Content Standards for UbD Unit

I definitely want to emphasize literacy in my next unit.  There are so many standards to pick from, I get lost trying to figure out what's most important because they all seem important.  However, for now, I've decided to select:

Apply knowledge of word relationship, such as roots and affixes, to derive meaning from literature and texts in content areas.

Read aloud with appropriate pacing, intonation and expression increasingly complex narrative and expository texts.

Use expanded vocabulary and some descriptive words in oral responses to familiar literature.

I begin with these standards because I want my students to become great readers.  I realize that anyone can read words, but not everyone understands or breaks down what they are reading.  I want my students to be able to independently think for themselves and be able to try and understand what they are reading by guessing the meaning of words based on the context in which it's used, what is sounds like or what it looks like to them.  Some students have turned in work using words that they copied and not really knowing what they mean.  I also have some students who I want to build confidence in their reading skills.  Some are shy or are still learning English, so they still have a lot of difficulty in reading.  I also want students to be able to summarize what we read in class.  I want my students to know that their voice and opinion matters and that they can bring text alive, so it is important for my students to be able to articulate themselves using with an expanded vocabulary.

I'm not sure if these are the best standards to choose for what I want to teach, but these are my initial thoughts.  I know I have to decide what it is I want to accomplish with my students by the end of the trimester and stick to it.  I'm having a hard time grasping that I can't teach my students "everything" in 12 weeks and I just have to choose a few things.