Provide your fourth Grade students with rigorous Reading comprehension practice Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. - Guided Reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students The Informational texts and structures cover: Science Articles - Getting to Know Snakes Text Structure: Question and Answer - Weather and the Scientists Who Study It Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - From Power Plant to Light Bulb Text Structure: Time Order Geography Article - The Mystery of the Matching Continents Text Structure: Cause and Effect Social Studies Articles - Being an Active Citizen Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - How Countries Create Their Economies Text Structure: Compare and Contrast Biography Articles - Julia Morgan: Architect and Trailblazer Text Structure: Time Order - Roald Dahl: Master Storyteller Text Structure: Time Order How-to Articles - How to Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy Text Structure: Cause and Effect - How to Make Snacks More Healthful Text Structure: Compare and Contrast.
Additional teacher support includes: - Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following: - dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary - close Reading activity - Reading comprehension activity - vocabulary activity - Text structure activity The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.
The Informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction Text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order.
Provide your fourth Grade students with rigorous Reading comprehension practice Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths
