Chinle USD
CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT:
Reading
GRADE:
TIMELINE: 1st Quarter
4th
Strand/Concept:
Performance Obj.-Mastery
Level Explanation
Kid Friendly
Learning
Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the structures
and elements of literature.
PO 1: Identify the main problem
or conflict of a plot. I
I will identify the
main problem or
conflict of a plot.
Knowledge
Harcourt Trophies Reading“The Gardener”
“Donavan’s Word Jar”
“My Name is Maria Isabel”
“The Emperor and the Kite”
“Red Writing Hood”
“Stealing Home”
“One Grain of Rice”
“The Down and Up Fall”
Elements of
Literature Narrative
Elements
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the
structures and elements of
literature.
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze and apply
knowledge of the structures
Revised 06/11/2012
PO 2: Identify the resolution of
a problem or conflict in a plot. I
PO 3: Identify the moral of
literary selection (e.g. fables,
folktales, fairytales, and
legends). I
I will identify how
the characters in
a story solve the
problems they
are facing.
I will identify the
moral taught in
the story.
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Knowledge
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs.
(77-78)(102)
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Donavan’s Word Jar”
“My Name is Maria Isabel”
“The Emperor and the Kite”
“The Case of Pablo’s Nose”
“Red Writing Hood”
“Stealing Home”
“One Grain of Rice”
“The Down and Up Fall”
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4
Pgs.(81)(102)
Harcourt Trophies Reading“The Case of Pablo’s Nose”
“In the Days of King Adobe”
“One Grain of Rice”
“Paul Bunyan and Babe the
Blue Ox”
plot
main problem
conflict
plot
resolution
problem
conflict
moral
fable
fairytale
legend
lesson
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Chinle USD
CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT:
Reading
Strand/Concept:
GRADE:
Performance Obj.-Mastery
Level Explanation
TIMELINE: 1st Quarter
4th
Kid Friendly
Learning
Objective
Level of
Thinking
and elements of literature.
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the
structures and elements of
literature.
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the
structures and elements of
literature.
PO 4: Distinguish between
major characters and minor
characters. I
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze and apply
knowledge of the structures
and elements of literature.
Strand 2: Comprehending
PO 6: Identify the speaker or
narrator in a literary selection. I
Revised 06/11/2012
PO 5: Describe a character’s
traits using textual evidence
(e.g., dialogue, actions,
narrations, illustrations). I
I will tell the
difference
between the
major and minor
characters in a
story.
Analysis
I will describe
the character’s
traits by using
what the
character says
and does, what
others say about
the character,
and the
illustrations.
I will identify the
speaker or a
narrator in a
literary selection.
Application
Analysis
Resource Correlation
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs. (3637)
Harcourt Trophies Reading“The Gardener”
“The Baker’s Neighbor”
“The Garden of Happiness”
“Red Writing Hood”
Academic
Vocabulary
major character
minor character
distinguish
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs.(6465)(67)
Harcourt Trophies Reading“The Gardener”
“The Baker’s Neighbor”
“The Emperor and the Kite”
“Sarah, Plain and Tall”
“Red Writing Hood”
character traits
textual evidence
dialogue
actions
narrations
illustrations
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs. (6469)(86-87)(89-90)
Knowledge
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Sarah, Plain and Tall”
“One Grain of Rice”
“The Down and Up Fall”
narrator
speaker
first-person
third-person
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs.(7172)(139)
PO 7: Identify all aspects of the
setting (e.g. time of day or year,
I will identify the
setting of a
Knowledge
Harcourt Trophies Reading“The Gardener”
setting
historical period
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Chinle USD
CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT:
Reading
GRADE:
TIMELINE: 1st Quarter
4th
Strand/Concept:
Performance Obj.-Mastery
Level Explanation
Kid Friendly
Learning
Objective
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze, and apply
knowledge of the structures
and elements of literature.
historical period, place situation). literary selection.
I
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze and apply
knowledge of the structures
and elements of literature.
PO 8: Compare (and contrast)
the characters, events, and
setting in a literary selection. I
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze and apply
knowledge of the structures
and elements of literature.
PO 9: Identify characteristics
and structural elements (e.g.,
imagery, rhyme, verse, rhythm,
meter) of poetry. I
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
“Donavan’s Word Jar”
“The Emperor and the Kite”
“Sarah, Plain and Tall”
“Blue Willow”
“I Have Heard of a Land”
place situation
environment
time of day
time of year
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pg. (70)
I will compare
and contrast the
characters /
events/ setting of
a story.
Analysis
Evaluation
I will identify the
characteristics
and structural
elements of a
poem.
Knowledge
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Stealing Home”
“Two Lands, One Heart”
“One Grain of Rice”
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4
Pgs.(67)(70)(79-80)(86-90)
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Stealing Home”
“Saguaro Cactus”
“Blue Willow”
“In My Family”
“I Have Heard of a Land”
“Paul Bunyan and Babe the
Blue Ox”
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs. (136138)(142-146)
Revised 06/11/2012
compare
contrast
important
events
setting
minor character
major character
conflict
resolution
characteristics
structural
element
imagery
rhyme
rhythm
verse
free verse
alliteration
assonance
meter
poetry
prose
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Chinle USD
CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT:
Reading
Strand/Concept:
GRADE:
Performance Obj.-Mastery
Level Explanation
TIMELINE: 1st Quarter
4th
Kid Friendly
Learning
Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
stanzas
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 1: Elements of
Literature
Identify, analyze and apply
knowledge of the
structures and elements of
literature.
Strand 2: Comprehending
Literary Text
Concept 2: Historical and
Cultural Aspects of Literature
Describe the historical and
cultural aspects found in
cross-cultural works of
literature.
Revised 06/11/2012
PO 10: Identify common forms
of literature (e.g., poetry, novel,
short story, biography,
autobiography, drama) based
upon their characteristics. I
I will identify the
different types of
literature based
upon their
characteristics.
Knowledge
PO 1: Describe the historical
and cultural aspects found in
cross-cultural works of literature.
I
I will describe
the historical and
cultural aspects
found in crosscultural works of
literature.
Knowledge
Comprehe
nsion
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Red Writing Hood”
Buckle Down Arizona AIMS
2nd Edition Grade 4 Pgs. (127130)(136-146)(150-152)
poetry
novel
short story
biography
autobiography
drama
plays
characteristics
Harcourt Trophies Reading“Sarah, Plain and Tall”
“Two Lands, One Heart”
“In My Family”
“I Have Heard of a Land”
historical aspect
cultural aspect
cross-cultural
aspect
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