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First Semester Reading Skills -
Typically taught in this order, but subject to change as needed.
First Semester Writing Skills -
Typically taught in this order, but subject to change as needed.
6 Trait Focus: Ideas, Organization
6 Trait Focus: Voice & Word Choice
Typically taught in this order, but subject to change as needed.
- Describe story elements; character, setting, or event in a story or drama
- Main idea & explain how it is supported by key details, summarize the text
- Text & Graphic Features
- Draw inferences & refer to details in the text
- Summarize the text
- Context clues
- Greek & Latin affixes and roots
- Reference materials
- Compare and contrast the point of view in different stories
- Identify the difference between first and third person narration
- Integrate info from 2 texts on the same topic to write or speak knowledgeably
- Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic
- Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual (movie) or oral presentation of the text
First Semester Writing Skills -
Typically taught in this order, but subject to change as needed.
6 Trait Focus: Ideas, Organization
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
- Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
- Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
- Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
- Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
- Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. a. Apply grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions].”).
6 Trait Focus: Voice & Word Choice
- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia to aid comprehension, if needed.
- Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
- Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
- Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
- Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
- Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information and provide a list of sources.
- Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text”).