Unit 1: In a Community
Ideas For Literacy At Home
Common Core Standards Taught in This Unit
Des Moines Public Schools is transitioning to a standards-based learning environment. This means that curriculum, instruction, and assessments are aligned to state and/or national standards.
Theme + Central Ideas
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Determine the central message, lesson, or moral of stories from diverse cultures, including fables and folktales
Describe the central idea (main idea) of a text, as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: Central idea, culture, diverse, fable, focus, folktale, lesson, main idea, message, moral, paragraph, story, text
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures
Recognize or recall the central message, lesson, or moral of stories, including fables and folktales
Story Elements
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: Challenge, character, event, respond, story
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Recognize or recall how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
Text Structures and Features
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: beginning, introduce, event, conclude, ending, solution, story, structure, text, illustration
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Identify examples of text structures (for example, beginning, ending)
Fluency
Students demonstrate the ability to read at an appropriate pace (105 words per minute by the END of the year), use expression when appropriate, and pay attention to punctuation when reading aloud.
Phonics and Word Analysis
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Determine the central message, lesson, or moral of stories from diverse cultures, including fables and folktales
Describe the central idea (main idea) of a text, as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: Central idea, culture, diverse, fable, focus, folktale, lesson, main idea, message, moral, paragraph, story, text
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures
Recognize or recall the central message, lesson, or moral of stories, including fables and folktales
Story Elements
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: Challenge, character, event, respond, story
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Recognize or recall how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges
Text Structures and Features
Students demonstrate they have the ability to:
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action
Students will recognize or recall specific vocabulary, such as: beginning, introduce, event, conclude, ending, solution, story, structure, text, illustration
Students demonstrate they have developed the ability to: Identify examples of text structures (for example, beginning, ending)
Fluency
Students demonstrate the ability to read at an appropriate pace (105 words per minute by the END of the year), use expression when appropriate, and pay attention to punctuation when reading aloud.
Phonics and Word Analysis