Unit 1
Tested Standards (on
Weekly Assessments)
Learning Targets (I Can
Statements)
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
4th grade
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 1 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text
(W 4.3)
Unit 1,Week
1
Aug.17-21
RL 4. 3. Describe in depth a
character, setting, or event
in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a
character’s thoughts,
words, or actions).
RL 4. 9. Compare and
contrast the treatment of
similar themes and topics
(e.g., opposition of good
and evil) and patterns of
events (e.g., the quest) in
stories, myths, and
traditional literature from
different cultures.
I can describe in depth a
_______________
(character, setting, or
event…choose 1) in a
_________ (story or
drama) using specific
details from the text. (RL
4.3)
I can compare and
contrast similar themes
and topics in ________
(stories, myths, or
traditional
literature…choose 1) from
different cultures.
I can compare and
contrast patterns of
events in ___________
(stories, myths, or
traditional
literature…choose 1) from
different cultures. (RL 4.9)
L 4.5c. Demonstrate
understanding of words by
relating them to their
opposites (antonyms) and
to words with similar but
not identical meanings
(synonyms).
1
I can understand words by
relating them to their
antonyms.
I can understand words by
relating them to their
synonyms (L 4.5c).
Title: "The
Princess and the
Pea"
Short Text: "The
Dragon Problem"
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot:
Sequence
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Sequence
Lexile: 740L
Genre: Fairy
Tale
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or
Revise
Predictions
Genre: Fairy Tale
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot: Sequence
(RL4.3)
(RL 4.9)
(RL.4.7)
Main Selection
Genre: Fairy Tale
Title: The Princess
and the Pizza
Lexile: 780L
Main Selections
Genre: Fairy Tale
Titles:
A: Clever Puss
O: Jack and the Extreme
Stalk
E: Jack and the Extreme
Stalk
B: Charming Ella
Paired Selection
Genre: Fable
Title: "Tomás and
His Sons"
Lexile: 650L
Paired Selections
Genre: Folktale
Titles:
A: "Rabbit and the Well"
O: "Stone Soup"
E: "Stone Soup"
B: "Ivana and the Ogre"
Lexiles
A: 530L
O: 750L
E: 430L
B: 860L
Vocabulary Words:
brainstorm
flattened
frantically
gracious
muttered
official
original
stale
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
collaborate
topic
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Synonyms
(L 4.5c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Short Vowels
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Friendly Letter
(W.4.3a,c,d,e,W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Descriptive Details
(W.4.3d)
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Grammar Skill:
Sentences
(L.4.1f)
Approaching Level
flat, tax, band, cash,
past, bell, left, smell,
when, list, mill,
hint, plot, rot, blot, odd,
plum, mud, lunch, gym
On Level
flat, cash, band, bell,
left, shelf, wealth, grim,
mill, hint, plot,
dock, blot, odd, sum,
plum, bluff, crunch,
build, gym
Beyond Level
sandwich, clamped,
shelves, sketches,
heavy, wealthy, alibi,
grimace, miller,
skimming, slipped,
plots, dock, blot,
smudge, plum, bluff,
culprit, crunches,
typical
Grammar
Mechanics: Sentence
Punctuation
(L.4.3b)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
sequence of events)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
I can use concrete words
and phrases and sensory
details to convey
experiences and events
precisely (W4.3d).
2
Unit 1
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 1 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Friendly Letter
(W.4.3a,c,d,e,W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Unit 1,Week
2
Aug. 24-28
RL 4.3. Describe in depth a
character, setting, or event
in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a
character’s thoughts,
words, or actions).
L 4.5 b. Recognize and
explain the meaning of
common idioms, adages,
and proverbs.
I can describe in depth a
_______________
(character, setting, or
event…choose 1) in a
_________ (story or
drama) using specific
details from the text. (RL
4.3)
I can recognize and
explain the meaning of
_______________
(common idioms, adages,
or proverbs…choose 1). (L
4.5b)
I can orient the reader by
establishing a situation and
introducing a narrator and/or
characters.
I can organize an event
sequence that unfolds
naturally (W 4.3a)
Title: "Say
Something"
Short Text: "The
Talent Show"
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Lexile: 620L
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or
Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot: Problem
and Solution
(RL 4.3)
(RL.4.5)
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot:
Problem and
Solution
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Title: Experts,
Incorporated
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles:
A: The Dream Team
O: Rosa's Garden
E: Rosa's Garden
B: Saving Grasshopper
Lexile: 730L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Speaking
Out to Stop
Bullying"
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Making a Difference"
O: "Fresh from the City"
E: "Fresh from the City"
B: "Backyard Bird
Habitats"
Lexile: 800L
Lexiles
A: 530L
O: 710L
E: 540L
B: 810L
3
Vocabulary Words:
accountable
advise
desperately
hesitated
humiliated
inspiration
self-esteem
uncomfortably
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
dialogue
focus
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Idioms
(L 4.5b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Long a
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Approaching Level
major, clay, today, tray,
paid, rail, drain, faint,
aim, rain,
save, cane, pale, face,
crate, late, mane,
break, weigh, they
On Level
major, clay, stray,
today, bail, rail, drain,
faint, claim, pale, face,
graze, cane, slate,
ache, steak, break,
eight, they, obey
Beyond Level
major, display, stray,
railway, r
elay, bail, wailing, frail,
fainting,
claimed, remain, pale,
parade, mistake, ache,
nickname, break,
steak,
eighteen, obeyed
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Focus on an Event
(W.4.3a)
Grammar Skill:
Subjects and
Predicates
(L.4.1f)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuate Compound
Subjects and
Predicates
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
problem and solution)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 1
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 1 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text
Unit 1, Week
3
Aug. 31Sept.4
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
Title:
"Avalanche!"
Short Text: "A World
of Change"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Expository
Lexile: 790L
Strategy:
Reread
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text
Structure:
Compare and
Contrast
Skill: Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: Earthquakes
L 4.4a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can develop the topic with
__________ (facts,
definitions, concrete details,
quotations, or other
information and
examples…choose 1)
related to the topic (W4.2b).
Text Features:
Diagrams; Headings
(RI 4.5)
(RI.4.7)
Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Changing Landscapes
O: Changing Landscapes
E: Changing Landscapes
B: Changing Landscapes
Lexile: 870L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Tornado"
Lexile: 950L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Students Save
Wetlands"
O: "Students Save
Wetlands"
E: "Students Save
Wetlands"
B: "Students Save
Wetlands"
Lexiles
A: 670L
O: 840L
E: 740L
B: 920L
4
Vocabulary Words:
alter
collapse
crisis
destruction
hazard
severe
substantial
unpredictable
Additional Domain
Words:
volcanic
volcanoes
inland
air masses
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
headings
diagrams
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Multiple-Meaning
Words
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Long e
Structural Analysis:
Plurals
Approaching Level
maybe, zebra, beam,
heal, please, leak,
weep, seem, reef,
deed, speech, feet,
gene, scene, chief,
either, key, money,
busy, only
On Level
evening, zebra,
breathe, league,
squeaky, healer, sleek,
indeed,
reef, deed, speech,
wheeze, concrete,
scheme, belief, chief,
honey,
donkey, family, weary
(L. 4.4a)
Beyond Level
evening, feline,
breathe, league,
creature, increased,
appealing,
tea, eerie, thirteen,
succeed, wheeze,
concrete, scheme,
belief, chief,
donkey, honeybee,
mystery, weary
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Friendly Letter
(W.4.3a,b,c,d,e,W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Supporting Details
(W.4.2b)
Grammar Skill:
Compound Sentences
(L.4.1f))
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuating
Compound Sentences
(L.4.2c)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
compare and contrast
text structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 1
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 1 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text
Unit 1, Week
4
Sept. 8-11
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
Title: "Look Out
Below!"
Short Text: "The Big
Race"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Lexile: 690L
Strategy:
Reread
Genre: Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
L 4.4a a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can orient the reader by
establishing a situation and
introducing a narrator and/or
characters.
I can organize an event
sequence that unfolds
naturally (W 4.3a).
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text
Structure: Cause
and Effect
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Narrative
Nonfiction
Text Features:
Headings; Speech
Balloons
Title: A Crash
Course in Forces
and Motion with
Max Axiom, Super
Scientist
(RI 4.5)
Lexile: 630L
Paired Selection
Genre: Science
Fiction
Title: "The Box-Zip
Project"
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative
Nonfiction
Titles:
A: George's Giant Wheel
O: George's Giant Wheel
E: George's Giant Wheel
B: George's Giant Wheel
Paired Selections
Genre: Science Fiction
Titles:
A: "3001: A Space
Mystery"
O: "3001: A Space
Mystery"
E: "3001: A Space
Mystery"
B: "3001: A Space
Mystery"
Lexile: 620L
Lexiles
A: 550L
O: 810L
E: 610L
B: 910L
5
Vocabulary Words:
accelerate
advantage
capabilities
friction
gravity
identity
inquiry
thrilling
Additional Domain
Words:
level
warp
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
restatements
transitions
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Definitions and
Restatements
(RI 4.4a)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Long i
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Approaching Level
minding, climb, mind,
pies, die, flight, sigh,
kite, file, wipe,
inside, pride, line, alike,
time, twice, cry, sly,
shy, spy
On Level
climb, minding, pies,
die, height, sigh, fright,
slight, drive, file,
kite, prime, pride, slice,
twice, wipe, pry, sly,
shy, spy
Beyond Level
shiny, climb, minding,
reminded, wiping, die,
height,
frightened, lightning,
sigh, slightly, tightly,
filed, likely, prime,
pride,
twice, slyly, pry, spy
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Personal Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c, W.4.5,
W.4.6) (L.4.2b)
Writing Trait:
Organization:
Sequence
(W.4.3a)
Grammar Skill:
Clauses and Complex
Sentences
(L.4.1a, L.4.1f)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuate Complex
Sentences
(L.4.2c)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
strong word choice)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 1
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 1 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text
Unit 1, Week
5
Sept. 14-18
RI 4. 2. Determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
I can determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details.
I can summarize the text
(RI 4.2)
L 3.4b Determine the
meaning of the new word
formed when a known affix
is added to a known word
(e.g.,
agreeable/disagreeable,
comfortable/uncomfortable,
care/careless,
heat/preheat).
I can determine the
meaning of a new word
when an affix is added (L
3.4b).
6
Review
Short Text: "Dollars
and Sense"
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Genre:
Informational
Text: Persuasive
Article
Lexile: 800L
Skill: Main Idea
and Key Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Main Selections
Genre: Persuasive Text
Strategy: Reread
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Strategy:
Reread
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
Title: Kids in
Business
Text Features: Graph;
Headings
Lexile: 790L
Genre: Informational
Text: Persuasive Article
(RI 4.2)
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
I can, with help, develop and
strengthen writing as
needed by planning,
revising, and editing (W
4.5).
Unit 1, Week
Title: "Kids Can
Help"
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Procedural Text
Title: "Starting a
Successful
Business"
Lexile: 770L
Titles:
A: Start Small, Think Big
O: Start Small, Think Big
E: Start Small, Think Big
B: Start Small, Think Big
Paired Selections
Genre: Procedural Text
Titles:
A: "Spending and
Saving"
O: "Spending and
Saving"
E: "Spending and
Saving"
B: "Spending and
Saving"
Lexiles
A: 660L
O: 780L
E: 710L
B: 890L
Vocabulary Words:
compassionate
enterprise
exceptional
funds
innovative
process
routine
undertaking
Additional Domain
Words:
entrepreneur
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
print sources
digital sources
Vocabulary Strategy:
Suffixes
(L 3.4b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Long o
Structural Analysis:
Compound Words
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Personal Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c, W.4.5,
W.4.6) (L.4.2b)
Writing Trait:
Sentence Fluency:
Sentence Length
(W.4.4, W.4.5)
Grammar Skill: RunOn Sentences
(L.4.1f)
Approaching Level
bolt, most, mold, own,
flow, tow, know, mows,
lower,
mole, stone, stove,
chose, stole, sole,
woke, goal, groan,
foam, woe
On Level
bolt, mold, toll, shadow,
flow, mows, lower,
blown, quote,
mole, stone, stove,
chose, sole, stole, goal,
groan, load, roasting,
woe
Beyond Level
mold, toll, motionless,
slowly, lower, blown,
closer, stovetop,
chosen, poled, lonely,
whole, quote, goalie,
floating, soaked,
groaned,
loading, coaster,
woefully
Grammar
Mechanics:
Correcting Fragments
and Run-Ons
(L.4.1f, L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (how author
informs and explains
important topics)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 1 Writing
6
Review and
Assess
Week
Sept. 21Oct. 2
CA #1 date
of closing of
test window
is 10/3
7
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #1; Give OnDemand Writing Prompt for
Unit 1)
Focus: Narrative
Text
Unit 1 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Personal Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c, W.4.5,
W.4.6) (L.4.2b)
Unit 2
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 2 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 2, Week
1
Sept. 28Oct. 2
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
L3.4c Use a known root
word as a clue to the
meaning of an unknown
word with the same root
(e.g., company,
companion).
I can use a known root
word to figure out the
meaning of a word with
the same root (L3.4c).
Title: "The
Coyote and the
Hen"
Short Text: "The
Fisherman and the
Kaha Bird"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Genre: Folktale
Lexile: 800L
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
Genre: Folktale
Main Selection
Genre: Folktale
Main Selections
Genre: Folktale
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Title: The Secret
Message
Skill: Theme
Lexile: 820L
Titles:
A: The Cockroach and
the Mouse
O: The Badger and the
Fan
E: The Badger and the
Fan
B: The Wings of the
Butterfly
(RL 4.2)
(RL.4.5)
Paired Selection
Genre: Fable
Title: "The Fox and
the Goat"
Lexile: 790L
I can orient the reader by
establishing a situation and
introducing a narrator and/or
characters.
I can organize an event
sequence that unfolds
naturally (W 4.3a).
8
Vocabulary Words:
attracted
dazzling
fabric
greed
honest
requested
soared
trudged
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
symbolism
outline
Vocabulary Strategy:
Root Words
(L 3.4c)
Paired Selections
Genre: Fable
Titles:
A: "Fox and Crane"
O: "Fox and Cat"
E: "Fox and Cat"
B: "The Fox and the
Crow"
Lexiles
A: 600L
O: 530L
E: 720L
B: 770L
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Prefixes
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Approaching Level
unblock, unborn,
unchain, unload,
unlock, recall, repay,
resell, rewash, rewind,
retie, indirect, incorrect,
illegal, overact,
overheat,
subway, premix,
preplan, superheat
On Level
unblock, unborn,
unchain, unload,
unlock, recall, relearn,
resell, rewash, rewind,
imperfect, indirect,
incorrect, illegal,
overact,
overheat, subway,
premix, preplan,
supersize
Beyond Level
unblock, unborn,
unchained, unloaded,
unlocked, recalled,
relearned, reselling,
rewashed, rewind,
imperfect, indirectly,
incorrectly,
illegally, overacting,
overheat, submarine,
preseason, preplan,
superpower
Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Explanatory Essay
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e)W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Organization: Strong
Openings
(W.4.3a)
Grammar Skill:
Common and Proper
Nouns
(L.3.2)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Capitalizing Proper
Nouns
(L.4.2a)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
theme)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 2
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 2 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 2, Week
2
Oct. 5-9
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
Title: "A
Grasshopper's
Sad Tale"
Genre: Dramatic
Scene
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
Short Text: "The Ant
and the Grasshopper"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Lexile: NP
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Genre: Drama
Main Selection
Genre: Drama
Main Selections
Genre: Drama
Title: Ranita, The
Frog Princess
Paired Selection
Genre: Mystery
Titles:
A: Saving the Green Bird
O: The Prince Who
Could Fly
E: The Prince Who Could
Fly
B: Behind the Secret
Trapdoor
Title: "The
Moonlight Concert
Mystery"
Paired Selections
Genre: Mystery
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Skill: Theme
L 4.5c Demonstrate
understanding of words by
relating them to their
opposites (antonyms) and
to words with similar but
not identical meanings
(synonyms).
(RL 4.2)
I can understand words by
relating them to their
antonyms.
I can understand words by
relating them to their
synonyms (L 4.5c).
Lexile: NP
(RL.4.5)
Lexile: 710L
I can use dialogue and
description to
_____________ (develop
experiences and events or
show the responses of
characters to
situations…choose 1)
(W4.3b).
Titles:
A: "The Missing Pie
Mystery"
O: "The Mystery of the
Spotted Dogs"
E: "The Mystery of the
Spotted Dogs"
B: "The Mystery of the
Messy Room"
Lexiles
A: NP
O: NP
E: NP
B: NP
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Vocabulary Words:
annoyed
attitude
commotion
cranky
familiar
frustrated
selfish
specialty
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
traditional
contemporary
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Antonyms
(L 4.5c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Digraphs
Structural Analysis:
Possessives
Approaching Level
fifth, north, thanks,
choose, touch, branch,
couch, chef,
chance, march, patch,
ketchup, kitchen, rush,
shed, whine, whirl,
bring,
graph, photo
On Level
thirty, width, northern,
fifth, choose, touch,
chef, chance,
pitcher, kitchen,
sketched, ketchup,
snatch, stretching,
rush, whine, whirl,
bring, graph, photo
Beyond Level
width, bathtub, beach,
touchdown, flinched,
cherish, chef,
charade, kitchen,
sketched, ketchup,
marshal, finished,
whine, whirl,
nowhere, bringing,
photograph, physical,
phase
Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Explanatory Essay
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e)W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Voice:
Informal Voice
(W.4.3b, L.4.3c)
Grammar Skill:
Singular and Plural
Nouns
(L.3.1b-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Commas in a Series
(L.5.2a)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
dramatic text
structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 2
Targeted Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 2 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 2, Week
3
RI 4.2. Determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
I can determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details.
Oct. 12-16
I can summarize the text
(RI 4.2)
Title: "Return of
the Wolves"
Short Text: "Rescuing
Our Reefs"
Strategy:
Summarize
Genre:
Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Lexile: 810L
Skill: Main Idea
and Key Details
Strategy:
Summarize
L 4.4a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can develop the topic with
___________( facts,
definitions, concrete details,
quotations, or other
information and
examples…choose 1)
related to the topic (W4.2b)
Genre: Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
Text Features:
Headings; Flow Chart
(RI 4.2)
(RI.4.9)
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Narrative
Nonfiction
Title: The Buffalo
Are Back
Lexile: 800L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Energy in
the Ecosystem"
Lexile: 790L
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative
Nonfiction
Titles:
A: Saving San Francisco
Bay
O: Saving San Francisco
Bay
E: Saving San Francisco
Bay
B: Saving San Francisco
Bay
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "The Great Estuary
Ecosystem"
O: "The Great Estuary
Ecosystem"
E: "The Great Estuary
Ecosystem"
B: "The Great Estuary
Ecosystem"
Lexiles
A: 690L
O: 850L
E: 820L
B: 900L
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Vocabulary Words:
crumbled
droughts
ecosystem
extinct
flourished
fragile
imbalance
ripples
Additional Domain
Words:
replanted
eroded
preserve
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
flow chart
categorize
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Sentence Clues
(L 4.4a)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Three-Letter
Blends
Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Explanatory Essay
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e)W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Supporting Details
(W.4.2b)
Structural Analysis:
Words Ending in
-er and –est
Grammar Skill:
Irregular Plural Nouns
(L.3.1b-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Correct Plural Forms
(L.4.1)
Approaching Level
shred, shrink, shrimp,
shrunk, script, screech,
screw,
straps, strand, straight,
sprout, spr
ang, spring, split,
splash, thrill, throne,
through, throb, throat
On Level
shred, shriek, shrimp,
shrink, script, screw,
screech, straighten,
straps, strand, sprout,
sprawl, sprang,
splashing, splotch,
thrill, throb,
throat, thrift, through
Beyond Level
shredding, shrink,
shrugged, shriek,
script, scrawny,
screech,
straighten, stringy,
strand, sprout, sprawl,
sprang, splashing,
splotch,
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze text
features)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
thrillingly, thrift,
throughout, throb,
throttle
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Unit 2
Targeted Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 2 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 2, Week
4
Oct. 19-23
RI 4.2. Determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
I can determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details.
I can summarize the text
(RI 4.2)
Title:
"Adaptations at
Work"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy:
Summarize
L 4.4b Use common, gradeappropriate Greek and
Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a
word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
Short Text: "Animal
Adaptations"
Strategy:
Summarize
Lexile: 850L
Skill: Main Idea
and Key Details
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
I can use Greek and Latin
affixes and roots to figure
out the meaning of a word
(L 4.4b).
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
Text Features:
Photographs and
Captions; Headings
(RI 4.2)
(RI.4.9)
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: Spiders
Lexile: 820L
Paired Selection
Genre: Trickster
Tale
Title: "Anansi and
the Birds"
Lexile: 740L
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Extreme Animals
O: Extreme Animals
E: Extreme Animals
B: Extreme Animals
Paired Selections
Genre: Trickster Tale
Titles:
A: "Hare and the Water"
O: "Hare and the Water"
E: "Hare and the Water"
B: "Hare and the Water"
Lexiles
A: 590L
O: 830L
E: 680L
B: 890L
Vocabulary Words:
camouflaged
dribbles
extraordinary
poisonous
pounce
predator
prey
vibrations
Additional Domain
Words:
spinnerets
pedipalps
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
captions
analyze
Vocabulary Strategy:
Prefixes
(L 4.4b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: r-Controlled
Vowels /är/ and /ôr/
Structural Analysis:
Suffixes -ful and
-less
Approaching Level
dart, carpet, spark,
yard, smart, large, far,
bark, card,
backyard, warp, door,
fort, floor, stork, cord,
worn, stormy, core,
bore
On Level
dart, guard, award,
backyard, argue, spark,
target, smart,
charge, carpet, warp,
door, fort, morning,
stork, cord, worn,
stormy,
core, bore
Beyond Level
seminar, charcoal,
guard, enlarge,
barnyard, argue, spark,
predator, guitar,
charge, carpet, force,
forward, morning,
scorch, afford,
uproar, aboard,
Oregon, forecast
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Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: How-To Text
(W.4.2a,b,c; W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Organization: Logical
Order
(W.4.4)
Grammar Skill:
Possessive Nouns
(L.3.2d-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Apostrophes
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
main ideas and
details)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 2
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 2 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 2, Week
5
Oct. 26-29
RL 4.6 . Compare and
contrast the point of view
from which different stories
are narrated, including the
difference between firstand third-person
narrations.
I can compare and
contrast the point of view
of different stories.
Title: Animal
Haiku
Short Texts: "Dog,"
"The Eagle,"
"Chimpanzee," "Rat"
Genre: Haiku
I can tell the difference
between first- and thirdperson narration (RL 4.6)
Lexile: NP
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
Genre: Lyric Poetry
and Haiku
Skill: Point of View
L 4.5a Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word or phrase (L 4.5a)
I can use precise language
and domain-specific
vocabulary to inform about
or explain the topic (W
4.2d).
Literary Elements:
Meter and Rhyme
(RL 4.6)
(RL.4.5)
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selections
Genre: Lyric
Poetry and Haiku
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles: "The
Sandpiper," "Bat,"
"The Grasshopper
Springs," "Fireflies
at Dusk"
Titles:
A: Putting on an Act
O: The Big One
E: The Big One
B: Dolphin Cove
Lexile: NP
Paired Selections
Genre: Poetry
Paired Selections
Genre: Lyric
Poetry and Haiku
Titles:
A: Haiku
O: Haiku
E: Haiku
B: Haiku
Titles: "Fog",
"White Cat Winter"
Lexile: NP
Lexiles
A: 620L
O: 690L
E: 530L
B: 780L
Vocabulary Words:
brittle
creative
descriptive
outstretched
Poetry Terms:
metaphor
meter
rhyme
simile
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
plagiarism
presentation
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Similes and
Metaphors
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Suffixes
Structural Analysis:
Contractions
Grammar Skill:
Combining Sentences
(L.4.1f)
Approaching Level
sickly, hardly, quickly,
slowly, carefully,
wonderful, thankful,
graceful, spoonful,
darkness, shapeless,
ageless, illness,
goodness,
spotless, painless,
weakness, darkest,
clearest, oldest
(L 4.5a)
On Level
sickly, hardly, quickly,
slowly, carefully,
wonderful, beautiful,
graceful, spoonful,
darkness, shapeless,
ageless, illness,
goodness,
spotless, painless,
weakness, darkest,
clearest, thoughtful
Beyond Level
acrobatic, gymnastic,
fantastic, allergic,
carefully, wonderful,
beautifully, graceful,
spoonful, darkness,
shapeless, ageless,
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Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: How-To Text
(W.4.2a,b,c; W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Precise
Language
(W.4.2d, L.4.3a)
Grammar
Mechanics: Phrases
and Interjections
(L.4.1e)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
poetic structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
illness,
goodness, spotless,
painless, weakness,
darkest, clearest,
thoughtful
Unit 2, Week
6
Review and
Assess
Week
Nov. 4-6
CA #2 date
of closing of
test window
is 11/25
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Review and Assess
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #2; Give OnDemand Writing Prompt for
Unit 2)
Unit 2 Writing
Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 2 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: How-To Text
(W.4.2a,b,c; W.4.6)
Unit 3
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3, Week
1
Nov. 9-13
RL 4.6. Compare and
contrast the point of view
from which different stories
are narrated, including the
difference between firstand third-person
narrations.
I can compare and
contrast the point of view
of different stories.
I can tell the difference
between first- and thirdperson narration (RL 4.6)
Title: "Samson's
Advice"
Short Text: "At the
Library"
Genre: Fantasy
Lexile: 800L
Strategy:
Visualize
Genre: Fantasy
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Main Selections
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Cricket
in Times Square
Titles:
A: A New Bear in the
Forest
O: Not from Around Here
E: Not from Around Here
B: Cara and the Sky
Kingdom
Skill: Point of View
Lexile: 780L
L 4.4a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can link opinion and
reasons using words and
phrases (W 4.1c).
Paired Selection
Genre: Legend
Title: "The Girl and
the Chenoo"
Paired Selections
Genre: Legend
Lexile: 880L
Titles:
A: "The Beckoning Cat"
O: "Kintaro, Friend of the
Animals"
E: "Kintaro, Friend of the
Animals"
B: "Robin Hood's Great
Friend"
(RL 4.6)
Lexiles
A: 590L
O: 650L
E: 480L
B: 780L
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Vocabulary Words:
acquaintance
cautiously
complementary
jumble
logical
scornfully
scrounging
trustworthy
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
primary source
secondary source
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Paragraph Clues
(L4.4a)
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
r-Controlled Vowels er,
ir, and ur
Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6
Writing Trait:
Sentence Fluency:
Transitions
(W.4.1c)
Structural Analysis:
Closed Syllables
Grammar Skill:
Action Verbs
(L.3.1d-3rd grade)
Approaching Level
person, herb, perfect,
serve, worse, learn,
pearl, dirty, birth,
shirt, twirl, third, purse,
curl,
nurse, purr, hurl,
turkey, turns, surf
On Level
herb, person, sternly,
serpent, worse, pearl,
dirty, birth, shirt,
twirl, swirl, purse, curl,
curve, curb, hurl,
turkey, turnip, purpose,
blurred
Beyond Level
permit, emergency,
herbs, sternly, serpent,
superbly, pearl,
swirl, whirlwind,
birthmark, squirming,
purse, curved, curbed,
further,
hurl, turkey, turnip,
purpose, blurred
Grammar
Mechanics: Titles
(L.4.2a)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
point of view)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 3
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3, Week
2
Nov. 16-20
RL 4.6. Compare and
contrast the point of view
from which different stories
are narrated, including the
difference between firstand third-person
narrations.
I can compare and
contrast the point of view
of different stories.
I can tell the difference
between first- and thirdperson narration (RL 4.6)
Title: "Books"
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Strategy:
Visualize
Short Text:
"Remembering
Hurricane Katrina"
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Lexile: 800L
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Strategy: Visualize
Title: Aguinaldo
Skill: Point of View
L 4.4a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
Lexile: 650L
Titles:
A: Playground Buddy
O: Brick by Brick
E: Brick by Brick
B: Standing Guard
(RL 4.6)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Partaking in
Public Service"
Lexile: 770L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Making a Difference"
O: "A Big Heart"
E: "A Big Heart"
B: "The Great Big
Birthday Bash"
Lexiles
A: 590L
O: 690L
E: 500L
B: 760L
Vocabulary Words:
assigned
generosity
gingerly
mature
organizations
residents
scattered
selective
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
flashback
opinion
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Definitions and
Restatements
(L 4.4a)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Words with Silent
Letters
Structural Analysis:
Open Syllables
Approaching Level
write, wrap, wrist,
knew, knee, knot, knob,
known,
knives, crumb, combs,
plumber, thumbs,
lambs, climb, sign,
doubt,
hour, honest, honor
On Level
wrinkle, wriggle,
wrapper, wrench,
answer, knead, knives,
known, kneel, knew,
plumber, combs,
thumbs, lambs,
condemn, resign,
doubtful, hour, honesty,
honor
Beyond Level
wrinkle, wriggle,
wrapper, wreckage,
wrench, knead, kneel,
knives, knapsack,
knowledge, combs,
thumbs, lambs,
plumber,
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Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Strong Words
( L.4.3a)
Grammar Skill: Verb
Tenses
(L.4.1b)
Grammar
Mechanics: SubjectVerb Agreement
(L.3.1f-3rd grade)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
point of view)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 3
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3, Week
3
Nov. 30Dec. 4
RI 4.6 Compare and
contrast a firsthand and
secondhand account of the
same event or topic;
describe the differences in
focus and the information
provided.
I can compare and
contrast a
________________
(firsthand or
secondhand…choose 1)
account of the same
_______ (event or
topic…choose 1).
Title: "Nelson
Mandela:
Working for
Freedom"
Short Text: "Judy's
Appalachia"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Biography
Genre: Informational
Text: Biography
I can describe the
difference in focus and the
information provided in
the text (RI 4.6).
Strategy:
Reread
Lexile: 830L
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Text Feature: Time
line
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author's
Point of View
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Biography
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Title: Delivering
Justice: W.W. Law
and the Fight for
Civil Rights
Lexile: 830L
RI 4.8 Explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text.
L 4.5c. 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.
I can explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text
(RI 4.8).
I can consult reference
materials to
_____________ (find the
pronunciation and/or
determine or clarify the
precise meaning) of key
words and phrases (L
4.5c).
I can provide reasons that
are supported by facts and
details (W 4.1b).
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(RI 4.6)
(RI 4.8)
(RI.4.7)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Autobiography
Title: "Keeping
Freedom in the
Family: Coming of
Age in the Civil
Rights Movement"
Lexile: 940L
Titles:
A: Jacob Riis: Champion
of the Poor
O: Jacob Riis: Champion
of the Poor
E: Jacob Riis: Champion
of the Poor
B: Jacob Riis: Champion
of the Poor
Paired Selections
Genre: Biography
Titles:
A: "The Fight for
Equality"
O: "The Fight for
Equality"
E: "The Fight for
Equality"
B: "The Fight for
Equality"
Lexiles
A: 610L
O: 790L
E: 650L
B: 870L
Vocabulary Words:
boycott
encouragement
fulfill
injustice
mistreated
protest
qualified
registered
Additional Domain
Words:
sit-in
civil rights
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
time line
evidence
Vocabulary Strategy:
Synonyms and
Antonyms
(L 4.5c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Soft c and g
Structural Analysis:
Final e Syllables
Approaching Level
center, once, dance,
nice, chance, cement,
police, ounce,
strange, urge, orange,
cage, bridge, change,
germs, ginger, pages,
arrange, sponge,
village
On Level
center, once, scene,
spice, circus, cement,
police, certain,
ounce, glance, germs,
bridge, badge, strange,
orange, ginger, wedge,
arrange, sponge,
village
Beyond Level
officers, difference,
scene, decision, circus,
cement, audience,
introduce, certain,
ounce, passage,
general, exchange,
badge, manager,
orange, gingerly,
arranged, languages,
villagers
Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Relevant Evidence
(W.4.1b)
Grammar Skill: Main
and Helping Verbs
(L.4.1c)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuation in
Contractions
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
author's point of view)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 3
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3, Week
4
Dec. 7-11
RI 4.8 Explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text.
L 4.4b Use common,
grade-appropriate Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
as clues to the meaning of
a word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
I can explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text
(RI 4.8).
Title: "Bringing
Words to the
Deaf"
Lexile: 820L
Genre:
Informational
Text: Biography
Strategy:
Reread
I can use common Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
to understand the
meaning of a word (L4.4b).
I can provide a concluding
statement or section related
to the opinion presented ( W
4.1d).
Short Text: "Words for
Change"
Genre: Informational
Text: Biography
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Text Features:
Captions; Primary
Sources
(RI 4.8)
(RI.4.9)
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author's
Point of View
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Biography
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Title: Abe's Honest
Words: The Life of
Abraham Lincoln
Lexile: 780L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Speech
Title: "A New Birth
of Freedom"
Lexile: 1240L
Titles:
A: Nellie Bly: Reporter
for the Underdog
O: Nellie Bly: Reporter
for the Underdog
E: Nellie Bly: Reporter for
the Underdog
B: Nellie Bly: Reporter
for the Underdog
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Around the World"
O: "Around the World"
E: "Around the World"
B: "Around the World"
Lexiles
A: 680L
O: 790L
E: 730L
B: 880L
18
Vocabulary Words:
address
divided
haste
opposed
perish
proclamation
shattered
tension
Additional Domain
Words:
office
inaugural
federal
Union
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: evaluate
paraphrase
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin and Greek
Suffixes
(L4.4b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Plurals
Structural Analysis:
Suffixes -ment, -ness,
-age, -ance, -ence
Approaching
Levelclams, mints,
props, friends, dresses,
parents, caves,
glasses, hobbies,
tigers, couches,
arrows, holidays,
babies, ranches,
flowers, mistakes,
berries, mosses,
armies
On Level clams, mints,
props, arches, dresses,
parents, caves,
glasses,
hobbies, engines,
couches, arrows,
enemies, babies,
ranches, patches,
mistakes, supplies,
mosses, armies
Beyond Level
tipis, mints, belongings,
arches, dresses,
parents, batteries,
trophies, hobbies,
engines, couches,
arrows, enemies,
babies, ranches,
patches, mistakes,
supplies, mosses,
armies
Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c ,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Organization: Strong
Conclusions
(W.4.1d)
Grammar Skill:
Linking Verbs
(L.3.1d-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics: SubjectVerb Agreement
(L.3.1f-3rd grade)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
author's use of
reasons and
evidence)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 3
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3, Week
5
Dec. 14-18
RI 4.8. Explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text.
L 4.4b. Use common,
grade-appropriate Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
as clues to the meaning of
a word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
I can explain how an
author uses reasons and
evidence to support
particular points in a text
(RI 4.8).
I can use common Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
to understand the
meaning of a word (L4.4b).
Title: "All About
Organic"
Short Text: "Food
Fight"
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Genre:
Informational
Text: Persuasive
Article
Lexile: 870L
Skill: Author's
Point of View
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Main Selections
Genre: Persuasive Text
Strategy: Reread
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Persuasive
Strategy:
Reread
Skill: Author's Point of
View
Title: A New Kind
of Corn
Text Feature: Maps
Lexile: 880L
Genre: Informational
Text: Persuasive Article
(RI 4.8)
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Procedural
Title: "The Pick of
the Patch"
Lexile: 920L
Titles:
A: The Battle Against
Pests
O: The Battle Against
Pests
E: The Battle Against
Pests
B: The Battle Against
Pests
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Compound
Words
Additional Domain
Words:
gourd
Approaching Level
fishbowl, lookout,
yardstick, desktop,
campfire, overhead,
waterproof,
grandparent, railroad,
snowstorm, classroom,
airport,
bedroom, anyway,
newborn, footstep,
yourself, overdo,
driveway,
undertake
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
tone
audience
Paired Selections
Genre: Procedural Text
Vocabulary Strategy:
Greek Roots
Titles:
A: "Making an Organic
Garden"
O: "Making an Organic
Garden"
E: "Making an Organic
Garden"
B: "Making an Organic
Garden"
(L 4.4b)
Lexiles
A: 750L
O: 880L
E: 770L
B: 910L
19
Vocabulary Words:
advancements
agriculture
characteristics
concerns
disagreed
inherit
prevalent
resistance
Structural Analysis:
Roots and Related
Words
On Level
fishbowl, lookout,
yardstick, desktop,
campfire, overhead,
waterproof,
grandparent, railroad,
snowstorm,
loudspeaker,
bookcase,
bedroom, blindfold,
newborn, bedspread,
yourself, overdo,
clothesline,
undertake
Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c ,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Voice:
Audience and
Purpose
(W.4.4)
Grammar Skill:
Irregular Verbs
(L.3.1d-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics: Correct
Verb Usage
(W.4.1b)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
text structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Beyond Level
fishbowl, courtroom,
yardstick, heartbroken,
campfire,
overhead, waterproof,
grandparent,
teammate, snowstorm,
loudspeaker,
bookcase, skateboard,
blindfold, eyesight,
bedspread,
undergrowth,
gentleman, clothesline,
undertake
Unit 3, Week
6
Review and
Assess
Week
Jan. 4-8
CA #3 date
of closing of
test window
is 1/28
20
Review and Assess
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #3; Give OnDemand Writing Prompt for
Unit 3)
Unit 3 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 3 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c ,d; W.4.5,
W.4.6)
Unit 4
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4, Week
1
Jan. 11-15
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
Title: "Speaking
Out Against
Child Labor"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
Short Text: "A World
Without Rules"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Lexile: 830L
Skill: Text
Structure: Cause
and Effect
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Genre: Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
L4.4b Use common, gradeappropriate Greek and
Latin affixes and roots as
clues to the meaning of a
word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
I can use common Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
to understand the
meaning of a word (L4.4b).
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Narrative
Nonfiction
Title: See How
They Run
Text Features:
Boldface Words;
Pronunciations
Lexile: 870L
(RI 4.5)
(RI.4.9)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "The Birth of
American
Democracy"
Lexile: 830L
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative
Nonfiction
Titles:
A: A Day in the Senate
O: A Day in the Senate
E: A Day in the Senate
B: A Day in the Senate
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "A New President
Takes Office"
O: "A New President
Takes Office"
E: "A New President
Takes Office"
B: "A New President
Takes Office"
Lexiles
A: 680L
O: 820L
E: 800L
21
Vocabulary Words:
amendments
commitment
compromise
democracy
eventually
legislation
privilege
version
Additional Domain
Words:
ballots
tallies
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
signal words
narrative nonfiction
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin Roots
(L4.4b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Inflectional
Endings
Structural Analysis:
Vowel Team Syllables
Approaching Level
tasted, ripping, liked,
flipping, tapped,
flipped, cared,
hopped, ripped,
skipped, tapping,
saved, skipping, caring,
hopping,
trimmed, saving,
tasting, liking, trimming
On Level
tasted, ripping, forced,
flipping, tapped,
flipped, scared,
flagged, ripped,
skipped, tapping,
saved, skipping,
scaring, flagging,
discussed, saving,
tasting, forcing,
discussing
Beyond Level
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Fictional Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.5; W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Organization: Strong
Paragraphs
(W.4.4)
Grammar Skill:
Pronouns and
Antecedents
(L.4.1a)
Grammar
Mechanics: Pronoun
Capitalization and
Clarity
(L.4.1)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze text
structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
B: 890L
22
endured, strumming,
exploded, flipping,
admitted, flipped,
outwitted, flagged,
strummed, realized,
exploding, admitting,
skipping,
appreciating, flagging,
discussed,
demonstrated,
demonstrating, forcing,
discussing
(Unit 4
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4, Week
2
Jan. 18-22
RL 4.6. Compare and
contrast the point of view
from which different stories
are narrated, including the
difference between firstand third-person
narrations.
I can compare and
contrast the point of view
of different stories.
I can tell the difference
between first- and thirdperson narration (RL 4.6)
Title: "Elephant
Versus Monkey"
Short Text: "The
TimeSpecs 3000"
Genre: Fantasy
Lexile: 910L
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or
Revise
Predictions
Genre: Fantasy
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Main Selections
Genre: Fantasy
Title: LaRue for
Mayor
Titles:
A: Floozle Dreams
O: The Wolves of
Yellowstone
E: The Wolves of
Yellowstone
B: Krillville
Skill: Point of View
L 4.5b. Recognize and
explain the meaning of
common idioms, adages,
and proverbs.
I can recognize and
explain the meaning of
_______________
(common idioms, adages,
or proverbs…choose 1). (L
4.5b)
I can use dialogue and
description to
_____________ (develop
experiences and events or
show the responses of
characters to
situations…choose 1)
(W4.3b).
Lexile: 890L
(RL 4.6)
(RL.4.7)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Titles: "Bringing
Government
Home:
Understanding
State and Local
Government"
Lexile: 900L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "The Job of a
Governor"
O: "Who Wants to Be
Mayor?"
E: "Who Wants to Be
Mayor?"
B: "Running a Town"
Lexiles
A: 670L
O: 740L
E: 610L
B: 810L
23
Vocabulary Words:
accompanies
campaign
governor
intend
opponent
overwhelming
tolerate
weary
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
political
persuasive techniques
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Idioms
(L 4.5b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Inflectional
Endings: Changing y to
i
Structural Analysis: rControlled Vowel
Syllables
Approaching Level
funnier, families,
pennies, worried,
replied, babies,
marries,
carries, easily, silliest,
flier, berries, copier,
cries, happier, sorriest,
prettily,
lazier, happiest,
dizziest
On Level
funnier, families,
pennies, worried,
replied, varied, marries,
carries, easily, silliest,
jumpier, emptier,
merrier, applied, cozily,
sorriest,
prettily, lazier, happiest,
dizziest
Beyond Level
funnier, handily,
pennies, worried,
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Fictional Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.5; W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Develop Character
(W.4.3b, L.4.2b)
Grammar Skill:
Types of Pronouns
(L.3.1a-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics: Subject
and Object Pronouns
(L.3.1a-3rd grade)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
point of view)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
replied, varied, abilities,
carries, easily, silliest,
jumpier, emptier,
merrier, societies,
cozily, sorriest,
communities, lazier,
happiest, dizziest
24
Unit 4
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4, Week
3
Jan. 25-29
RL 4. 6. Compare and
contrast the point of view
from which different stories
are narrated, including the
difference between firstand third-person
narrations.
L 4.4c. 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.
I can compare and
contrast the point of view
of different stories.
I can tell the difference
between first- and thirdperson narration (RL 4.6)
I can consult reference
materials to
_____________ (find the
pronunciation and/or
determine or clarify the
precise meaning) of key
words and phrases (L
4.4c).
I can orient the reader by
establishing a situation and
introducing a narrator and/or
characters.
I can organize an event
sequence that unfolds
naturally (W 4.3a).
I can use dialogue and
description to
_____________ (develop
experiences and events or
show the responses of
characters to
situations…choose 1)
(W4.3b).
25
Title: "Good-bye
Icebox!"
Short Text: "A
Telephone Mix-Up"
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Lexile: 950L
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or
Revise
Predictions
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Strategy: Make,
Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Moon
Over Star
Skill: Point of View
Lexile: 860L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "3 … 2 … 1
We Have SpinOff!"
Lexile: 900L
(RL 4.6)
Vocabulary Words:
decade
directing
engineering
gleaming
scouted
squirmed
technology
tinkering
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Words with /ü/,
/ū/, and /ů/
Titles:
A: Ron's Radio
O: The Freedom
Machine
E: The Freedom Machine
B: A Better Way
Additional Domain
Words:
launch
ignition sequence
liftoff
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
formal language
third person
Approaching Level
tooth, food, zoom,
spool, new, grew, stew,
tunes, true,
clue, fruit, suit, group,
you’ll, huge, July, used,
cookie, wool, should
Titles:
A: "Roosevelt's Fireside
Chats"
O: "The Interstate
Highway System"
E: "The Interstate
Highway System"
B: "A History of Washing
Technology"
Lexiles
A: 620L
O: 690L
E: 540L
B: 790L
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Synonyms
L 4.4c
Structural Analysis:
Consonant + le
Syllables
On Level
mood, stoop, zoom,
crew, stew, ruler,
produce, issue, tutor,
truth, bruised, juicy,
suits, group, you’ll,
huge, crook, wool,
used, should
Beyond Level
boost, doodle, zoom,
smooth, crew, shrewd,
parachute,
produce, tissue,
truthful, tutor, bruised,
juicy, suits, you’ll, huge,
mute,
communication,
crooked, should
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Fictional Narrative
(W.4.3a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.5; W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Develop Plot
(W.4.3a, W.4.3b)
Grammar Skill:
Pronoun-Verb
Agreement
(L.3.1f-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuation in
Dialogue
(L.4.2b)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
point of view)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 4
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Poetry
(W.4.3d, W.4.4,
W.4.5, W.4.6)
Unit 4, Week
4
Feb. 1-5
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
Title: "Pictures
in the Sky"
Short Text: "Wonders
of the Night Sky"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Genre:
Informational
Text: Expository
Lexile: 880L
Skill: Text
Structure: Cause
and Effect
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
(RI.4.9)
L 4.4a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can use concrete words
and phrases and sensory
details to convey
experiences and events
precisely (W4.3d).
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Text Features:
Diagrams; Boldface
Words; Pronunciations
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: Why Does
the Moon Change
Shape?
Titles:
A: Stargazing
O: Stargazing
E: Stargazing
B: Stargazing
Additional Domain
Words:
asteroid
dwarf planet
comet
Paired Selections
Genre: Myth
Additional Academic
Words:
simile
personification
Lexile: 900L
Paired Selection
Genre: Myths
Titles: “Why the
Sun Travels
Across the Sky”
(Helios); “Why
There Is Thunder
and Lightning”
(Thor)
Lexile: 910L
(RI 4.5)
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Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Vocabulary Words:
astronomer
crescent
phases
rotates
series
sliver
specific
telescope
Titles:
A: "Orion the Hunter"
O: "Orion the Hunter"
E: "Orion the Hunter"
B: "Orion the Hunter"
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Paragraph Clues
(L 4.4a)
Lexiles
A: 650L
O: 450L
E: 360L
B: 860L
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Diphthongs /oi/
and /ou/
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Approaching Level
voices, noise, coin,
loyal, mound, south,
pound, hound,
pouch, thousand,
wound, grouch, cloud,
cowboy, flower, tower,
gown,
frown, howl, brown
On Level
noises, voices, rejoice,
annoy, destroy,
voyage, mound, south,
pound, hound, pouch,
thousand, wound,
grouch, cowboy, gown,
frown,
howling, flower, tower
Beyond Level
void, hardboiled,
rejoice, annoyance,
destroy, voyage,
mound,
trouser, encounter,
announce, thousand,
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Figurative
Language
(W.4.3d)
Grammar Skill:
Possessive Pronouns
(L.4.1g)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Possessive Nouns
and Pronouns
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
themes, topics, or
events)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
wound, grouch,
southpaw,
nowadays, downtown,
cowboy, prowl,
empower, howling
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)Unit 4
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Poetry
(W.4.3d, W.4.4,
W.4.5, W.4.6)
Unit 4, Week
5
Feb. 8-12
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
Title: "Sam's
Box"
Short Texts: "Sing to
Me," "The Climb"
Genre: Narrative
Poem
Lexile: NP
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Narrative
Poem
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Narrative Poem
Strategy:
Visualize
Skill: Theme
Literary Elements:
Stanza; Repetition
L 5.5 c. Demonstrate
understanding of words by
relating them to their
opposites (antonyms) and
to words with similar but
not identical meanings
(synonyms).
Skill: Theme
Titles: "Swimming
to the Rock," "The
Moondust
Footprint"
Titles:
A: Try, Try Again
O: The Math-lete
E: The Math-lete
B: The Final
Lexile: NP
I can understand the
meaning of a word by
relating it to its
___________________
(antonym or synonym)
(L5.5c).
Paired Selections
Genre: Poetry
(RL 4.2)
(RL.4.5)
Paired Selection
Genre: Narrative
Poem
Titles: "Genius,"
"Winner"
I can use concrete words
and phrases and sensory
details to convey
experiences and events
precisely (W4.3d).
Titles:
A: "Sunlight Sparkling on
Chrome"
O: "Cross-Country Race"
E: "Cross-Country Race"
B: "Talent Show"
Lexile: NP
Lexiles
A: 600L
O: 740L
E: 510L
B: 800L
Vocabulary Words:
attain
dangling
hovering
triumph
Poetry Terms:
connotation
denotation
repetition
stanza
Additional Academic
Words:
sensory
analysis
Vocabulary Strategy:
Connotation and
Denotation
(L 5.5c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Variant Vowel /ô/
Structural Analysis:
Frequently Confused
Words
Approaching Level
fault, taught, laws,
thaw, draw, awful,
straw, awe, saw, raw,
alter, halt, walk, chalk,
talking, tall, caller,
small, cough, false
On Level
caught, laws, drawn,
strawberry, straw, awe,
shawl, alter, halt,
talking, walker, chalk,
stalk, small, caller,
squall, cough, fought,
thought,
false
Beyond Level
daughter, dinosaur,
applauded, caught,
clause, audiences,
because, vault,
sprawling, strawberry,
shawl, malt, halted,
alteration,
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Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Sensory
Language
(W.4.3d)
Grammar Skill:
Pronouns and
Homophones
(L.4.1g)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Contractions and
Possessives
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
poetic structure)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
stalk, squall, wallpaper,
sought, thoughtful,
fought
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Unit 4
Tested Standards
Unit 4,
Week 6
Review and
Assess
Week
Review and Assess
Feb. 15-19
CA #4 date
of closing of
test window
is 3/27
30
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #4; Give On
Demand Writing Prompt for
Unit 4)
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus:
Narrative Text:
Fictional
Narrative/Poetry
Unit 4 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Poetry
(W.4.3d, W.4.4,
W.4.5, W.4.6)
Unit 5
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 5 Writing
Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks
1-3: Expository
Letter
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.6)
Unit 5, Week
1
Feb. 22-26
RL 4. 3. Describe in depth a
character, setting, or event
in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a
character’s thoughts,
words, or actions).
I can describe in depth a
_______________
(character, setting, or
event…choose 1) in a
_________ (story or
drama…choose 1) by
drawing on details from
the text. (RL 4.3)
Title: "A Special
Birthday Hug"
Short Text: "Sadie's
Game"
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Lexile: 850L
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Strategy:
Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot: Problem
and Solution
L 4.5a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word or phrase. (L 4.5a).
I can introduce a topic or
text clearly, state an opinion,
and create an organizational
structure in which related
ideas are grouped to
support my purpose
(W4.1a).
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot:
Problem and
Solution
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Title: Mama, I'll
Give You the
World
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles:
A: Saving Stolen
Treasure
O: The Perfect Present
E: The Perfect Present
B: First Edition
Lexile: 970L
Paired Selection
Genre: Realistic
Fiction
Title: "What If It
Happened to
You?"
Paired Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles:
A: "Miguel's Amazing
Shyness Cure"
O: "Fly Me to the Moon"
E: "Fly Me to the Moon"
B: "Magnolia Leaves"
Lexile: 890L
(RL 4.3)
Lexiles
A: 560L
O: 690L
E: 560L
B: 750L
Vocabulary Words:
bouquet
emotion
encircle
express
fussy
portraits
sparkles
whirl
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Closed Syllables
Additional Academic
Words:
foreshadowing
metaphor
Approaching Level
dinner, dipper, finger,
foggy, fossil, hello,
holly, kitten,
lesson, member, pillow,
planner, plastic,
problem, summer,
swallow,
thriller, traffic, welcome,
willow
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Similes and
Metaphors
Structural Analysis:
Latin Prefixes
Grammar Skill:
Adjectives
(L.4.1d)
(L 4.5a)
On Level
blanket, blossom,
dipper, distant, foggy,
fossil, member,
nodded, planner,
plastic, rumbles,
slender, summer,
swallow, tablet,
thriller, traffic, welcome,
willow, witness
Beyond Level
blanket, blossom,
canyon, comfort,
dipper, distant, foggy,
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Writing Trait:
Organization: Strong
Openings
(W.4.1a)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuation
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
character, setting,
plot)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
fossil,
magnet, palmetto,
perhaps, planner,
plastic, rumbles,
slender, swallow,
welcome, willow,
windows, witness
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Unit 5
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 5 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks
1-3: Expository
Letter
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.6)
Unit 5, Week
2
Feb. 29-Mar
4
RL 4. 3. Describe in depth a
character, setting, or event
in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details
in the text (e.g., a
character’s thoughts,
words, or actions).
I can describe in depth a
_______________
(character, setting, or
event…choose 1) in a
_________ (story or
drama) using specific
details from the text. (RL
4.3)
Title: "HorseTamer Hattie
Heads West"
Short Text: "My Big
Brother, Johnny Kaw"
Lexile: 850L
Genre: Tall Tale
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot:
Cause and Effect
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Cause and Effect
Genre: Tall Tale
Strategy:
Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character,
Setting, Plot: Cause
and Effect
L4.4 a. Use context (e.g.,
definitions, examples, or
restatements in text) as a
clue to the meaning of a
word or phrase.
Strategy: Visualize
Main Selection
Genre: Tall Tale
Title: Apples to
Oregon
Lexile: 840L
I can use context clues to
figure out the meaning of
a word (L 4.4a).
I can link opinion and
reasons using words and
phrases (W 4.1c).
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Westward
Bound: Settling the
American West"
Lexile: 830L
(RL 4.3)
Main Selections
Genre: Tall Tale
Titles:
A: The Adventures of Sal
Fink
O: The Great Man of
Nebraska
E: The Great Man of
Nebraska
B: The Tale of John
Henry
Additional Academic
Words
hyperbole
appositive
Vocabulary Strategy:
Homographs
(L4.4a)
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Traveling on the
Mississippi"
O: "Westward Ho!"
E: "Westward Ho!"
B: "The Transcontinental
Railroad"
Lexiles
A: 650L
O: 730L
E: 650L
B: 800L
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Vocabulary Words:
plunging
prospector
scoffed
settlement
shrivel
territories
topple
withered
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Open Syllables
Structural Analysis:
Irregular Plurals
Writing Trait:
Sentence Fluency:
Vary Sentence Types
(W.4.1c)
Grammar Skill:
Articles
(L.3.1a-3rd grade)
Approaching Level
basic, major, paper,
radar, razor, delay,
return, fever, meter,
secret, spicy, pilot,
spider, tiny, spoken,
stolen, ruby, truly, tulip,
music
On Level
famous, radar, razor,
vacancy, beside,
beyond, defend, delay,
demand, prevent,
secret, veto, bison,
diver, cider, silence,
clover, spoken,
stolen, tulip
Beyond Level
beyond, weasel,
famous, radar, razor,
vacancy, decay,
defense,
delayed, demanding,
prevention, rehearse,
secretive, vetoed,
bison, cider,
finance, silence,
spoken, humid
Grammar
Mechanics: Articles
and Demonstrative
Adjectives
(L.4.1)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
character, setting,
plot)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 5
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 5 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 5, Week
3
Mar 7-11
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
L 4.4 b. Use common,
grade-appropriate Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
as clues to the meaning of
a word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
I can use common Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
to understand the
meaning of a word (L4.4b).
I can link ideas within
categories of information
using words and phrases
(W4.2c).
Title: "George
Washington
Carver: Scientist
and Inventor"
Short Text: "Stephanie
Kwolek: Inventor"
Strategy:
Summarize
Lexile: 830L
Genre:
Informational
Text: Biography
Genre: Informational
Text: Biography
Skill: Text
Structure: Problem
and Solution
Strategy: Summarize
Strategy:
Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Problem and Solution
Text Features: Time
Lines; Photographs
and Captions
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Biography
Title: How Ben
Franklin Stole the
Lightning
Lexile: 970L
(RI 4.5)
(RI.4.7)
(RI.4.9)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Energy Is
Everywhere!"
Lexile: 890L
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Problem and Solution
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Titles:
A: The Inventive Lewis
Latimer
O: The Inventive Lewis
Latimer
E: The Inventive Lewis
Latimer
B: The Inventive Lewis
Latimer
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "The Nature of Light"
O: "The Nature of Light"
E: "The Nature of Light"
B: "The Nature of Light"
Lexiles
A: 630L
O: 800L
E: 710L
B: 900L
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Vocabulary Words:
dizzy
experiment
genuine
hilarious
mischief
nowadays
politician
procedure
Additional Domain
Words:
polymer
charted
Gulf Stream
Additional Academic
Words:
sources
transition
Vocabulary Strategy:
Greek Roots
(L4.4b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Vowel Teams
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Approaching Level
brain, bait, staircase,
remain, trainer,
domain, oatmeal,
beneath, repeat,
defeat, reveal, sneak,
steam, boat, discount,
compound,
tree, between, speed,
balloon
On Level
brain, staircase,
domain, praise
, trainer, oatmeal,
beneath,
repeat, reveal,
increase, sneak, boast,
afloat, croak,
compound, discount,
speed, sleeve, sheep,
baboon
Beyond Level
afraid, maintain, quail,
sprain, tr
ainer, oatmeal,
beneath, defeat,
revealing, repeated,
sneaker, afloat, boast,
croaking, woeful,
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Expository Letter
(W.4.2a,b,c,d,e;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Sentence Fluency:
Transitions
(W.4.2c)
Grammar Skill:
Adjectives That
Compare
(L.3.1g-3rd grade)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Punctuation in Letters
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze use
of time line)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
discounted,
accountable, sheepish,
speeding, baboon
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Unit 5
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 5 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 5, Week
4
Mar 14-17
RI 4.3. Explain events,
procedures, ideas, or
concepts in a historical,
scientific, or technical text,
including what happened
and why, based on specific
information in the text.
I can describe in depth a
_______________
(character, setting, or
event…choose 1) in a
_________ (story or
drama) using specific
details from the text. (RL
4.3)
Title: "Stick Like
a Gecko"
Short Text: "Your
World Up Close"
Strategy:
Summarize
Genre:
Informational
Text: Expository
Lexile: 860L
Skill: Text
Structure:
Sequence
Strategy:
Summarize
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
L 4.5 c. Demonstrate
understanding of words by
relating them to their
opposites (antonyms) and
to words with similar but
not identical meanings
(synonyms).
I can consult reference
materials to
_____________ (find the
pronunciation and/or
determine or clarify the
precise meaning) of key
words and phrases (L
4.5c).
Text Features:
Photographs and
Captions
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: A Drop of
Water
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Secrets of the Ice
O: Secrets of the Ice
E: Secrets of the Ice
B: Secrets of the Ice
Lexile: 870L
Paired Selections
Genre: Fantasy
(RI 4.3)
Paired Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Title: "The
Incredible
Shrinking Potion"
I can use precise language
and specific vocabulary to
inform about or explain the
topic( W4.2d).
Strategy: Summarize
Lexile: 980L
Titles:
A: "Super-vision"
O: "Super-vision"
E: "Super-vision"
B: "Super-vision"
Lexiles
A: 650L
O: 850L
E: 780L
B: 900L
Vocabulary Words:
cling
dissolves
gritty
humid
magnify
microscope
mingle
typical
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: r-Controlled
Vowel Syllables
Additional Domain
Words:
micrograph
molecules
particle
pollen
soot
rods
vapor
Approaching Level
cleaner, pepper,
barber, grader, polar,
tanker, singer, enter,
odor, collar, zipper,
powder, danger, solar,
dollar, trainer, motor,
actor,
skater, victor
Additional Academic
Words:
rate
purpose
expository
On Level
grocer, pepper, barber,
grader, polar, tanker,
singer, enter,
odor, collar, zipper,
powder, danger,
cheddar, popular,
harbor, anchor,
elevator, daughter,
victor
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues:
Antonyms
Structural Analysis:
Frequently Misspelled
Words
(L4.5c)
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
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Beyond Level
grocery, professor,
barbershop, grammar,
polar, tractor,
composer, ranger,
odor, collar, waiter,
powder, danger,
cheddar, popular,
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Research Report
(W.4.2c, W.4.5, W.4.6,
W.4.7, W.4.8)
Writing Trait: Voice:
Formal Voice
(L.4.3c, W.4.2d,
W.4.4)
Grammar Skill:
Comparing With More
and Most
(L.4.1)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Combining Sentences
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze use
of sequence)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
harbor, anchor,
elevator, daughter,
victory
37
Unit 5
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics
Writing
Unit 5 Writing Focus:
Informative Text
Unit 5, Week
5
Mar 21-25
RI 4.5. Describe the overall
structure (e.g., chronology,
comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution) of
events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part
of a text.
I can describe the
structure of the
____________ (events,
ideas, concepts, or
information…choose 1) in
the text as
_______________
(chronology, comparison,
cause/effect,
problem/solution…choose
1) (RI 4.5).
Title: "Pictures
From Long Ago"
Short Text: "Where It
All Began"
Strategy:
Summarize
Genre:
Informational
Text
Lexile: 930L
Skill: Text
Structure:
Sequence
Strategy:
Summarize
Genre: Informational
Text: Informational
Article
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
L4.5 b. Recognize and
explain the meaning of
common idioms, adages,
and proverbs.
I can recognize and
explain the meaning of
_______________
(common idioms, adages,
or proverbs…choose 1). (L
4.5b)
W4.2 e. I can provide a
concluding statement or
section related to the
information or explanation
presented.
Text Features:
Sidebar; Map
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Informational
Article
Title:
Rediscovering Our
Spanish
Beginnings
(RI 4.5)
Lexile: 940L
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Informational
Article
Title: "History's
Mysteries"
Lexile: 890L
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Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text
Titles:
A: History Detectives
O: History Detectives
E: History Detectives
B: History Detectives
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text
Titles:
A: "Uncovering the Past"
O: "Uncovering the Past"
E: "Uncovering the Past"
B: "Uncovering the Past"
Lexiles
A: 690L
O: 740L
E: 810L
B: 880L
Vocabulary Words:
archaeology
document
era
evidence
expedition
permanent
tremendous
uncover
Additional Domain
Words:
excavating
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
sidebar
listening skills
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Proverbs and Adages
(L 4.5b)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Consonant + le
Syllables
Structural Analysis:
Latin Suffixes
Approaching Level
pebble, able, table,
double, uncle, cuddle,
bundle, candle,
cradle, fiddle, waffle,
juggle, tackle, ankle,
couple, maple, turtle,
battle,
bottle, hustle
On Level
pebble, humble,
double, gamble,
trouble, uncle, needle,
fiddle, cuddle, cradle,
jungle, single, marble,
ramble, tackle, ankle,
freckle, buckle, hustle,
tangle
Beyond Level
scribble, trouble,
gamble, humble,
pebble, bicycle, needle,
cradle, ruffle, single,
jungle, struggle,
scramble, marble,
ankle, freckle,
buckle, wrinkle, hustle,
stifle
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Research Report
(W.4.2c, W.4.5, W.4.6,
W.4.7, W.4.8)
Writing Trait:
Organization: Strong
Conclusions
(W.4.2e)
Grammar Skill:
Comparing With Good
and Bad
(L.4.1)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Combining Sentences
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
author's support)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 5, Week
6
Review and
Assess
Week
Mar 28-Apr1
CA#5 date
of closing of
test window
is 4/24
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Review and Assess
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #5; Give On
Demand Writing Prompt for
Unit 5)
Unit 5 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Research Report
(W.4.2c, W.4.5, W.4.6,
W.4.7, W.4.8)
Unit 6
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
(In addition to
below, handwriting
instruction should
be provided as
needed, including
cursive writing.)
Unit 6 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 6, Week
1
Apr 11-15
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
Title: "Reading
the Sky"
Short Text: "A
Surprise Reunion"
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Lexile: 650L
Strategy:
Reread
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Strategy: Reread
L5.5 c. Demonstrate
understanding of words by
relating them to their
opposites (antonyms) and
to words with similar but
not identical meanings
(synonyms).
I can understand the
meaning of a word by
relating it to its
___________________
(antonym or synonym)
(L5.5c).
I can use dialogue and
description to
_____________ (develop
experiences and events or
show the responses of
characters to
situations…choose 1)
(W4.3b).
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Game of
Silence
Skill: Theme
Lexile: 900L
(RL 4.2)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "Native
Americans:
Yesterday and
Today"
Lexile: 900L
Titles:
A: The Visit
O: Our Teacher, the
Hero
E: Our Teacher, the Hero
B: Continuing On
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "Native American
Boarding Schools"
O: "The Life of Sarah
Winnemucca"
E: "The Life of Sarah
Winnemucca"
B: "Behind the Trail of
Tears"
Lexiles
A: 620L
O: 700L
E: 600L
B: 790L
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Vocabulary Words:
ancestors
despised
endurance
forfeit
honor
intensity
irritating
retreated
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
denotation
connotation
Vocabulary Strategy:
Connotation and
Denotation
(L5.5c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Words with /ən/
Structural Analysis:
Number Prefixes
Approaching Level
woman, shaken,
garden, eleven, ripen,
kitten, widen, open,
robin, cousin, muffin,
button, reason, cotton,
dragon, person,
common,
season, wagon, lemon
On Level
shaken, sunken,
eleven, woven, widen,
ridden, proven, often,
robin, cousin, raisin,
muffin, penguin, button,
reason, cotton, wagon,
dragon, common,
skeleton
Beyond Level
fasten, sunken, eleven,
woven, straighten,
kitchen, oxygen,
mistaken, proven,
often, certain,
mountain, cousin,
raisin, muffin,
penguin, salmon,
pardon, common,
skeleton
Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Strong Words
(W.4.3b; L.4.3a)
Grammar Skill:
Adverbs
(L.4.1a)
Grammar
Mechanics: Good vs.
Well
(L.4.1)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (analyze
theme)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 6
Tested Standard
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 6 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 6, Week
2
Apr 18-22
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
Title: "Waiting
for Battle
Orders"
Short Text: "Freedom
at Fort Mose"
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Lexile: 1000L
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Strategy:
Reread
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Strategy: Reread
Title: Valley of the
Moon
Skill: Theme
L 4.4c 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.
Lexile: 880L
I can consult reference
materials to
_____________ (find the
pronunciation and/or
determine or clarify the
precise meaning) of key
words and phrases (L
4.4c).
(RL 4.2)
Paired Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Title: "One Nation,
Many Cultures"
Lexile: 1050L
I can link ideas within
categories of information
using words and phrases (W
4.2c).
I can produce clear and
coherent writing in which the
development and
organization are appropriate
to task, purpose, and
audience (W 4.4).
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Titles:
A: Mabuhay!
O: Nonna's Recipes
E: Nonna's Recipes
B: Song and Dance
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Titles:
A: "The Pensionados"
O: "Little Italy"
E: "Little Italy"
B: "In Search of a Better
Life"
Lexiles
A: 580L
O: 740L
E: 510L
B: 780L
Vocabulary Words:
depicts
detested
discarded
eldest
ignored
obedience
refuge
treacherous
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
diary
intonation
Vocabulary Strategy:
Homophones
(L 4.4c)
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Homophones
Structural Analysis:
Latin Suffixes
Approaching Level
root, tale, peak, tail,
prince, dough, oar,
prints, herd, heard,
whose, who’s, route,
blue, blew, peek, need,
knead, doe, ore
On Level
root, tale, wade, tail,
prince, dough, moose,
prints, we’ve,
weave, whose, who’s,
route, boulder, bolder,
weighed, patience,
patients,
doe, mousse
Beyond Level
taught, principle,
straight, strait,
principal, presence,
dough,
moose, presents,
weather, whether,
whose, who’s, taut,
boulder, bolder,
patience, patients, doe,
mousse
Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait:
Organization:
Sequence
(W.4.2c; W.4.4)
Grammar Skill:
Comparing with
Adverbs
(L.4.1)
Grammar
Mechanics: Review
Punctuation and
Capitalization
(L.4.2)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
theme)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Unit 6
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 6 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 6, Week
3
Apr 25-29
RI 4.2. Determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text.
I can determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details.
I can summarize the text
(RI 4.2)
L 4.4 b. Use common,
grade-appropriate Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
as clues to the meaning of
a word (e.g., telegraph,
photograph, autograph).
I can use common Greek
and Latin affixes and roots
to understand the
meaning of a word (L4.4b).
I can link opinion and
reasons using words and
phrases (W 4.1c).
Title: "Light
Through the
Ages"
Genre:
Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
Short Text: "The Great
Energy Debate"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Lexile: 910L
Skill: Main Idea
and Key Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative
Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Narrative
Nonfiction
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
Title: Energy
Island
Text Features:
Sidebars
Lexile: 840L
Genre: Informational
Text: Narrative
Nonfiction
(RI 4.2)
(RI.4.9)
Paired Selection
Genre: Myths
Title: “The Gift of
Fire”
(Prometheus);
“Water vs.
Wisdom”
(Poseidon and
Athena)
Lexile: 910L
Titles:
A: Planet Power
O: Planet Power
E: Planet Power
B: Planet Power
Paired Selections
Genre: Myth
Titles:
A: "Helios and Phaeton"
O: "Helios and Phaeton"
E: "Helios and Phaeton"
B: "Helios and Phaeton"
Lexiles
A: 700L
O: 850L
E: 770L
B: 920L
Vocabulary Words:
coincidence
consequences
consume
converted
efficient
incredible
installed
renewable
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Prefixes
Additional Domain
Words:
resource
Approaching Level
disorder, displease,
distaste, distrust,
disloyal, misplace,
mislabel, mislead,
misstep, misnumber,
nonfat, nonfiction,
nonsense,
nonstop, unable,
unplug, unkind, unfair,
uncover, unclean
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
Venn diagram
transition words
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin and Greek
Prefixes
(L4.4b)
Structural Analysis:
Words from Mythology
Grammar Skill:
Negatives
(L.4.1)
On Level
discourage, disappoint,
disbelief, distrust,
disloyal, misplace,
mislabel, mislead,
misstep, misnumber,
nonfat, nonfiction,
nonsense,
nonstop, unable,
unplug, uncertain,
uncomfortable,
uncover, unclean
Beyond Level
discourage,
disappointment,
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Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 13: Book Review
(W.4.1a,b,d; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Transition
Words
(W.4.1c)
Grammar
Mechanics:
Correcting Double
Negatives
(L.4.1)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (main idea
and key details)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
disbelief, disappear,
disloyal,
mismanage, misheard,
misfortune, misstep,
misnumber,
nonessential,
nonfiction, nonsense,
nonspecific, unable,
unofficial, uncertain,
uncomfortable,
unpredictable,
unnecessary
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Unit 6
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 6 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 6, Week
4
May 2-6
RI 4.2. Determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details; summarize the text
I can determine the main
idea of a text and explain
how it is supported by key
details.
I can summarize the text
(RI 4.2)
Title: "All About
Money"
Short Text: "The
History of Money"
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Genre:
Informational
Text: Expository
Lexile: 900L
Skill: Main Idea
and Key Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Main Selection
Genre:
Informational Text:
Expository
Main Selections
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Ask
and Answer
Questions
L 4.5b. Recognize and
explain the meaning of
common idioms, adages,
and proverbs.
I can recognize and
explain the meaning of
_______________
(common idioms, adages,
or proverbs…choose 1). (L
4.5b)
I can use precise language
and specific vocabulary to
inform about or explain the
topic (W4.2d).
Genre: Informational
Text: Expository
Strategy: Ask and
Answer Questions
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
Text Features:
Headings; Glossary
(RI 4.2)
(RI.4.9)
Title: The Big
Picture of
Economics
Titles:
A: The Bike Company
O: The Bike Company
E: The Bike Company
B: The Bike Company
Lexile: 970L
Paired Selection
Genre: Fiction:
Folktale
Title: "The Miller's
Good Luck"
Lexile: 830L
Paired Selections
Genre: Folktale
Titles:
A: "The Shirt of
Happiness"
O: "The Shirt of
Happiness"
E: "The Shirt of
Happiness"
B: "The Shirt of
Happiness"
Lexiles
A: 600L
O: 790L
E: 710L
B: 860L
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Vocabulary Words:
currency
economics
entrepreneur
global
invest
marketplace
merchandise
transaction
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Suffixes
Additional Domain
Words:
scarcity
opportunity cost
Approaching Level
wireless, sunny, furry,
really, hairy, barely,
tasteless,
handful, lifeless,
fitness, hopeful,
shortness, fullness,
foggy, purely,
sickness, joyful,
hopeless, cordless,
hardly
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
scanning
skimming
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Proverbs and Adages
(L 4.5b)
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Word
Choice: Content
Words
(W.4.2d)
Grammar Skill:
Prepositions
(L.4.1e)
On Level
wireless, sunny, furry,
really, hairy, barely,
tasteless, handful,
lifeless, fitness,
hopefully, happiness,
fullness, sorrowful,
gently, sickness,
joyfully, aimless,
breathless, certainly
Beyond Level
wireless, casually,
furry, constantly,
hurriedly, barely,
tasteless,
Grammar
Mechanics: Review
Using Quotations
(L.4.2b)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
main idea and key
details)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
wonderful, lifeless,
fitness, hopefully,
happiness,
truthfulness, sorrowful,
assuredly, foolishness,
annually, aimless,
breathlessly, certainly
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Unit 6
Tested Standards
Learning Targets
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Vocabulary Words
Phonics/Spelling
Writing
Unit 6 Writing Focus:
Opinion Writing
Unit 6, Week
5
May 9-13
RL 4.2. Determine a theme
of a story, drama, or poem
from details in the text;
summarize the text.
I can determine the theme
of a ______ (story, drama,
or poem…choose1) from
details in the text.
I can summarize the text
(RL 4.2).
Title: "Papa's
Pastry Shop,"
"One Day"
Short Texts: "Climbing
Blue Hill," "My Name Is
Ivy," "Collage"
Genre: Free
Verse Poetry
Lexile: NP
Strategy:
Reread
Genre: Free Verse
Poetry
Skill: Theme
L 4.5a. Explain the meaning
of simple similes and
metaphors (e.g., as pretty
as a picture) in context.
I can explain the meaning
of simple _________
(similes or
metaphors…choose 1) in
context. (L 4.5a).
Literary Elements:
Imagery;
Personification
(RL 4.2)
(RL.4.5)
I can use concrete words
and phrases and sensory
details to convey
experiences and events
precisely (W4.3d).
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selections
Genre: Free Verse
Poetry
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles: "The Drum,"
"Birdfoot's
Grampa," "My
Chinatown"
Lexile: NP
Paired Selections
Genre: Free Verse
Poetry
Titles: "Growing
Up," "My People"
Lexile: NP
Titles:
A: Hooked
O: Homesick for
American Samoa
E: Homesick for
American Samoa
B: Saving Snowdrop
Paired Selections
Genre: Poetry
Titles:
A: "Let's Make Music"
O: "Piecing It All
Together"
E: "Piecing It All
Together"
B: "I Can Do It!"
Lexiles
A: 620L
O: 740L
E: 570L
B: 810L
Vocabulary Words:
gobble
individuality
mist
roots
Poetry Terms:
free verse
imagery
metaphor
personification
Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Prefixes and
Suffixes
Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
Writing Trait: Ideas:
Supporting Details
(W.4.3d)
Structural Analysis:
Words from Around the
World
Grammar Skill: Using
Prepositions
(L.4.1e)
Approaching Level
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
meter
supporting
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Metaphors
(L 4.5a)
unchanged, unnamed,
restate, reverse,
underdog,
invisible, prepaid,
displease, action,
establishment,
oversized, prepack,
interstate, intersect,
deplane, semiweekly,
happily, kindness,
finally,
fearful
On Level
unchanged, unnamed,
restate, reverse,
infrequent, invisible,
prepaid, displease,
action, establishment,
oversized, prejudge,
interstate,
intersect, deflate,
semiweekly, happily,
kindness, finally, fearful
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Grammar
Mechanics: Using
Commas with Phrases
(L.4.2c)
Write About
Reading: Write an
Analysis (reflect on
word choice)
*This occurs during
core reading
instruction to lift
reading
comprehension.
(W.4.9)
Beyond Level
unchanged, unnamed,
restated, reversible,
infrequently,
invisible, prepaid,
displeased, inaction,
establishment,
oversized,
prejudged, interstate,
intersection, deflate,
semiweekly, happily,
kindness, finally, fearful
Unit 6, Week
6
Review and
Assess Week
Review and Assess
Common Assessment (Unit
Assessment #6; Give On
Demand Writing Prompt for
Unit 6)
Unit 6 Writing
Product for Weeks 46: Opinion Essay
(W.4.1a,b,c; W.4.5;
W.4.6)
May 16-17
CA #6 date
of closing of
test window
is end of
May
These standards appear in each unit and are on-going: RF4.3, RF4.3a (decoding in reading); RF 4.4a-c (fluency); RL 4.1, RI 4.1(ask and answer questions); RL 4.4, RI 4.4 (vocabulary); RL4.10, RI 4.10 (reading grade-level text); L 4.2d(spelling);
L 4.3c (formal vs. informal language); L4.6 (grade-level vocabulary); W 4.4 (writing for purpose and audience); W 4.5 (writing traits); W 4.10 (writing across time)
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