Diocese of Covington - Education at PO Box 15550, Covington, KY 41015-0550 US - Language Arts Part 2

The Learner Will:

• Use basic conventions of punctuation and capitalization
• Recognize and use the correct forms of singular and plural regular nouns and regular verbs
• Recognize and correctly use adjectives, pronouns, possessive nouns, common irregular verbs and the verb 'to be'

The Learner Will:

• Use developmental spelling with correct letter formation
• Begin to identify and correct simple spelling mistakes
• Begin to spell high frequency words correctly

The Learner Will:

• Use personal experiences as a source for writing
• Write simple, organized, logical paragraphs using appropriate signal words and transitions
• Begin to brainstorm to generate writing ideas with a class and individually
• Students will develop and edit ideas in writing in response to peer and teacher feedback
• Use a variety of pre-writing ideas as sources for later writing
• Enjoy and appreciate one's own and other's writing
• Write a piece that includes a beginning, middle and end
• Develop a single topic using relevant details, explanations and examples
• Recognize that rewriting and editing are done for a particular purpose
• Respond in a clear and organized manner to open-ended questions and writing prompts
• Begin to recognize the need to adapt writing to a particular audience

The Learner Will:

• Recognize different types of writing
• Recognize that different types of writing have different purposes and audiences
• Create a variety of simple writing samples that include narrative, expository, poetry

The Learner Will Begin To:

• Retell a story using beginning, middle and end and using appropriate signal words
• Relate experiences using appropriate vocabulary and complete sentences
• Speak clearly and at an appropriate rate in a group setting
• Engage in informal communication
• Practice appropriate verbal behaviors for a variety of audiences, purposes and situations
• Apply appropriate nonverbal techniques (gestures, facial expressions) to enhance communication
• Use visual aids in making oral presentations
• Pose questions to obtain ideas and information for authentic purposes
• Contribute ideas and information in group discussions
• Give a short sequence of directions for others to follow
• Present information using appropriate delivery techniques: rate, tone, volume

The Learner Will:

• Follow multi-step directions
• Understand the meaning of text through the presenter’s intonation and inflection
• Identify main idea and at least two supporting details of a speaker's message
• Begin to appreciate and imitate literary devices of rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and onomatopoeia
• Interpret and apply meaning from listening
• Identify and apply appropriate listening behaviors in various situations
• Respond to a speaker by asking appropriate questions

The Learner Will:

• Use senses to observe the world around them for a specific purpose
• Construct meaning from observing nonverbal cues
• Apply listening, speaking and observing skills for a variety of purposes

The Learner Will:

• Differentiate and formulate figurative and literal language
• Recognize different types of fiction including folk literature, legends, and myths
• Recognize and compose personification, simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole
• Identify and interpret elements of literature: plot, character, setting, and theme
• Recognize expository, persuasive, descriptive, or narrative style
• Differentiate between first and third person narratives

The Learner Will:

• Vary sentence structure and length in paragraphs
• Write clear and complete simple, compound, and complex sentences

The Learner Will:

• use correct agreement between pronouns and antecedents
• use correct nominative, objective, and possessive forms of pronouns
• distinguish between uses of adjectives and adverbs
• use correct agreement between subjects and verbs
• use strong verbs and nouns
• use concrete and sensory details
• use language appropriate to content, purpose, and audience

The Learner Will:

• use correct spelling across the curriculum
• Use tools for spelling accuracy

The Learner Will:

• apply the writing process for a variety of authentic purposes and audiences
• evaluate the content and organization of one’s own and others’ writing (peer conferencing)
• narrow the topic to establish a focus with audience and purpose in mind
• continue to develop more elaborated ideas to support needs of audiences in writing in response to peer and teacher feedback
• continue to use more relevant details, explanations, and examples to support ideas for specific audiences, purposes and real world issues
• write pieces with effective introduction, body and conclusion
• select appropriate formats and patterns for various genres
• organize writing logically in paragraphs and use transition words and elements to move from one paragraph to another
• implement tools to edit writing for correctness (dictionary, thesaurus, writing resource book, technology)
• construct writing with logical and coherent organization construct writing which contains sequence supported by details with relevant elaboration
• continue to employ proper tone and voice

The Learner Will:

• respond to reading, listening, observing, and inquiry through applying writing-to-learn strategies in situations such as graphic organizers, note taking, journals, and logs and writing-to-demonstrate learning strategies in situations such as graphic organizers, open-response questions, and summaries
• explore technology as a means of communication
• understand that the product is the result of the process

The Learner Will:

• distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate details in oral communication
• convey meaning through appropriate delivery techniques (e.g., correct and appropriate language, nonverbal cues, visual aids, projection of voice, pace, and tone)
• apply organizational skills to prepare and deliver oral messages with and without technology
• adapt communication based on audience, purpose and situation for oral presentation
• place emphasis on articulation and enunciation

The Learner Will:

• separate essential and nonessential elements in an oral presentation
• interpret meaning from verbal cues by applying appropriate listening strategies
• take notes from teacher’s lecture with some verbal prompts
• follow complex written and oral directions

The Learner Will:

• interpret meaning from nonverbal cues by applying appropriate observing strategies

The following skills should have been mastered by fifth grade but will need to be practiced and reviewed as needed:

• alphabetizing to 2 letters
• capitalization
• following conventions of punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation mark)
• contractions
• construction of complete sentences
• alphabetizing