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Georgia Standards of Excellence 4th Grade Reading & ELA
Reading Important Information
- 4th Grade Reading Lexile Range is 740-875
- 4th Grade Scholastic Guided Reading Levels M-T
- All students should be reading nightly for a minimum of 20 minutes. Reading Logs are due every Friday.
- All students keep a Reading Interactive Notebook which is checked regularly and should be used for studying for tests and completing homework and classwork.
- All students write in a Writing Journal daily at school.
- Our reading program includes guided reading , shared reading, independent reading, and read aloud.
- We will participate in the 40 Book Challenge this year. Each student will read 40 chapter books in my class. Parent Letter 40 Book Challenge
- We visit the library weekly for book check-in and check-out and lessons to extend our classroom learning as needed.
- Social Studies is integrated into our reading and writing classroom through PBL's (Project Based Learning).
Wells Reading Log '19-'20
Standard RI4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text
Standard RI4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text
Standard: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.[RL.4.7]
Standard: Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.[RL.4.7]
Standards Taught:
Standards Taught:
Summarizing
Summarizing
Hokey Pokey
(sung to the tune of the Hokey Pokey)
You put the big ideas in.
You take the extras out.
You put the essentials in,
And you cross the repeats out.
You do some summarizing,
And write the paragraph now.
That’s what it’s all about!
Summarizing!
PPT Main Idea.pptCopy of Study guide Main Idea /Supporting Details .docxRL1: Refer to details and examples/Inferences
RL1: Refer to details and examples/Inferences
The Recipe for a Strong Inference
The Recipe for a Strong Inference
- Uses several pieces of text evidence
- Incorporates the reader’s background knowledge
- Is thoughtful and specific
- Is supported by strong evidence
Use the sentence stems to help you make and record your inferences while you are reading.
Use the sentence stems to help you make and record your inferences while you are reading.
- The text says..., so I infer...
- I infer that ...because the text said...and I know...
- I infer the character is...because in the text...
- When the text said..., it made me infer that...
- Based on what I read in the text, I infer that ...because ...
- The details in the text allow me to infer that ...
- The text says... I already know that...Therefore, I can infer that...
4RI5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
4RI5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.[RL.4.5]
Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.[RL.4.5]
Drama, Prose and Poetry Study GuideRL4.2, RL9
RL4.2, RL9
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.[RL.4.9]
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.[RL.4.9]
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.[RL.4.2]
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.[RL.4.2]
Theme Study Guide located in student's folder.
Theme Study Guide located in student's folder.
RL4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases, as they are used in a text including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology .
RL4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases, as they are used in a text including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology .
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