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PA.CC.1.2.8.Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
Key Ideas and Details: Main IdeaCC.1.2.8.A. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Evaluating ArgumentsCC.1.2.8.H. Evaluate an author’s argument, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the arguments and the relevance of the evidence.
Key Ideas and Details: Text AnalysisCC.1.2.8.B. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
CC.1.2.8.C. Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analysis Across TextsCC.1.2.8.I. Analyze two or more texts that provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Craft and Structure: Point of ViewCC.1.2.8.D. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
PA.CC.1.3.8.Reading Literature Students read and respond to works of literature—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
Reading Literature Students read and respond to works of literature—with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
Key Ideas and Details: ThemeCC.1.3.8.A. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Craft and Structure: VocabularyCC.1.3.8.F. Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings and how they shape meaning and tone.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Key Ideas and Details: Text AnalysisCC.1.3.8.B. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences, conclusions, and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
Key Ideas and Details: Literary ElementsCC.1.3.8.C. Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
PA.CC.1.4.8.Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
Informative/Explanatory: Conventions of LanguageCC.1.4.8.F. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage
Range of WritingCC.1.4.8.X. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Production and Distribution of Writing: Writing ProcessCC.1.4.8.T. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Opinion/Argumentative: Conventions of LanguageCC.1.4.8.L. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage
Conducting ResearchCC.1.4.8.V. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Narrative: Conventions of LanguageCC.1.4.8.R. Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Punctuation Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Usage
PA.CC.1.5.8.Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Speaking and Listening: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
Comprehension and Collaboration: Collaborative DiscussionCC.1.5.8.A. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, on grade-level topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: ContextCC.1.5.8.E. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Speaking
Comprehension and Collaboration: Evaluating InformationCC.1.5.8.C. Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Purpose, Audience, and TaskCC.1.5.8.D. Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound, valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume and clear pronunciation.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Speaking