Department/Grade: Reading/4 Course: Reading Grade 4 Revision Date: April 2009
Required/Elective: Required Course Length: 1 year Prerequisite: Reading Grade 3
Course Description:
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COURSE OBJECTIVES |
CONTENT OUTLINE |
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Learning to Read Independently (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.1)
Reading Critically in the Content Areas (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.2)
Reading Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.3)
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1. Reads independently and fluently with 95% accuracy beginning and medium level chapter books from a variety of genres containing sentences with multiple phrases and descriptive and figurative language.
2. Recognize and understand high frequency, familiar, and new vocabulary words in isolation and in context using word recognition skills (synonyms, antonyms, multiple meaning words, affixes: re-,pre-,in-,un-,dis-,mis-,non-,-ful,-less,-ble,-ly,-or,-ness,-ment.)
3. Reads, self-corrects, and clarifies meaning using monitoring strategies (predicts, revises predictions, rereads, adjusts reading rate, locates information, uses text organization including headings, tables of content, graphics, and charts).
4. Demonstrates comprehension by summarizing key details and events (fiction and non-fiction).
5. Identify main idea and supporting details (fiction and nonfiction)
6. Demonstrates comprehension by identifying, connecting, interpreting, comparing, and describing:
Characters-actions, motives, dialogue, emotions, traits ,and relationships among characters within text
Setting-describe where and when
Plot-conflict/problem, sequence of events, cause and effect and solution,
Theme-message or lesson of text and relationship between the message and other components of the texts.
7. Identify, explain, and interpret the following: -personification -similes -alliteration -fact/opinion -author’s purpose -exaggeration(bias)
8. Makes inferences and draws conclusions by identifying essential information from the text as evidence (fiction and non-fiction).
9. Demonstrates comprehension through participation in whole group and small group reading discussions about various genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, practical texts, directions, and ads).
10. Identifies and reads silently from a variety of genres and types of texts and maintains a reading log (25 books).
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Types of Writing (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.4)
Quality of Writing (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.5)
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1. Writes narratives (stories, poems) with awareness of paragraphing, a beginning, middle, and end, point of view, plot, and detailed descriptions of characters and setting. 2. Writes informational pieces with awareness of paragraphing that develop a central idea and flow from introduction, body to conclusion using supporting details (description, letters, reports, instructions, and steps in a list of directions etc.) 3. Uses writing to respond to literature, prompts, and/or answer questions. 4. Writes opinion pieces with awareness of paragraphing and a clearly stated position or opinion and supporting detail to persuade the reader. 5. Maintains focus on topic, purpose, and audience. 6. Writes with awareness of voice by using complete simple, compound, and complex sentences of differing lengths. 7. Writes with awareness of voice by properly using, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, action verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, specific details, and dialogue (not necessarily punctuated correctly). 8. Revises writing to improve organization and word choice by checking the logic, order of ideas, and precision of vocabulary. 9. Edits writing for conventional spelling (spelling benchmark words correctly.) 10. Edits writing by using capital letters correctly. 11. Edits writing by punctuating correctly (period, exclamation point, question mark, commas, apostrophes in contractions, and attempts quotation marks).
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Speaking and Listening (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.6)
Characteristics and Functions of the English Language (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.7)
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1. Listen to others Ask questions as an aid to understanding Distinguish fact from opinion
2. Listen to a selection of literature (Fiction and/or Nonfiction) Relate it to similar experiences Predict what will happen next Retell a story in chronological order Recognize characters and tone Identify and define new words and concepts
3. Speak using skills appropriate to formal speech situations Use appropriate volume Pronounce most words accurately Pace speech so that it is understandable Demonstrate an awareness of audience
4. Contribute to discussions Ask relevant questions Respond with appropriate information or opinions to questions asked Listen to and acknowledge the contributions of others Display appropriate turn taking behaviors
5. Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations Participate in everyday conversation Present oral readings Deliver short reports Conduct short interviews Give simple directions and explanations Report an emergency
6. Use media for learning purposes Show or explain what was learned (e.g., audiotape, computer download) Explain the importance of television, radio, film, and the Internet in the lives of people Explain how advertising sells products
1. Identify words from other languages that are commonly used English words.
2. Identify differences in formal and informal speech.
3. Identify word meanings that have changed over time.
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Research (Pennsylvania Academic Standard 1.8)
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1. Select a topic for research 2. Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies Locate resources for a particular task (e.g., newspapers, dictionary) Select sources (e.g., dictionaries, encyclopedias, interviews to write a family history, observations, and print/electronic media) Use tables of contents, key words and guide words Use traditional and electronic search tools
3. Organize and present the main ideas from the research Take notes from sources using a structured format Summarize, orally or in writing, the main ideas
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SOURCE MATERIALS |
ASSESSMENT |
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Harcourt Reading Program Leveled Readers Reader’s Theater National Geographic Leveled Books Computers Cassette/CD players Overhead projector Books on tape Lexia Study Island Scholastic Reading Counts Scholastic Reading Inventory Scholastic Read 180 Time for Kids Reference books (dictionaries,, thesaurus ,etc.) Sitton Spelling Series Interactive Whiteboard Interactive educational websites Projector Writer’s Workshop Manuals Supplemental Science/Social Studies Readers
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Integrated Theme Tests
Skills Tests
Quizzes
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Test
4Sight Reading Assessment
Scholastic Reading Inventory (Lexile)
Scholastic Reading Counts Quizzes
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
Evaluate written work
Evaluate oral response
Performance tasks
Anecdotal records
Progress monitoring
Observations
Writing to a prompt
Writing samples
Journal entries
Oral presentations
Conferences
Peer evaluations
Projects
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