Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Correlations

English Language Arts

Strand - Reading Standards: Literature, Grade 4

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Craft and Structure

ELA.RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

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

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.3: 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.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

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.

Craft and Structure

ELA.RI.4.5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.RI.4.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.RI.4.7: Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

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 - Writing Standards, Grade 4

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Range of Writing

ELA.W.4.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Strand - Language Standards, Grade 4

Conventions of Standard English

ELA.L.4.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Conventions of Standard English

ELA.L.4.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

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.4.4: 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.

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	Page
Unit 1 - Composing Sentences	7
Unit 1 - Telling When an Action Takes Place	12
Unit 2 - Understanding Report Texts	14-15
Unit 2 - Describing	16
Unit 2 - More on Describing	17
Unit 2 - Use Describing Words	20
Unit 3 - Matching Describing Words to Objects	24
Unit 3 - Writing (an Advertisement)	25
Unit 4 - About Procedures	26
Unit 4 - Understanding Procedures	27
Unit 4 - Comprehension Check	28
Unit 4 - Writing a Procedure	30-31
Unit 4 - Word Game	32
Unit 5 - Guided Reading: Fact or Fiction?	33-35
Unit 5 - Combining Sentences	36-37
Unit 5 - Describing Objects	37-38
Unit 5 - Using Titles as Guides	41
Unit 6 - Wrong to Right	42
Unit 6 - Selecting Information	43
Unit 6 - Combining Sentences	44
Unit 7 - Reading a Table	45
Unit 7 - Comparing and Contrasting	46
Unit 7 - Report Writing (Arranging Facts)	47-48
Unit 7 - Writing a Report	49-51
Unit 8 - Synonyms in Context	54
Unit 8 - Exploring Concepts	55-56
Unit 9 - Interpreting Signs	59
Unit 9 - Reasoning: Idioms and Meanings	60
Unit 9 - Book Skills: Table of Contents	61-62
Unit 10 - Classifying	64
Unit 10 - Matching Object to User	65
Unit 10 - Spelling: Looking for the Root Word	67
Unit 10 - Word Hunt	72
Unit 10 - Making a Word Hunt	73

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

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

Activity	Page
Unit 1 - Things That Are Alike	13
Unit 2 - Describing	16
Unit 2 - More on Describing	17
Unit 2 - Use Describing Words	20
Unit 3 - Matching Describing Words to Objects	24
Unit 4 - Word Game	32
Unit 5 - Describing Objects	37-38
Unit 7 - Reading a Table	45
Unit 7 - Comparing and Contrasting	46
Unit 7 - Report Writing (Arranging Facts)	47-48
Unit 7 - Writing a Report	49-51
Unit 8 - Synonyms in Context	54
Unit 8 - Exploring Concepts	55-56
Unit 9 - Interpreting Signs	59
Unit 9 - Reasoning: Idioms and Meanings	60
Unit 10 - Classifying	64
Unit 10 - Matching Object to User	65
Unit 10 - Spelling: Looking for the Root Word	67

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