VERTICAL ALIGNMENT-ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

Grade

Skill(s) needed at each grade level and/or course for students to become proficient on what is taught from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and to increase opportunities for acceleration at all grade levels

Grade(s) where the skills should be introduced and become integrated from that grade level forward I=Introduced R=Reinforced/expanded M=Maintain the skills

Reference to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study by Grade(s)/Goal/Obj EXAMPLE: Goal 1: Obj 2.1 or EXAMPLE: Goal 1-3 etc

K

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

Goal 4

Goal 5

K

Alphabet Knowledge

1

Decoding Strategies

I

1.3

2

Complete sentences

I

M

5.4

3

Comprehension

I

R

M

2.3

4

Writing Process

I

R

R

M

4.7

5

Vocabulary

I

R

R

M

4.2

6

Various types of Writing

I

R

4.7

7

Editing Skills

I

R

R

R

R

M

4.7

8

Literary Terms

I

R

R

R

R

M

2.4

9

Parts of Speech

I

R

R

R

R

R

R

M

3.6

10

Paragraphs

I

R

R

R

R

R

R

M

4.6

5.4

11

Clauses and Phrases

I

R

R

R

R

R

M

5.3

12

Verb Usage

I

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

M

3.6