• Read with a higher level of fluency and expression.
• Utilize root words, prefixes, suffixes, and context clues to analyze unfamiliar words.
• Apply comprehension strategies to literary and expository texts.
• Identify and describe the theme of a story, as well as retell story elements with details.
• Formulate multiple paragraph pieces that focus on a specific purpose or audience.
• Write chronological pieces, pieces focusing on cause and effect and pieces that draw from personal experience.
• Spell frequently used words correctly.

• Paying close attention to the key features of what is read, and being able to share details afterward
• Comparing ideas, characters, events, and settings in stories
• Recognizing figurative language when reading (similes, metaphors, etc.)
• Learning the difference between first and third person narration
• Gaining additional skills in reading comprehension including summarizing, predicting, visualizing, questioning, and clarifying details

Writing

• Using research tools to investigate and write about a specific topic.
• Writing summaries or opinions of topics, using supporting details.
• Analyzing and interpreting a story they have read by writing about it.
• Writing an example news article.

Grammar

• Rules of spelling
• Proper and common nouns
• Regular and irregular verbs
• Correctly using commas in series, dates, addresses, and compound sentences
• Recognizing and avoiding double negatives