Reading and Comprehension

Compare and contrast information
Make and confirm predictions
Follow multiple-step instructions
Compare and contrast as well as cause and eff...
Testing hypotheses

Oral Presentations

Using anecdotes, details and experiences
Informal presentations
Oral presentations - introductions, conclusio...
Narrative presentations

Grammar

Using parentheses, commas and apostrophes
Capitalization and quotations
4th grade spelling
Writing simple and compound sentences
Using underlining, quotation marks and italic...

Summaries

Summarizing spoken language
Writing summaries
Oral summaries
Emphasize major points
Evaluate the media

Writing

Writing with focus and organization, part 2
4th grade writing
Writing multiple paragraphs
Writing narratives
Penmanship

Stories and Literature

Fantasies, fables, myths, legends and fairy t...
Characterization
Compare and contrast tales from different cul...
Main events of the plot
Figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperb...

Research and Technology

Basic keyboarding skills
Almanacs, newspapers and periodicals
Quote or paraphrase information, citing sourc...
Researching texts
Using a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia a...

Speaking and Listening

Cause and effect, similarity and difference, ...
Using volume, pitch, phrasing, pace, and gest...
Recite poems, soliloquies and dialogues
Giving directions and instructions
Sayings and expressions

Vocabulary

Meaning of words, part 1
Meaning of words, part 2
Using a thesaurus
Common roots, Greek and Latin words
Words with multiple meanings

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