Second Period . Study Guide ENGLISH

CORE VIRUES: WORK / EFFORT & GENEROSITY

TEACHER: Vicente Soto Oliva

I. OBJECTIVES:

• Use verbal communication to make introductions.

• Write, recognize, spell, and use letters of the alphabet (spelling).

• Use graphic organizers to group, study, and retain vocabulary.

• Listen attentively to stories, songs & rhymes that are told or read aloud.

• Develop the strategies, skills, and knowledge necessary to fluently read comprehend, and respond to a range of general and technical material.

• Identify and understand the story elements (plot).

• Understand author's purpose.

• Distinguish realism from fantasy.

• Make comparisons and contrasts in a selection.

• Respond creatively to a story.

• Learn and apply the right usage of the glossary.

• Create phonemic awareness through rhymes.

• Recognize, understand, build, spell, use, and write high-frequency words and selection vocabulary.

• Develop, learn and expand vocabulary trough listening, reading, and discussing.

• Identify, write, and distinguish between present and past tense verbs.

• Recognize, write, and use "to be" verbs: is, are, was, and were.

• Identify and connect compound words.

• Write contractions.

• Practice handwriting.

• Derive pleasure from reading & listening.

• Speak using polite language.

• Work cooperatively with others.

• Develop lifelong reading and writing habits.

• Share reading and writing with others.

II. SECOND PERIOD CONTENTS

A. General contents

• Plot

• Author's purpose

• Realism and fantasy

• Comparison and contrast

• Rhymes

• High frequency words

• Selection Vocabulary

• Long /i/, long /u/, and long /e/: e, ea, ee

• Initial and final digraphs /ch/, /tch/, /sh/, /th/, /-ng/ and /-nk/

• Inflected endings –ed and –ing

• Present and Past tense verbs

• Verb "to be": is, are, was, and were

• Compound words

• Contractions

B. Readings.

1. The Rolling Rice Cake

2. The Rat and the Cat

3. June and the Mule

4. Slim, Luke, and the Mules

5. Riddle-Dee Fiddle-Dee-Dee

6. The Riddles

C. Booklet

III. EVALUATION

1. Homework

􀀹 Conference (last week of the period) 10 points.

􀀹 Readings (weekly)

2. Class work

􀀹 Booklet 15 points.

􀀹 Notebook 10 points.

􀀹 Rhymes (weekly) 05 points.

3. Short tests

􀀹 Dictations (every two weeks) 05 points.

􀀹 Reading comprehension 05 points.

4. Total zone 50 points.

5. Period Evaluation 50 points.

6. Total 100 points