Guide to the Florida Standards for
4th Grade English Language Arts:
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Spanish: goo.gl/Wef0Sm
4th Grade English Language Arts:
English: goo.gl/pOuYTR
Spanish: goo.gl/Wef0Sm
Quarterly Learning Goals
Quarter 1
- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
- Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.
- Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories and myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
- Write a multi-paragraph opinion or informative/explanatory essay, based on multiple texts, which clearly states an opinion or topic. Essays should include main ideas that are supported with evidence (facts and details), elaboration, transitional devices, citations, precise vocabulary. Writing should align with the FSA rubrics.
- Write a narrative to develop real or imaginary events. Introduce narrator and/or characters, setting, and dialogue. Students should organize events in correct order utilizing characters' thoughts, actions, feelings and concrete words and phrases. Writing should also include sensory details to convey experiences to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
- Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.
- Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems and drama when writing or speaking about a text.
- Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
- Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
- Write a multi-paragraph opinion or informative/explanatory essay, based on multiple texts, which clearly states an opinion or topic. Essays should include main ideas that are supported with evidence (facts and details), elaboration, transitional devices, citations, precise vocabulary. Writing should align with the FSA rubrics.
- Write a narrative to develop real or imaginary events. Introduce narrator and/or characters, setting, and dialogue. Students should organize events in correct order utilizing characters' thoughts, actions, feelings and concrete words and phrases. Writing should also include sensory details to convey experiences to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Quarter 3
- Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
- Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
- Write a multi-paragraph opinion or informative/explanatory essay, based on multiple texts, which clearly states an opinion or topic. Essays should include main ideas that are supported with evidence (facts and details), elaboration, transitional devices, citations, precise vocabulary. Writing should align with the FSA rubrics.
- Write a narrative to develop real or imaginary events. Introduce narrator and/or characters, setting, and dialogue. Students should organize events in correct order utilizing characters' thoughts, actions, feelings and concrete words and phrases. Writing should also include sensory details to convey experiences to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Quarter 4
- FSA review and practice.
- Write a multi-paragraph opinion or informative/explanatory essay, based on multiple texts, which clearly states an opinion or topic. Essays should include main ideas that are supported with evidence (facts and details), elaboration, transitional devices, citations, precise vocabulary. Writing should align with the FSA rubrics.
- Write a narrative to develop real or imaginary events. Introduce narrator and/or characters, setting, and dialogue. Students should organize events in correct order utilizing characters' thoughts, actions, feelings and concrete words and phrases. Writing should also include sensory details to convey experiences to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Helping at Home:
Encourage your child to use book trailers to select a first, second and third choice to read. Ask him/her to tell you why and how each video made a book sound interesting. Go to the library to check out and read those top choices.
Involve your child in cooking. Show him or her the importance of reading product labels and recipes and applying information to choices and food preparation.
Listen to/watch an in-depth television or internet video report on a topic that concerns your family. Afterwards, have your child review the main points the report covered.
Be frequent visitors to your local public library. Let him/her see you choosing, checking out and enjoying books.
Provide opportunities for your child to keep an electronic diary.
***Information can be found in the parent guides above***
Links to help your child at home:
Super Writing: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119047
Formal vs. Informal Voice: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/120377
Inferences: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/125053
Uncovering the Main Idea: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119008
Cause and Effect: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/121816
Text Features: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/125797
Integrating Information: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126591
Sequencing in a text:http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119061
Detail Detectives:http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/100182
Writing Opinion Pieces:http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119328
Informative Writing:http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119068