IXL skill plan | ELA 4th grade plan for the Georgia Milestones

Skill plan for the Georgia Milestones - ELA 4th grade

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Reading and Vocabulary
Key Ideas and Details
Reading Literary Text		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Inference and analysis 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Summary 5. Summarize a story
Reading Literary Text
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Inference and analysis 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Summary 5. Summarize a story

Reading Informational Text		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature Main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions
Reading Informational Text
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature Main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions
Craft and Structure/Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Reading Literary Text		Text structure 1. Read poetry 2. Read drama Point of view 3. Distinguish points of view Visual elements 4. Compare mythological illustrations
Reading Literary Text
Text structure 1. Read poetry 2. Read drama Point of view 3. Distinguish points of view Visual elements 4. Compare mythological illustrations

Reading Informational Text		Text structure 1. Identify text structures Compare texts 2. Compare information from two texts Visual elements 3. Read graphic organizers Integrate information 4. Combine main ideas from two texts
Reading Informational Text
Text structure 1. Identify text structures Compare texts 2. Compare information from two texts Visual elements 3. Read graphic organizers Integrate information 4. Combine main ideas from two texts
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Vocabulary		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Figurative language 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Prefixes and suffixes 6. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 7. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions Synonyms and antonyms 9. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 10. Find antonyms in context Word choice 11. Describe the difference between related words
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Figurative language 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Prefixes and suffixes 6. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 7. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions Synonyms and antonyms 9. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 10. Find antonyms in context Word choice 11. Describe the difference between related words

Writing and Language
Writing
Opinion		Idea development 1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Organization 4. Identify an author's statement of opinion Coherence 5. Use subordinating conjunctions
Opinion
Idea development 1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Organization 4. Identify an author's statement of opinion Coherence 5. Use subordinating conjunctions

Informational/Explanatory		Idea development 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Organization 3. Choose the best topic sentence 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Coherence 5. Choose the best transition
Informational/Explanatory
Idea development 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Organization 3. Choose the best topic sentence 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Coherence 5. Choose the best transition

Narrative		1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Put the sentences in order 3. Use coordinating conjunctions
Narrative
1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Put the sentences in order 3. Use coordinating conjunctions

Revision		1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Add imagery to stories
Revision
1. Organize information by topic 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Add imagery to stories

Research		1. Identify and correct plagiarism
Research
1. Identify and correct plagiarism
Language
Language Usage and Conventions		Grammar 1. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 2. Use relative adverbs 3. Form the progressive verb tenses 4. Use the correct modal verb 5. Order adjectives Sentences 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Create varied sentences based on models Capitalization 8. Capitalization: review Punctuation 9. Punctuating dialogue 10. Commas: review Spelling 11. Word pattern analogies 12. Spell adjectives that compare 13. Use the correct frequently confused word
Language Usage and Conventions
Grammar 1. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 2. Use relative adverbs 3. Form the progressive verb tenses 4. Use the correct modal verb 5. Order adjectives Sentences 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Create varied sentences based on models Capitalization 8. Capitalization: review Punctuation 9. Punctuating dialogue 10. Commas: review Spelling 11. Word pattern analogies 12. Spell adjectives that compare 13. Use the correct frequently confused word

Knowledge of Language		1. Which sentence is more formal?
Knowledge of Language
1. Which sentence is more formal?

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