IXL skill plan | Language arts 4th grade plan for the Oklahoma School Testing Program

Reading and Writing Process
Reading		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Story elements 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 3. Identify story elements Informational text structures 4. Identify and analyze text structures Poetry 5. Identify elements of poetry Summary 6. Combine main ideas from two texts 7. Summarize a story
Reading
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Story elements 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 3. Identify story elements Informational text structures 4. Identify and analyze text structures Poetry 5. Identify elements of poetry Summary 6. Combine main ideas from two texts 7. Summarize a story

Writing		Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Organize information by topic Edit and revise 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Commas: review 5. Capitalization: review
Writing
Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Organize information by topic Edit and revise 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Commas: review 5. Capitalization: review

Critical Reading and Writing
Reading		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read about animals 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Author's purpose 5. Identify the purpose of a text Author's perspective 6. Distinguish points of view 7. Compare information from two texts Figurative language 8. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 9. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Inference and analysis 10. Draw inferences from a text 11. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 12. Compare and contrast characters Facts and opinions 13. Distinguish facts from opinions
Reading
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read about animals 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Author's purpose 5. Identify the purpose of a text Author's perspective 6. Distinguish points of view 7. Compare information from two texts Figurative language 8. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors 9. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 Inference and analysis 10. Draw inferences from a text 11. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 12. Compare and contrast characters Facts and opinions 13. Distinguish facts from opinions

Writing		Topic and concluding sentences 1. Choose the best topic sentence 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Opinions and reasons 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion 4. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts Precise language 7. Use personification 8. Show character emotions and traits 9. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 10. Create varied sentences based on models Transitions 11. Choose the best transition
Writing
Topic and concluding sentences 1. Choose the best topic sentence 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Opinions and reasons 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion 4. Choose reasons to support an opinion Supporting details 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts Precise language 7. Use personification 8. Show character emotions and traits 9. Add imagery to stories Sentence variety 10. Create varied sentences based on models Transitions 11. Choose the best transition

Vocabulary
Reading		Roots and affixes 1. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Word patterns 3. Word pattern sentences Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 5. Which sentence matches the definition? Vocabulary in context 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Reference skills 9. Use dictionary definitions 10. Use thesaurus entries
Reading
Roots and affixes 1. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Word patterns 3. Word pattern sentences Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 5. Which sentence matches the definition? Vocabulary in context 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Reference skills 9. Use dictionary definitions 10. Use thesaurus entries

Writing		1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Choose the synonym 3. Choose the antonym 4. Use academic vocabulary in context
Writing
1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Choose the synonym 3. Choose the antonym 4. Use academic vocabulary in context

Language
Reading		Grammar 1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 2. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 3. Use adjectives to compare 4. Use adverbs to compare 5. Prepositions: review Punctuation 6. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Reading
Grammar 1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 2. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 3. Use adjectives to compare 4. Use adverbs to compare 5. Prepositions: review Punctuation 6. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Writing		Grammar 1. Create compound sentences 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Use the progressive verb tenses Editing 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Greetings and closings of letters 6. Formatting and capitalizing titles
Writing
Grammar 1. Create compound sentences 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Use the progressive verb tenses Editing 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Greetings and closings of letters 6. Formatting and capitalizing titles

Research
Reading		1. Read graphic organizers 2. Select and use text features 3. Identify and correct plagiarism
Reading
1. Read graphic organizers 2. Select and use text features 3. Identify and correct plagiarism

Writing		1. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Writing
1. Remove the sentence that does not belong

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