MARLBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT …ny24000063.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/NY24000063/Centricity/Domain/51...MARLBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT-CURRICULUM MAP ELA 3-5 Subject: English Language

MARLBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT-CURRICULUM MAP ELA 3-5

Subject: English Language Arts Grade 4 September

Comprehension Writing Grammar Spelling

Concepts Becoming a Close Reader

Concepts ● Steps of the Writing

Process ● Traits of Good Writing ● How to Write a

Paragraph

Concepts ● Sentences

Concepts ● Short & Long Vowel

Sounds ● Spelling Patterns of Long

O

Skills ● Explain what a text says

using specific details from the text.

● Make inferences using specific details from the text.

● Determine the theme of a story or text.

● Determine word meanings in a text.

● Make connections; between symbols, images, texts, and oral presentations.

● Compare different versions of the same story.

Skills ● Prewriting ● Drafting ● Revising ● Editing

Skills ● Identify and write

complete declarative, interrogative, imperative, & exclamatory sentences

Skills ● Spelling patterns

● Explain the main points in a nonfiction text accurately and support explanations using specific details in the text.

Resources Major Assessments

● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling ● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News ● ELA Modules ● Word of the Week ● PAF Program

● Piece for portfolio ● Rubric grade of paragraph ● Spelling Test ● Students’ written work ● Teacher created resources ● ELA Module Assessments ● Harcourt Trophies Assessments ● Storyworks Activities ● Scholastic News Activities ● Word of the Week activities ● PAF Program

October


Concepts

● Becoming a Close Reader

Concepts ● Expository Writing

Concepts ● Sentence Part

Concepts ● Spelling Patterns of Long

I ● Spelling Patterns of Long

E

Skills ● Explain what a text says

using specific details from the text.


● Determine the theme of a story or text.

● Determine word meanings in a text.

● Make connections; between symbols, images, texts, and oral presentations.

● Compare different versions of the same story.

● Explain the main points in a nonfiction text accurately and support explanations using specific details in the text.

Skills ● a nonfiction text

accurately and support explanations using specific details in the text.

Skills

Skills ● Spelling patterns




November


Concepts

● Researching to Build Knowledge

Concepts

6 + 1 Writing

● Narrative Writing

Concepts ● Nouns

Concepts ● Spelling Patterns of Long

A ● Spelling Patterns of Long

U

Skills ● Interpret information

presented through charts, graphs, timelines, or Web sites.

● Explain how visual or graphic information helps me understand the text around it.

● Effectively participate in a conversation with my peers.

● Determine the meaning of content words or phrases in an informational text.


● Compare and contrast a first-hand and second-hand account of the same event or topic.


● Use details and examples to explain explicit information and inferences in informational text.

● Compare and contrast a first-hand and

Skills ● Apply strong verbs ● Craft well built sentences ● Focus on the topic

Skills ● Identify common &

proper nouns ● Identify singular & plural

nouns ● Identify possessive nouns ● Abbreviations of nouns

Skills

● Spelling Patterns

second-hand account of the same event or topic.

● Details and examples to explain explicit information and inferences in informational text.






● Explain what a text says using specific details from the text.


● Synthesize information from two texts on the same topic.

● Take notes and categorize information.

● Write routinely for a variety of purposes.




● Use context to help me to determine what a word or phrase means.


● Write an informative/explanatory text.

● Use the writing process to produce clear and coherent writing (with support).







● Accurately synthesize information from two texts on the same topic.


● Inferences using specific details from text

● Determine the main idea using specific details from the text.

● Summarize informational or persuasive text.

● Determine the meaning of academic words or phrases in an informational text.


● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling ● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News ● ELA Modules


● Word of the Week ● PAF Program

December


Concept ● Research to Build

Knowledge

Concepts ● Persuasive Writing

Concepts ● Pronouns

Concepts ● Digraphs ● Spelling Patterns for /k/

Skills ● Interpret information

presented through charts, graphs, timelines, or Web sites.



● Determine the meaning of content words or

Skills ● Use sequence and/or

transition words ● Convey the purpose ● Select striking words &

phrases

Skills ● Identify pronouns &

antecedents ● Identify subject & object

pronoun ● Possessive pronouns

Skills ● Spelling Patterns

phrases in an informational text.






● Details and examples to explain explicit information and inferences in informational text.










● Write routinely for a variety of purposes.






● Write an informative/explanatory text.

● Use the writing process to produce clear and coherent writing (with support).









● Inferences using specific details from text


● Summarize informational or persuasive text.

● Determine the meaning of academic words or phrases in an informational text.




January


Concepts

Concepts

Concepts Concepts

● Considering Perspectives

& Supporting Opinions

● Expository Writing

Adjectives

● Spelling Patterns for /s/

● Spelling Patterns for /j/

Skills

● Explain what a text says

using specific details

from the text.

● Make inferences using

specific details from the

text.

● Determine the main idea

using specific details

from the text.

● Explain the main points

in a historical, scientific,

or technical text, using

specific details in the text.

● Determine the meaning

of academic words or

phrases in an

informational text.

● Determine the meaning

of content words or

phrases in an

informational text.

● Describe the

organizational structure

in informational text

(chronology, comparison,

Skills

● Varying sentence types

● Developing the topic

● Organization of the bod

Skills

● Identify adjectives &

articles

● Comparing with

adjectives

Skills


cause/effect,

problem/solution)

● Use a variety of strategies

to read words.

● Read fourth-grade-level

texts accurately, fluently,

with purpose, and to

make sure the reading

makes sense.

● Summarize informational

or persuasive text.

● Effectively engage in

discussions with diverse

partners about

fourth-grade topics and

texts.

● Summarize a story,

drama, or poem.

● Draw on information to

explore ideas in the

discussion.

● Prepare myself to

participate in discussions.

● Use context to help me to

determine what a word or

phrase means.

● Use resource materials

(glossaries, dictionaries,

thesauruses) to help me

determine the

pronunciation and

meaning of key words

and phrases.

● Effectively participate in

a conversation with my

peers and adults.




February


Concepts

● Considering Perspectives & Supporting Opinions

Concepts

● Narrative Writing

Concepts

Verbs

Concepts

● R-Controlled Vowels ● Spelling Patterns for /ou/

Skills

● Use literary terms to describe parts of a story, poem, or drama.

● Describe the differences in structure of drama.

● Effectively engage in discussions with diverse partners about fourth-grade topics and texts.

● Summarize a story, drama, or poem.

● Draw on information to explore ideas in the discussion.

● Prepare myself to participate in discussions.


● Use resource materials (glossaries, dictionaries, thesauruses) to help me determine the pronunciation and meaning of key words and phrases.

Skills

● Create a connection to the audience

● Use specific & accurate words

● Capture smooth & rhythmic flow

Skills

● Identify main & helping verbs

● Identify action & linking verbs

● Identify present, past, & future tense verbs

● Identify irregular verbs ● Identify contractions with

negatives

Skills


● Describe a story's character, setting, or events using specific details from the text.


● Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

● Write an opinion piece that supports a point of view with reasons and information.

● Group together reasons with related evidence in my opinion piece.

● Effectively participate in a conversation with my peers and adults.


● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling ● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News ● ELA Modules ● Word of the Week


● PAF Program

March


Concepts ● Gathering Evidence

Ongoing Concepts

● Main Idea ● Narrative Elements ● Questioning ● Inferring ● Visualization ● Comparing & Contrasting ● Cause & Effect ● Sequencing ● Drawing Conclusions ● Finding Evidence

Concepts ● Persuasive Writing

Concepts ● Adverbs

Concepts ● Silent Letters B

& T ● Compound

Words

Skills ● Determine the meaning of academic and

content words or phrases in an informational text.


Skills ● Use details ● End with a sense of

resolution ● Take risks to create

voice

Skills ● Comparing

with adverbs

Skills ● Spelling

Patterns

● Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.


● Summarize informational or argumentative text, a story, drama, or poem.

● Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic.

● Describe a story’s character, setting, or events using specific details from the text.

● Make connection between a text and the text’s visuals.




April


Concepts ● Gathering Evidence

Concepts ● Expository

Writing

Concepts ● Prepositions

Concepts ● Contractions ● Prefixes & Suffixes

Skills ● Determine the meaning of

academic and content words or phrases in an informational text.

● Compare and contrast different narrators’ points of view.

● Describe the organizational structure in informational or persuasive text (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution).


● Determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem.

Skills ● Choose words

that deepen meaning

● Fluent sentences ● Integrate all

traits

Skills ● Identify prepositions &

prepositional phrases



● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling ● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News

● Piece for portfolio ● Rubric grade of paragraph ● Spelling Test ● Students’ written work ● Teacher created resources ● ELA Module Assessments ● Harcourt Trophies Assessments ● Storyworks Activities ● Scholastic News Activities ● Word of the Week activities

● ELA Modules ● Word of the Week ● PAF Program

● PAF Program

May


Concepts Review Ongoing Concepts

Concepts ● Reflect on myself as a

writer

Concepts ● Word Usage Review

(Should be taught throughout the year)

Concepts ● Homophones ● Soft syllable endings /ar/,

/er/, and /or/

Skills Review Ongoing Concepts

Skills ● Celebrating our

accomplishments ● Cleaning up and having

fun

Skills ● Homophones ● Correct word usage in

sentences ● Multiple meaning words



● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling

● Piece for portfolio ● Rubric grade of paragraph ● Spelling Test ● Students’ written work

● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News ● ELA Modules ● Word of the Week ● PAF Program

● Teacher created resources ● ELA Module Assessments ● Harcourt Trophies Assessments ● Storyworks Activities ● Scholastic News Activities ● Word of the Week activities ● PAF Program

June


Concepts Review Ongoing Concepts

Concepts ● Showcase of Best Writing

Concepts Commas & Quotations Review (Should be taught throughout the year)

Concepts ● Review Spelling Patterns

Skills Review Ongoing Concepts

Skills ● Create final portfolio

Skills ● Proper usage of commas

& quotation marks

Skills ● Spelling Patterns ● Sight Words


● Pamphlet of Writing Traits with Picture Books ● Piece for portfolio

● The Writing Process - Questions to Consider ● Scholastic 6 +1 Text Book ● Sitton Spelling ● Teacher Created Spelling List ● Harcourt Language Handbook & Practice Book ● Trophies Practice Book ● Various picture, text, & chapter books ● Harcourt Trophies Series ● Storyworks & Scholastic News ● ELA Modules ● Word of the Week ● PAF Program

● Rubric grade of paragraph ● Spelling Test ● Students’ written work ● Teacher created resources ● ELA Module Assessments ● Harcourt Trophies Assessments ● Storyworks Activities ● Scholastic News Activities ● Word of the Week activities ● PAF Program

Ongoing Concepts to be taught and monitored throughout the year:

● Main Idea ● Narrative Elements ● Questioning ● Inferring ● Visualization ● Comparing & Contrasting ● Cause & Effect ● Sequencing ● Drawing Conclusions ● Finding Evidence ● Handwriting/Cursive Writing

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MARLBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT …ny24000063.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/NY24000063/Centricity/Domain/51...MARLBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT-CURRICULUM MAP ELA 3-5 Subject: English Language