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TX.110.6.English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4, Adopted 2017

English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4, Adopted 2017
4.10. Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student a
4.10.A. Explain the author's purpose and message within a text.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Author's Purpose
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Author's Purpose/Point of View
 
4.10.B. Explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Central Idea/Supporting Details
 
4.10.C. Analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
4.10.D. Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific purposes.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Poetic Devices
 
4.10.E. Identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view.
 
4.10.F. Discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice.
 
4.11. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected t
4.11.A. Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
4.11.B. Develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
4.11.B.i. Organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a conclusion.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting/Concluding Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
4.11.B.ii. Developing an engaging idea with relevant details.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
4.11.C. Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
4.11.D. Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
4.11.D.i. Complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Grammar Skills
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Subject/Verb Agreement
 
4.11.D.ii. Past tense of irregular verbs.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verbs
 
4.11.D.iii. Singular, plural, common, and proper nouns.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
 
4.11.D.iv. Adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Adjectives/Adverbs/Particles
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
4.11.D.v. Adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Adjectives/Adverbs/Particles
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
4.11.D.vi. Prepositions and prepositional phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Subject/Verb Agreement
 
4.11.D.vii. Pronouns, including reflexive.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
 
4.11.D.x. Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
 
4.12. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:
4.12.A. Compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
4.12.B. Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Purpose for Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
4.12.C. Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
4.13. Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:
4.13.B. Develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing/Listening/Speaking Rules
 
4.2. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morpholo
4.2.A. Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
4.2.A.i. Decoding words with specific orthographic patterns and rules, including regular and irregular plurals.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Parts of Speech
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
 
4.2.A.ii. Decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Consonant Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Diphthongs
 
4.2.A.iv. Decoding words using knowledge of prefixes.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefix/Suffix/Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
4.2.A.v. Decoding words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefix/Suffix/Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
4.2.A.vi. Identifying and reading high-frequency words from a research-based list.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide High Frequency Words I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide High Frequency Words I
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide High Frequency Words II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide High Frequency Words II
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide High Frequency Words II
 
4.2.B. Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
4.2.B.i. Spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Consonant Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide R Controlled Vowels
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vowel Diphthongs
 
4.2.B.ii. Spelling homophones.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
 
4.2.B.iii. Spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
 
4.2.B.iv. Spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefix/Suffix/Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
 
4.2.B.v. Spelling words using knowledge of prefixes.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefix/Suffix/Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
4.2.B.vi. Spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefix/Suffix/Syllables
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
4.3. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:
4.3.A. Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
 
4.3.B. Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or multiple-meaning words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Double Negatives and Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
4.3.D. Identify, use, and explain the meaning of homophones such as reign/rain.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Double Negatives and Homophones
 
4.5. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and read independentl
 
4.6. Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:
4.6.B. Generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.
 
4.6.C. Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Making Predictions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Predictions
 
4.6.E. Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
 
4.6.F. Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Drawing Conclusions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Drawing Inferences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Implied Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inference
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literal/Inferential/Evaluative
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Precictions/Conclusions/Inferences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Topic Sentences
 
4.6.G. Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Topic Sentences
 
4.6.I. Monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
 
4.7. Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:
4.7.A. Describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts.
 
4.7.B. Write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of sources.
 
4.7.C. Use text evidence to support an appropriate response.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Topic Sentences
 
4.7.D. Retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarize
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
 
4.7.F. Respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.
4.8. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse li
4.8.A. Infer basic themes supported by text evidence.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
4.8.B. Explain the interactions of the characters and the changes they undergo.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Elements of Fiction
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
4.8.C. Analyze plot elements, including the rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Problem/Solution
 
4.8.D. Explain the influence of the setting, including historical and cultural settings, on the plot.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Elements of Fiction
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
4.9. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporar
4.9.A. Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, legends, myths, and tall tales.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
4.9.B. Explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Elements
 
4.9.C. Explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Genre Characteristics
 
4.9.D. Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
4.9.D.i. The central idea with supporting evidence.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Topic Sentences
 
4.9.D.ii. Features such as pronunciation guides and diagrams to support understanding.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Charts/Maps/Graphic Organizers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Graphic Organizers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interpret Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
4.9.D.iii. Organizational patterns such as compare and contrast.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Central Idea/Supporting Details
 
4.9.E. Recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by:
4.9.E.ii. Explaining how the author has used facts for an argument.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literal/Inferential/Evaluative Questions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Main Idea/Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Simple/Compound/Complex Sentences
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Detail
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Topic Sentences