Reading and Viewing are meaning-making, problem-solving activities that provide opportunities to interact with a wide range of written and visual text for a variety of purposes. Readers learn to integrate strategies and skills as they develop thoughtful and critical understanding of text.
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ELOs
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Outcomes
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Activities
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Videos
Essential Learning Outcomes
ELO-2
Independent Reading Focus
The learner will demonstrate a variety of ways to select and engage critically with a range of culturally diverse paper based, visual and digital texts for a variety of purposes, including pleasure, and personal growth.
Students will:
Use background knowledge and interests to select books for independent reading. Engage critically with texts for pleasure and personal growth. Compare information about various cultures from books and videos. Share reading responses through illustrations, dramatizations, and discussions.
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge (4)
LA_G2_RV_2_K_001:Understand how to select "just right" books using the Five Finger Rule.
LA_G2_RV_2_K_002:Know that texts can be read for different purposes: pleasure, information, and personal growth.
LA_G2_RV_2_K_003:Recognize that different cultures are represented in books and media.
LA_G2_RV_2_K_004:Understand elements of Caribbean folk tales (Anansi stories).
Skills (6)
LA_G2_RV_2_S_001:Select appropriate books based on interest and reading level.
LA_G2_RV_2_S_002:Apply reading strategies during independent reading.
LA_G2_RV_2_S_003:Compare information from different texts and media.
LA_G2_RV_2_S_004:Share reading responses through various formats.
LA_G2_RV_2_S_005:Dramatize poems and stories.
LA_G2_RV_2_S_006:Extract information from images in texts.
Attitudes/Values (4)
LA_G2_RV_2_AV_001:Demonstrate enjoyment and pleasure in reading.
LA_G2_RV_2_AV_002:Show appreciation for diverse cultural stories.
LA_G2_RV_2_AV_003:Value sharing reading experiences with peers.
LA_G2_RV_2_AV_004:Demonstrate curiosity about different text types.
ELO-3
Sources of Information
The learner will demonstrate a variety of ways to use background knowledge and interests to select and engage critically with a range of culturally diverse paper based, visual, and digital texts for pleasure and personal growth.
Students will:
Apply comprehension strategies during reading. Develop vocabulary through word study activities. Recognize and use language structures for fluent reading. Apply graphophonic cues to decode unfamiliar words.
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge (5)
LA_G2_RV_3_K_001:Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction texts.
LA_G2_RV_3_K_003:Understand word parts: prefixes, suffixes, root words.
LA_G2_RV_3_K_004:Recognize synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and homonyms.
LA_G2_RV_3_K_005:Understand consonant blends, digraphs, and vowel patterns.
Skills (7)
LA_G2_RV_3_S_001:Classify texts by genre (fiction/nonfiction).
LA_G2_RV_3_S_002:Apply comprehension strategies during reading.
LA_G2_RV_3_S_003:Use word parts to determine meaning of unfamiliar words.
LA_G2_RV_3_S_004:Read fluently using appropriate expression and pacing.
LA_G2_RV_3_S_005:Participate in Readers Theatre and poetry reading.
LA_G2_RV_3_S_006:Decode words using graphophonic knowledge.
LA_G2_RV_3_S_007:Use context clues to understand vocabulary.
Attitudes/Values (4)
LA_G2_RV_3_AV_001:Show interest in discovering new words.
LA_G2_RV_3_AV_002:Demonstrate persistence when encountering unfamiliar words.
LA_G2_RV_3_AV_003:Value fluent and expressive reading.
LA_G2_RV_3_AV_004:Appreciate the relationship between word parts and meaning.
ELO-4
Author's Craft
Students will develop their understanding of how an author's purpose and style, genre, text form, text features and choice of vocabulary, and language influence the meaning of text and define the author's craft.
Students will:
Identify author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain). Analyze how authors use language and illustrations to create meaning. Conduct author studies to understand an author's style. Visualize while reading to deepen comprehension.
