4th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-2006
(Revised 5/05)
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
First
Nine Weeks
Ongoing
Use Standard American English
Write legibly
 Baseline writing sample and double scoring
 Schlagal (LC Assessment)
 Writing workshop procedures
 Create a writing notebook/Collecting
Writing Process- Writing a paragraph
 Complete sentence/fragment
 Simple Subject/predicate
 Identify types of sentence
 Topic Sentence
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Writing process – Letter Writing
Prewrite
First Draft
Revise
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Unit 1: short and long vowels– Concept 1 (A&B) & 2
(A)
Unit 2: long i, /k/– Concept 1(B) & 3(A)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence Dictation
Topic sentence
Simple subject/sentence
Complete Sentence
Combining sentences
Edit
Publish (optional)
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Language
&Word
Study
(R. Sitton)
Identify the setting in a variety of
passages (story, poem, etc) (I)
Reread for understanding and self
correction
Read for a purpose and respond to
literal, inferential, and evaluative
questions
Compare/contrast content within and
between texts
Unit 3: long e, diagraphs – Concept
1(B) & 2(A)
 Unit 4: /s/, prefix-un, suffix-ly –
Concept 1(A) & 3(A)
 Unit 5: /j/, prefix-mis, suffix-re –
Concept 2(A&C) & 3(B)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, SD
COMMON ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW AND PREVIEW
Writing
Workshop
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Week 9
Date__________
Reading Genre: Realistic and Historical
Fiction
MIDTERMS
Ongoing
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Recognize when reading isn’t making
sense
CRCT PRETEST
READING AND WRITING SELF-ASSESSMENT
Reading
Workshop
Check to see if an unknown word “makes sense”
Check to see if an unknown word “sounds right”
Check to see if an unknown word “looks right”
Identify and use poetry in various genres
 Establish reading workshop procedures
(First 20 days GRW 3-6)
 Fall LC assessment: Text Reading
 Listen to, read, and identify a variety of literary
genres using a variety of media (fiction,
nonfiction, memoirs, poetry)
 Locate just right books and media in the media
center (Media center orientation)
 Use book parts to identify author, illustrator,
publisher, and publication of a fiction/nonfiction
work
Week 4/5
4th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-2006
(Revised 5/05)
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Second
Nine Weeks
Ongoing
Adjust reading rate to match purpose
Follow multiple oral directions
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Language
& Word
Study
(R. Sitton)
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Reading Genre: Nonfiction
Unit 6: /ou/,suffix-ful – Concept 1(B) & 3(A)
Unit 7: compound, multiple meaning - Concept 1,
2(C&D)
 Unit 8: Suffix-ment – Concept 2(A)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence
Dictation
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MIDTERMS
Writing
Workshop
Read with fluency and expression
Reading Genre: Fiction
Use context clues to expand vocabulary and
identify the unknown words while reading
Identify the character’s emotions in a variety
of genre (story, poem)
Analyze character actions to make inferences
about events in the story
Identify the character’s motivation for actions
Identify the character’s problem/solution
Writing process – Personal Narrative
Prewrite
 Categorize and organize information using maps,
webs, and outlines
 Develop a clear topic with examples/details
First Draft
Revise
 Write ideas in story form with attention to
sequence, main ideas, and supporting details
 Draft and revise writing to improve fluency,
content, organization and style to match purpose
 Identify nouns (common/proper)
 Use apostrophes to punctuate possessives
Edit
Publish
Week 9
Date______
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Follow multi-step directions
Identify rising action, climax, and falling action in
stories (plot)
Identify organizational patterns: chronological and
cause/effect
Identify explicit/implicit main ideas and
supporting details
Writing process – Report Writing
Prewrite
 Use search engines, local databases, and on-line
information
 Use available technology to assist in writing
First Draft
Revise
 First draft
 Try creative, unusual or novel use of language
 Use dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, electronic,
other references to identify word meaning
 Writes 3 or more paragraphs about a topic
 Identify, define, and use verbs (action, linking,
irregular) to match purposes
 Write, combine, and vary sentences to match
purposes and audience
 Identify subjects/predicates (simple/compound)
 Maintain consistent number, gender, point of view
and verb tense
Editing
 Use guide words to locate information
Publish
 Unit 9: contractions, irregular verbs – Concept
1(B) & 3 (B)
 Unit 10: idioms, homophones – Concept 1(C&D)
 Unit 11: Contractions, Suffix-er – Concept 1(A) &
3(A)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence
Dictation
COMMON ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW AND PREVIEW
Reading
Workshop
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
4th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-2006
(Revised 5/05)
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Third
Nine Weeks
Ongoing
Preview information texts to anticipate
contents/organization of information
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Reading
Workshop
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Word
Study/Sitton
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Gather information from reference works: book,
periodical, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
Reading Genre: Procedural
Make and defend inferences and conclusions
(sequence of events, cause/effect, fiction/nonfiction)
Distinguish between fact/opinion
Review study techniques such as PQRST (Preview,
Question, Read, Study, Test) or PQ4R (Preview,
Question, Research, Read, Review, Report)
Use the table of contents, index, glossary, and appendix to
locate information in books and reference works
MIDTERMS
Writing
Workshop
Predict information in nonfiction texts based on headings,
italics, and graphics
Reading Genre: Persuasive Text
Identify author’s purpose in a variety of
literary forms (inform, persuade, entertain)
Predict using clues: cause/effect, sequence
of events, setting, character feelings, traits
Identify causes and effects in given passages
Writing process – Persuasive writing
Prewrite
 Explore the skills of taking notes from
lectures, reading, viewing, and interviewing
First Draft
Revise
 Use conjunctions to create varied sentence
patterns
 Recognize and eliminate redundancy
 Identify/define adjectives
Edit
 Capitalize words used as proper nouns,
adjectives, titles, days, months, holidays
 Capitalize the first word in a quote
 Use quotation marks to punctuate dialogue
 Edit for spelling fragments and run-on
sentences
Publish
 Unit 12: suffix-es,s - Concept 2(A)
 Unit 14: /ou/, r controlled- Concept 1(A) &
2(C)
 Unit 15: long /u/ - Concept 1(A) & 2(C)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence
Dictation
Week 9
Date__________
Writing process – Procedural writing
Prewrite
 Distinguish between fact/opinion
First Draft
Revise
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Identify/define pronouns
Use subject pronoun to replace the subject
Use appropriate form of comparative/superlative
adjectives
Use correct pronoun order
Maintain consistent number/gender with pronoun
and antecedents
Edit
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Use commas to set off compound sentences/weak
interjections
Publish
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Unit 17: soft syllables with le, al, el, er, or, ar
Concept 1 (A,B,C,)
 Unit 18: antonyms, suffix-less - Concept 3(A&B)
 Unit 19: comparisons er-est - Concept 2(B)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence Dictation
COMMON ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW AND PREVIEW
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Ongoing
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
4th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-2006
(Revised 5/05)
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Fourth
Nine Weeks
Ongoing
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Recognize and discuss cultural diversity in literature
Reading Genre: Fantasy
Reading Genre: Poetry
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Writing Process- Fantasy
Writing
Workshop
Prewrite
First Draft
Revise
Edit
Publish
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Unit 20: Consonant blends – Concept 1 (A&B)
Unit 21: y to i, add s – Concept 1 (A&B)
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence
Dictation
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MIDTERMS
GATEWAY- April 12-15
CRCT- April 20-29
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Recalls, interprets, summarizes, and
communicates effectively information
presented or read
End of year assessments
Post-Schlagal (LC assessment)
Writing Process- Poetry
Prewrite
First Draft
Revise
 Identify /define adverbs
 Use appropriate form of
comparative/superlative adverbs
Edit
Publish
 Unit 24: Prefix-sub, un, re, dis, mis–
Concept 1 (A&D)
 Unit 26: endings- s,es, ed, ing, - Test
Ready- at-school activity
*Take-Home Task, Word Test, Skill Test, Sentence
Dictation
REVIEW AND PREVIEW
Spring Break
Test taking genre
Profile Sheet Data – STAR, writing stage,
LC level
CRCT POST TEST
READING AND WRITING SELF-ASSESSMENT
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Reading
Workshop
Language &
Word Study
(R. Sitton)
Week 9
Date__________