Harrison County Schools

Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Map

 

Grade 4 – 1st Six Weeks


 

 

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1st Marking Period

CSOs

 

Genre Choice

RLA 4.1.3

REALISTIC FICTION

FICTION:  (3-4 weeks)     (Realistic fiction is required)

NONFICTION:  (2-3 weeks)     (Choose between)

BIOGRAPHIES / AUTOBIOGRAPHIES / POETRY

Comprehension

RLA 4.1.3

RLA 4.1.4

 

RLA 4.1.7

RLA 4.1.4 

4.1.3  TSW define characteristics of fiction/non-fiction

STORY ELEMENTS

TSW identify text features specific to the organization of non-fiction text (titles, pictures, captions)

TSW identify setting, major/minor characters, problem/solution, main events

PREDICTION:  TSW utilize available information to make & confirm predictions

INFERENCE:  TSW use inference to understand literary works

Strategies

RLA 4.1.8 

RLA 4.1.12 

DECODING:  TSW utilize meaning, structure, visual cues to decode unknown words

CONNECTION

TSW make connections between characters or events in literary work and events in their own world

Word Study

RLA 4.1.1

WORD STUDY:  TSW  identify synonyms and antonyms

Vocabulary

RLA 4.1.1    

RLA 4.1.2

KEYWORDS

TSW identify level appropriate vocabulary by collecting, analyzing and integrating keywords in text

CONTEXT CLUES

TSW utilize context clues to determine meaning of unknown words encountered in text

Fluency

RLA 4.1.9

FLUENCY AND EXPRESSION:  TSW read with fluency and expression silently or orally

Writing Process

RLA 4.2.1

 

RLA 4.2.2

 

RLA 4.2.3

CONVENTIONS OF PRINT

TSW use conventions of print (legibility and uniformity in all written work)

FIVE STEP WRITING PROCESS

TSW  utilize focused composition, coherent and logical progress of ideas, correct page

PROPER PARAGRAPHS

TSW use proper paragraph form in written composition

TSW write a personal narrative using a graphic organizer

Grammar Mechanics

RLA 4.2.8 

RLA 4.2.9 

CAPITILIZATION:  TSW begin sentences with capital letters

TSW begin proper nouns with capital letters

PUNCTUATION:  TSW use conventions of punctuation in written composition

Four Square (graphic organizers) / Model / Charts / Examine examples

Handwriting

RLA 4.2.1

CURSIVE:  TSW review formation of cursive letters

TSW demonstrate proper posture, paper, placement and grip

Model / Textbook / Dry Erase Boards / Centers

Spelling 

RLA 4.2.7

CONVENTIONS

TSW use conventions of spelling (high frequency words, commonly misspelled words, syllable construction, vowel combinations, contractions, compound words, root prefixes and suffixes

Textbook / Commercial lists / Centers

Ongoing

RLA 4.1.1

RLA 4.1.2

RLA 4.1.3

RLA 4.1.4

RLA 4.1.5

RLA 4.1.7

RLA 4.1.8

RLA 4.1.9

RLA 4.1.10

RLA 4.1.11

RLA 4.1.12

RLA 4.1.13

1.                 multiple meaning words (antonyms & synonyms, homonyms, content area vocabulary, context clues)

2.                 apply structural analysis and context clues to decode and encode words

3.                 recognize a variety of genres (fairy tales, folk-tales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)

4.                 comprehension skills to understand literacy works (summarize, story elements, skim and scan, define expository text, compare/contrast, imagery, paraphrase, compose personal response, infer, fact and opinion, sequence)

5.                 recognize the way in which language is used in literary texts (simile, metaphor, idioms, analogies, puns)

1.                 use meaning clues to aid comprehension and make predictions about content across the curriculum (pictures, picture captions, titles, story structure, story topic, action-events-character behaviors)

2.                 read with accuracy and comprehension

instructional level text (search for cues, identify miscues, reread)

3.                 read orally with fluent expression literary texts across the curriculum read silently literary texts ATC

4.                 determine a purpose for reading ATC

5.                 summarize the author’s purpose (to persuade, inform, determine a specific viewpoint)

6.                 compare connections between characters or simple events in a literary work in own life and other cultures (text-self, text-text, text-world)

7.                 increase amount of independent reading time

Speaking

Listening

Viewing

RLA 4.3.1

 

RLA 4.3.2

 

LISTEN AND RESPOND

TSW listen and respond to familiar stories and poems/ personal experiences  

TSW  support opinions

VISUAL MEDIA

TSW define a variety of messages conveyed through visual media

Glossary of Terms

 

 *Highly addressed on WESTEST

 

Kay Devono, Title I Director

Lizbeth Bucy, Title I Coordinator of Instruction

Lola Brown, Title I Curriculum Specialist

Janet Benincosa, Technology Integration Specialist