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📖 ELA4th Grade

4th Grade ELA: the year at a glance

9 units · 47 lessons · based on Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 4 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block). Every unit ends with a review & assessment day.

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Unit 1: Launching reading: inference & evidence RL.4.1

Refer to details and examples when explaining what a text says and when drawing inferences

  1. Reading identity and goalsRL.4.10
  2. Making inferencesRL.4.1
  3. Citing detailsRL.4.1
  4. Accountable talkSL.4.1
  5. Review & assessment

Unit 2: Theme & character in depth RL.4.2

Determine a theme from details ¡ Describe characters, settings and events in depth

  1. Theme vs topicRL.4.2
  2. Character in depthRL.4.3
  3. Setting and moodRL.4.3
  4. Summarizing storiesRL.4.2
  5. Point of viewRL.4.6
  6. Theme across textsRL.4.9
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 3: Narrative writing W.4.3

Write narratives with a situation, dialogue, description, pacing and transitions

  1. Story ideas and planningW.4.3a
  2. Leads that hookW.4.3a
  3. Dialogue and descriptionW.4.3b
  4. Concrete and sensory wordsW.4.3d
  5. Transitions and conclusionW.4.3c
  6. Revise, edit, publishW.4.5
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 4: Informational text: structure & main idea RI.4.5

Describe text structures ¡ Determine the main idea and summarize

  1. Main idea and summaryRI.4.2
  2. Chronological and sequenceRI.4.5
  3. Compare-contrastRI.4.5
  4. Cause-effect and problem-solutionRI.4.5
  5. Explaining events and ideasRI.4.3
  6. Firsthand vs secondhandRI.4.6
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 5: Vocabulary & figurative language L.4.5

Explain similes, metaphors, idioms, adages and proverbs ¡ Use Greek and Latin affixes and roots

  1. Similes and metaphorsL.4.5a
  2. Idioms, adages and proverbsL.4.5b
  3. Synonyms and antonymsL.4.5c
  4. Greek and Latin rootsL.4.4b
  5. Context cluesL.4.4a
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 6: Informative / research writing W.4.2

Introduce a topic, group information, develop with facts and quotations, link ideas and conclude

  1. Research questionsW.4.7
  2. Notes and sourcesW.4.8
  3. Organizing sectionsW.4.2a
  4. Developing the topicW.4.2b
  5. Linking words and conclusionW.4.2c
  6. Presenting researchSL.4.4
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 7: Grammar & conventions L.4.1

Use relative pronouns and adverbs, progressive tenses, modal verbs and prepositional phrases ¡ Write complete sentences; fix fragments and run-ons

  1. Relative pronouns and adverbsL.4.1a
  2. Progressive verb tensesL.4.1b
  3. Modal auxiliariesL.4.1c
  4. Prepositional phrasesL.4.1e
  5. Fragments and run-onsL.4.1f
  6. Commas and capitalizationL.4.2
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 8: Opinion writing W.4.1

Write opinion pieces with reasons supported by facts and details, organized logically

  1. Choosing a positionW.4.1a
  2. Reasons with factsW.4.1b
  3. Drafting with linking phrasesW.4.1c
  4. Conclusion and revisionW.4.1d
  5. Review & assessment

Unit 9: Poetry, drama & prose RL.4.5

Explain differences between poems, drama and prose ¡ Refer to their structural elements

  1. Poetry elementsRL.4.5
  2. Drama elementsRL.4.5
  3. Compare formsRL.4.5
  4. Visual and oral versionsRL.4.7
  5. Review & assessment

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