English Language Arts Curriculum

4th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply foundational skills when reading to learn and understand other subjects. Students will write narratives and support other writing with opinions and explanations with the use of text evidence.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.4.6

Students will use informational text to determine the meaning of academic words and phrases while explaining events, procedures, and ideas or concepts.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.4.6.1

Read and comprehend informational text at grade level.

4.RI.10

 

LA.4.6.2

Determine meaning of academic words and phrases.

4.RI.4

 

LA.4.6.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts for what happened and why in history and science topics.

4.RI.3

 

LA.4.6.4

Form and use prepositional phrases.

4.L.1e

 

LA.4.6.5

Read and listen to fluent readers.

4.RF.4c

Academic Vocabulary: comprehend, fluent

Content Vocabulary: prepositional phrase, entrepreneur, invest ,merchandise, transaction, drought, fragile, imbalance, ecosystem