Content Standards: D. INFORMATIONAL TEXTS
Students will apply reading, listening, and viewing strategies to informational texts across all areas of curriculum.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)		Suggested Performance Activities (Relating to Assessments)		Suggested Assessments	Vocabulary * Indicates a word the teacher uses to help students start to understand
1. Understand the main idea of simple expository information.	Students will read or listen to various informational texts and will demonstrate understanding of the main idea either orally or in writing.  .		# Instruction on using a KWL chart, Retelling, Mapping Drawing to Learn. Resource: Write Source (1996), Write Away, pages 182-185. # Read, view or listen to informational excerpts from encyclopedias, science, social studies, math etc. books and/or websites, CD-ROM's, videos. # Direct instruction about the use and different format of nonfiction books. Students will learn note taking and grid making as a means of recording and sorting material that they learn. Resource: # Write Source (1996), Write Away, pages 117-121. Write Source (2002 Edition), Write Away pages (162-167,116-117). Language Series Program Guide 2 Write Source pages 51-64 # Students will experience Learning to listen and view Resource Language Series Program Guide 2 Write Source pages 41-57 Write Source (1996), Write Away, pages 207-217 Write Source (2002), Write Away, pages 209-219		Given a informational book the students will record at least 5 pieces of new information and will write or give an oral report using all 5 pieces of information including a beginning and ending sentence. Resource: Example MAP Task, Just the Facts <http://www. maptasks.org> Click on English Language Arts Primary Given a biography or auto biography, the student will create a timeline of 5 facts of a persons life. Given science information about a cycle, the student will draw and label the cycle.	KWL retelling mapping drawing illustrating *diagramming diagram grid information encyclopedia library card catalog Internet *reference CD-ROM *graphic organizer note taking recording sequence beginning middle end logical important factual nonfiction report sorting *biography *autobiography *graphic *signs *timeline