English Language Arts Grade 4 2: Amazing Animals –Unit Time Frame: 6 Weeks Description: The Big Idea: What can animals teach us? Unit Overview Reading Strategies Reading Skills Writing Vocabulary Grammar/Mechanics Speaking/Listening Ask and Answer Theme Organization See Weekly Story for Common and Proper Fluency: Accuracy, Questions Vocabulary Nouns Rate, and Prosody Main Ideas and Key Voice Singular and Plural Publishing Celebrations Summarize Details Nouns Literary Elements: Point of View Ideas Irregular Plural Nouns Meter and Rhyme Word Choice Possessive Nouns Combing Sentences Standards Topics Activities Resources Assessment L.4.2.a Use capitalization. Week 1 Reading Grade 4, Wonders Weekly Wonders, Literary McGraw-Hill, 2014 Assessment L.4.2.d Spell grade-appropriate words Weekly Concept: Interactive Read Aloud correctly, consulting references as needed. Lessons Title: "The Coyote and the L.4.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of Hen" Your Turn Practice Book Wonders Fluency What Folktale Assessment unknown and multiple-meaning words and Essential Question: Genre: phrases based on grade 4 reading and are some messages in animal Strategy: Ask and Answer content, choosing flexibly from a range of stories? Questions strategies. Gloucester Township Share Wonders Writing L.4.4.a Use context (e.g., definitions, Reading Reading/Writing Network Prompts with examples, or restatements in text) as a clue Workshop Appropriate Rubrics to the meaning of a word or phrase. Language Comprehension L.4.4.c Consult reference materials (e.g., Vocabulary Short Text: "The dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both Phonics Fisherman and the Kaha print and digital, to find the pronunciation Grammar and Bird" and determine or clarify the precise Mechanics Lexile: 800L meaning of key words and phrases. Genre: Folktale Writing Ask and Answer L.4.6 Acquire and use accurately Strategy: appropriate general academic and Research and Inquiry Questions specific words and phrases, including those Skill: Theme Handwriting that signal precise actions, emotions, or Literature Anthology
English Language Arts Grade 4 –Unit 2: Amazing Animals Time Frame: 6 Weeks Description: The Big Idea: What can animals teach us? Unit Overview Reading Strategies Reading Skills Writing Vocabulary Grammar/Mechanics Speaking/Listening Ask and Answer Questions Theme Organization See Weekly Story for Vocabulary Common and Proper Nouns Fluency: Accuracy, Rate, and Prosody Summarize Main Ideas and Key Details Voice Singular and Plural Nouns Publishing Celebrations Literary Elements: Meter and Rhyme Point of View Ideas Irregular Plural Nouns Word Choice Possessive Nouns Combing Sentences Standards Topics Activities Resources Assessment L.4.2.a Use capitalization. L.4.2.d Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. L.4.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. L.4.4.a Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. L.4.4.c Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. L.4.6 Acquire and use accurately general academic and words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or appropriate Week 1 Weekly Concept: Literary Lessons Essential Question: What are some messages in animal stories? Reading Language Vocabulary Phonics Grammar and Mechanics Writing Research and Inquiry Handwriting Reading Interactive Read Aloud Title: "The Coyote and the Hen" Genre: Folktale Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Reading/Writing Workshop Comprehension Short Text: "The Fisherman and the Kaha Bird" Lexile: 800L Genre: Folktale Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Skill: Theme Literature Anthology Grade 4, Wonders, McGraw-Hill, 2014 Your Turn Practice Book Gloucester Township Share Network Wonders Weekly Assessment Wonders Fluency Assessment Wonders Writing Prompts with Appropriate Rubrics specific
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