CU01-Book Structure
Students listen to and view a song describing the structure of a book, including the cover, title, author, table of contents, chapters, and index. They view covers and pages from books and locate answers to questions about the contents.

Reading CCG: Concepts of Print: Analyze words, recognize words, and learn to read grade-level text fluently across the subject areas. I EL.00.RE.01 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

(Language Arts, Level K)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.00.RE.25 Locate the title and the name of the author of a book.

(Language Arts, Level K)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.01.RE.30 Locate the title, name of author, name of illustrator, and table of contents.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.02.RE.23 Use titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information in text.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.03.RE.20 Use titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, and indexes to locate information in text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.04.RE.17 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.06.RE.16 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task EL.07.RE.15 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

CU02-Format, Types of Text
Students view a description of formats including fiction and non-fiction, narrative and expository, and books, drama / plays, or novels. They distinguish between common forms of literature.

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.01.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.02.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.03.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.04.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.05.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.11 Differentiate among the different types of fiction, and apply knowledge of the major characteristics of each (e.g., folklore, mystery, science fiction, adventure, fantasy).

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.13 Identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction, and explain the appropriateness of the literary forms chosen by an author for a specific purpose.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

CU03-Main Idea
Students listen to and view a song describing the main idea, summary, topic, and theme. They must read passages and generalize to identify the central idea.

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.00.LI.01 Listen, make connections, and respond to stories based on well-known characters, themes, plots, and settings.

(Language Arts, Level K)

Reading Students view a description of synonyms, or words with the same meaning. They must select the correct synonym for a word to replace in a sentence. EL.03.RE.26 Distinguish the main idea and supporting details in informational text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.03.LI.09 Determine and discuss the underlying theme or author's message in literary text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.20 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, facts, supporting details, and opinions in informational and practical selections.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.24 Identify the main idea of a passage when it is not explicitly stated.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.03 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details in literary selections.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.07 Identify the main idea of a passage when it is not explicitly stated.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.03 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details in literary selections.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.07 Identify the main idea of a passage when it is not explicitly stated.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Summaries, Business Letters, Job Applications and Resumes, Technical Writing (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.27 Write summaries that contain the main idea of the reading selection.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.21 Recognize and/or summarize sequence of events and main ideas presented in informational texts, identifying evidence that supports those ideas.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.23 Predict future outcomes supported by the text.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.03 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details in literary selections.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.07 Identify the theme, understanding that theme refers to the lesson, moral, or meaning of a selection, whether it is implied or stated directly

(Language Arts, Level 5).

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Summaries, Business Letters, Job Applications and Resumes, Technical Writing (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.05.WR.28 Write summaries, using formal paragraph structure, that contain the main ideas of the reading selection and the most significant details (e.g., summaries for book reports, chapters of a text, magazine articles).

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.19 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, facts, supporting details, and opinions in informational and practical selections.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.23 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated, and support with evidence from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas EL.06.RE.29 Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to multiple sources, known information and ideas, and related topics.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.03 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details in literary selections.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.08 Identify and examine the development of themes in literary works.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.09 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task EL.07.RE.18 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, facts, supporting details, and opinions in informational and practical selections.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.23 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated, and support with evidence from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.07.LI.07 Identify and analyze development of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.07.LI.08 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated, and support with evidence from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.07.LI.12 Identify and analyze general themes, such as bravery, loyalty, friendship, loss, and loneliness that appear in many different works.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.08.RE.17 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, facts, supporting details, and opinions in informational and practical selections.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas.EL.08.RE.21 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated, and support with evidence from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.08.LI.03 Identify and/or summarize sequence of events, main ideas, and supporting details in literary selections.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text EL.08.LI.04 Predict probable future outcomes supported by the text, including foreshadowing clues.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text EL.08.LI.06 Identify and analyze the development of themes in literary works based on evidence in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text EL.08.LI.07 Infer the main idea when it is not explicitly stated, and support with evidence from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.08.LI.15 Identify and analyze recurring themes (e.g., good versus evil) across traditional and contemporary works

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU04-Author's Purpose
Students listen to and view a song describing the author s purpose, including writing to inform, narrate, persuade, describe, and entertain. They must read passages and identify the author s purpose.

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.33 Use knowledge of the author's purpose to comprehend informational text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.25 Determine the author's purpose, and relate it to details in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.26 Determine the author's purpose, and relate it to specific details in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.24 Determine the author's purpose and how the author's perspective influences the text.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.08.RE.22 Determine the author's purpose and perspective and relate them to specific details in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU05-Tone, Mood and Attitude
Students listen to and view a song describing the author s tone, mood and attitude. They must read passages and identify the author s tone and attitude.

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.11 Evaluate the author's use of techniques to influence readers' attitudes and feelings (e.g., use of first person sets a particular tone, exaggeration sets a humorous tone, structure is used to build suspense, logic contributes to believability of plots and settings, figurative language influences tone).

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.12 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.07.LI.11 Evaluate how well literary elements contribute to the overall effectiveness of a selection (e.g., point of view, importance of the setting to create a mood).

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.08.LI.12 Analyze the importance of the setting (place, time, customs) to the mood, tone, and meaning of the text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.08.LI.13 Analyze how dialogue is used to develop characters and mood in a selection.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU06-Expository Organizers
Students view a description of graphic expository organizers including the sections for title, purpose, main idea, details, and conclusion. They must read informational passages and fill in all the sections of the organizer.

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing (K-3): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas EL.02.WR.25 With organizational help, begin writing brief informative reports.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Expository

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU07-Reference Books
Students view a description if reference books and materials including the encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, thesaurus. They must read a request for information and decide which reference materials would contain the information.

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.01.RE.21 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.02.RE.10 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Writing CCG: Research Report Writing: Investigate topics of interest and importance across the subject areas, selecting appropriate media sources, using effective research processes, and demonstrating ethical use of resources and materials. EL.02.WR.26 Understand the purposes of various reference materials.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.03.RE.07 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Research Report Writing: Investigate topics of interest and importance across the subject areas, selecting appropriate media sources, using effective research processes, and demonstrating ethical use of resources and materials. EL.03.WR.29 Understand the structure and organization of various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia, CD-ROM, and online sources).

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.04.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Research Report Writing: Investigate topics of interest and importance across the subject areas, selecting appropriate media sources, using effective research processes, and demonstrating ethical use of resources and materials. EL.04.WR.28 Use multiple reference materials (e.g., dictionary, encyclopedia, online information) as aids to writing.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.05.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.05.WR.26 Write research reports about ideas, issues, or events: Frame questions that direct the investigation. Establish a main idea or topic. Use a variety of information sources, including firsthand interviews, reference materials, and electronic resources to locate information n to support the topic. Cite references appropriately.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.06.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing: Research Reports/ Multi-media Presentations (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.06.WR.25 Write research reports: Pose relevant questions that are focused enough to be thoroughly answered in the report. Identify credible sources. Support the main idea or ideas with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources, such as speakers, newspapers and magazines, reference books, and online information searches. Include references used.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.07.RE.02 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing: Research Reports/ Multi-media Presentations (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas EL.07.WR.28 Write research reports: Pose relevant questions about the topic. Distinguish credible sources. Convey clear and accurate perspectives on the subject. Include evidence compiled through the formal research process, including use of the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, a computer catalog, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, and other reference books. Document sources.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.08.RE.02 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing: Response to Literary Text (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.08.WR.25 Write responses to literature: Demonstrate careful reading and insight into interpretations. Connect the student's own responses to the writer's techniques and to specific textual references. Draw supported inferences about the effects of a literary work on its audience. Support interpretations through references to the text, other works, other authors, or to personal knowledge.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU08-Narrative Writing
Students view a description of narrative story writing including the problem, characters, setting, and solution. They must read stories and identify the key elements.

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.01.WR.16 Write brief stories that describe an experience.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.02.WR.21 Write brief narratives based on personal experiences

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: Provide a context within which an action takes place.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: Include well-chosen details to develop the plot.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: With some guidance, provide insight into why the selected incident is memorable.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. . EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Provide a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Use concrete sensory details.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.05.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.06.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.06.WR.23 Write fictional narratives: Establish and develop a plot and setting, and present a point of view that is suitable to the story. Include sensory details and clear language to develop plot and character. Use a range of narrative devices, such as dialogue or suspense.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.07.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas EL.07.WR.26 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives: Develop a standard plot line, including a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution. Develop a point of view. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. Use a range of appropriate strategies, such as dialogue; suspense; and the naming of specific narrative action, including movement, gestures, and expressions.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.08.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.08.WR.24 Write biographical or autobiographical narratives or short stories: Relate a clear, coherent incident, event, or situation by using well-chosen details. Reveal the significance of, or the writer's attitude about, the subject. Use narrative and descriptive strategies, including relevant dialogue, specific action, physical description, background description, and comparison or contrast of characters.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU09-Story Maps
Students view a description of graphic story maps including sections for the problem, characters, setting, events, and solution. They read stories or narrative passages and fill in all the sections of the story map.

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.01.WR.16 Write brief stories that describe an experience.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.02.WR.21 Write brief narratives based on personal experiences

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: Provide a context within which an action takes place.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: Include well-chosen details to develop the plot.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.24 Write narratives: With some guidance, provide insight into why the selected incident is memorable.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Provide a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Use concrete sensory details.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.23 Write personal narratives: Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.05.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.06.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.06.WR.23 Write fictional narratives: Establish and develop a plot and setting, and present a point of view that is suitable to the story. Include sensory details and clear language to develop plot and character. Use a range of narrative devices, such as dialogue or suspense.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Writing CCG: Planning, Evaluation, and Revision: Pre-write, draft, revise, edit, and publish across the subject areas. EL.07.WR.04 Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose--personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, or narrative.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas EL.07.WR.26 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives: Develop a standard plot line, including a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution. Develop a point of view. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. Use a range of appropriate strategies, such as dialogue; suspense; and the naming of specific narrative action, including movement, gestures, and expressions.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Personal Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Modes: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. Fictional Narrative

(Language Arts, Level 8)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Narrative Writing: Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.08.WR.24 Write biographical or autobiographical narratives or short stories: Relate a clear, coherent incident, event, or situation by using well-chosen details. Reveal the significance of, or the writer's attitude about, the subject. Use narrative and descriptive strategies, including relevant dialogue, specific action, physical description, background description, and comparison or contrast of characters.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU10-K-W-L Charts
Students listen to and view a song describing the use of K-W-L charts to document what you already know, want to know, and learned after reading a passage. They must fill in the K-W-L charts before and after reading each passage.

CU11-Greek and Latin Root Words
Students listen to and view a song describing and listing common greek and latin root words. They must identify the root word from a set of words and then identify the meaning of the root word.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.17 Infer word meanings from taught roots, prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, pre-, bi-, mis-, dis-), and suffixes (e.g., -er, -est, -ful)

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.14 Use knowledge of root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage (nation, national, nationality).

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.15 Use common roots (meter=measure) and word parts (therm=heat) derived from Greek and Latin, and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (thermometer).

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.13 Determine the meanings of figurative expressions, such as those in similes and metaphors.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.15 Know less-common roots (graph=writing, logos=the study of) and word parts (auto=self, bio=life) from Greek and Latin, and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (autograph, autobiography, biography, biology).

(Language Arts, Level 5)

CU12-Homophones
Students listen to and view a song describing and listing common homophones, or words with the same sound and a different meaning. They must fill in sentences with the correct word from several homophones.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.14 Determine the meanings of words using knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Conventions: Spelling: Demonstrate knowledge of spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and penmanship across the subject areas Spell correctly: and common homophones (words that sound the same but have different spellings, such as hair/hare).

(Language Arts, Level 3)

reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas.

Writing CCG: Conventions: Spelling: Demonstrate knowledge of spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and penmanship across the subject areas. EL.04.WR.15 Spell correctly: homophones (to/too/two, hear/here, plain/plane, aisle/isle/I'll, caught/cot).

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Writing CCG: Conventions: Spelling: Demonstrate knowledge of spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and penmanship across the subject areas. Homophones (to/too/two, hear/here, plain/plane, aisle/isle/I'll, caught/cot).

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

CU13-Context Clues
Students listen to and view a song describing how to use sentence and word context clues to help find or predict the meaning of unknown or unfamiliar words. They must identify the meaning of words in the context of passages from several possible meanings.

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.01.RE.23 Monitor own reading and self-correct when an incorrectly identified word does not fit with cues provided by the letters in the word or the context surrounding the word.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.01.RE.28 Use context to understand word and sentence meanings.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.02.RE.20 Use context to identify simple multiple-meaning words (change, duck)

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.15 Use sentence and word context to find the meaning of unknown words.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.11 Determine meanings of words using contextual and structural clues.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.12 Distinguish and interpret words with multiple meanings (i.e., quarter) by using context clues.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.11 Determine meanings of words using contextual and structural clues.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.11 Determine the meaning of unknown words or words with unusual meanings in informational and narrative text by using word, sentence, and paragraph clues.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.10 Determine meanings of words using contextual and structural clues.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.13 Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and word parts to understand subject-area vocabulary.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas EL.08.RE.10 Determine meanings of words using contextual and structural clues.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU14-Question Answer Relationships QAR
Students view a description of QAR, or question answer relationships, including right there, think and search, author and me, and on my own. They must read passages and answer each type of question.

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.00.RE.27 Correctly answer simple questions about a text read aloud.

(Language Arts, Level K)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.00.LI.05 Correctly answer simple questions about stories read aloud.

(Language Arts, Level K)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.01.RE.36 Answer simple written comprehension questions based on material read.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading. CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.01.RE.38 Discuss how, why, and what-if questions in sharing informational texts.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Speaking: Communicate supported ideas across the subject areas using oral, visual, and multi-media forms in ways appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; organize oral, visual, and multi-media presentations in clear sequence, making connections and transitions among ideas and elements ; use language appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; and demonstrate control of eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, inflection, gestures, and other non-verbal techniques. EL.01.SL.03 Retell stories using basic story grammar and relating the sequence of story events by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Speaking and Listening CG: Listening: Listen critically and respond appropriately across the subject areas. EL.01.SL.09 Ask questions for clarification and understanding

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.02.RE.12 Draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.02.RE.27 Read informational texts for answers to specific questions or for specific purposes.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.02.RE.29 Pose possible answers to how, why, and what-if questions.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.03.RE.09 Draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading Students view a description of synonyms, or words with the same meaning. They must select the correct synonym for a word to replace in a sentence. EL.03.RE.25 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers to questions about the text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.31 Ask how, why, and what-if questions in interpreting informational texts.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.32 Ask questions and support answers by connecting prior knowledge with literal information found in, and inferred from, the text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Listening: Listen critically and respond appropriately across the subject areas. EL.03.SL.09 Answer questions completely and with appropriate elaboration.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.04.RE.07 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Listening: Listen critically and respond appropriately across the subject areas. EL.04.SL.07 Ask thoughtful questions and respond orally to questions with appropriate discussion.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.05.RE.07 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.06.RE.07 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.07.RE.06 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Speaking: Communicate supported ideas across the subject areas using oral, visual, and multi-media forms in ways appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; organize oral, visual, and multi-media presentations in clear sequence, making connections and transitions among ideas and elements ; use language appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; and demonstrate control of eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, inflection, gestures, and other non-verbal techniques. EL.07.SL.03 Use traditional structures for conveying information, including cause-and-effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.08.RE.06 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed--re-reading, self-correcting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU15-Synonyms
Students view a description of synonyms, or words with the same meaning. They must select the correct synonym for a word to replace in a sentence.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.02.RE.17 Know and explain common antonyms and synonyms.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.14 Determine the meanings of words using knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.13 Apply knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.12 Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

CU16-Antonyms
Students view a description of antonyms, or words with the opposite meaning. They must select the correct antonym for a word to replace in a sentence.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.02.RE.17 Know and explain common antonyms and synonyms.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.03.RE.14 Determine the meanings of words using knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.13 Apply knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.12 Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

CU17-Poetry
Students view a description of poetry and the common forms including narrative, dramatic, free verse. They read poems and answer questions on the form and content.

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.01.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.01.RE.21 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 1)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.02.RE.10 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.02.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.03.RE.07 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of grade-level informational and narrative (story) text including children's magazines and newspapers, dictionaries, other reference materials, online information, classic and contemporary literature, and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.03.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature--including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama--from a variety of cultures and time periods.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.04.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.04.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.05.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity. EL.05.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.06.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.12 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.13 Identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction, and explain the appropriateness of the literary forms chosen by an author for a specific purpose.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.07.RE.02 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. EL.08.RE.02 Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text, including classic and contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU18-History K-W-L
Students view a description of the subject history and learn vocabulary words for this subject. They read textbook style history passages and fill in K-W-L charts to document what they already know, want to know, and learned after reading the passage.

CU19-Charts and Graphs
Students view a description of charts, graphs and diagrams including the pie, bar, and line charts and graphs. They view graphs and answer questions about the content.

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.02.RE.24 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.03.RE.21 Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing (K-3): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms—including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing—to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areas. EL.03.WR.27 Write brief reports: Use diagrams, charts, or illustrations that are appropriate to the text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Speaking: Communicate supported ideas across the subject areas using oral, visual, and multi-media forms in ways appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; organize oral, visual, and multi-media presentations in clear sequence, making connections and transitions among ideas and elements ; use language appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; and demonstrate control of eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, inflection, gestures, and other non-verbal techniques. EL.03.SL.03 With assistance, clarify and enhance oral presentations through the use of appropriate props (e.g., objects, pictures, charts)

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.04.RE.17 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.06.RE.15 Read textbooks, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines, essays, primary source historical documents, editorials, news stories, periodicals, bus routes, and catalogs.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.06.RE.16 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task EL.07.RE.15 Locate information in titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of grade-level text.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Writing CCG: Writing Applications: Expository Writing: Research Reports/ Multi-media Presentations (4-CIM): Write narrative, expository, and persuasive texts, using a variety of written forms including journals, essays, short stories, poems, research reports, research papers, business and technical writing to express ideas appropriate to audience and purpose across the subject areasEL.08.WR.26 Write research reports: Specify a thesis. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources, and distinguish the nature and value of each. Include important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from significant information sources, and paraphrase and summarize different perspectives on the topic, as appropriate. Organize and display information on charts, tables, maps, and graphs. Document sources.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU20-Music Comprehension
Students view a description of the subject music. They read textbook style expository passages about music and answer comprehension questions.

CU21-Mythology Story Maps
Students view a description of the subject mythology and learn vocabulary words for this subject. They read mythological stories from around the world and fill in all the sections of the story map for each story: problem, characters, setting, events, and solution.

CU22-Idioms
Students listen to and view a song describing and listing common idioms in context. They read passages containing idioms and identify the correct meaning of each idiom.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.13 Apply knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.11 Demonstrate understanding of idioms and comparisons, such as analogies, metaphors, and similes, in prose (informational and literary text) and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas EL.08.RE.11 Analyze idioms and comparisons, such as analogies, metaphors, and similes, to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU23-Conclusions and Inferences
Students view a description of conclusions and inferences with an example. They read short passages and then make inferences and draw conclusions to answer the questions.

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.23 Draw inferences or conclusions about an author's meaning supported by facts and events from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.08 Draw inferences or conclusions about a text based on explicitly stated information.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.08 Draw inferences or conclusions about a text based on explicitly stated information.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Reading CG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.23 Predict future outcomes supported by the text.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas.EL.05.RE.27 Draw conclusions about whether portions of the passage are facts or opinions.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.08 Draw inferences, conclusions or generalizations about text, and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge.

(Language Arts, Level 5).

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.22 Make reasonable, logical statements, conclusions, and inferences about a text, supporting them with accurate examples from the text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.24 Draw conclusions about the author's overall purpose as well as the author's placement and inclusion of specific information in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas EL.06.RE.26 Draw conclusions about reasons for actions or beliefs based on an analysis of information in the text.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.06.LI.10 Make reasonable inferences, statements, and conclusions about a text, supporting them with accurate examples.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.12 Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, inference, example, restatement, or contrast.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.21 Make valid inferences about an author's unstated meaning and valid conclusions about an author's stated meaning, based on facts, events, and images.

(Language Arts, Level 7

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas.EL.07.RE.25 Differentiate between conclusions that are based on fact and those that are based on opinions.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.08.RE.23 Note and analyze instances of unsupported inferences, deceptive reasoning, persuasion, and propaganda in text.

(Language Arts, Level 8)

CU24-Earth Science K-W-L
Students view a description of the subject earth science and learn vocabulary words for this subject. They read textbook style earth science passages and fill in K-W-L charts to document what they already know, want to know, and learned after reading the passage.

CU25-Dance Comprehension
Students view a description of the subject dance and learn vocabulary words for this subject. They read textbook style expository passages about dance and answer comprehension questions.

CU26-Advertising QAR
Students view a description of the subject advertising. They view advertisements with text and graphics. They answer four QAR, or question answer relationships, questions per passage: right there, think and search, author and me, and on my own.

CU27-Art Expository Organizer
Students view a description of the subject art and learn vocabulary words for this subject. They read expository passages about famous artists and fill in all the sections of the expository organizer for each passage: title, purpose, main idea, details, and conclusion.

CU28-Cause and Effect
Students view a description of cause and effect with an example. They read passages and answer why questions by selecting from a set of clauses beginning with because.

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.02.LI.06 Describe cause-and-effect of specific events.

(Language Arts, Level 2)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas EL.03.RE.30 Distinguish cause-and-effect and fact and opinion.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.03.LI.10 Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in literary text.

(Language Arts, Level 3)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.26 Distinguish between cause-and-effect and between fact and opinion in expository text.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.06 Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character's traits and motivations to determine the causes for that character's actions.

(Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.06 Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character's traits and motivations to determine the causes for that character's actions.

 (Language Arts, Level 4)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.04 Identify the main events of the plot, their causes, and the influence of specific events on future actions.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Listening: Listen critically and respond appropriately across the subject areas EL.05.SL.09 Make inferences or draw conclusions based on an oral report.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas EL.06.RE.27 Identify and analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast and cause-and-effect organizational patterns.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Informational Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.26 Analyze text to determine the type and purpose of the organizational structure being used by the author (e.g., description, sequential/chronological, categorization, prioritization, comparison/contrast, or cause-and-effect).

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Speaking and Listening CCG: Speaking: Communicate supported ideas across the subject areas using oral, visual, and multi-media forms in ways appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; organize oral, visual, and multi-media presentations in clear sequence, making connections and transitions among ideas and elements ; use language appropriate to topic, context, audience, and purpose ; and demonstrate control of eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, inflection, gestures, and other non-verbal techniques. EL.07.SL.03 Use traditional structures for conveying information, including cause-and-effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question

(Language Arts, Level 7)

CU29-Metaphor and Simile
Students view a description of metaphor and simile with examples of figurative language. They read sentences and identify whether the author is using metaphor or simile.

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.05.RE.13 Determine the meanings of figurative expressions, such as those in similes and metaphors.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.09 Identify and describe the function and effect of common literary devices, such as imagery, metaphor, and symbolism.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.05.LI.10 Define figurative language, including simile, metaphor, exaggeration, and personification, and explain the effects of its use in a particular work.

(Language Arts, Level 5)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.06.RE.12 Interpret figurative language, including similes, metaphors, and words with multiple meanings.

(Language Arts, Level 6)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.07.RE.11 Demonstrate understanding of idioms and comparisons, such as analogies, metaphors, and similes, in prose (informational and literary text) and poetry.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Literature CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.07.LI.10 Explain the effects of common literary devices, such as symbolism, imagery, and metaphor in a variety of literary texts.

(Language Arts, Level 7)

Reading CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, a