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Reading

Quarter 2

Priority Objectives

SWBAT identify and define word parts IOT determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.

SWBAT identify context clues IOT determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.

SWBAT identify and define word parts and context clues IOT determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.

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Quarter 1

Focus: Key Ideas and Details:

Objectives:

Students will be able to refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Students will be able to determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Students will be able to describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

First Quarter Text: Save Me A Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan

Save Me a Seat takes a deep dive into the perspective of two 10-year-old boys to show that the assumptions we make about other people are often wrong. 4ELA -

Save Me A Seat Vocabulary

peninsula population terrain immigration prejudice diversity immigrant outsider refugee accent immigrate epic alphabetical valuable

disability queue accident vegetarian unemployment convince willpower Perspective Narrative impressed proclaim shell-shocked humiliation descendants assimilated imply criticize defeated narrator

Homework: Due Every Friday

Students will keep a notebook for daily notes and homework. The expectation is that homework is completed by Friday. However, notebook check will always be at the end of a month.

Read for 20 minutes every night. Parents will sign a nightly reading log.
Grammar Practice: Students will practice grammar from their weekly lesson.

Lexia: Students must complete at least 45 minutes of Lexia each week for a weekly grade. Time to complete Lexia will be given during class.

Tests/Quizzes

Students will be assessed daily with formative assessments such as exit tickets and reviews.

Summative assessments such as quizzes and tests will be announced with at least 2 days notice.

Standardized Testing and Diagnostics (Star, Lexia, PSSA) will be announced and prepared for in class.

Quiz 1: Transition Words 9/28

Quiz 2: Figurative Language 10/14

Test 1: Main Idea/Theme/Figurative Language: 10/19

Culminating Task:

*No two people see the world in exactly the same way, which can lead to misunderstandings and biases. In order to explore this idea of perception versus reality, students will be writing a narrative with a partner on one day in the life of a 4th grader as two different characters, each experiencing the same day from two totally different perspectives.

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