Ctrl and Click on a link to jump to a grade’s measureable objectives) Kindergarten Kindergarten’s ELA’s curriculum in combined in the new McGraw-Hill curriculum we purchased at the beginning of 2013. See the Kindergarten’s ELA weekly plans for measurable objectives. First Grade Definition of Nouns Common and Proper Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns Verbs Definition of Verbs Action and Linking Verbs Present and Past Irregular Verbs Adjectives Definition of Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Adverbs Definition of Adverbs Pronouns Definition of Pronouns Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns Phonics Phonics is taught in grades 1st-4th See lists of grade specific phonics lessons Reading Grades 1st-4th use Scott Foresman for Reading Students read one or two stories a week out of the answer factual and application questions, and work with a variety of literary devices. Spelling Grades 1st-8th use Houghton Mifflin for spelling. Each week students are tested on a list of words at the beginning and end of the week. Students also complete several unit pages that work on vocabulary, homophones, antonyms, phonics, etc. Second Grade Nouns Definition of Nouns Common and Proper Nouns Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns Definition of Verbs Action and Linking Verbs Present and Past Verbs Irregular Adjectives Definition of Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Articles: a, an, the Adverbs Definition of Adverbs Pronouns Definition of Pronouns Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns
Pronouns Personal and Possessive Pronouns Pronoun Antecedents Pronoun Case Interrogative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Choosing the Right Pronoun Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers Choosing Correct Prepositions Verbals: Participles Participial Phrases Verbals: Gerunds Gerund Phrases Verbals: Infinitives Infinitive Phrases Interjections and Punctuation Interjections Sentences and Interjections Proper and Proper Adjectives Uses for Commas More Uses for Commas Dates, Addresses, and letters Quotation Sentences Kinds of Sentences Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Finding the Subject Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Compound Sentences Conjunctions Complex Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Titles of Long Works Colons and Semicolons Abbreviations and Numbers Apostrophes Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses Reading Students read or four novels a year, answer factual and application questions, and work with a variety of literary devices. 7th-8th Reading Novel Selection Roll of Thunder True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Fever of 1973 Swiss Family Robinson Streams to the River Z for Zechariah SOS Titanic AL Capone The Outsiders Literary Devices taught while reading novels: Setting Narrator of view Symbolism Imagery Allegory Tone Plot Characters Minor Characters Conflict Themes Mood Foreshadowing Irony Personification Poetry Unit Read poetry Listen to poetry Discuss poetry Explain poetry Write poetry Explore different of poetry Research poetry and poets Make a poetry anthology
Spelling Grades 1st-8th use Houghton Mifflin for spelling. Each week students are tested on a list of words at the beginning and end of the week. Students also complete several unit pages that work on vocabulary, homophones, antonyms, phonics, etc. Eighth Grade Nouns Kinds of Nouns Compound and Collective Nouns Singular and Plural Nouns Possessive Nouns Verbs Kinds of Verbs Verbs Phrases Tenses Forms of be, have and do Irregular More Irregular Progressive Forms Transitive and Intransitive Direct and Indirect Objects Predicate and Adjectives Active and Passive Voices Subject-Verb Agreement More about Subject-Verb Agreement Inverted and Interrupted Order Lie, lay; rise, raise Affect, effect; accept, except Adjectives Adjectives Comparing with Adjectives Adverbs Adverbs Comparing with Adverbs Negatives Adjective or Adverb? Pronouns Personal and Possessive Pronouns Pronoun Antecedents Pronoun Case Interrogative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Choosing the Right Pronoun Prepositions Prepositional Phrases Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers Choosing Correct Prepositions Verbals: Participles Participial Phrases Verbals: Gerunds Gerund Phrases Verbals: Infinitives Infinitive Phrases Interjections and Punctuation Interjections Sentences and Interjections Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Uses for Commas More Uses for Commas Dates, Addresses, and letters Quotation Marks Sentences Kinds of Sentences Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Finding the Subject Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Compound Sentences Conjunctions Complex Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Titles of Long Works Colons and Semicolons Abbreviations and Numbers Apostrophes