COMPREHENSION

Students will use decoding and word recognition strategies such as:

• phonetic skills
• context clues
• picture clues
• word order
• prefixes, suffixes

Students will demonstrate comprehension through the use of the following strategies:

• drawing conclusions
• summarizing
• making predictions
• identifying cause and effect
• identifying main idea
• sequencing events
• determining author's purpose

Students will analyze selections of literature for the following elements of literature:

• Setting
• Character
• Plot Structure
• Problem
• Sequence of Events
• Solution
• Climax

Students will identify similarities and differences relating to theme, plot, setting, character, and point of view in literature from different cultures.

Students will read a variety of genre, including:

• Poetry
• Nonfiction
• Realistic Fiction
• Fiction
• Fairy Tale
• Play Scripts

FLUENCY

Students will:

• Read with expression
• Attend to punctuation
• Read fluently 100 words per