decoding one and multi-syllable words and nonsense words
3.8. Read many irregularly spelled words
3.9. Use known words and word families, to solve unknown words
3.10. Use prior knowledge, pictures and text features to make predictions and then to confirm and discount the predictions when reading both literary and expository texts
3.11. Retell a main event from a story
3.12. Retell beginning, middle and end from a story
3.13. Ask questions about story elements
3.14. Retell important facts from a story heard or read
3.15. Identify similarities in works by the same author
3.16. Identify differences in the same work by different illustrators
3.17. Identify genre: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and informational text
3.18. Relate themes in fiction to personal experience
3.19. Identify beat, rhythm and rhyme in poetry
3.20. Identify words appealing to the five senses in literature
3.21. Identify characteristics of traditional literature
3.22. Rehearse and perform drama
|
|
| |
Writing |
| Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes .They will use knowledge of standard English conventions in their writing, revising and editing. |
| |
4. Benchmarks:
4.1. Write legibly using correct mechanics and grammatical conventions
4.2. Use standard English
4.3. Write stories that have a beginning, middle and end
4.4. Write short poems
4.5. Write letters and short personal narrative
4.6. Write a variety of genre when writing for different audiences
4.7. Revise writing to make the thought clearer or more expressive
4.8. Arrange events in a way that makes sense in writing
4.9. Write simple research questions
4.10. Generate questions and gather information for research in classroom
4.11. Draw pictures and/or use letters or phonetically spelled words to tell a story
4.12. Write several related paragraphs on the same topic
4.13. Spell common homophones correctly in writing
4.14. Write personal narratives
4.15. Write an account based on a personal experience
4.16. Revise writing; determine what could be added or deleted
|
|
| |
Media and Technology |
| Standard Five: Students will identify, analyze and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements and techniques of film, radio ,video ,television, multimedia productions, the internet and emerging technologies. |
| |
5. Benchmarks:
5.1. Identify techniques used in television to distinguish fact from fiction
5.2. Create videos and audio presentations
5.3. Examine and explain advertising
5.4. View, understand and discuss informational media productions
|
|
| |
Oral Presentation and Discussion |
Standard One: Students will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others, and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge. They will make oral presentations that demonstrate appropriate consideration of audience, and the information to be conveyed.
Benchmarks: |
| |
1.1 Follow agreed upon rules for group discussion: raise one’s hand, wait one’s turn and speak one at a time
1.2 Follow rules for conversation
1.3 Give and follow two-step directions
1.4 Use appropriate voice level in small group settings
1.5 Be able to express ideas orally in complete sentences
1.6 Retell stories and events in sequence
1.7 Contribute knowledge to class discussions in brainstorming for a project
1.8 Give oral presentations about personal experiences or interests using eye contact and enunciation
1.9 Stay on topic in a presentation
1.10 Listen to a variety of literary forms: poems, songs and stories and audio tapes
1.11 Use listening skills to obtain information.
1.12 Make informal presentations that have a recognizable organization (sequencing, summarizing).
|
|
| |
Language |
Standard Two: Students will analyze standard English grammar and usage and recognize how its vocabulary has developed and been influenced by other languages. Students will describe, analyze, and use appropriately formal and informal English.
Benchmarks: |
| |
2.1 Identify and sort common words into categories (opposites, color words, shapes)
2.2 Describe common objects and events in general and specific language
2.3 Identify base words (look), simple words with multiple meanings (saw/saw), common antonyms and synonyms
2.4 Use knowledge of simple words to predict the meaning of compound words
2.5 Use a beginning dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words
2.6 Use language to express spatial concepts: up, down, in, out
2.7 Identify formal and informal language in stories and poems
2.8 Understand and use fundamental skills: sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling for grade one.
2.9 Identify the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes and root words.
|
|
| |
Reading and Literature |
Standard Three: Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres. They will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Benchmarks: |
| |
3.1 Read aloud with fluency and comprehension at grade level
3.2 Demonstrate a knowledge of the form and functions of written English: concepts about print, letter knowledge, early book handling
3.3 Isolate phonemes and manipulate them (ex. counting phonemes, adding or deleting phonemes, blending sounds to make word parts and words )
3.4 Create rhyming words orally
3.5 Apply knowledge of how print is organized (ex. read from left to right, match spoken words to print, identify letters, words and sentences)
3.6 Recognize common sight words
3.7 Use phonics to decode written English, decoding one and multi-syllable words and nonsense words
3.8 Read many irregularly spelled words
3.9 Use known words and word families, to solve unknown words
3.10 Use prior knowledge, pictures and text features to make predictions and then to confirm and discount the predictions when reading both literary and expository texts
3.11 Retell a main event from a story
3.12 Retell beginning, middle and end from a story
3.13 Ask questions about story elements
3.14 Retell important facts from a story heard or read
3.15 Identify similarities in works by the same author
3.16 Identify differences in the same work by different illustrators
3.17 Identify genre: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and informational text
3.18 Relate themes in fiction to personal experience
3.19 Identify beat, rhythm and rhyme in poetry
3.20 Identify words appealing to the five senses in literature
3.21 Identify characteristics of traditional literature
3.22 Rehearse and perform drama
|
|
| |
Writing |
Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes .They will use knowledge of standard English conventions in their writing, revising and editing.
Benchmarks: |
| |
4.1 Write legibly in cursive and use correct mechanics and grammatical conventions
4.2 Use standard English
4.3 Write stories that have a beginning, middle and end
4.4 Write short poems
4.5 Write letters and short personal narrative
4.6 Write a variety of genre when writing for different audiences
4.7 Revise writing to make the thought clearer or more expressive
4.8 Arrange events in a way that makes sense in writing
4.9 Write simple research questions
4.10 Generate questions and gather information for research in classroom
4.11 Draw pictures and/or use letters or phonetically spelled words to tell a story
4.12 Write several related paragraphs on the same topic
4.13 Spell common homophones correctly in writing
4.14 Write personal narratives
4.15 Write an account based on a personal experience
4.16 Revise writing; determine what could be added or deleted
|
|
| |
Media |
Standard Five: Students will identify, analyze and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements and techniques of film, radio ,video ,television, multimedia productions, the internet and emerging technologies.
Benchmarks: |
| |
5.1 Identify techniques used in television to distinguish fact from fiction
5.2 Create videos and audio presentations
5.3 Examine and explain advertising
5.4 View, understand and discuss informational media productions
|
|
| |
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | Grade 9 | Grade 10 | |
| |
|
All rights reserved, PAIS.