English/Language Arts 2012/2013 s1
English/Language Arts 2012/2013
Horizontal Map Overview
4th Grade
Week/Dates / Concepts(Big Ideas) / Assessments (Daily Formative as well as Summative) and Scheduling
Aug. 6-7 / PD and Opening Day
Aug. 8-10 / -Making Inferences
-Short Stories and/or personal narratives
-Collaborative discussion of a topic
-Literary elements
August 13-Sept. 7
20 days / -Compare/contrast
-Genre-MYTHS
-Literary elements
-Main Idea, summarize, author’s opinion, authors point of view
-decoding words
-Fluency/accuracy
Sept.10-28
12 days / -Compare/contrast -P.O.V.
-1st, 2nd, 3rd, person
-Genre- Hist. Fiction
-Summarize and Main Idea
-Fluency/accuracy
-Dialogue, transitional words
-Research, reflect, revise
-collaborative discussion
-conventions
-multiple meaning using reference materials / Sept. 19 PD
Sept. 20-21 Apple Festival
Oct. 1 – Nov. 9
30 days / -Literary elements
-Making Inferences
-Compare/contrast
-theme, summarize
-Drama, dramatic elements
-fluency and accuracy
-supporting details & reasoning
-character analysis
-research, reflect, revise
-antonyms & synonyms
-multiple meaning words
- context clues
-reference materials / -Week of Oct. 5
Common Assessment 1 given and scored
-Week of Oct. 8, 9, 10
Grade Level Common Assessment Analysis and Planning
- Nov. 5 PD
- Nov. 6 Election Day
Nov 12- Dec 19
25 days / Character, setting, event
Theme summarize
Compare/Contrast
Text Connections
Presentation
Dramatic Elements
Authors POV
1st, 2nd, 3rd person
Patterns of Events
Determine Word Meanings
Fluency and Accuracy
Distinguish between formal and informal speech
Develop POV
Research, Reflect, Revise
Audience, Task, Situation
Figurative Language / Nov. 21-23 Thanksgiving Break
By Dec. 14 have Common Assessment 2 given and scored.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 Christmas Break
Jan 2nd- Jan 25th
17 days / Draw Inferences, Conclusions
Compare and Contrast
Themes
Patterns of Events
Summarize
Determine Word meanings
Interpret Information in text
Cause and Effect
Problem/Solution
Main Idea/ Summarize
Point of View
Compare/Contrast Text
Fluency and Accuracy
Paraphrase
Media Usage
Vocabulary Words / - Week of Jan. 2-4
Grade Level Common Assessment Analysis and Mid-Year Writing Program Reviews
Jan. 21 Martin Luther King Holiday
Jan 28rd- Mar. 1st / Draw Inferences, Conclusions
Compare and Contrast
Themes
Patterns of Events
Details
Text features
Search Tools
Meanings of Words
Main Idea/Summarize
Reasoning and Evidence
Fluency and Accuracy
Informative Piece
1.Intro and Develop
2. Quotation
3. Precise Language
4. Conclusion
Research, Reflect, Revise
Presentation using audio recording, and visual displays / Feb. 15 PD
Feb. 18 President’s Day
Mar. 1 Read Across America
Mar. 4st –May 20th
49 days / Comprehend literature and information text using scaffolding
Produce clear organized writing
Plan, revise, edit
Use technology to produce and publish writing
Research a topic
Recall and gather information
Write routinely
Reflect and Revise / By Mar. 8 have Common Assessment 3 given and scored.
April 1-5 Spring Break
? May 6-10? State Testing
May 21st Closing Day