Harrison County Schools

Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Map

 

Grade 4 – 5th Six Weeks


 

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5th Marking Period

CSOs

 

Genre Choice

RLA 4.1.3

Fiction  (3-4 weeks)     RLA 4.1.3 Biographies

Nonfiction  (2-3 weeks)  Autobiographies only(Not an option)

Text

Comprehension

RLA 4.1.4 

RLA 4.1.4  Sequence:  TSW be able to sequence the events in a given story.

Compare and Contrast: TSW  be able to compare and contrast various events in stories and or passages.

Strategies

RLA 4.1.4 

RLA 4.1.4 Infer:  TSW use prior knowledge and the author’s words to infer about the text.

Word Study

RLA 4.1

RLA 4.1 Context Clues:  TSW use context clues to determine the unknown word.

Vocabulary

RLA 4.1.5

RLA 4.1.5Analogies:  TSW be able to identify and complete analogies 

Fluency

RLA 4.1.9

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

Writing Process

 

RLA 4.2.2

RLA 4.2.2 FIVE STEP WRITING PROCESS

TSW compose a five paragraph essay with organization, development, sentence structure, word choice , and mechanics.

Grammar Mechanics

 

Complete study of parts of speech:

TSW be able to identify the various parts of speech in a given passage.

Handwriting

RLA 4.2.1

RLA 4.2.1 CURSIVE:  TSW complete review of cursive letters.

Spelling 

RLA 4.2.7

RLA 4.2.7 CONVENTIONS:  TSW use conventions of Spelling.

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

RLA 4.3.1 LISTEN and RESPOND

TSW listen and respond to familiar stories and poems

RLA 4.3.2 VISUAL MEDIA

TSW define a variety of messages conveyed through visual media

Glossary of Terms

 

 

 

Kay Devono, Title I Director

Lizbeth Bucy, Title I Coordinator of Instruction

Lola Brown, Title I Curriculum Specialist

Janet Benincosa, Technology Integration Specialist