1.+ELA+Unit+Focus

=Common Core ELA Focus Standards for Unit 2 - The Amazing Animal World=

= Reading =

Foundational Skills
= Speaking and Listening =

**SL.1.2:** Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
= Language Standards =

**L.1.5(b):** Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
= Writing =

**W.1.2:** Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Student Learning Objectives:
 * 1) ====Retell stories demonstrating understanding of the central message or lesson.====
 * 2) ====Identify the main idea and key details of an informational text.====
 * 3) ====Describe how the text groups information into general categories.====
 * 4) ====Write an informative text about an animal, supplying factual information and providing a sense of closure.====
 * 5) ====In a revision process and under the guidance and support of an adult, add details to an informative text.====
 * 6) ====Confirming understanding of information, present orally by restating key elements and answering questions about key details.====
 * 7) ====Write an explanatory text telling how Matisse created the mural, //The Snail.//====
 * 8) ====Use sentence context clues to help determine word meanings.====
 * 9) ====Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims).====
 * 10) ====Use common, proper, and possessive nouns in speech and writing.====