Standard 1: Reading Process

Goals

Objectives

Activities

Goal 1.1: Acquire Concepts About Print

No objectives at this grade level.

Goal 1.2: Acquire Concepts About Text

1. 4.LA.1.2.1 Apply knowledge of text types and formats of various kinds of text. (716.05.c) 

CL:Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

1.        Fiction or NonFiction

2.        Text Types-

3.        Different Types of Text

2. 4.LA.1.2.2 Use text features (e.g., heading, captions) to comprehend various print formats (e.g., news papers, reference text).

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

1.        Arthors and Illustrators

2.        Parts of a Book

3.        Parts of a Book

4.        Using the Parts of a Book

5.        Using an Index for Information

6.        Using a Table of Contents

3. 4.LA.1.2.3 Identify and use graphic features that support text meaning (e.g., diagrams, maps, charts, illustrations). (707.05.b)

CL: C Content Limit: Item will address graphic features in a text passage (e.g., diagrams, maps, charts, illustrations). Only one concept may be assessed in an item.

1.        Captions Help Tell the Story

2.        Reading Headlines

3.        What are They Selling

4.        An index of timelines

5.        What’s On a Map?

6.        Interpreting a Data Chart

7.        Interpreting Column Graphs

8.        Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs

Goal 1.3: Acquire Phonological Awareness Skills

No objectives at this grade level.

Goal 1.4: Acquire Decoding Skills Using Word Parts

1. 4.LA.1.4.1 Identify common root words, prefixes and suffixes, including Greek and Latin derivatives to decode unknown words. (707.01.e)

CL: C

Content Limit: Item will address word structure using words containing a base word, root word, prefix, or suffix, including Greek and Latin derivatives, to assist in decoding.

1.        Crystal Castle

2.        Fish Tanks

3.        Flamingo

4.        Using Prefixes

5.        Using Suffixes

6.         Suffix Matching Game

2. 4.LA.1.4.2 Read abbreviations appropriate to grade level. 

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

Goal 1.5: Acquire Decoding Skills Using Syllabication

1. 4.LA.1.5.1 Use knowledge of syllable types and syllable patterns to decode multisyllabic words. (707.01.b) 

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

Goal 1.6: Acquire Decoding Skills Using Context

1. 4.LA.1.6.1 Use context clues to aid in decoding of new words. (707.01.f) 

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

1.        FCAT Vocabulary Building Practice

2.        Multiple Meanings

3.        Matching | Concentration | Flash Cards | Word Search

4.        Word Jungle

Goal 1.7: Acquire Fluency

1. 4.LA.1.7.1 Read aloud grade-level-appropriate test with fluency and accuracy from at least 140 correct words per minute (Hasbrouck & Tindal). 

CL:

Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

Goal 1.8: Vocabulary and Concept Development

1. 4.LA.1.8.1 Identify common root words, prefixes and suffixes, derived from Greek and Latin to determine the meaning of unknown words. (707.01.e)

CL: C

Content Limit: Item will address word structure using words containing a base word, root word, prefix, or suffix, including Greek and Latin derivatives, to assist in determining meaning.

BBC: Skillswise: Prefixes Quiz
Kid's Lab: Mrs. Fix Teaches About Un- and Re-
Kid's Lab: Mrs. Fix Teaches About Mis- and Pre-
Kid's Lab: Online quiz for Un- and Re
Kid's Lab: Online Quiz for Mis- and Pre-
Prefixes and Suffixes Using Prefixes

2. 4.LA.1.8.2 Use context, synonyms, antonyms, homophones and homographs to develop an understanding of new words. (707.01.d) 

CL: C

Content Limit: Item will address only the concepts of context, antonyms, synonyms, and simple analogies. Only one concept may be assessed in an item. Items do not require definition of the specific literary terms.

1.        Antonyms

2.        Antonym Matching

3.        Feast of Homonyms Homonyms

4.        Homonyms

5.        Homophone Challenge

6.        Rocket to the Moon - Build and launch

7.        Say it Another Way

8.        Synonym.com

9.        Synonym Matching Synonym Matching Games, Level 2

10.     Synonym Study

11.     Synonyms and Antonyms

12.     The Thesaurus

13.     Tooth Tally with Squanky the Tooth Taker

3.  4.LA.1.8.3 Use words and concepts necessary for comprehending math, science, social studies, literature and other Grade 4 content area text. 

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

4.  4.LA.1.8.4 Use a grade-level appropriate dictionary and glossary to define and confirm meaning of unknown words. (707.05.a) 

CL: Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

1.        Dino Hunters

2.        How to use a Dictionary

3.        Dictionary Skill Lessons Worksheets

Standard 2: Comprehension/Interpretation

Goal 2.1: Acquire Strategies and Skills for Comprehending Text

1.  4.LA.2.1.1 State author’s main purpose for writing various texts. (707.03.a) 

CL: C Content Limit: Item requires identification of the author’s main purpose for writing.

1.        Establish a Purpose for Writing

2.        What are Author's Purpose Questions?

3.        Brainchild Test

4.        Cows context clue

5.        Get The Idea

6.        .Fourth Grade Reading

7.        Looking for the Fine Print

8.        Bees | The Happy Monkey

2. 4.LA.2.1.2 Identify cause and effect relationships in text by responding to “why”, “how”, and “what if” questions.

CL: D

Content Limit: Item requires a conclusion based on determining the cause and effect.

1.        Cause and Effect Actions

2.        Cause and Effect Book list

3.        Cause and Effect

4.        Cause and Effect

5.        What Caused It?

3. 4.LA.2.1.3 Draw conclusions based on information gathered from text. (707.01.o)

CL: D

Content Limit: Item requires information obtained solely from the text given.

1.        Drawing Conclusions

2.        Drawing Conclusions

3.        Drawing Conclusions

Goal 2.2: Acquire Skills to Comprehend Expository Text

1.  4.LA.2.2.1 Distinguish between facts and opinions in expository text to support comprehension. 

CL: D

Content Limit: Item will have text that clearly distinguishes between fact and opinion.

1.        A mix of factual information and the opinions of the author

2.        Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule?

3.        Fact or Opinion?

4.        Fact or Opinion?

5.        Fact or Opinion?

6.        Fact or Opinion?

7.        Fact or Opinion Quiz

8.        Martin Luther King Jr.: Fact or Opinion?

2. 4.LA.2.2.2 Generate how, why, and what-if questions for interpreting expository texts. 

CL:

Content Limit: Assessed in the classroom, not on the ISAT.

3. 4.LA.2.2.3 Identify main ideas and signal words to summarize information from expository text. (707.01.h) 

CL: CContent Limit: Item will require the identification of the main ideas and key details relevant to the nonfiction text given; item responses may include main ideas, key details, and/or signal words.

1.        Sequence of Events

2.        Direct Context Clues Teaching Material

3.        News Stories with Comprehension Quizzes [ 1) White loafers and passport control, (2) Hungry ferrett causes rail scare, (3) Dyslexic boy's site wins top award, (4) Otters head for towns and cities, (5) Demolition fears after city blaze.

4.        News Quiz Archive section of stories which include math

4. 4.LA.2.2.4 Follow multi-step written directions.

CL: BContent Limit: Multi-step instructions will be  multiple steps in response to an item.

Item may require organization and/or sequencing of information. Item requires information obtained solely from the text given.

Goal 2.3: Acquire Skills for Comprehending Literary Text

1. 4.LA.2.3.1 Identify defining characteristics of literature genres, including poetry. (707.02.a) 

 CL: B Content Limit: Item will contain information about defining characteristics of the major genres of fiction (e.g., realistic fiction, tall tale, fable, legend, folktale, and poetry).

1.        Genre Quiz

2.        What Do You Know About Genres?

3.        Examples of Genres: Lesson

4.        Genre Online Quiz

2. 4.LA.2.3.2 Describe characters (e.g., traits, roles, similarities/differences) within a literary selection, heard or read. (707.02.a)

CL: C Content Limit: Item will contain information about a character; response may be a descriptor of a character trait. Characterization may be addressed in the item. Item does not require definition of the specific term.

1.        Story Character Outline

2.        Character Trading Cards

3.        Character Writing

3. 4.LA.2.3.3 Describe the setting and tell how it supports the story. (707.03.b)

CL: C

Content Limit: Item may contain information about the setting or how the setting supports the story; responses may be aspects of the setting. Only one aspect of the setting is addressed in the item. Item does not require definition of the specific term.

4.        Story Character Outline

5.        Character Trading Cards

6.        Character Writing -

7.        Understanding the Setting of a Story

8.        Setting Quiz

9.        Settings

4. 4.LA.2.3.4 Explain the main problem, conflict, and resolution of a story plot. (707.03.b)

CL: D

Content Limit: Item may require the identification of the main problem, key details, conflict, or resolution.  Item does not require the definition of the specific literary terms.

1.        Understanding the plot of a story

2.        Setting Plot or Theme

3.        Problem-Solution Flow Chart

5. 4.LA.2.3.5 Identify the narrator of a story (point of view). 

CL: D

Content Limit: Identification is limited to who is telling the story (narrator).

Definitions of narrator and point of view as vocabulary terms are assessed only at the classroom level.

1.        Point of View Definition of Point of View

2.        Point of View - Two Heads Aren't Always Better Than One.

3.        Point of View Quiz

6. 4.LA.2.3.6 Identify the moral of literary selection (e.g., fables, folktales, legends). 

CL: E

Content Limit: Items that require a response to support reactions are restricted to ideas and details obtained solely from the text given.

Items requiring literary connections are limited to passages provided.

Passages should be at a fourth grade readability based on 2 readability formulas. Item may require identification of the lesson or theme of a selection. Passages may include realistic fiction

1.        Aesop's Fables

2.        Fables

3.        Crown & Thistle Inn

4.        Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

7. 4.LA.2.3.7 Identify common similes and idioms. 

CL: C

Content Limit: Item will address the understanding of the concept of simile. Item will not refer to both a simile and a metaphor.

Definitions of simile and metaphor as vocabulary terms are assessed only at the classroom level.

1.        Figurative Language

2.         Simile Lesson -

3.        The Daily Idiom

4.        Do you know what it means?

5.        Idiom Quiz

6.        Web School: Language: Daily Language: Idioms

7.        Whaddaya Know? Quiz Show –

8.        In Step With Idioms

9.        What is an Idiom?

10.     All About Idioms

11.     Quia: Interesting Idioms

12.     Pant by Idioms

1. Texas end-of-year reading test from 2003
2. Texas end-of-year reading test from 2004