Month 1 – Foundations
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Main idea – Use key details | |||||||
| Reading | Main idea – Determine the main idea of a passage | |||||||
| Reading | Identify story elements | |||||||
| Reading | Identify text structures | |||||||
| Writing | Put the sentences in order | |||||||
| Writing | Remove the sentence that does not belong | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with pre-, re-, mis- | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ful or -less | |||||||
| Grammar | Complete sentence vs. fragment | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify the complete subject/predicate | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify common and proper nouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify personal pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Regular past tense (identify + form) | |||||||
| Grammar | Articles a/an | |||||||
Month 2 – Building Skills
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Combine main ideas from two texts | |||||||
| Reading | Theme – Determine the themes of myths, fables and folktales | |||||||
| Reading | Author’s purpose – Identify the purpose of a text | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Order of events in informational texts | |||||||
| Writing | Organise information by main idea | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best topic sentence | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ly or -ness | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Sort by shared root | |||||||
| Grammar | Is the sentence a run-on? | |||||||
| Grammar | Form plurals with -s, -es, -ies | |||||||
| Grammar | Use possessive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify action verbs | |||||||
| Grammar | Irregular past tense (set 1) | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify adjectives | |||||||
Month 3 – Deeper Practice
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Text structure – Compare and contrast in informational texts | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Match causes and effects in informational texts | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Match problems with their solutions | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Use actions and dialogue to understand characters | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Compare and contrast characters | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Draw inferences from a text | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Make predictions about a story | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best concluding sentence | |||||||
| Writing | Identify time-order words | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -able or -ment | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Use as clues to meanings | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify plurals, singular/plural possessives | |||||||
| Grammar | Replace noun with pronoun | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify main verbs and helping verbs | |||||||
| Grammar | Subject-verb agreement – singular/plural | |||||||
| Grammar | Irregular past tense (set 2) | |||||||
| Grammar | Order adjectives | |||||||
Month 4 – Expanding Variety
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Text structure – Identify text structures | |||||||
| Reading | Sensory details – Sort sensory details | |||||||
| Reading | Identify similes and metaphors | |||||||
| Writing | Use coordinating conjunctions | |||||||
| Writing | Choose reasons to support an opinion | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ly or -ness | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Determine meanings of roots | |||||||
| Grammar | Form and use irregular plurals | |||||||
| Grammar | Use possessive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Modal verbs – what do they show? | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify irregular past tense | |||||||
Month 5 – Building Complexity
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone | |||||||
| Reading | Point of view – Distinguish characters’ points of view | |||||||
| Writing | Use subordinating conjunctions | |||||||
| Writing | Identify supporting details in literary texts | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with suffix: review | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Determine meanings of words with roots | |||||||
| Grammar | Form singular or plural possessives | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify relative pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use the correct modal verb | |||||||
| Grammar | Form and use irregular past tense (set 3) | |||||||
Month 6 – Strengthening Skills
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Story elements – Identify story elements | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best transition | |||||||
| Writing | Identify supporting details in informational texts | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes (review) | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Match words to meanings | |||||||
| Grammar | Correct errors with plural and possessive nouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use reflexive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use the verb "to be" correctly | |||||||
| Grammar | Use adjectives to compare | |||||||
Month 7 – Applying Knowledge
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Visual elements – Compare mythological illustrations | |||||||
| Writing | Identify and correct plagiarism | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Form compound words | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Select members of a group (categories) | |||||||
| Grammar | Use relative pronouns (who/whom) | |||||||
| Grammar | Use progressive verb tenses | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify prepositions | |||||||
Month 8 – Expanding Reading & Writing
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read fantasy with illustrations (level 2) | |||||||
| Reading | Read realistic fiction with illustrations (level 3) | |||||||
| Reading | Read science fiction with illustrations (level 4) | |||||||
| Writing | Show character emotions and traits | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Choose synonyms | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Identify homophones | |||||||
| Grammar | Use adjectives with more/most | |||||||
| Grammar | Prepositions – review | |||||||
Month 9 – Higher-Level Reading & Writing
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read realistic fiction (level 3) | |||||||
| Reading | Read historical fiction (level 4) | |||||||
| Reading | Read poetry (level 5) | |||||||
| Writing | Revise the sentence using a stronger verb | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Positive and negative connotation | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Use context to identify the meaning of a word | |||||||
| Grammar | Form perfect verb tenses | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify subordinating conjunctions | |||||||
Month 10 – Mastery & Review
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read drama (level 6) | |||||||
| Reading | Read informational texts: science & nature | |||||||
| Writing | Distinguish facts from opinions | |||||||
| Writing | Formatting and capitalising titles | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Use thesaurus entries | |||||||
| Grammar | Commas with direct addresses/introductory words | |||||||
| Grammar | Greetings and closings of letters | |||||||
Month 1 – Foundations
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Main idea – Use key details | |||||||
| Reading | Main idea – Determine the main idea of a passage | |||||||
| Reading | Identify story elements | |||||||
| Reading | Identify text structures | |||||||
| Writing | Put the sentences in order | |||||||
| Writing | Remove the sentence that does not belong | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with pre-, re-, mis- | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ful or -less | |||||||
| Grammar | Complete sentence vs. fragment | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify the complete subject/predicate | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify common and proper nouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify personal pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Regular past tense (identify + form) | |||||||
| Grammar | Articles a/an | |||||||
Month 2 – Building Skills
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Combine main ideas from two texts | |||||||
| Reading | Theme – Determine the themes of myths, fables and folktales | |||||||
| Reading | Author’s purpose – Identify the purpose of a text | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Order of events in informational texts | |||||||
| Writing | Organise information by main idea | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best topic sentence | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ly or -ness | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Sort by shared root | |||||||
| Grammar | Is the sentence a run-on? | |||||||
| Grammar | Form plurals with -s, -es, -ies | |||||||
| Grammar | Use possessive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify action verbs | |||||||
| Grammar | Irregular past tense (set 1) | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify adjectives | |||||||
Month 3 – Deeper Practice
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Text structure – Compare and contrast in informational texts | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Match causes and effects in informational texts | |||||||
| Reading | Text structure – Match problems with their solutions | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Use actions and dialogue to understand characters | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Compare and contrast characters | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Draw inferences from a text | |||||||
| Reading | Inference – Make predictions about a story | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best concluding sentence | |||||||
| Writing | Identify time-order words | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -able or -ment | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Use as clues to meanings | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify plurals, singular/plural possessives | |||||||
| Grammar | Replace noun with pronoun | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify main verbs and helping verbs | |||||||
| Grammar | Subject-verb agreement – singular/plural | |||||||
| Grammar | Irregular past tense (set 2) | |||||||
| Grammar | Order adjectives | |||||||
Month 4 – Expanding Variety
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Text structure – Identify text structures | |||||||
| Reading | Sensory details – Sort sensory details | |||||||
| Reading | Identify similes and metaphors | |||||||
| Writing | Use coordinating conjunctions | |||||||
| Writing | Choose reasons to support an opinion | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with -ly or -ness | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Determine meanings of roots | |||||||
| Grammar | Form and use irregular plurals | |||||||
| Grammar | Use possessive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Modal verbs – what do they show? | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify irregular past tense | |||||||
Month 5 – Building Complexity
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone | |||||||
| Reading | Point of view – Distinguish characters’ points of view | |||||||
| Writing | Use subordinating conjunctions | |||||||
| Writing | Identify supporting details in literary texts | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meaning with suffix: review | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Determine meanings of words with roots | |||||||
| Grammar | Form singular or plural possessives | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify relative pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use the correct modal verb | |||||||
| Grammar | Form and use irregular past tense (set 3) | |||||||
Month 6 – Strengthening Skills
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Story elements – Identify story elements | |||||||
| Writing | Choose the best transition | |||||||
| Writing | Identify supporting details in informational texts | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Determine meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes (review) | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Greek/Latin roots – Match words to meanings | |||||||
| Grammar | Correct errors with plural and possessive nouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use reflexive pronouns | |||||||
| Grammar | Use the verb "to be" correctly | |||||||
| Grammar | Use adjectives to compare | |||||||
Month 7 – Applying Knowledge
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Visual elements – Compare mythological illustrations | |||||||
| Writing | Identify and correct plagiarism | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Form compound words | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Select members of a group (categories) | |||||||
| Grammar | Use relative pronouns (who/whom) | |||||||
| Grammar | Use progressive verb tenses | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify prepositions | |||||||
Month 8 – Expanding Reading & Writing
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read fantasy with illustrations (level 2) | |||||||
| Reading | Read realistic fiction with illustrations (level 3) | |||||||
| Reading | Read science fiction with illustrations (level 4) | |||||||
| Writing | Show character emotions and traits | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Choose synonyms | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Identify homophones | |||||||
| Grammar | Use adjectives with more/most | |||||||
| Grammar | Prepositions – review | |||||||
Month 9 – Higher-Level Reading & Writing
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read realistic fiction (level 3) | |||||||
| Reading | Read historical fiction (level 4) | |||||||
| Reading | Read poetry (level 5) | |||||||
| Writing | Revise the sentence using a stronger verb | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Positive and negative connotation | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Use context to identify the meaning of a word | |||||||
| Grammar | Form perfect verb tenses | |||||||
| Grammar | Identify subordinating conjunctions | |||||||
Month 10 – Mastery & Review
| Category | Topic | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Read drama (level 6) | |||||||
| Reading | Read informational texts: science & nature | |||||||
| Writing | Distinguish facts from opinions | |||||||
| Writing | Formatting and capitalising titles | |||||||
| Vocabulary | Use thesaurus entries | |||||||
| Grammar | Commas with direct addresses/introductory words | |||||||
| Grammar | Greetings and closings of letters | |||||||