IXL skill plan | Reading 4th grade plan for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments

Skill plan for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments - Reading 4th grade

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Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

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Key Ideas and Details
Literature		Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read realistic fiction Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Summary 5. Summarize a story Story elements 6. Identify story elements Character analysis 7. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 8. Compare and contrast characters Inference 9. Draw inferences from a text
Literature
Reading comprehension 1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Read realistic fiction Supporting details 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Summary 5. Summarize a story Story elements 6. Identify story elements Character analysis 7. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 8. Compare and contrast characters Inference 9. Draw inferences from a text

Informational text		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Read about business and technology Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Supporting details 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Compare and contrast 6. Compare information from two texts
Informational text
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Read about business and technology Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Supporting details 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Compare and contrast 6. Compare information from two texts

Craft and Structure
Literature		Literary text structures 1. Read poetry 2. Read drama 3. Read historical fiction Point of view 4. Distinguish points of view Illustrations 5. Compare mythological illustrations Elements of poetry 6. Identify elements of poetry
Literature
Literary text structures 1. Read poetry 2. Read drama 3. Read historical fiction Point of view 4. Distinguish points of view Illustrations 5. Compare mythological illustrations Elements of poetry 6. Identify elements of poetry

Informational text		Author's purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text Point of view 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Informational text structures 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 7. Identify and analyze text structures Text features 8. Read graphic organizers 9. Select and use text features Academic vocabulary 10. Use academic vocabulary in context Domain-specific vocabulary 11. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Informational text
Author's purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text Point of view 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Informational text structures 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 7. Identify and analyze text structures Text features 8. Read graphic organizers 9. Select and use text features Academic vocabulary 10. Use academic vocabulary in context Domain-specific vocabulary 11. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Across genres		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Figurative language 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation Greek and Latin roots 8. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 9. Which definition matches the sentence?
Across genres
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Figurative language 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words 7. Positive and negative connotation Greek and Latin roots 8. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 9. Which definition matches the sentence?

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Literature		Assessed at classroom level only
Literature
Assessed at classroom level only

Informational text		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Relevancy 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Informational text
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Relevancy 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Literature and informational text		Assessed at classroom level only
Literature and informational text
Assessed at classroom level only

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