OVERALL EXPECTATIONS:
Reading and Literature Studies
Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic
elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas
for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
Media Studies:
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning .
Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic
elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas
for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
Media Studies:
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning .