Structured Learning ELA Curriculum

3rd-5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply language skills in order to communicate meaningfully through language and writing while linking these skills to text comprehension.

Outcomes and Components:

*LA.35.4 Students will determine the meaning of words in a text.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  *LA.35.4.1

Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a

text.

EE.RL.3.4
EE.RI.3.4
  *LA.35.4.2

Use context clues to determine the literal or intended meaning of

words within a text.

EE.L.3.5a
EE.RL.5.4
EE.RI.4.4
  *LA.35.4.3 Identify real-life connections between words and their use to
communicate personal and emotional needs in a complete
sentence (i.e. break: “I need a break.”).
EE.L.3.5b
EE.L.3.5c
  *LA.35.4.4

Show understanding of words that are opposites and words that

have similar meanings.

EE.L.5.5c
EE.L.4.5c
  *LA.35.4.5 Show understanding of words that signal spatial and temporal
relationships (i.e., behind, under, after, soon, next, later).
EE.L.3.6
  *LA.35.4.6

Use context to determine what word is missing from a sentence

read aloud, with guidance and support.

EE.L.4.4a
EE.L.3.4a
EE.L.5.4a
  *LA.35.4.7 Use the temporal meaning of frequently occurring words when
common affixes (-ing, -ed, pre-, un-, re-) are added to common
verbs, with guidance and support.
EE.L.3.4b
EE.L.4.4b
EE.L.5.4b