Fourth grade language arts skills

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Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

1
Use key details to determine the main idea

2
Determine the main idea of a passage

•
New! Identify and analyze the main idea of a passage

3
Combine main ideas from two texts

B. Inference and theme

1
Which book title goes with the picture?

2
Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

•
New! Determine the themes of short stories

3
Draw inferences from a text

•
New! Draw inferences and identify supporting details

4
Make predictions about a story

C. Character

1
Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

2
Compare and contrast characters

D. Author's purpose

1
Identify the purpose of a text

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New! Identify the author's purpose and message

E. Author's perspective

1
Distinguish points of view

2
Compare information from two texts

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New! Analyze argumentative texts

F. Text structure

1
Determine the order of events in informational texts

2
Compare and contrast in informational texts

3
Match causes and effects in informational texts

4
Match problems with their solutions

5
Identify and analyze text structures

G. Sensory details

1
Sort sensory details

2
Identify sensory details

H. Literary devices

1
Identify similes and metaphors

2
Similes and metaphors with pictures

3
Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors

4
Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

5
Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

I. Story elements

1
Identify the narrative point of view

2
Identify story elements

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New! Analyze plot elements

J. Visual elements

1
Compare mythological illustrations

2
Read graphic organizers

K. Text features

1
Select and use text features

L. Poetry elements

1
Label the rhyme scheme

2
Identify elements of poetry

M. Literary texts: level 1

1
Read fantasy with illustrations

2
Read realistic fiction with illustrations

3
Read science fiction with illustrations

N. Literary texts: level 2

1
Read realistic fiction

2
Read historical fiction

3
Read poetry

4
Read drama

O. Informational texts: level 1

1
Read about animals

2
Read about art, music, and traditions

3
Read about famous places

4
Read about sports and hobbies

P. Informational texts: level 2

1
Read about famous people

2
Read about business and technology

3
Read about science and nature

4
Read about history

Writing strategies

Q. Organizing writing

1
Put the sentences in order

2
Order items from most general to most specific

3
Organize information by topic

4
Remove the sentence that does not belong

R. Introductions and conclusions

1
Choose the best topic sentence

2
Choose the best concluding sentence

S. Summarizing

1
Summarize a story

T. Linking words

1
Identify time-order words

2
Use coordinating conjunctions

3
Use subordinating conjunctions

4
Choose the best transition

U. Developing and supporting arguments

1
Distinguish facts from opinions

2
Identify an author's statement of opinion

3
Choose reasons to support an opinion

4
Identify supporting details in literary texts

5
Identify supporting details in informational texts

6
Identify and correct plagiarism

•
New! Identify primary and secondary sources

V. Descriptive details

1
Show character emotions and traits

2
Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

3
Add imagery to stories

W. Sentence variety

1
Create varied sentences based on models

X. Editing and revising

1
Correct errors with signs

Vocabulary

Y. Prefixes and suffixes

1
Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes

2
Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-

3
Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-

4
Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less

5
Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness

6
Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment

7
Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review

8
Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review

9
Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning

10
Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech

11
Word pattern analogies

12
Word pattern sentences

Z. Greek and Latin roots

1
Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

2
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

3
Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

4
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

5
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

6
Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

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New! Use words with roots and affixes

AA. Compound words

1
Form compound words with pictures

2
Form compound words

3
Form and use compound words

BB. Categories

1
Select the members of a group

2
Select the words that don't belong

CC. Synonyms and antonyms

1
Choose the synonym

2
Which sentence has the same meaning?

3
Find synonyms in context

4
Choose the antonym

5
Which sentence uses an antonym?

6
Find antonyms in context

DD. Homophones and homonyms

1
Homophones with pictures

2
Identify homophones

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New! Match homophones to their meanings

3
Use the correct homophone

4
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

5
Which definition matches the sentence?

6
Which sentence matches the definition?

EE. Idioms and adages

1
Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1

2
Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1

3
Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2

4
Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

FF. Shades of meaning

1
Shades of meaning with pictures

2
Describe the difference between related words

3
Positive and negative connotation

GG. Context clues

1
Find words using context

2
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

3
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

4
Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

5
Use academic vocabulary in context

HH. Reference skills

1
Order alphabetically based on the first letter

2
Order alphabetically based on the first two letters

3
Order alphabetically based on the first three letters

4
Order alphabetically: challenge

5
Use guide words

6
Use dictionary entries

7
Use dictionary definitions

8
Use thesaurus entries

Grammar and mechanics

II. Spelling

1
Learn to spell words with prefixes: dis-, mis-, pre-

2
Learn to spell words with suffixes: -able, -ish, -ment

3
Spell words with affixes: review

4
Learn to spell common words: set 1

5
Learn to spell common words: set 2

6
Spell common words: sets 1 and 2

7
Learn to spell common words: set 3

8
Learn to spell common words: set 4

9
Spell common words: sets 3 and 4

10
Spell common words: review sets 1–4

JJ. Sentences, fragments, and run-ons

1
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

2
Identify the complete subject of a sentence

3
Identify the complete predicate of a sentence

4
Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

5
Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

6
Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

7
Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

8
Is the sentence simple or compound?

9
Create compound sentences

10
Order the words to create a sentence

KK. Nouns

1
Which word is a noun?

2
Identify nouns

3
Identify nouns – with abstract nouns

4
Identify common and proper nouns

5
Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

6
Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

7
Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves

8
Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves

9
Is the noun singular or plural?

10
Form and use irregular plurals

11
Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

12
Form the singular or plural possessive

13
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

LL. Pronouns

1
Identify personal pronouns

2
Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

3
Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

4
Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

5
Identify possessive pronouns

6
Use possessive pronouns

7
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

8
Use reflexive pronouns

9
Identify relative pronouns

10
Use relative pronouns: who and whom

11
Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

MM. Verb types

1
Use action verbs

2
Identify action verbs

3
Identify main verbs and helping verbs

4
What does the modal verb show?

5
Use the correct modal verb

NN. Subject-verb agreement

1
Is the subject singular or plural?

2
Use the correct subject or verb

3
Pronoun-verb agreement

4
Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

OO. Verb tense

1
Which sentence is in the regular past tense?

2
Identify verbs in the regular past tense

3
Form and use the regular past tense

4
Identify the irregular past tense

5
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

6
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2

7
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3

8
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4

9
To be: use the correct form

10
To have: use the correct form

11
Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

12
Change the sentence to future tense

13
Use the progressive verb tenses

14
Form the progressive verb tenses

15
Choose between the past tense and past participle

16
Use the perfect verb tenses

17
Form the perfect verb tenses

PP. Articles

1
Use the correct article: a or an

2
Use the correct article: a, an, or the

3
Identify articles

QQ. Adjectives and adverbs

1
Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

2
Identify the adjective that describes the noun

3
Identify adjectives

4
Order adjectives

5
Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?

6
Identify adverbs

7
Use relative adverbs

8
Choose between adjectives and adverbs

9
Is the word an adjective or adverb?

10
Use adjectives to compare

11
Spell adjectives that compare

12
Use adjectives with more and most

13
Use adverbs to compare

RR. Prepositions

1
Identify prepositions

2
Identify prepositions and their objects

3
Identify prepositional phrases

4
Prepositions: review

SS. Conjunctions

1
Identify coordinating conjunctions

2
Identify subordinating conjunctions

TT. Contractions

1
Pronoun-verb contractions

2
Contractions with "not"

UU. Commas

1
Commas with a series

2
Commas with dates

3
Commas with the names of places

4
Commas with direct addresses

5
Commas with introductory words and phrases

6
Commas: review

VV. Capitalization

1
Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect

2
Capitalizing days, months, and holidays

3
Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features

4
Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents

5
Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages

6
Capitalization: review

WW. Abbreviations

1
Abbreviate days of the week

2
Abbreviate months of the year

3
Abbreviate people's titles

4
Abbreviate customary units of measurement

5
Abbreviate metric units of measurement

6
Abbreviate street names

7
Abbreviate state names

8
Abbreviate street names and state names: review

XX. Formatting

1
Greetings and closings of letters

2
Formatting street addresses

3
Capitalizing titles

4
Formatting titles

5
Formatting and capitalizing titles

6
Punctuating dialogue