ELAR

Welcome to our ELAR (English, language arts, and reading) page. Each week I will update this page with the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) that we are focusing on. You will also be able to find information explaining other things we do in the classroom as well as links to informational and practice sites for you and your child. The weeks will be listed in order with the most recent week at the top of the list.

Istation: Follow the installation instructions at [|www.istation.com/IstationHome/TX] Student login is school id number with an S in front and then their school student id number.

__**3rd**__ __**Quarter**__

~Prepare for and participate in a book club ~identifying similes, metaphors, and idioms ~making nouns plural by adding s, es, ies ~beginning cursive
 * //Week 2 (1/14-18)// **

~Prepare for their book club ~Practice using quotation marks in dialogue ~Use irregular plural nouns
 * //Week 1 (1/7-11)// **

__**2nd**__ __**Quarter**__

~students will learn about their role (independently and collaboratively) in book clubs ~students will identify and sequence the major events in a story
 * //Week 8 (12/17-21)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Determine author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~write good, basic paragraphs <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~spell words with the schwa sound (uh)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 7 (12/10-14)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Make inferences about a character's feelings or actions, story plot, and word meanings in fiction <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Make inferences about word meanings and information presented in non-fiction <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify the parts of a basic paragraph <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Write a basic paragraph <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Use a story arc when writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 6 (12/3-7)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify characteristics of popular cartoon characters <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Define stage directions and add them in a script <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Connect stage directions to television performances <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Define, edit, and write compound sentences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 5 (11/26-30)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify and apply playful uses of language <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify language that creates a graphic, visual experience and appeals to the senses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 4 (11/12-16)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Identify the characteristics of poems (free verse, narrative, lyrical, and humorous) including key vocabulary <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Identify and fix sentence fragments and run-on sentences <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Sort words in alphabetical order up to the third letter <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Spell words with the pattern
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">//Week 3 (11/5-9)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Identify the themes of fables, legends, myths, or stories <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Use the complete subject and predicate in a sentence <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Write from a character's point of view <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Spell words with the long o sound (ow, oa, o)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">//Week 2 (10/29-11/2)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Recognize and use commas in a series and dates <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Write a friendly letter using appropriate format and conventions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Describe the interaction of characters including relationships & changes they undergo <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Identify main idea and supporting details <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">~Spell words with the long i sound (i, igh)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">//Week 1 (10/22-26)// **