English Language Arts/ Reading Fourth Grade Common Curriculum Goal: Decoding and Word Recognition: Analyze words, recognize words, and learn to read grade-level text fluently across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.01: Read aloud grade-level narrative text and informational text fluently and accurately with effective pacing, intonation, and expression; by the end of fourth grade, read aloud unpracticed grade-level text at a rate of 115-140 wcpm (words correct per minute) EL.04.RE.02: Read or demonstrate progress toward reading at an independent and instructional reading level appropriate to grade level. Read aloud Use context knowledge Use phonics knowledge Use sight word knowledge Use semantic cues Use structural cues Narrative texts Informational texts Fluency Accuracy Pacing Intonation Expression unpracticed Prefix Suffix Root word Base word Analogy Multi-syllabic words Grade level sight words Decoding unknown words Grammar and syntax CC.4.RF.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. CC.4.RF.4a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. CC.4.RI.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. CCG: Listen to and Read Informational and Narrative Text: Listen to, read, and understand a wide variety of informational and narrative text across the subject areas at school and on own, applying comprehension strategies as needed. *Suggested grade-level target for reading ON OWN: Fourth Grade: 500,000 words annually.
EL.04.RE.03 Listen to, Compare/contrast read, and understand a wide informational text variety of informational narrative text and narrative text, Choose appropriate resource for including classic and purpose contemporary literature, poetry, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, and online information. Genres (i.e. historical, realistic, fantasy, mystery) Informational text Narrative text Classic literature Contemporary literature Poetry Magazines Newspapers Online information Reference materials (i.e. dictionaries, encyclopedias) CC.4.RI.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. EL.04.RE.04 Make connections to text, within text, and among texts across the subject areas. Make connections Text to self Text to text Text to world CC.4.RI.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. EL.04.RE.05 Demonstrate listening comprehension of more complex text through class and/or small group interpretive discussions across the subject areas. Demonstrate Discuss Interpret Comprehension Complex text Interpretive Subject areas Elements of fiction: plot, character, setting, climax, conflict, resolution, theme EL.04.RE.06 Match reading to purpose location of information, full comprehension, and personal enjoyment. Match Locate Comprehension Purpose
EL.04.RE.07 Understand and draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed re-reading, selfcorrecting, summarizing, class and group discussions, generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, and comparing information from several sources. EL.04.RE.08 Clearly identify specific words or wordings that are causing comprehension difficulties and use strategies to correct. main idea Use decoding strategies Comparing Summarizing Discuss Use strategies Strategic reading Activating prior knowledge Inferring Monitoring and clarifying Questioning Search and selecting Summarizing Visualization Organization Foreshadow Comprehension CC.4.RF.4b Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. CC.4.RF.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary CC.4.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. CCG: Vocabulary: Increase word knowledge through systematic vocabulary development; determine the meaning of new words by applying knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues; verify the meaning of new words; and use those new words accurately across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.09 Understand, learn, and use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught directly through informational text, literary text, and instruction across the subject areas. unknown words Define taught vocabulary Use taught vocabulary Choose correct usage Content vocabulary Grade level vocabulary CC.4.RI.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domainspecific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
EL.04.RE.10 Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.11 Determine meanings of words using contextual and structural clues. EL.04.RE.12 Distinguish and interpret words with multiple meanings (i.e., quarter) by using context clues. Develop Discuss Use context clues Understand sentence structure Word parts Prior knowledge/experience Determine *Determine the meaning of a verb, adjective, adverb, or noun from information provided by the context of a passage. *Identifies words that come from the same root or base word. * Selects the correct word when given the definition of the prefix, suffix, and/or root word. *Determine the meaning of a word when a prefix or suffix of given meaning is attached to that word. e.g. un-, pre-, ir-, -er, phobia-, inter-, de-, mis-, re-, in-, dis-, tri-, il-, in- ex-, out-, -ist, - tion, -ing, -or. *Identifies the correct contraction based on its meaning in the context of the sentence. Distinguish/ identify Interpret Context clues Infers the specific meaning of a word with multiple meanings (nouns and verbs) based on the real life/familiar context given in a sentence or paragraph Vocabulary Challenging selections Subject areas Synonyms Antonyms Definitions Clue words Punctuation Simple, compound, complex sentences Root words, suffix, prefix Vocabulary Multiple meanings Sentence structure CC.4.RI.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domainspecific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. CC.4.RF.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary CC.4.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. CC.4.L.4a Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
EL.04.RE.13 Apply knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases. Application Knowledge Determine Recognizes and analyzes sentences for correct usage of homographs, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms Synonyms Antonym Homographs Idioms Words and phrases CC.4.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CC.4.L.5b Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. CC.4.L.5c Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms). EL.04.RE.14 Use Determine knowledge of root words Knowledge to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage (nation, national, nationality). Passage Root word meanings CC.4.RF.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CC.4.RF.3a Use combined knowledge of all lettersound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. CC.4.L.4b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
EL.04.RE.15 Use common Analyze roots (meter = measure) and word parts (therm = Knowledge heat) derived from Greek and Latin, and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (thermometer). Root words Word parts Definitions CC.4.RF.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CC.4.RF.3a Use combined knowledge of all lettersound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. CC.4.L.4b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph). CCG: Read to Perform a Task: Find, understand, and use specific information in a variety of texts across the subject areas to perform a task. EL.04.RE.16 Read textbooks, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, catalogs, magazines, and informational books. Read Knowledge Textbooks Biographies Letters Diaries Directions Procedures Catalogs Magazines Informational books CC.4.RI.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
EL.04.RE.17 Locate information in titles, tables Locate of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables to aid understanding of gradelevel text. Understand font usages Use alphabetical order Read and interpret. the characteristics and then locates and uses information in a title, table of contents, chapter heading, illustrations, captions, glossaries, indexes, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables Table of contents Chapter headings Illustrations Captions Glossaries Indexes Graphs Charts Diagrams/ tables CC.4.RI.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) or events, ideas, concepts or information in a text or part of a text. EL.04.RE.18 Find information in specialized materials (e.g., atlas, magazine, catalog). EL.04.RE.19 Use structural features found in informational text (e.g., headings and subheadings) to strengthen comprehension. Locate the characteristics and then locate information in specialized materials (e.g., atlas, magazine, catalog, newspaper, schedule, label). Locate Understand Apply headings and subheadings found in informational text to infer the author s specific/main purpose for an informational passage Specialized materials: atlas, magazine, catalog Captions Headings Subheadings Informational texts Layout Index CC.4.RI.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) or events, ideas, concepts or information in a text or part of a text. CCG: Informational Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.20 Main idea and/or summarize sequence Summarize Supporting details of events, main ideas, facts, and summarize: sequencesequence of events supporting details, and of events, main ideas, main Facts opinions in informational problem/conflict, resolution, facts, Opinions supporting details, and opinions. Summary and practical selections. and compare key facts Details from passages/articles. Use main ideas and details to summarize CC.4.RI.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CC.4.RI.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
EL.04.RE.21 key facts and information after reading two passages or articles on the same topic. Fact and fiction Similarities/Differences Clearly identify topic of article Facts Topic Venn diagram CCG: Informational Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.22 Make and confirm predictions about text by using prior knowledge and ideas presented in the text itself, including illustrations, titles, topic sentences, and important words. Use prior knowledge Make connections: text to text, text to world, text to self Understand/ comprehension Locate illustrations, titles, topic sentence, and words that signal sequencing. Use prior knowledge. Use connections: text to self, text to text, and text to world. Understand concepts of time (past, present, future). Understand sequencing and inferential thinking. Text features Topic sentence Key words Illustrations Conclusion Past, present, future Text to text, text to world, text to self Concept of time Main ideas CC.4.RI.1 Refere to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicityly and when drawing inferences from the text. EL.04.RE.23 Draw inferences or conclusions about an author's meaning supported by facts and events from the text. Infer Conclude Sequence Locate Examine and infer the author s viewpoint/intent supported by facts/events in an informational text Conclusion Sequence Chronological order Definition Facts Events Main ideas Author s purpose Informational texts Opinion Cause and effect CC.4.RI.1 Refere to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicityly and when drawing inferences from the text.
EL.04.RE.24 the main idea of a passage when it is not explicitly stated. Make inferences Utilize the content of a passage to recognize the main idea of the text. Main idea Infer Foreshadow CC.4.RI.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. English Language Arts/ Reading Fourth Grade CCG: Informational Text:Examine Content and Structure:Examine content and structure of grade-level informational text across the subject areas. EL.04.RE.25 Determine the author's purpose, and relate it to details in the text. EL.04.RE.26 Distinguish between cause-and-effect and between fact and opinion in expository text. underlying purpose of information text reason or purpose behind author s inclusion or placement of certain details in text Use the content of a passage to explain the author s purpose and connect it to details in the text. Analyze text to determine cause and effect relationship Distinguish between fact and opinion problems and solutions Infer cause and effect relationships cause, effect, fact, and opinion. Recognize that there is a relationship between cause and effect that can happen directly or indirectly. Recognize that there is a difference between fact and opinion. Compare and contrast two or more pieces of information using supporting evidence. problems/conflicts and resolutions. Inform Persuade Entertain Detail Cause Effect Opinion Fact Solutions Problems Supporting evidence CC.4.RI.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. CC.4.RI.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
EL.04.RE.27 Recognize text Recognize features that is written primarily to that signal persuasion persuade, and distinguish (word choice, tone, or between informational and position) persuasive text. Recognize difference between information intended to inform and to persuade. Recognize characteristics of persuasive texts (e.g., editorials, petitions, marketing brochures, print advertisements) as well as expository texts (e.g., newspapers, journals, magazine articles, textbooks, informal essays) by distinguishing between fact and EL.04.RE.28 and analyze text that uses sequential or chronological order. opinion sequential and chronological order of text Persuasion Information Tone Word choice Author s position/ bias Sequential order Chronological order Analyze CC.4.RI.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. CC.4.RI.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) or events, ideas, concepts or information in a text or part of a text. EL.04.RE.29 Distinguish text that is biographical and autobiographical. CC.4.RI.6 Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. Literature: CCG: Listen to and Read Literary Text: Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of literature of varying complexity.
EL.04.LI.01 Listen to text and read text to make connections and respond to a wide variety of significant works of literature, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama, from a variety of cultures and time periods that enhance the study of other subjects. Listen Read Respond Make connections Works of literature: poetry, fiction, nonfiction Drama Cultures Time periods Subject areas Connections: text to text, text to self, text to world CC.4.RL.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g. opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. CC.4.RL.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. EL.04.LI.02 Demonstrate listening comprehension of more complex literary text through class and/or small group interpretive discussions. Demonstrate Discuss Interpret Complex literary text (text that produces higher-level thinking) CCG: Literary Text: Demonstrate General Understanding: Demonstrate general understanding of grade-level literary text.
EL.04.LI.03 and/or Sequence of events/ summarize sequence of Summarize chronological order events, main ideas, and and summarize: sequencemain ideas supporting details in of events, main ideas, main Supporting details literary selections. problem/conflict, resolution, facts, (i.e. character traits) supporting details, and opinions. Elements of fiction: and compare key facts from literary text. Use main character, setting, conflict, resolution, climax Major/minor characters EL.04.LI.04 the Indentify main problem or conflict of Demonstrate the plot, and explain how it State the primary problem within is resolved. the context of a plot and give in own words the resolution of the story s conflict. Plot development Conflict Protagonist Antagonist Resolution Climax CC.4.RL.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CC.4.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CC.4.RL.3 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). CCG: Literary Text: Develop an Interpretation: Develop an interpretation of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.05 Make and confirm predictions about text using ideas presented in the text itself. EL.04.LI.06 Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character's traits and motivations to determine the causes for that character's actions. Make predictions Confirm predictions Infer events that are taking place in the story that will allow the reader to predict what might happen in the story. Once this prediction is made, the reader will confirm the validity of that prediction. Knowledge character s actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings. Be able to distinguish cause & effect as well as fact & opinion. Prediction Prior knowledge Comprehension Inferences Not explicitly stated Setting: time, place, mood Traits: internal/ external Extenuating circumstances: nature, society, moral, culture CC.4.RL.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CC.4.RL.3 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).
EL.04.LI.07 the main idea of a passage when it is not explicitly stated. EL.04.LI.08 Draw inferences or conclusions about a text based on explicitly stated information. Infer main idea by using inferential comprehension and context clues. Infer Conclude the meaning of a text by using inferential or actual facts of a text to determine meaning. Main idea ( read between the lines ) Inferences Conclusions Explicit information Details Word identification Context clues Sequence CC.4.RL.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. CC.4.RL.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. CCG: Literary Text: Examine Content and Structure: Examine content and structure of grade-level literary text. EL.04.LI.09 Recognize that certain words (buzz, clang) and rhyming patterns can be used in a selection to imitate sound (onomatopoeia). Recognize Apply Rhyming patterns Onomatopoeia Alliteration CC.4.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
EL.04.LI.10 Compare and contrast tales from different cultures, and tell why there are similar tales in diverse cultures. Compare and contrast Explain Cultures Venn diagrams Similarities Difficulties CC.4.RL.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and thirdperson narrations. CC.4.RL.7 Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text. CC.4.RL.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g. opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. EL.04.LI.11 Differentiate among various imaginative forms of literature (e.g., fantasies, fables, myths, and fairy tales). Differentiate forms of literature Fiction genres: fantasies, fables, myths, science fiction, historical fiction, realistic/ contemporary fiction, tall tales, folk tales and fairy tales. CC.4.RL.5 Explain the major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. Common Core Standards not Mapped to 4 th Grade ODE Standards CC.4.L.4c Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or Task Analysis and/or Other Grade level Standard EL.06.RE.14 Determine pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of speech, using dictionaries and thesauruses.
clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. CC.4.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CC.4.L.5a Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context. EL.05.RE.13 Determine the meanings of figurative expressions, such as those in similes and metaphors. EL.05.RE.13 Determine the meanings of figurative expressions, such as those in similes and metaphors.