Curriculum Map

Letter-sound relationships, CVC words, blending, segmenting.

Sight words, high-frequency words, simple story comprehension.

Making predictions, identifying story sequence, understanding why things happen.

Comparing characters, identifying main idea, forming opinions.

Multi-syllable words, prefixes/suffixes, fluency building.

Academic vocabulary, context clues, reading informational texts.

Drawing conclusions, identifying themes, cause-effect in paragraphs.

Author's purpose, fact vs. opinion, supporting arguments with evidence.

Greek/Latin roots, domain-specific vocabulary, complex word analysis.

Analyzing complex narratives, implicit themes, cross-paragraph inference.

Analyzing arguments, identifying bias, complex cause-effect relationships.

Evaluating sources, synthesizing texts, evidence-based conclusions.

SAT/ACT-level vocabulary, discipline-specific terms, nuanced word usage.

Literary devices, symbolism, unreliable narrators, subtext.

Rhetorical strategies, logical fallacies, counter-arguments.

Multi-source synthesis, credibility evaluation, original interpretations.

Workplace vocabulary, legal/medical/financial literacy.

Opinion pieces, research papers, identifying assumptions and bias.

Complex argumentation, philosophical reasoning, systemic analysis.

Integrating all reading skills. Real-world application across domains.