STANDARD COURSE
OF STUDY
STANDARD COURSE
OF STUDYLANGUAGE ARTS
:: 2004 :: FOURTH GRADE
FOURTH GRADE
Students in fourth grade apply reading strategies and skills automatically, flexibly, and strategically to comprehend fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. They read for literary experience, to gain information, and to perform a task. They use a variety of strategies and writing process elements to compose fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. They become increasingly proficient in active listening, speaking, and using media and technology. They deepen and extend their understanding and use of English language conventions in oral presentations and written products. The learner will:
- Explore a wide range of texts and their distinguishing features.
- Expand vocabulary through wide reading, word study, exposure to content area words, and discussion.
- Routinely spell high frequency words and use resources to check spelling.
- Write for a variety of purposes and audiences and use writing as a tool for learning.
- Communicate effectively with different audiences through spoken, written, and visual formats.
- Use media and technological resources for research and as tools for learning.
- Use increasingly sophisticated knowledge of grammar and language conventions in oral and written products and presentations.
- Apply comprehension strategies critically, creatively, and strategically.
Strands: Oral Language, Written Language, and Other Media/Technology
| Competency Goal 1 | The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write. |
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| 1.01 Use word identification strategies appropriately
and automatically when encountering unknown words (graphophonic,
syntactic, semantic). 1.02 Infer word meanings from taught roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode words in text to assist comprehension. 1.03 Identify key words and discover their meanings and relationships through a variety of strategies. 1.04 Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
1.06 Read independently daily from self-selected materials (consistent with the student's independent reading level) to:
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| Competency Goal 2 | The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed. |
| 2.01 Use metacognitive strategies to comprehend text and to clarify
meaning of vocabulary (e.g., reread the text, consult other sources,
ask for help, paraphrase, question). 2.02 Interact with the text before, during, and after reading, listening, and viewing by:
2.06 Summarize major points from fiction and nonfiction text(s) to clarify and retain information and ideas. 2.07 Determine usefulness of information and ideas consistent with purpose. 2.08 Verify the meaning or accuracy of the author's statement(s) by referencing the text or other resources. 2.09 Listen actively by:
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| Competency Goal 3 | The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology. |
3.01 Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using
interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes by:
3.03 Consider the ways language and visuals bring characters to life, enhance plot development, and produce a response. 3.04 Make informed judgments about television and film/video productions. 3.05 Analyze and integrate information from one or more sources to expand understanding of text including graphs, charts, and/or maps. 3.06 Conduct research for assigned projects or self-selected projects (with assistance) from a variety of sources through the use of technological and informal tools (e.g., print and non-print texts, artifacts, people, libraries, databases, computer networks). |
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| Competency Goal 4 | The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts. |
| 4.01 Read aloud grade-appropriate text with fluency, comprehension,
and expression demonstrating an awareness of volume and pace. 4.02 Use oral and written language to:
of purpose and audience. 4.04 Share self-selected texts from a variety of genres (e.g., poetry, letters, narratives, essays, presentations). 4.05 Use planning strategies to generate topics and organize ideas (e.g., brainstorming, mapping, webbing, reading, discussion). 4.06 Compose a draft that conveys major ideas and maintains focus on the topic with specific, relevant, supporting details by using preliminary plans. 4.07 Compose fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using self-selected and assigned topics and forms (e.g., personal and imaginative narratives, research reports, diaries, journals, logs, rules, instructions). 4.08 Focus revision on a specific element such as:
personal and imaginative narrative, research reports, learning logs, letters of request, letters of complaint). 4.10 Use technology as a tool to gather, organize, and present information. |
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| Competency Goal 5 | The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively. |
| 5.01 Use correct capitalization (e.g., names of languages, nationalities, musical compositions) and punctuation (e.g., commas in a series, commas in direct address, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, apostrophes in possessives). 5.02 Demonstrate understanding in speaking and writing by appropriate usage of:
sources for correct spelling. 5.06 Proofread and correct most misspellings independently with reference to resources (e.g., dictionaries, thesauri, glossaries, computer spell-checks, and other classroom sources). 5.07 Use established criteria to edit for language conventions and format. 5.08 Demonstrate evidence of language cohesion by:
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