Literacy Block: Come here to visit the news of Language Arts. 4th Quarter ELA Objectives Reading Informational Text 4.RI.7a. I can interpret information presented in diverse media and formats. 4.RI.7b. I can explain how the information contributes to a better understandingof the text. 4.RI.9a. I can combine information from two sources about the same topic. Writing 4.W.1a.I can introduce my topic or text clearly. 4.W.1a.I can express and support an opinion on a given topic 4.W.1a I can create structure to organize my ideas. 4.W.1b. I can develop reasons that are supported by facts anddetails. 4.W.1c. I can link my reasoning with opinions to support my point of view. 4.W.1d. I can provide a concluding statement. Speaking and Listening 4.SL.3.I can identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to supportparticular points. 4.SL.4a.I can orally report on a topic. 4.SL.5a.I can add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations whenappropriate. 4.SL.6a.I can differentiate when to use formal English and informal discourse. Language 4.L.3.I can use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking,reading, or listening. 3rdQuarter ELA Objectives Reading Literature 4.RL.5a. I can explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose. 4.RL.5b. I can refer to the structural elements of poems and drama whenwriting and speaking about the text. Reading Informational Text 4.RI.8a.I can explain how the author uses reasons and evidence to support particularpoints in a text. Writing 4.W.2a. I can introduce my topic clearly. 4.W.2a. I can group related information into paragraphs and sections. 4.W.2b. I can develop the topic. 4.W.2c. I can link ideas within categories. 4.W.2d. I can use precise language and vocabulary to inform. 4.W.2e. I can provide a concluding statement. 4.W.7a. I can research a topic. 4.W.8a. I can recall relevant information from my experiences and gather information from print and digital sources. 4.W.8b. I can gather relevant information from print and digital sources. 4.W.10a. I can write over an extended time frame on a range oftopics. 4.W.10c I can determine what time frame is appropriate for mywriting. Speaking and Listening 4.SL.2.I can paraphrase text read aloud or information presented in multiple formats. Language 4.L.3.I can use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking,reading, or listening. 4.L.4.I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning wordsand phrases. 4.L.5.I can demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships,and nuances in word meanings. Literacy for the week: 5-6-13 text features in nonfiction information to help locate and understand information 4-29-13 Skill: Drawing Conclusions/Inferencing “Antarctic Journal” 4.RI.10 By the end of year,read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies,science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 complexity band proficiently,with scaffolding at the high end of the range. 4.RF.4a Read grade-level textwith purpose and understanding. 4.RI.1 Refer to the detailsand examples in a test when explaining what the text says explicitly and whendrawing inferences from the text. 4.RI.7 Interpret informationpresented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the informationcontributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. 4.L.5 Demonstrate anunderstanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in wordmeanings. *use comprehension skills to locate details *increase fluency *Work on vocabulary understanding
inferencing websites: http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsi-p.html
Always in Reading: Independent Reading focus: Do I understand what I am reading? AND How do I figure out an unknown word? Everyone needs to be an independent reader.
What is that?
One who can read, understand what was read, and tell about
what was read with no help from anyone but ourselves.
How do we accomplish this?
Read by yourself, ask yourself questions, and tell someone about your reading. question words to begin questions: why, when, where, who, what happened, how Is my book fiction or nonfiction? Independent reading: when? ANY TIME!!!!!!!!! Independent Reading: daily this week from at home for homework everyday for 20 minutes AND at school during intervention time and guided reading time. Responding to our independent reading: how?
by writing about what we have read in class(specific questions will be asked) and writing your response in the response sections of our reading notebooks being sure to date each entry or response.
Questions to ask while you are reading…
"STYLE" 1.What special words did the author use to help you “see” things in the story? 2.What special words did thee author use to help you “feel” things in the story? 3.How did you picture the setting? Characters? "AUTHOR’S PURPOSE" 1.What was the author trying to tell you? 2.What did the author have to know in order to write this story? 3.Find sentences from the text that show how the author described things he/sheliked or disliked? "MOOD" 1.How did you feel while reading this book? Why? 2.What was the funniest part? What was the saddest part? 3.What color would you use to describe your feelings? 4.What do you remember most from the story? "SETTING" 1.Where did the story take place? 2.Does the setting in the story remind you of any place you have ever beenbefore? Explain. 3.Did the story take place a long time ago, now, or in the future? How do youknow? "CHARACTERS" 1.Who were the main characters? 2.Who was your favorite character and why? 3.Who was your least favorite character and why? 4.Did any character do anything that you thought was wrong? Explain. "DRAWING CONCLUSIONS" 1.What clues in the story made you think the story would end the way that it did? 2.If you were to write the ending differently, what would you change? 3.If the story were to continue, what would happen next? "RELATIONSHIPS" Pick two characters in the story 1.How did they get along? 2.How were they alike? 3.How were they different? "MAIN IDEA" 1.What is this story about? 2.Another good title for this story would be ____________. 3.Choose two to three words to describe the story. Tell about the story in onesentence using those words. 4.Write a newspaper headline for the story. http://www.storylineonline.net/
Listen and respond OR turn of the sound and read the book yourself. websites for capitalzation and punctuation practice:
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