IXL skill plan | 4th grade plan for Core Knowledge Language Arts

1	Unit 1
Personal Narrative
Unit 1: Skills		Reading literary 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Reading informational 4. Read about animals 5. Determine the order of events in informational texts Grammar 6. Use action verbs 7. Punctuating dialogue Language 8. Find words using context Writing 9. Sort sensory details 10. Show character emotions and traits 11. Put the sentences in order 12. Identify time-order words
Unit 1: Skills
Reading literary 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Reading informational 4. Read about animals 5. Determine the order of events in informational texts Grammar 6. Use action verbs 7. Punctuating dialogue Language 8. Find words using context Writing 9. Sort sensory details 10. Show character emotions and traits 11. Put the sentences in order 12. Identify time-order words

2a	Unit 2a
Empires in the Middle Ages: Part 1
Unit 2: Skills		Reading 1. Read about famous places 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Grammar 4. Identify nouns 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 6. Identify action verbs 7. Identify adverbs 8. Identify prepositions 9. Identify prepositional phrases 10. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 11. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Language 12. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 13. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 14. Choose the synonym 15. Choose the antonym Informational writing 16. Choose the best topic sentence 17. Choose the best concluding sentence 18. Choose the best transition Persuasive writing 19. Distinguish facts from opinions 20. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 21. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Unit 2: Skills
Reading 1. Read about famous places 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Grammar 4. Identify nouns 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 6. Identify action verbs 7. Identify adverbs 8. Identify prepositions 9. Identify prepositional phrases 10. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 11. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Language 12. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 13. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 14. Choose the synonym 15. Choose the antonym Informational writing 16. Choose the best topic sentence 17. Choose the best concluding sentence 18. Choose the best transition Persuasive writing 19. Distinguish facts from opinions 20. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 21. Identify supporting details in informational texts

2b	Unit 2b
Empires in the Middle Ages: Part 2
Unit 2: Skills		Reading 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Read about famous people 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Select and use text features Grammar 5. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 8. Use the progressive verb tenses 9. Form the progressive verb tenses Language 10. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 11. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 12. Which sentence has the same meaning? 13. Which sentence uses an antonym? Writing 14. Identify and correct plagiarism 15. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 16. Identify time-order words
Unit 2: Skills
Reading 1. Read about art, music, and traditions 2. Read about famous people 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Select and use text features Grammar 5. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 6. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 7. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 8. Use the progressive verb tenses 9. Form the progressive verb tenses Language 10. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 11. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 12. Which sentence has the same meaning? 13. Which sentence uses an antonym? Writing 14. Identify and correct plagiarism 15. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 16. Identify time-order words

3	Unit 3
Poetry
Unit 3: Skills		Reading 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry 3. Read poetry 4. Identify similes and metaphors 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Language 6. Use dictionary definitions 7. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 8. Shades of meaning with pictures 9. Describe the difference between related words
Unit 3: Skills
Reading 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry 3. Read poetry 4. Identify similes and metaphors 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Language 6. Use dictionary definitions 7. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 8. Shades of meaning with pictures 9. Describe the difference between related words

4	Unit 4
Eureka! Student Inventor
Unit 4: Skills		Reading 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about sports and hobbies 3. Read about business and technology 4. Match problems with their solutions 5. Identify the purpose of a text Language 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 8. Identify an author's statement of opinion 9. Choose reasons to support an opinion 10. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Unit 4: Skills
Reading 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about sports and hobbies 3. Read about business and technology 4. Match problems with their solutions 5. Identify the purpose of a text Language 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing 8. Identify an author's statement of opinion 9. Choose reasons to support an opinion 10. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

5	Unit 5
Geology
Unit 5: Skills		Reading 1. Read about science and nature 2. Select and use text features 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Grammar 5. Commas with a series 6. Commas with dates 7. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 8. Formatting street addresses 9. Identify adjectives 10. Order adjectives 11. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Language 12. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 13. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 14. Add imagery to stories 15. Correct errors with signs
Unit 5: Skills
Reading 1. Read about science and nature 2. Select and use text features 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Grammar 5. Commas with a series 6. Commas with dates 7. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 8. Formatting street addresses 9. Identify adjectives 10. Order adjectives 11. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Language 12. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 13. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 14. Add imagery to stories 15. Correct errors with signs

6	Unit 6
Contemporary Fiction
Unit 6: Skills		Reading 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read drama 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Distinguish points of view 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 9. Positive and negative connotation Writing 10. Use personification 11. Identify sensory details 12. Create varied sentences based on models
Unit 6: Skills
Reading 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read drama 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Distinguish points of view 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 9. Positive and negative connotation Writing 10. Use personification 11. Identify sensory details 12. Create varied sentences based on models

7	Unit 7
American Revolution
Unit 7: Skills		Reading informational 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about history 3. Combine main ideas from two texts 4. Compare information from two texts Reading literary 5. Draw inferences from a text 6. Read historical fiction Grammar 7. Commas: review 8. Punctuating dialogue 9. Is the subject singular or plural? 10. Use the correct subject or verb 11. Pronoun-verb agreement 12. To be: use the correct form 13. What does the modal verb show? 14. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Language 15. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings 16. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 17. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Writing 18. Organize information by topic 19. Identify supporting details in informational texts 20. Remove the sentence that does not belong 21. Use linking words in paragraphs
Unit 7: Skills
Reading informational 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about history 3. Combine main ideas from two texts 4. Compare information from two texts Reading literary 5. Draw inferences from a text 6. Read historical fiction Grammar 7. Commas: review 8. Punctuating dialogue 9. Is the subject singular or plural? 10. Use the correct subject or verb 11. Pronoun-verb agreement 12. To be: use the correct form 13. What does the modal verb show? 14. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Language 15. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings 16. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 17. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Writing 18. Organize information by topic 19. Identify supporting details in informational texts 20. Remove the sentence that does not belong 21. Use linking words in paragraphs

8	Unit 8
Treasure Island
Unit 8: Skills		Reading 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Identify story elements 3. Summarize a story 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Grammar 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences 7. Identify relative pronouns 8. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 9. Identify coordinating conjunctions 10. Use coordinating conjunctions 11. Use the correct modal verb Language 12. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 13. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 14. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 15. Use the correct frequently confused word Writing 16. Add imagery to stories 17. Show character emotions and traits 18. Identify supporting details in literary texts 19. Put the sentences in order
Unit 8: Skills
Reading 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Identify story elements 3. Summarize a story 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Grammar 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences 7. Identify relative pronouns 8. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 9. Identify coordinating conjunctions 10. Use coordinating conjunctions 11. Use the correct modal verb Language 12. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 13. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 14. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 15. Use the correct frequently confused word Writing 16. Add imagery to stories 17. Show character emotions and traits 18. Identify supporting details in literary texts 19. Put the sentences in order

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