Research and Technology

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

Speaking and Listening

Sayings and expressions
Asking and responding to questions
Giving directions and instructions
Recite poems, soliloquies and dialogues
Using volume, pitch, phrasing, pace, and gest...

Reading and Comprehension

Cause and effect, fact and opinion
Reading for different purposes
Compare and contrast information
Make and confirm predictions
Testing hypotheses

Oral Presentations

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

Summaries

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

Vocabulary

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

Writing

Penmanship
Writing with focus and organization, part 2
Edit and revise drafts
4th grade writing
Writing with focus and organization, part 1

Grammar

Writing simple and compound sentences
Verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions
Combining phrases
Using underlining, quotation marks and italic...
Capitalization and quotations

Stories and Literature

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

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