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English // Reading Comprehension

Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and…

English // Reading Comprehension

Analyse character traits, motivations, and feelings using text evidence, and distinguish one's own point of view from that of the narrator or characters

English // Reading Comprehension

Explain how the central message, lesson, or moral of a story is conveyed through key details across diverse text types including fables, folktales, and myths

English // Reading Comprehension

Describe connections between events, ideas, or concepts in informational text using time, sequence, cause-and-effect, and comparison language, and identify…

English // Reading Comprehension

Distinguish one's own point of view from that of the author of an informational text and identify the author's purpose

English // Reading Comprehension

Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including distinguishing between first-person and third-person narration and…

English // Reading Comprehension

Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, identifying structural elements unique to each form: verse, rhythm, and meter in poetry; cast of…

English // Reading Comprehension

Determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, and provide an objective summary that captures the key events without personal opinions

English // Reading Comprehension

Describe the overall structure of an informational text (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) and explain how the author's chosen structure…

English // Reading Comprehension

Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes, topics, and story patterns (e.g., good vs evil, quest narratives, trickster tales) in stories, myths, and…

English // Reading Comprehension

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as used in literary texts, including understanding references to mythology and cultural allusions (e.g., Herculean…

English // Reading Comprehension

Compare and contrast a firsthand account (autobiography, diary, letter) with a secondhand account (biography, textbook, news report) of the same event or topic…

English // Reading Comprehension

Explain how an author of an informational text uses reasons and evidence to support particular points, evaluating whether the reasoning is sound and the…

English // Vocabulary

Sort common objects and words into categories to understand how concepts relate; demonstrate understanding of opposites (antonyms) for common verbs and…

English // Vocabulary

Use knowledge of common inflections and affixes (-ed, -s, un-, -er) as clues to the meaning of unknown words; understand how the prefix un- changes meaning

English // Vocabulary

Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., 'a duck is a bird that swims'), making real-life connections between words and their use

English // Vocabulary

Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms (e.g., look/looks/looked/looking), using affixes as clues to word meaning and…

English // Vocabulary

Explore word families based on common root words, understanding how words are related in form and meaning through shared roots, prefixes and suffixes (e.g…

English // Vocabulary

Distinguish literal from nonliteral (figurative) language in context and interpret common idioms and phrases

English // Vocabulary

Use knowledge of Greek and Latin affixes (prefixes and suffixes) and roots as clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, building a bank of common…

English // Vocabulary

Understand and identify similes (comparisons using like or as) and metaphors (direct comparisons stating something is something else) in texts, explaining how…

English // Vocabulary

Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their antonyms (opposites) and synonyms (words with similar meanings), using synonym and antonym…

English // Vocabulary

Recognise and interpret common idioms (break the ice, hit the nail on the head), adages (actions speak louder than words), and proverbs (a stitch in time saves…

Science // Animals of the World

Explore animals of the Arctic and Antarctic — polar bears, Arctic foxes, and walruses in the north; penguins, seals, and albatrosses in the south — and…