Gloucester Township Public Schools English Language Arts Grade 4 1: Think It Through –Unit Time Frame: 6 Weeks Description: The Big Idea: How can a challenge bring out our best? (fable: "The Crow and the Pitcher") Unit 1 focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and fluency. Students practice narratives: autobiographical sketch and personal narratives. Unit Overview Reading Strategies Reading Skills Writing Vocabulary Grammar/Mechanics Speaking/Listening Making Predictions Sequence Ideas See Weekly Story for Sentences Fluency: Intonation, Vocabulary Phrasing, Accuracy Reread Problem and Solution Organization Subjects and Predicates Publishing Celebrations Compare and Contrast Sentence Fluency Compound Sentences Cause and Effect Clauses and Complex Sentences Main Idea and Key Details Run on Sentences Standards Topics Activities Resources Assessment Grade 4, L.5.2.c Use a comma to set off the words Week 1 Reading *Benchmark* Wonders, yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off Weekly Concept: Clever McGraw-Hill, 2014 Wonders Smart Start a tag question from the rest of the Ideas Interactive Read Aloud Assessment sentence (e.g., and to Title: "The Princess and the Pea" Your Turn Practice Book It’s true, isn’t it?), indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Essential Question: Where Genre: Fairy Tale Wonders Weekly Steve?). do good ideas come from? Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Assessment L.5.2.e Spell grade-appropriate words Revise Predictions correctly, consulting references as Reading Gloucester Township Wonders Fluency needed. Share Network Assessment Reading/Writing Workshop L.5.4.a Use context (e.g., cause/effect Language Comprehension relationships and comparisons in text) as Vocabulary Short Text: "The Dragon a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Phonics Wonders Writing Problem" L.5.4.c Consult reference materials (e.g., Grammar and Prompts with Lexile: 740L dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both Mechanics Appropriate Rubrics Genre: Fairy Tale print and digital, to find the Make, Confirm, or Strategy: pronunciation and determine or clarify Writing Revise Predictions the precise meaning of key words and Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: phrases. Research and Inquiry
Gloucester Township Public Schools English Language Arts Grade 4 –Unit 1: Think It Through Time Frame: 6 Weeks Description: The Big Idea: How can a challenge bring out our best? (fable: "The Crow and the Pitcher") Unit 1 focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and fluency. Students practice narratives: autobiographical sketch and personal narratives. Unit Overview Reading Strategies Reading Skills Writing Vocabulary Grammar/Mechanics Speaking/Listening Making Predictions Sequence Ideas See Weekly Story for Vocabulary Sentences Fluency: Intonation, Phrasing, Accuracy Reread Problem and Solution Organization Subjects and Predicates Publishing Celebrations Compare and Contrast Sentence Fluency Compound Sentences Cause and Effect Clauses and Complex Sentences Main Idea and Key Details Run on Sentences Standards Topics Activities Resources Assessment L.5.2.c Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?). L.5.2.e Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. L.5.4.a Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. L.5.4.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. Week 1 Weekly Concept: Clever Ideas Essential Question: Where do good ideas come from? Reading Language Vocabulary Phonics Grammar and Mechanics Writing Research and Inquiry Reading Interactive Read Aloud Title: "The Princess and the Pea" Genre: Fairy Tale Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise Predictions Reading/Writing Workshop Comprehension Short Text: "The Dragon Problem" Lexile: 740L Genre: Fairy Tale Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise Predictions Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Grade 4, Wonders, McGraw-Hill, 2014 Your Turn Practice Book Gloucester Township Share Network *Benchmark* Wonders Smart Start Assessment Wonders Weekly Assessment Wonders Fluency Assessment Wonders Writing Prompts with Appropriate Rubrics
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