Harrison County Schools

Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Map

 

Grade 4 – 2nd Six Weeks

 


 

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2nd Marking Period

CSOs

 

Genre Choice

RLA 4.1.3

FICTION:  (3 to 4 weeks)  RLA 4.1.3 FANTASY AND FAIRY TALES

Introduce genre and explain characteristics

NONFICTION:  (2 to 3 weeks) RLA 4.1.3  (Choose between biography and autobiography)

BIOGRAPHIES / AUTOBIOGRAPHIES And/or POETRY

Text

Comprehension

RLA 4.1.4

RLA 4.1.4

RLA 4.1.7

RLA 4.1.3

4.1.4 STORY ELEMENTS

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

4.1.4 SUMMARIZE:  TSW be able to summarize the events of a story.

4.1.4 MAIN IDEA / SUPPORTING DETAILS:  TSW identify main ideas and supporting details of a given story.

4.1.7 PREDICTION:  TSW utilize available information to make & confirm predictions

4.1.3 ELEMENTS OF NONFICTION:  TSW distinguish characteristics of fiction/nonfiction.

TSW identify text features specific to the organization of nonfiction text.  ( titles, pictures captions)

Strategies

RLA 4.1.4

RLA 4.1.8

4.1.4 COMPREHENSION:  TSW use comprehension skills to understand literary Works

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

4.1.8 SELF-CORRECTION:  TSW self-correct as they read text (search for cues, identify miscues, reread)

Word Study

RLA 4.1.1

4.1.1 LEVEL APPROPRIATE VOCABULARY:  TSW identify homonyms

Vocabulary

RLA 4.2.7

4.2.7 SPELLING CONVENTIONS:  TSW use compound words, prefixes and suffixes

Fluency

RLA 4.1.9

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

Writing Process

 

 

RLA 4.2.2

RLA 4.2.3

4.2.2 FIVE STEP WRITING PROCESS:  TSW utilize focused composition, coherent and logical progress of ideas, correct page format (title, paragraphs, margins, indentions)

TRANSITIONAL WORDS:  TSW identify transitional word in their writing

4.2.3 PROPER PARAGRAPH FORM:  TSW be able to write a 3 paragraph essay

Grammar Mechanics

 

 

RLA 4.2.8

RLA 4.2.9

RLA 4.2.10

4.2.8 CAPITILIZATION:  TSW begin sentences with capital letters

TSW begin proper nouns with capital letters

4.2.9 CONVENTIONS OF PUNCTUATION:  TSW use proper punctuation in written composition

4.2.10 VARIETY OF SENTENCE STRUCTURES:  TSW use simple-compound-complex sentences, avoid run-ons and fragments

TSW Continue studying Parts of Speech to be a continual process throughout.

Handwriting

RLA 4.2.1

4.2.1 CURSIVE: TSW continue to review uniformity  TSW demonstrate proper posture, paper, placement and grip

Spelling 

RLA 4.2.7

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

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

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

4.1.2          apply structural analysis and context clues to decode and encode words

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

4.1.4          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)

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

4.1.7          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)

4.1.8          read with accuracy and comprehension

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

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

4.1.10       determine a purpose for reading ATC

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

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

4.1.13          increase amount of independent reading time

Speaking / Listening /

Viewing

RLA 4.3.1

RLA 4.3.2

4.3.1 LISTEN AND RESPOND:  TSW listen and respond to familiar stories and poems.

4.3.2 VISUAL MEDIA:  TSW define a variety of messages conveyed through visual media.

Glossary of Terms

Fantasy – Events could not really happen.  Characters may or may not be realistic.  Purpose is to entertain

Fairy tale – a story involving fantastic forces and beings

 

 

Kay Devono, Title I Director

Lizbeth Bucy, Title I Coordinator of Instruction

Lola Brown, Title I Curriculum Specialist

Janet Benincosa, Technology Integration Specialist