ELA Curriculum Map 2020

Focus Areas for Fourth Grade aligned with standards:
1. Apply a variety of reading strategies to read closely to determine what a text states explicitly and to make logical
inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from a text.
*Fiction and nonfiction prose and poems
2. Apply grade-level phonics skills to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension -Know how
to self correct and use word attack skills to determine the meaning of words in text
3. Write for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences with sufficient detail and evidence
4. Engage in a range of conversations to add and gain new information -prepare a range of presentations based on
purpose and audience
5. Demonstrate and apply understanding of the conventions of standard English with speaking and writing
Instructional time should be spent on the following critical areas in Fourth Grade:
1. Regular close reading of grade-level complex, anchor texts
2. Sequences of text-specific questions and tasks to support close reading
3. Systematic work with text-based vocabulary and syntax
4. Frequent evidence based discussion about grade-level anchor texts
5. Regular evidence-based writing about grade-level anchor texts
6. Fluency practice with grade-level anchor texts
7. Regular reading of multiple texts and media on a range of conceptually related topics
8. Regular research, discussion, and writing about topics