Literacy Grade 4

• Oral language/fluency:  Students will articulate a complete oral sentence with appropriate phrasing, expression, volume, and speed using a targeted tier 2 word from the text.
• Vocabulary:  Students will make accurate use of targeted tier two words. (CMT obj. A-5)
• Forming a General Understanding:  Students will use information from the text to make a prediction based on what is read: and. (CMT obj. A-4)
• Developing an interpretation:  Students will identify and infer the author’s use of structure/organizational patterns; (CMT obj. B-1)
• Examining the Content and Structure: Elaborating on the text and making judgments about the text’s quality and themes: Students will demonstrate an awareness of an author’s or character’s custom and beliefs included in the text. (CMT obj. D-3)

• Spelling:

The students will spell easily confused words.

The students will spell hard to spell words.

The students will spell words given prefixes and suffixes.

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• Oral language/fluency:  Students will read grade-appropriate poems and will repeat them aloud with classmates with appropriate phrasing, expression, volume, and speed.

Planning:

• Students will identify the basic elements of expository writing.
• Students will conduct research and take notes about subjects.

.Drafting

• Students will write a thesis statement, introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs and a conclusion.

Revising and Editing

• Students will use an editing checklist for conventions.
• Students will use complete subjects, compound subjects and predicates.
• Students will use the correct word-homophones.
• Students will edit sentences with simple subjects and simple predicates.
• Students will edit for fragments and run on sentences.

Sharing:

• Students will willingly share writing with peers.
• Students will publish work.

Reflecting:

• Students will willingly talk about their writing piece during a conference.
• Students will respond to writing of peers.
• Students will use a scoring rubric for expository writing.