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Skill plan for myView Literacy - Grade 4

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1	Unit 1 Networks
Week 1: Reaching for the Moon		Genre 1. Read about sports and hobbies Reading strategies 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Put the sentences in order 6. Identify time-order words Spelling and conventions 7. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
Week 1: Reaching for the Moon
Genre 1. Read about sports and hobbies Reading strategies 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Put the sentences in order 6. Identify time-order words Spelling and conventions 7. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

Week 2: Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries		Genre 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Reading strategies 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the synonym 4. Choose the antonym 5. Similes and metaphors with pictures Writing strategies 6. Shades of meaning with pictures 7. Identify story elements 8. Sort sensory details Spelling and conventions 9. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
Week 2: Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
Genre 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Reading strategies 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the synonym 4. Choose the antonym 5. Similes and metaphors with pictures Writing strategies 6. Shades of meaning with pictures 7. Identify story elements 8. Sort sensory details Spelling and conventions 9. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

Week 3: "Twins in Space"		Reading strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Writing strategies 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Choose the best transition Spelling and conventions 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
Week 3: "Twins in Space"
Reading strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Writing strategies 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Choose the best transition Spelling and conventions 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Week 4: Life at the Top		Genre 1. Read about famous places Reading strategies 2. Select and use text features Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors Writing strategies 4. Use adjectives to compare 5. Use adverbs to compare 6. Use reflexive pronouns Spelling and conventions 7. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Week 4: Life at the Top
Genre 1. Read about famous places Reading strategies 2. Select and use text features Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors Writing strategies 4. Use adjectives to compare 5. Use adverbs to compare 6. Use reflexive pronouns Spelling and conventions 7. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Week 5: Barbed Wire Baseball		Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Writing strategies 5. Identify the irregular past tense 6. Form the singular or plural possessive Spelling and conventions 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Week 5: Barbed Wire Baseball
Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Writing strategies 5. Identify the irregular past tense 6. Form the singular or plural possessive Spelling and conventions 7. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Week 6: Make It a Landmark!		Project-based inquiry 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Week 6: Make It a Landmark!
Project-based inquiry 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models

2	Unit 2 Adaptations
Week 1: Feathers: Not Just for Flying		Genre 1. Read about animals Reading strategies 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Describe the difference between related words Writing strategies 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Read graphic organizers Spelling and conventions 7. Create compound sentences
Week 1: Feathers: Not Just for Flying
Genre 1. Read about animals Reading strategies 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Describe the difference between related words Writing strategies 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Read graphic organizers Spelling and conventions 7. Create compound sentences

Week 2: Animal Mimics		Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 4. Find synonyms in context 5. Find antonyms in context 6. Which sentence has the same meaning? Writing strategies 7. Select and use text features 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts 9. Choose the best concluding sentence Spelling and conventions 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Week 2: Animal Mimics
Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 4. Find synonyms in context 5. Find antonyms in context 6. Which sentence has the same meaning? Writing strategies 7. Select and use text features 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts 9. Choose the best concluding sentence Spelling and conventions 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Week 3: from Minn of the Mississippi		Genre 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Reading strategies 2. Identify story elements 3. Identify sensory details Vocabulary and word study 4. Identify similes and metaphors 5. Find words using context Writing strategies 6. Organize information by topic Spelling and conventions 7. Form and use irregular plurals 8. Identify common and proper nouns
Week 3: from Minn of the Mississippi
Genre 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Reading strategies 2. Identify story elements 3. Identify sensory details Vocabulary and word study 4. Identify similes and metaphors 5. Find words using context Writing strategies 6. Organize information by topic Spelling and conventions 7. Form and use irregular plurals 8. Identify common and proper nouns

Week 4: from Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow		Genre 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Add imagery to stories 7. Identify adverbs Spelling and conventions 8. Is the noun singular or plural?
Week 4: from Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow
Genre 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Add imagery to stories 7. Identify adverbs Spelling and conventions 8. Is the noun singular or plural?

Week 5: The Weird and Wonderful Echidna and The Very Peculiar Platypus		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing strategies 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Spelling and conventions 5. Use the correct subject or verb
Week 5: The Weird and Wonderful Echidna and The Very Peculiar Platypus
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing strategies 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Spelling and conventions 5. Use the correct subject or verb

Week 6: Saving Species		Project-based inquiry 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong 2. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters 3. Identify text structures
Week 6: Saving Species
Project-based inquiry 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong 2. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters 3. Identify text structures

3	Unit 3 Diversity
Week 1: from Out of My Mind		Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Show character emotions and traits Vocabulary and word study 3. Word pattern sentences Writing strategies 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Spelling and conventions 5. Identify prepositions
Week 1: from Out of My Mind
Genre 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Reading strategies 2. Show character emotions and traits Vocabulary and word study 3. Word pattern sentences Writing strategies 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Spelling and conventions 5. Identify prepositions

Week 2: from Mama's Window		Genre 1. Read realistic fiction Reading strategies 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Which definition matches the sentence? 4. Use thesaurus entries Writing strategies 5. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Spelling and conventions 6. Use the correct subject or verb
Week 2: from Mama's Window
Genre 1. Read realistic fiction Reading strategies 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Which definition matches the sentence? 4. Use thesaurus entries Writing strategies 5. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Spelling and conventions 6. Use the correct subject or verb

Week 3: Trombone Shorty		Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing strategies 4. Put the sentences in order 5. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 6. Spell the consonant-l-e word 7. Identify the irregular past tense
Week 3: Trombone Shorty
Genre 1. Read about famous people Reading strategies 2. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing strategies 4. Put the sentences in order 5. Punctuating dialogue Spelling and conventions 6. Spell the consonant-l-e word 7. Identify the irregular past tense

Week 4: Weslandia and "The Circuit"		Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 4. Is the syllable open or closed? Writing strategies 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Identify prepositional phrases Spelling and conventions 8. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 9. Use the progressive verb tenses
Week 4: Weslandia and "The Circuit"
Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 4. Is the syllable open or closed? Writing strategies 5. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Identify prepositional phrases Spelling and conventions 8. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 9. Use the progressive verb tenses

Week 5: Poetry Collection		Genre 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary and word study 3. Positive and negative connotation Writing strategies 4. To be: use the correct form 5. What does the modal verb show? Spelling and conventions 6. Complete the words with silent letters 7. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 8. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages
Week 5: Poetry Collection
Genre 1. Read poetry Reading strategies 2. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary and word study 3. Positive and negative connotation Writing strategies 4. To be: use the correct form 5. What does the modal verb show? Spelling and conventions 6. Complete the words with silent letters 7. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 8. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages

Week 6: Let's All Play!		Project-based inquiry 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Identify and correct plagiarism 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 6. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Week 6: Let's All Play!
Project-based inquiry 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Identify and correct plagiarism 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 6. Is the sentence simple or compound?

4	Unit 4 Impacts
Week 1: from Can You Guess My Name?		Reading strategies 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing strategies 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Distinguish points of view Spelling and conventions 5. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 6. Identify possessive pronouns
Week 1: from Can You Guess My Name?
Reading strategies 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary and word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writing strategies 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Distinguish points of view Spelling and conventions 5. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 6. Identify possessive pronouns

Week 2: Thunder Rose		Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence uses an antonym? 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing strategies 5. Distinguish facts from opinions 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Spelling and conventions 7. Use adjectives to compare
Week 2: Thunder Rose
Genre 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Reading strategies 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Vocabulary and word study 3. Which sentence uses an antonym? 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Writing strategies 5. Distinguish facts from opinions 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Spelling and conventions 7. Use adjectives to compare

Week 3: "La Culebra (The Snake)"		Genre 1. Read drama Reading strategies 2. Summarize a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the synonym Writing strategies 4. Choose the best concluding sentence 5. Choose the best transition Spelling and conventions 6. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
Week 3: "La Culebra (The Snake)"
Genre 1. Read drama Reading strategies 2. Summarize a story Vocabulary and word study 3. Choose the synonym Writing strategies 4. Choose the best concluding sentence 5. Choose the best transition Spelling and conventions 6. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?

Week 4: The Secret of the Winter Count		Genre 1. Read historical fiction Reading strategies 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 4. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Writing strategies 5. Identify common and proper nouns 6. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Spelling and conventions 7. Spell adjectives that compare
Week 4: The Secret of the Winter Count
Genre 1. Read historical fiction Reading strategies 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 4. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes Writing strategies 5. Identify common and proper nouns 6. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Spelling and conventions 7. Spell adjectives that compare

Week 5: "Pandora" and "Race to the Top"		Reading strategies 1. Compare mythological illustrations 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Use dictionary definitions Writing strategies 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Spelling and conventions 6. Use adjectives with more and most 7. Identify homophones
Week 5: "Pandora" and "Race to the Top"
Reading strategies 1. Compare mythological illustrations 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary and word study 4. Use dictionary definitions Writing strategies 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Spelling and conventions 6. Use adjectives with more and most 7. Identify homophones

Week 6: The Tale Behind the Tale		Project-based inquiry 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 4. Organize information by topic 5. Which sentence is more formal?
Week 6: The Tale Behind the Tale
Project-based inquiry 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 4. Organize information by topic 5. Which sentence is more formal?

5	Unit 5 Features
Week 1: from Planet Earth		Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Identify elements of poetry 6. Identify text structures Spelling and conventions 7. Use relative adverbs
Week 1: from Planet Earth
Genre 1. Read about science and nature Reading strategies 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Writing strategies 5. Identify elements of poetry 6. Identify text structures Spelling and conventions 7. Use relative adverbs

Week 2: Volcanoes		Reading strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 2. Analogies 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing strategies 6. Read poetry Spelling and conventions 7. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages
Week 2: Volcanoes
Reading strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea Vocabulary and word study 2. Analogies 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context 5. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Writing strategies 6. Read poetry Spelling and conventions 7. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages

Week 3: from The Top 10 Ways You Can Reduce Waste		Reading strategies 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary and word study 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing strategies 3. Label the rhyme scheme Spelling and conventions 4. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents
Week 3: from The Top 10 Ways You Can Reduce Waste
Reading strategies 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary and word study 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Writing strategies 3. Label the rhyme scheme Spelling and conventions 4. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents

Week 4: The Himalayas		Reading strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Writing strategies 4. Select and use text features 5. Form the progressive verb tenses Spelling and conventions 6. Create compound sentences 7. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Week 4: The Himalayas
Reading strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary and word study 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Writing strategies 4. Select and use text features 5. Form the progressive verb tenses Spelling and conventions 6. Create compound sentences 7. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-

Week 5: Trashing Paradise and "Bye Bye Plastic Bags on Bali"		Reading strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing strategies 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Spelling and conventions 5. Punctuating dialogue
Week 5: Trashing Paradise and "Bye Bye Plastic Bags on Bali"
Reading strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary and word study 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing strategies 4. Remove the sentence that does not belong Spelling and conventions 5. Punctuating dialogue

Week 6: Danger Ahead!		Project-based inquiry 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Use guide words 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts 5. Order items from most general to most specific 6. Use subordinating conjunctions
Week 6: Danger Ahead!
Project-based inquiry 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Use guide words 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts 5. Order items from most general to most specific 6. Use subordinating conjunctions

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