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Level 3
Language Arts by Topic |
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Weeks
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Topics
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New Skills
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1
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Motivation
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Capitalization, Periods, and Indentation
Cause and Effect Paragraph and Goal Setting |
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2
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Declaration of Independence
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Capitalization of Proper Nouns
Informative Paragraph |
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3
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Where I Live
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Commas - Informative Paragraph
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4
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Earth
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Kinds of Sentences
Descriptive Paragraph and Research Paragraph (A) |
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5
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Plants
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Plural and Possessive Nouns
Informative Paragraph |
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6
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Christopher Columbus
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Past Tense Verbs - Biography
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7
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Oceans
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Linking Verbs - Descriptive Paragraph, *Descriptive Paragraph,
and Narrative Paragraph (A) |
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8
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Career
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Helping Verbs - Goal Setting Paragraph
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9
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Weather and Climate
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Past Tense Verbs
Contrast Paragraph and Narrative Paragraph |
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10
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Pilgrims
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Verbs - Go
Informative Paragraph and Expressive Paragraph |
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11
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Native Americans
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Irregular Verbs
Biography Paragraph |
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12
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Holidays
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Adjectives, Articles
Definition Paragraph |
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13
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Safety
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Pronouns - Expository
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14
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Friendly Letter
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Friendly Letter
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15
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Setting Goals
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Comparison Adjectives
Goal Setting Paragraph |
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16
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Combining Sentences with the Same Subject
Biography |
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17
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Nutrition
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Combining Sentences with Same Predicate
Informative Paragraph |
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18
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Exercise
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Exact Verbs
Informative Paragraph |
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19
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Abraham Lincoln
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Adjectives and Inference
Biography |
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20
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Behavior
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Sentence Variety
Persuasive Paragraph |
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21
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George Washington
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Combining Sentences - Biography
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22
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African-Americans
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Combining Short, Choppy Sentences
Biography |
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23
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Book Report
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Book Report
Where the Red Fern Grows |
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24
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Habitats
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Stay on Topic - Descriptive Paragraph
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25
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Planning a Party
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Sequential Order and Transitions
Expository Paragraph "How-To" |
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26
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Invitation
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Friendly Letter, Thank-You Note, and Envelope
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27
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Environment
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Prefixes - Persuasive Paragraph
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28
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Inventions
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Suffixes
Narrative "Tall Tale" Paragraph |
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29
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Science Project
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Time-Order Words
Expository Paragraph |
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30
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Dogs and Cats
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Comparison Paragraph
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31
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Dogs and Cats
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Contrast Paragraph
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32
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Mother's Day
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Expressive Paragraph
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33
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Hygiene
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Contractions - Informative Paragraph
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34
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Remembered Event, Person and Place
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Adverbs - 3 Paragraph Format
Autobiography Essay |
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35
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Classroom News Story
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3 Paragraph Format
News Story Essay |
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36
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Tall Tales
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3 Paragraph Format
Narrative "Tall Tale" Essay |
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37
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Amusement Parks
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3 Paragraph Format
Persuasive Essay |
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Inserts are additional lessons.
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Insert 1
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Halloween
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Antonyms
Definition Paragraph and Narrative Paragraph (A) |
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Insert 2
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Christmas
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Pronouns
Definition Paragraph and Narrative Paragraph (A) |
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Insert 3
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Hanukkah
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Adjectives, Articles
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 4
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Kwanzaa
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Topic Sentence
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 5
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Chinese New Year
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Stay on Topic
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 6
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Valentine's Day
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Sentence Variety
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 7
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Saint Patrick's Day
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Homophones
Definition Paragraph and Narrative Paragraph (A) |
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Insert 8
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Easter
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Synonyms
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 9
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Cinco de Mayo
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Review Adjectives
Definition Paragraph |
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Insert 10
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Ramadan
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Topic Sentence
Definition Paragraph |
After Week 5, all weeks contain previously learned skills.
(A)= These Pre-Writes are for accelerated students.
* These are additional Pre-Writes.