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2023-2024 Fourth Grade Language Arts
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Report Card Indicators Student Names
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1st Trimester
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Report Card Indicators for Communication (Oral Expression and Listening)
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Effectively discusses content using speaking and listening skills
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Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
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Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
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Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (for example: presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (for example: small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
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Report Card Indicators for Reading (Reading for All Purposes)
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Reads and understands grade level literature
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Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text. Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
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Reads and understands grade level informational text
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Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
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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.
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Describe the overall structure (for example, chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
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Uses strategies to read complex words and find their meaning
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Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension:
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Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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Use context (for example: definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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Read and understand words with common prefixes (for example: un-, re-, dis-) and derivational suffixes (for example: -ful, -ly, -ness).
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Read and understand words that change spelling to show past tense (for example: write/wrote, catch/caught, teach/taught)
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Consult reference materials (for example: dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
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Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).
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Report Card Indicators for Writing (Writing and Composition & Research Inquiry and Design)
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Uses the writing process to create stories and persuasive places
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Uses the writing process and sources to create informational texts
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Uses correct grade level grammar, punctuation, and spelling
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Form and use the progressive (for example: I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.
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Use modal auxiliaries (for example: can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
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Produce complete, simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Use correct capitalization.
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Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
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Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
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Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (for example: presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (for example: small-group discussions).
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Conducts and presents research from multiple sources
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Identify a topic and formulate open-ended research questions for further inquiry and learning.
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Present a brief report of the research findings to an audience.
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Builds reasoning and problem solving skills
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Report Card Indicators Student Names
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2nd Trimester
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Report Card Indicators for Communication (Oral Expression and Listening)
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Effectively discusses content using speaking and listening skills
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Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
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Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
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Report Card Indicators for Reading (Reading for All Purposes)
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Reads and understands grade level literature
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Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
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Describe the development of plot (such as the origin of the central conflict, the action of the plot, and how the conflict is resolved).
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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. (
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Describe in depth a character , setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (for example: a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
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Reads and understands grade level informational text
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Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
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Uses strategies to read complex words and find their meaning
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Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (for example, roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
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Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
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Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (for example: telegraph, photograph, autograph).
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Read multisyllabic words with and without inflectional and derivational suffixes.
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Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (for example, as pretty as a picture) in context.
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Report Card Indicators for Writing (Writing and Composition & Research Inquiry and Design)
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Uses the writing process to create stories and persuasive pieces
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Uses the writing process and sources to create informational texts
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Uses correct grade level grammar, punctuation, and spelling
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Form and use prepositional phrases.
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Correctly use frequently confused words (for example: to, too, two, there, their).
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Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
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Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
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Choose punctuation for effect.
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Conducts and presents research from multiple sources
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Identify a topic and formulate open-ended research questions for further inquiry and learning.
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Present a brief report of the research findings to an audience.
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Build reasoning and problem solving skills
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No evidence outcomes within this RCI are expected to be mastered during trimester 1.
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Report Card Indicators Student Names
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3rd Trimester
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Report Card Indicators for Communication (Oral Expression and Listening)
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Effectively discusses content using speaking and listening skills
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Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow upon information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
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Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
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Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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Report Card Indicators for Reading (Reading for All Purposes)
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Reads and understands grade level literature
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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (for example: Herculean).
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Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
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Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (for example: verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (for example, casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. (
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By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Read familiar texts orally with fluency, accuracy, and prosody (expression).
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Reads and understands grade level informational texts
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Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.