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

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/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Approx: 2 Weeks / Textbook: Back to School Section / Reading:
Initial Screening
Reading Strategies / Reading:
Predict/Infer
Question
Monitor Clarify
Decoding
Summarizing / Baseline Group Test
Reading Level
Writing
Comprehension / R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.3
R4.A.1.5
1.1.4.H
1.3.4A
Spelling:
Words Your Way Spelling Inventory / Spelling:
Phonic Knowledge / Determine the stages of spelling development / 1.5.4F
Approx:6-8 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 1
Journeys
Novel:
Soft Rain-Cornelia Cornelissen / Reading:
Akiak-Fiction
Grandfather’s Journey-Personal Narrative
Finding the Titanic- Nonfiction
Genre focus: Mysteries
(leveled task performance) / Reading:
Story Elements
Author’s View Point
Text Organization
Noting Details
Test Taking Skills / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Types of Sentences
Subject/Predicate
Common Nouns
Writing:
Parts of a paragraph
Sequence Paragraphs / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Textbook: Theme 1
Journeys / Spelling / Spelling:
Long and Short a,e,i,o
Homophones
Short u,/yoo/,/oo/ / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx:6-7 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 2
American Stories
Novel:
Thanksgiving on Thursday-Mary Pope Osborne
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever-Barbara Robinson / Reading:
Tanya’s Reunion-Realistic
Boss of the Plains-Biography
A Very Important Day-Realistic Fiction
Genre focus: Plays
(leveled task performance) / Reading:
Sequence of Events
Inferences
Making Generalizations
Categorize/Classify
Antonyms
Multiple-Meaning Words / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.3
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7 R4.A.2.6
R4.A.2.8
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Grammar / Grammar:
Nouns-Proper, Singular and Plural
Singular and Plural Possessive
Writing:
Compare and Contrast Paragraphs
Writing Prompts / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Spelling / Spelling:
Sounds /yoo/,/oo/,/ou/,/o/
Vowel+r sounds / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Approx: 2-3 Weeks / Novel:
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing-Judy Blume / Reading / Reading:
Sequence of Events
Inferences
Making Generalizations
Categorize/Classify
Antonyms
Multiple-Meaning Words / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.3
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7 R4.A.2.6
R4.A.2.8
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Grammar / Grammar:
Nouns-Proper, Singular and Plural
Singular and Plural Possessive
Writing:
Compare and Contrast Paragraphs
Writing Prompts / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Spelling / Spelling:
Sounds /yoo/,/oo/,/ou/,/o/
Vowel+r sounds / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 2-3 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 3
That’s Amazing
Trade Books:
Tall Tales / Reading:
The Stranger-Fantasy
Cendrillon-Fairy Tale
Lord of The Fleas-nonfiction / Reading:
Questioning
Noting Details
Compare and Contrast
Fantasy/Realism
Synonyms / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Action Verbs
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Linking Verbs
Verb Tenses
Writing:
Personal Responses
Explanation Paragraph
Writing Summaries / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Textbook: Theme 3 / Spelling / Spelling:
Compound Words
Final/er/,/l/,el/
Words with –ed and -ing / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 2 Weeks / Novel:
Stone Fox-John Reynolds Gardiner / Reading / Reading:
Questioning
Noting Details
Compare and Contrast
Fantasy/Realism
Synonyms / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Action Verbs
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs
Linking Verbs
Verb Tenses
Writing:
Personal Responses
Explanation Paragraph
Writing Summaries / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Textbook: Theme 3 / Spelling / Spelling:
Compound Words
Final/er/,/l/,el/
Words with –ed and -ing / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 3 Weeks / Supplemental Material PSSA Material
*PSSA TESTING WEEK (estimated time of testing) / Reading / Reading:
Review Assessment Anchors
Practice writing Open Ended Questions
Test Taking Skills/Strategies / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
StudyIsland / All Anchor Assessments
Approx: 4 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 4
Problem Solvers / Reading:
Marven of the Great North Woods-Fiction
The Last Dragon-Fiction
Sing to the Stars-Fiction
Genre focus: Poetry
(leveled task performance) / Reading:
Summarizing
Predicting outcomes
Problem Solving
Drawing Conclusions
Story Structure / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Irregular Verbs
Adjectives/Articles
Comparative Adjectives
Writing:
Opinion Paragraphs
Descriptive Paragraph
Poetry / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Poetry Collection / 1.5.4F
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Textbook: Theme 4 / Spelling / Spelling:
/k/,/ng/,/kw/
Final Long /e/
Final /j/ and/s/
VCCV pattern / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 1 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 5
Heroes / Reading:
Happy Birthday Dr. King-Fiction
Lou Gehrig-Biography / Reading:
Evaluating
Cause and Effect
Making Judgments
Fact and Opinion / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Pronouns
Subject and Object Pronouns
Singular/plural possessive pronouns
Writing:
Informational Paragraph
Problem/solution paragraph
Newspaper Article / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Poetry Collection / 1.5.4F
Textbook: Theme 5 / Spelling / Spelling:
VCV Pattern
Changing Final y to i
Words with a prefix or suffix / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 1-2 Weeks / Textbook: Theme 6
Friend and Foe / Reading:
Salmon Summer- Nonfiction
Wildfires-Nonfiction / Reading:
Monitor/clarify
Following Direction
Topic/main Idea Details
Making Inferences / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
R4.A.3.2
R4.B.1.1
Time Frame / Resources/
Materials / Content / Skills / Assessment / Standards/
Anchors
Language Handbook / Grammar / Grammar:
Adverbs
Writing:
How to Paragraph
Persuasive Paragraph
Taking Notes / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Textbook: Theme 6 / Spelling / Spelling:
3 syllable words
Unusual Spellings
Silent consonants / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test / 1.5.4F
Approx: 3-4 Weeks / Novel:
Walk Two Moon- Sharon Creech / Reading: / Reading:
Literary Elements
Compare and Contrast
Story Maps
Figurative Language
Point of View / Teacher Observation
Teacher Made Test
Textbook Test
Performance Task
StudyIsland
Projects / R4.A.1.1 R4.A.1.2
R4.A.1.4
R4.A.1.5
R4.A.2.5
R4.A.2.7
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