Develop and use grade-appropriate Monitor/clarify when reading text Non-fiction textbooks to acquire academic words with domain-specific language to domain-specific language determine meaning Develop and use grade-appropriate Thesaurus to look up more precise domain-specific words basic to 4th Writing process (revise) to use more words when writing grade topics such as California precise language History, Electricity, etc. (See companion standards of RL 4.4 Use a thesaurus to develop more and RI 4.4) Develop and use precise language to precise language describe actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, Living Charts of academic words stammered) Living Charts of domain-specific words Living Charts of synonyms with more precise verbs, etc. (e.g., walked vs. sprinted) Smart Books with Vocab tab
Develop and use grade-appropriate academic words Develop and use grade-appropriate domain-specific words basic to 4th grade topics such as California History, Electricity, etc. Develop and use precise language to describe actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) Monitor/clarify when reading text with domain-specific language to determine meaning Writing process (revise) to use more precise language Use a thesaurus to develop more precise language Living Charts of academic words Living Charts of domain-specific words Living Charts of synonyms with more precise verbs, etc. (e.g., walked vs. sprinted) Smart Books with Vocab tab Non-fiction textbooks to acquire domain-specific language Thesaurus to look up more precise words when writing (See companion standards of RL 4.4 and RI 4.4)
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