Reading Street
Writing, Grammar, Spelling Skills by week
4th grade
Unit
Week
1
2
1
3
4
5
Unit 1 - Wrap Up
Unit
Week
1
2
2
3
4
5
Unit 2 – Wrap Up
Unit
Weekly Focus
Memoir
Spelling
Short Vowels VCCV
Postcard
Grammar
Declarative and
Interrogative Sentences
Imperative and
Exclamatory Sentences
Subjects and Predicates
Sentences
Journal Entry
Voice
Focus/Ideas
E-mail Invitation
Compound Sentences
Long e
Conventions
Narrative Writing
Clauses and Complex
Sentences
Long u Sounds
Writing Trait
Word Choice
Weekly Focus
Poem
Spelling
Adding -s and -es
Focus/Idea
News Story
Grammar
Common and Proper
Nouns
Regular Plural Nouns
Organization/Paragraphs
Play Scene
Irregular Plural Nouns
Words with ar, or
Focus/Ideas
Describe a Job
Organization/Paragraphs
Explanation
Singular Possessive
Nouns
Plural Possessive
Nouns
Consonant Pairs ng, nk,
ph, wh
Words with ear, ir, our,
ur
Grammar
Action and Linking
Verbs
Main and Helping
Verbs
Subject-Verb
Agreement
Past, Present, and
Future Tenses
Irregular Verbs
Spelling
Adding -ed and -ing
2
3
4
5
Unit 3 - Wrap Up
Long a and i
Long e and o
Personal Narrative
Irregular Plurals
How-to Report
Week
1
3
Writing Trait
Word Choice
Writing Trait
Voice
Weekly Focus
Description
Sentences
Friendly Letter
Word Choice
Comparisons
Organization/Paragraphs
Problem/Solution
Conventions
Fantasy
Compare and Contrast Essay
Homophones
Vowel Sound in shout
Compound Words
Possessives
Unit
Week
1
2
4
3
4
5
Unit 4 - Wrap Up
Unit
Week
1
2
5
3
4
5
Unit 5 – Wrap Up
Unit
Week
1
2
6
3
4
5
Unit 6 – Wrap Up
Writing Trait
Sentences
Focus/Ideas
Writing Focus
Story About a
Discovery
Travel Brochure
Grammar
Singular and Plural
Pronouns
Subject and Object
Pronouns
Pronouns and
Antecedents
Possessive Pronouns
Spelling
Contractions
Voice
Business Letter
Conventions
Feature Story
Organization/Paragraphs
Plot Summary
Contractions and
Negatives
Grammar
Adjectives and Articles
Spelling
Multisyllabic Words
Word Choice
Writing Focus
Book or Story
Review
Editorial
Focus/Ideas
Interview
Comparative and
Superlative, Adjectives
Adverbs
Syllable Patterns V/CV
and VC/V
Greek Word Parts
Voice
Letter of
Acceptance
Write Your Opinion
Comparative and
Superlative, Adverbs
Prepositions and
Prepositional Phrases
Words with Latin Roots
Writing Trait
Sentences
Writing Focus
Biography
Grammar
Conjunctions
Schwa
Focus/Ideas
Taking Notes
Capitalization
Prefixes mis-, non-, re-
Conventions
Character Sketch
Commas
Organization/Paragraphs
Outlining
Sentences
Informational
Article
Quotations/Quotation
Marks
Titles
Suffixes -less, -ment, ness
Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ion
Final le, al, en
Final er, ar
Consonants /j/, /ks/,
and /kw/
Prefixes un-, dis-, in-
Story
Writing Trait
Focus/Ideas
Word Choice
Related Words
Persuasive Essay
Research Report
Spelling
Words with Silent
Consonants