Grade 4 - muncysd



Grade 4

Language Arts

Ward L. Myers Elementary

Prepared by: Dianne Sawyer and Lynn Bull (3/17/06)

Course Description

Reading, grammar, and writing are taught thematically through novel units and anthology stories. Developing comprehension and independent reading skills is emphasized."

|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

|Approx: 2 Weeks |Textbook: Back to |Reading: |Reading: |Baseline Group Test |R4.A.1.2 |

| |School Section |Initial Screening |Predict/Infer |Reading Level |R4.A.1.3 |

| | |Reading Strategies |Question |Writing |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Monitor Clarify |Comprehension |1.1.4.H |

| | | |Decoding | |1.3.4A |

| | | |Summarizing | | |

| | |Spelling: |Spelling: |Determine the stages of spelling |1.5.4F |

| | |Words Your Way Spelling Inventory |Phonic Knowledge |development | |

|Approx:6-8 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 1 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Journeys |Akiak-Fiction |Story Elements |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |Grandfather’s Journey-Personal Narrative |Author’s View Point |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| |Novel: |Finding the Titanic- Nonfiction |Text Organization |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| |Soft Rain-Cornelia | |Noting Details |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| |Cornelissen |Genre focus: Mysteries |Test Taking Skills |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | |(leveled task performance) | | |R4.B.1.1 |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Types of Sentences |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Subject/Predicate |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Common Nouns | | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Parts of a paragraph | | |

| | | |Sequence Paragraphs | | |

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|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

| |Textbook: Theme 1 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| |Journeys | |Long and Short a,e,i,o |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Homophones |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Short u,/yoo/,/oo/ | | |

|Approx:6-7 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 2 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.3 |

| |American Stories |Tanya’s Reunion-Realistic |Sequence of Events |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |Boss of the Plains-Biography |Inferences |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | |A Very Important Day-Realistic Fiction |Making Generalizations |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| |Novel: | |Categorize/Classify |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 R4.A.2.6 |

| |Thanksgiving on |Genre focus: Plays |Antonyms |Projects |R4.A.2.8 |

| |Thursday-Mary Pope |(leveled task performance) |Multiple-Meaning Words | |R4.A.3.2 |

| |Osborne | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

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| |The Best Christmas | | | | |

| |Pageant Ever-Barbara | | | | |

| |Robinson | | | | |

| | |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Nouns-Proper, Singular and Plural |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Singular and Plural Possessive |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Compare and Contrast Paragraphs | | |

| | | |Writing Prompts | | |

| | |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Sounds /yoo/,/oo/,/ou/,/o/ |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Vowel+r sounds |Textbook Test | |

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|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

|Approx: 2-3 Weeks |Novel: |Reading |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.3 |

| |Tales of a 4th Grade | |Sequence of Events |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| |Nothing-Judy Blume | |Inferences |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Making Generalizations |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Categorize/Classify |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 R4.A.2.6 |

| | | |Antonyms |Projects |R4.A.2.8 |

| | | |Multiple-Meaning Words | |R4.A.3.2 |

| | | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

| | |Grammar |Grammar: | |1.5.4F |

| | | |Nouns-Proper, Singular and Plural |Teacher Observation | |

| | | |Singular and Plural Possessive |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Writing: |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Compare and Contrast Paragraphs | | |

| | | |Writing Prompts | | |

| | |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Sounds /yoo/,/oo/,/ou/,/o/ |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Vowel+r sounds |Textbook Test | |

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|Approx: 2-3 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 3 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |That’s Amazing |The Stranger-Fantasy |Questioning |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |Cendrillon-Fairy Tale |Noting Details |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| |Trade Books: |Lord of The Fleas-nonfiction |Compare and Contrast |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| |Tall Tales | |Fantasy/Realism |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | | |Synonyms |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

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|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Action Verbs |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Main Verbs and Helping Verbs |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Linking Verbs | | |

| | | |Verb Tenses | | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Personal Responses | | |

| | | |Explanation Paragraph | | |

| | | |Writing Summaries | | |

| |Textbook: Theme 3 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Compound Words |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Final/er/,/l/,el/ |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Words with –ed and -ing | | |

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|Approx: 2 Weeks |Novel: |Reading |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Stone Fox-John Reynolds| |Questioning |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| |Gardiner | |Noting Details |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Compare and Contrast |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Fantasy/Realism |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | | |Synonyms |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Action Verbs |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Main Verbs and Helping Verbs |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Linking Verbs | | |

| | | |Verb Tenses | | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Personal Responses | | |

| | | |Explanation Paragraph | | |

| | | |Writing Summaries | | |

|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

| |Textbook: Theme 3 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Compound Words |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Final/er/,/l/,el/ |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Words with –ed and -ing | | |

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|Approx: 3 Weeks |Supplemental Material |Reading |Reading: |Teacher Observation |All Anchor Assessments|

| |PSSA Material | |Review Assessment Anchors |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Practice writing Open Ended Questions |Study Island | |

| |*PSSA TESTING WEEK | |Test Taking Skills/Strategies | | |

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| |testing) | | | | |

|Approx: 4 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 4 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Problem Solvers |Marven of the Great North Woods-Fiction |Summarizing |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |The Last Dragon-Fiction |Predicting outcomes |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | |Sing to the Stars-Fiction |Problem Solving |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Drawing Conclusions |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | |Genre focus: Poetry |Story Structure |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | |(leveled task performance) | | |R4.B.1.1 |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Irregular Verbs |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Adjectives/Articles |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Comparative Adjectives |Poetry Collection | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Opinion Paragraphs | | |

| | | |Descriptive Paragraph | | |

| | | |Poetry | | |

|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

| |Textbook: Theme 4 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |/k/,/ng/,/kw/ |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Final Long /e/ |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Final /j/ and/s/ | | |

| | | |VCCV pattern | | |

|Approx: 1 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 5 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Heroes |Happy Birthday Dr. King-Fiction |Evaluating |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |Lou Gehrig-Biography |Cause and Effect |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Making Judgments |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Fact and Opinion |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | | | |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Pronouns |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Subject and Object Pronouns |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Singular/plural possessive pronouns |Poetry Collection | |

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| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |Informational Paragraph | | |

| | | |Problem/solution paragraph | | |

| | | |Newspaper Article | | |

| |Textbook: Theme 5 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |VCV Pattern |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Changing Final y to i |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Words with a prefix or suffix | | |

|Approx: 1-2 Weeks |Textbook: Theme 6 |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Friend and Foe |Salmon Summer- Nonfiction |Monitor/clarify |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| | |Wildfires-Nonfiction |Following Direction |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Topic/main Idea Details |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Making Inferences |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | | | |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

| | | | | |R4.B.1.1 |

|Time Frame |Resources/ |Content |Skills |Assessment |Standards/ |

| |Materials | | | |Anchors |

| |Language Handbook |Grammar |Grammar: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |Adverbs |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | | |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Writing: | | |

| | | |How to Paragraph | | |

| | | |Persuasive Paragraph | | |

| | | |Taking Notes | | |

| |Textbook: Theme 6 |Spelling |Spelling: |Teacher Observation |1.5.4F |

| | | |3 syllable words |Teacher Made Test | |

| | | |Unusual Spellings |Textbook Test | |

| | | |Silent consonants | | |

|Approx: 3-4 Weeks |Novel: |Reading: |Reading: |Teacher Observation |R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2 |

| |Walk Two Moon- Sharon | |Literary Elements |Teacher Made Test |R4.A.1.4 |

| |Creech | |Compare and Contrast |Textbook Test |R4.A.1.5 |

| | | |Story Maps |Performance Task |R4.A.2.5 |

| | | |Figurative Language |Study Island |R4.A.2.7 |

| | | |Point of View |Projects |R4.A.3.2 |

Assessment Anchor Alignment – Glossary

Accuracy

Alliteration

Analysis

Antonym

Autobiography

Cause and Effect

Characterization

Climax

Compare

Compound Word

Conflict

Context Clues

Contrast

Conventions of Language

Descriptive Text

Dialogue

Differentiate

Evaluate

Expository Text

Fable

Fiction

Figurative Language

First Person

Flashback

Fluency

Focus

Folktales

Generalization

Genre

Graphic Organizer

Headings, Graphics and Charts

Homophone

Idiomatic Language

Imagery

Implicit

Inference

Informational Text

Literary Conflict

Literary Elements

Literary Devices

Main Idea

Metaphor

Narrative

Nonfiction

Onomatopoeia

Paraphrase

Pattern Book

Personification

Phonics

Plot

Poetry

Point of View

Possessive

Prefix

Print Media

Problem/solution

Reading Critically

Reading rate

Research

Resolution

Retell

Rhyme

Rhythm

Rising Actions

Root Word

Self-monitor

Semantics

Setting

Sources: Primary/Secondary

Story Maps

Subject Area

Suffix

Summarize

Style

Symbolize

Synonym

Theme

Third Person

Tone

Validity

Venn Diagrams

Voice

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