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A lesson plan for Grades 3–5 English Language Arts
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
- present information in a sequenced, logical manner.
- discuss.
- sustain conversation on a topic.
- share information and ideas.
- recount or narrate.
- answer open-ended questions.
- report information on a topic.
- explain own learning.
- Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.08: Focus revision on a specific element such as:
- word choice.
- sequence of events and ideas.
- transitional words.
- sentence patterns.
- Objective 4.08: Focus revision on a specific element such as:
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.04: Compose multiple paragraphs with:
- topic sentences.
- specific, relevant details.
- logical progression and movement of ideas.
- coherence.
- elaboration.
- concluding statement related to the topic.
- Objective 5.08: Demonstrate evidence of language cohesion by:
- logical sequence of fiction and nonfiction retells.
- time order sequence of events.
- sustaining conversations on a topic.
- Objective 5.04: Compose multiple paragraphs with:
Grade 5
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.03: Elaborate information and ideas in speaking and writing by using:
- prepositional phrases.
- transitions.
- coordinating and/or subordinating conjunctions.
- Objective 5.03: Elaborate information and ideas in speaking and writing by using:
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
- present information in a sequenced, logical manner.
- discuss.
- sustain conversation on a topic.
- share information and ideas.
- recount or narrate.
- answer open-ended questions.
- report information on a topic.
- explain own learning.
- Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.08: Focus revision on a specific element such as:
- word choice.
- sequence of events and ideas.
- transitional words.
- sentence patterns.
- Objective 4.08: Focus revision on a specific element such as:
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.04: Compose multiple paragraphs with:
- topic sentences.
- specific, relevant details.
- logical progression and movement of ideas.
- coherence.
- elaboration.
- concluding statement related to the topic.
- Objective 5.08: Demonstrate evidence of language cohesion by:
- logical sequence of fiction and nonfiction retells.
- time order sequence of events.
- sustaining conversations on a topic.
- Objective 5.04: Compose multiple paragraphs with:
Grade 5
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.03: Elaborate information and ideas in speaking and writing by using:
- prepositional phrases.
- transitions.
- coordinating and/or subordinating conjunctions.
- Objective 5.03: Elaborate information and ideas in speaking and writing by using: