Fourth Grade Spelling-Expanded Skills Trace PHONEMIC AWARENESS Segment Count Blend SYSTEMATIC PHONICS: Phonograms wih Handwriting Purpose 1-45 46-59 60-70 tch - Taught in 1st grade eo - Taught in 1st grade gh -Taught in 2nd grade eau - Taught in 2nd grade augh - Taught in 2nd grade ce gi our di cu aigh sc ge rh eu Syllables/Vowels/Consonants The Marking System SYSTEMATIC PHONICS: High-Frequency Vocabulary Pronunciation/Spelling/Language Rules 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fourth Grade Spelling-Expanded Skills Trace 9 -Taught in Writing (language rule) 10-Taught in Writing (language rule) 11-Taught in Writing (language rule) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21-Taught in Writing (language rule) 22-Taught in Writing (language rule) 23 24-Taught in Writing (language rule) 25 26-Taught in Writing (language rule) 27-Introduced in 1st grade 28-Taught in Writing (language rule) 29 Spelling Dictation of High-Frequency Vocabulary Section Q (127 words) Section R (125 words) Section S (125 words) Section T (125 words) Section U (125 words) Section V (125 words) Section W (125 words) Section (120 words)
Fourth Grade Spelling-Expanded Skills Trace Syllable Types Closed Open With silent final e (sfe) Consonant + le (c+le) Syllable Patterns Compound word (cw) Multiletter phonogram (phg) Vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel Vowel-consonant-consonant-consonant-vowel Vowel-vowel Consonant + le Consonant-vowel-consonant Vowel-consonant Suffix Vowel-consonant-vowel Consonant-vowel Prefix Cursive Handwriting Connecting Lines Begin at 2 on the clock Begin with short upswing Begin with tall upswing Begin at midpoint/difficult connections Capital letters A-N Capital letters M-Z
Fourth Grade Writing-Expanded Skills Trace ALPHABET Alphabetize to 3rd Letter CONVENTIONS: CAPITALIZATION First words of sentences Abbreviations (Mr., etc.) Titles of books, poems, short stories Course titles, religious terms, period of time CONVENTIONS: PUNCTUATION Periods Declarative sentences Question marks Exclamation points Commas In compound sentences With introductory phrases With dialogue With appositives Quotation marks Direct Address In a series Dates Apostrophe Hyphen Colon SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION WITH VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Compound words Contractions Simple, Compound, & Complex Sentences Declarative Interrogative Exclamatory Imperative
Fourth Grade Writing-Expanded Skills Trace Morphology & Vocabulary: Language Rules 9 10 11 21 22 24 26 28 Morphology & Vocabulary: Affixes Prefixes (see list below) Suffixes (see list below) Word roots Parts of Speech & Vocabulary Nouns Nouns-person, places, things, concepts Subject nouns Common nouns Noun plurals Compound nouns Proper nouns Object nouns (direct objects) Singular/Plural Noun Possessives Verbals/gerunds Appositives Pronouns Subject pronouns Object pronouns 1st-person pronouns 3rd-person pronouns Possessive pronouns Interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those Indefinite pronouns Reflexive pronouns
Fourth Grade Writing-Expanded Skills Trace Verbs Action verbs Linking verbs Helping verbs Helping/auxillary Helping verbs-future tense Compound verbs (and) Past tense verbs (suffix ed) Irregular past tense verbs Regular past tense verbs Verbs changing time (Progressive Tense) Infinitives (verb + preposition) Adjectives Adjectives: a, an, the Adjectives: how many, which one, what kind Adjectives: 2 or more w/commas Comparative adjectives: er, est More and most + adjective Compound adjectives with hyphens Proper Adjectives Adverbs Adverbs (when, where, how) Adverbs (excessive degree-too) Adverbs (to what extent) Adverbs (in what manner) Conjunctions Conjunctions (and/2 nouns/verbs) Subordinating conjunctions: if, after, when, because when, unless, that though, since, although Correlative Conjunctions (either-or ) Prepositions Prepositions/phrases COMPOSITION Opinion/Persuasive/Argument Compare/Contrast (Similar/Different) Cause/effect relationships
Fourth Grade Writing-Expanded Skills Trace COMPOSITIONS Related Sentences Compound Sentences Complex Sentences Informal friendly letter Formal business letter 1st-person Narrative 3rd-person Narrative 3rd-person Informative 1st-person Informative-Narrative Informative Report/Research Thesis Statement Theme Character parts/plays Summary Literary Devices Similes Metaphor Personification Imagery Idiom Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Poetry
Fourth Grade Reading-Expanded Skills Trace TET STRUCTURE: Elements Narratives Informatives Informative-Narratives COMPREHENSION: Mental Actions, Strategies Mental Actions Monitor Comprehension Make Connections Make Predictions Reformat Mentally Summarize Strategies Compare and Contrast Chronology Fact or Opinion Analogies Cause and Effect Description LITERARY APPRECIATION: Attributes, Expanded Narrative Elements, Literary Devices, Fluent/Expressive Reading Attributes Precise Language Emotional Appeal Insight Universality Content Expanded Narrative Elements Character Character Development Types of Characters Setting Backdrop Integral Plot Types of Narrative Order Types of Conflict Patterns of Action Theme
Fourth Grade Reading-Expanded Skills Trace Literary Devices Similes Metaphors Personification Imagery Idioms Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration Fluent/Expressive Reading Fluency Development