Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Correlations

English Language Arts

Strand - Reading Standards: Literature, Grade 4

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

ELA.RL.4.10: 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.

Strand - Reading Standards: Informational Text, Grade 4

Craft and Structure

ELA.RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

ELA.RI.4.10: By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Strand - Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, Grade 4

Phonics and Word Recognition

ELA.RF.4.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Fluency

ELA.RF.4.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Strand - Phonics and Word Recognition, Grade 4

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

ELA.RF.4.3a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multi-syllabic words in context and out of context.

Strand - Fluency, Grade 4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4a: Read on-grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4b: Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Strand - Language Standards, Grade 4

Knowledge of Language

ELA.L.4.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).

Activity	Pages
Aesop's Fable of the Miser	6-7
Bake Sale Blues	8-9
The Big Game	10-11
The Birthday	12-13
The Dancing Red Shoes	14-15
The Field Trip	16-17
The Fight	18-19
Flag Fact Fun Day	20-21
A Folk Tale from Zaire	22-23
Friends in the Morning	24-25
Good Aim	26-27
Grandpa and the Tiger	28-29
Growing Things	30-31
How Sally Spotted the Swindle	32-33
Ian and the King Who Cheated	34-35
The Jewelry Store Robbery	36-37
The Little Prank	38-39
Making Strong From Weak	40-41
My Dog Ate It	42-43
On the Beach	44-45
Out of the Dust	46-47
Overboard!	48-49
Problem Solved!	50-51
The Real Treasure	52-53
Small Deer and the Crocodiles	54-55
What Goes Up the Chimney Down?	56-57
Caves	58-59
Climbing Mount Everest	60-61
A Code for Cheetah	62-63
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs	64-65
Elk in North Carolina Once More	66-67
A Famous Mistake	68-69
Head Downhill and Follow the Water	70-71
"Houston, We've Had a Problem"	72-73
Indexing	74-75
John Walsh, Animal Rescuer	76-77
The Klondike Gold Rush	78-79
Last One Picked	80-81
Life Aboard an Aircraft Carrier	82-83
The Lipless Animal	84-85
Microwave Ovens	86-87
A Mist Like Needles	88-89
Project Moses	90-91
Sounds of a Wookie	92-93
A Special Kind of Ladder	94-95
Stonehenge	96-97
The Truth About the Ink	98-99
Walking to Stay Alive	100-101
What the Scream Did	102-103
Why the Forger Turned Himself In	104-105
Wyoming Facts	106-107

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Activity	Pages
Aesop's Fable of the Miser	6-7
Bake Sale Blues	8-9
The Big Game	10-11
The Birthday	12-13
The Dancing Red Shoes	14-15
The Field Trip	16-17
The Fight	18-19
Flag Fact Fun Day	20-21
A Folk Tale from Zaire	22-23
Friends in the Morning	24-25
Good Aim	26-27
Grandpa and the Tiger	28-29
Growing Things	30-31
How Sally Spotted the Swindle	32-33
Ian and the King Who Cheated	34-35
The Jewelry Store Robbery	36-37
The Little Prank	38-39
Making Strong From Weak	40-41
My Dog Ate It	42-43
On the Beach	44-45
Out of the Dust	46-47
Overboard!	48-49
Problem Solved!	50-51
The Real Treasure	52-53
Small Deer and the Crocodiles	54-55
What Goes Up the Chimney Down?	56-57
Caves	58-59
Climbing Mount Everest	60-61
A Code for Cheetah	62-63
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs	64-65
Elk in North Carolina Once More	66-67
A Famous Mistake	68-69
Head Downhill and Follow the Water	70-71
"Houston, We've Had a Problem"	72-73
Indexing	74-75
John Walsh, Animal Rescuer	76-77
The Klondike Gold Rush	78-79
Last One Picked	80-81
Life Aboard an Aircraft Carrier	82-83
The Lipless Animal	84-85
Microwave Ovens	86-87
A Mist Like Needles	88-89
Project Moses	90-91
Sounds of a Wookie	92-93
A Special Kind of Ladder	94-95
Stonehenge	96-97
The Truth About the Ink	98-99
Walking to Stay Alive	100-101
What the Scream Did	102-103
Why the Forger Turned Himself In	104-105
Wyoming Facts	106-107

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