Scope and Sequence Suffixes: Rules for adding -able, -ance, -ant, -ence, -ent, -ible, -sion, -tion Prefixes: Rules for adding prefixes, compound words, contractions Spelling Rules: Double consonants, plural forms (irregular words, pluralization rules), changing f to v and y to i Phonetics and Patterns: Rules for ck, dg, ear, er, gn, ie, igh, ir, kn, ou, ough, ow, ur, wor, wr Study Techniques: Copying words, syllabication, studying word patterns Reading Book Studies: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, The Bronze Bow, Big Red, The Horse and His Boy Literary Elements: Alliteration, autobiography, biography, climax, conflict, context clues, exposition, falling action, fiction, foreshadowing, irony, mood, narrator, personification, plot, resolution, rising action Poetry Elements: Couplet, end rhyme, internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, stanza, triplet Narrative Perspectives: First person, second person, third person (limited and omniscient) Comprehension Skills: Vocabulary building, topic sentences, analogy, repetition Techniques and Activities: Choral reading, reciting poetry, discussing content Grammar Parts of Speech: Nouns (common, proper, possessive), pronouns, verbs (linking, helping, regular, irregular), adjectives, adverbs Sentence Structure: Subjects and predicates (simple, compound, complete), subject/verb agreement, clauses (independent, dependent) Punctuation and Mechanics: Capitalization, apostrophes, commas, colons, semicolons, quotation marks, hyphens, periods, exclamation marks, question marks Sentence Types: Declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory Grammar Rules: Contractions, direct and indirect objects, prepositions and prepositional phrases, similes, antonyms, synonyms Composition Writing Types: Creative writing, essays, biographies, business letters, journal entries, poetry, prose Structure: Outlines, opening and closing paragraphs, thesis statements, supporting sentences, topic sentences Techniques: Dialogue, figurative language (simile, personification), paraphrasing, summarizing Writing Activities: Book reports, writing fables, news stories, research papers, advertisements Research and Study Skills Tools and Techniques: Dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, timeline creation, map skills Library Skills: Dewey Decimal System, alphabetical order, locating Newbery and Caldecott Award books Research Skills: Organizing thoughts, conducting interviews, creating bibliographies High-Order Thinking Skills Critical Thinking: Analogies, context clues, giving directions, organizing research Memory Techniques: Memorization strategies, sequencing Creative Expression Activities: Creative writing, oral presentations, poetry recitation Penmanship Practice Techniques: Copying passages, writing final drafts