Syllabus Reading

Term 1: Reading Routines & Fiction Foundations (Weeks 1–6)

Focus:

• Launch reading workshop routines
  Introduce fiction elements
  Build stamina and comprehension strategies
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Characters, setting, plot (4.8A–B)
  Theme & moral lessons (4.8C)
  Making predictions & inferences (4.6F)
  Vocabulary using context clues (4.3B)
  Genres: Realistic Fiction, Folktales, Fables
  Assessments: Baseline reading levels, fiction quiz

 Term 2: Informational Text & Text Features (Weeks 7–12)

Focus:

• Develop nonfiction reading skills
  Understand how text features support understanding
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Main idea & supporting details (4.9A)
  Text features (headings, captions, diagrams) (4.9C)
  Author’s purpose & text structure (4.9D, 4.9B)
  Fact vs. opinion (4.9E)
  Genres: Expository, Biography
  Assessments: Nonfiction text features quiz, main idea check

Term 3: Poetry, Drama, and Literary Devices (Weeks 13–18)

Focus:

• Analyze poetic structure and language
  Explore elements of plays
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Figurative language & sensory words (4.10A, 4.10D)
  Theme in poetry and drama (4.8C)
  Dialogue and stage directions (4.8A, 4.10B)
  Genres: Poetry, Drama
  Assessments: Poetry analysis, drama comprehension

Term 4: Literary Nonfiction & Paired Texts (Weeks 19–24)

Focus:

• Deepen comprehension with literary nonfiction
  Practice comparing themes and messages
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Literary nonfiction elements (4.10B)
  Comparing texts (4.6I, 4.10C)
  Summarizing texts (4.6G)
  Genres: Memoir, Personal Narrative, Paired Texts
  Assessments: Literary nonfiction quiz, paired passage practice

Term 5: STAAR Reading Prep & Review (Weeks 25–30)

Focus:

• Apply strategies across genres
  Build confidence for state testing
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Review key comprehension strategies
  Test-taking strategies (4.6H)
  Focus on inferencing, text evidence, summarizing
  Genres: Mixed Genres (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
  Assessments: Released STAAR practice, benchmark test

Term 6: Research, Projects, & Independent Reading (Weeks 31–36)

Focus:

• Conduct simple research
  Reflect on reading growth
  
  

• Skills & TEKS:

• Research process & presenting information (4.13A–D)
  Author’s purpose, point of view, tone (4.10D)
  Independent reading responses
  Genres: Student choice, research materials
  Assessments: Final project, reading level progress check

 Spiraled Throughout the Year

• Comprehension strategies: inferencing, summarizing, questioning
  Vocabulary: context clues, root words, affixes
  Fluency practice: weekly reading aloud, fluency checks
  Assessment tools: comprehension quizzes, district benchmarks, STAAR prep passages, spelling