IXL skill plan | 4th grade plan for National Geographic Reach for Reading

1	Unit 1 Living Traditions
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Use key details to determine the main idea Strategic reading 2. Make predictions about a story Think and respond 3. Read about art, music, and traditions Word work 4. Use guide words 5. Use dictionary entries Respond and extend 6. Identify the purpose of a text Grammar and spelling 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 8. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 9. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Use key details to determine the main idea Strategic reading 2. Make predictions about a story Think and respond 3. Read about art, music, and traditions Word work 4. Use guide words 5. Use dictionary entries Respond and extend 6. Identify the purpose of a text Grammar and spelling 7. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 8. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 9. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Identify time-order words 2. Identify story elements Strategic reading 3. Find words using context Think and respond 4. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Word work 5. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 6. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Respond and extend 7. Compare information from two texts Grammar and spelling 8. Is the subject singular or plural? 9. Use the correct subject or verb 10. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Identify time-order words 2. Identify story elements Strategic reading 3. Find words using context Think and respond 4. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Word work 5. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 6. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Respond and extend 7. Compare information from two texts Grammar and spelling 8. Is the subject singular or plural? 9. Use the correct subject or verb 10. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

Writing Project		1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic
Writing Project
1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific 3. Organize information by topic

2	Unit 2 Animal Intelligence
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Think and respond 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Word work 3. Homophones with pictures 4. Identify homophones 5. Use the correct homophone Respond and extend 6. Compare and contrast characters Grammar and spelling 7. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Think and respond 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Word work 3. Homophones with pictures 4. Identify homophones 5. Use the correct homophone Respond and extend 6. Compare and contrast characters Grammar and spelling 7. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Think and respond 2. Read about animals Word work 3. Use dictionary definitions Respond and extend 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and spelling 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Is the sentence simple or compound? 8. Create compound sentences
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Think and respond 2. Read about animals Word work 3. Use dictionary definitions Respond and extend 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and spelling 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses 7. Is the sentence simple or compound? 8. Create compound sentences

Writing Project		Drafting 1. Greetings and closings of letters Editing and revising 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Use coordinating conjunctions
Writing Project
Drafting 1. Greetings and closings of letters Editing and revising 2. Remove the sentence that does not belong 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Use coordinating conjunctions

3	Unit 3 Amazing Places
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Strategic reading 2. Sort sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Think and respond 4. Read science fiction with illustrations Word work 5. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 7. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Respond and extend 8. Identify similes and metaphors Grammar and spelling 9. Which word is a noun? 10. Identify nouns 11. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 12. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Strategic reading 2. Sort sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Think and respond 4. Read science fiction with illustrations Word work 5. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 7. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Respond and extend 8. Identify similes and metaphors Grammar and spelling 9. Which word is a noun? 10. Identify nouns 11. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 12. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Combine main ideas from two texts Strategic reading 2. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Think and respond 3. Read about famous places 4. Read graphic organizers Word work 5. Form compound words with pictures 6. Form compound words 7. Form and use compound words Respond and extend 8. Select and use text features Grammar and spelling 9. Identify common and proper nouns 10. Is the noun singular or plural? 11. Form and use irregular plurals
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Combine main ideas from two texts Strategic reading 2. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Think and respond 3. Read about famous places 4. Read graphic organizers Word work 5. Form compound words with pictures 6. Form compound words 7. Form and use compound words Respond and extend 8. Select and use text features Grammar and spelling 9. Identify common and proper nouns 10. Is the noun singular or plural? 11. Form and use irregular plurals

Writing Project		Drafting 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the best topic sentence 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Editing and revising 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Writing Project
Drafting 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the best topic sentence 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Editing and revising 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Identify and correct plagiarism

4	Unit 4 Power of Nature
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Think and respond 2. Read about science and nature Word work 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Respond and extend 4. Identify the purpose of a text 5. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and spelling 6. Use action verbs 7. Identify action verbs 8. Use the correct subject or verb 9. Use the progressive verb tenses
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Think and respond 2. Read about science and nature Word work 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Respond and extend 4. Identify the purpose of a text 5. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and spelling 6. Use action verbs 7. Identify action verbs 8. Use the correct subject or verb 9. Use the progressive verb tenses

Part 2		Strategic reading 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Think and respond 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Word work 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Respond and extend 4. Similes and metaphors with pictures 5. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Grammar and spelling 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 7. To be: use the correct form 8. To have: use the correct form
Part 2
Strategic reading 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Think and respond 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Word work 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Respond and extend 4. Similes and metaphors with pictures 5. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Grammar and spelling 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 7. To be: use the correct form 8. To have: use the correct form

Writing Project		Word choice 1. Shades of meaning with pictures 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Add imagery to stories Editing and revising 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects
Writing Project
Word choice 1. Shades of meaning with pictures 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Add imagery to stories Editing and revising 4. Pronoun-verb contractions 5. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

5	Unit 5 Invaders!
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Put the sentences in order Strategic reading 2. Draw inferences from a text Think and respond 3. Read science fiction with illustrations Word work 4. Choose the antonym 5. Which sentence uses an antonym? Respond and extend 6. Identify the purpose of a text Grammar and spelling 7. Pronoun-verb contractions 8. Contractions with "not" 9. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 10. Identify adjectives
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Put the sentences in order Strategic reading 2. Draw inferences from a text Think and respond 3. Read science fiction with illustrations Word work 4. Choose the antonym 5. Which sentence uses an antonym? Respond and extend 6. Identify the purpose of a text Grammar and spelling 7. Pronoun-verb contractions 8. Contractions with "not" 9. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 10. Identify adjectives

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Match problems with their solutions Think and respond 2. Read about business and technology Word work 3. Choose the synonym 4. Which sentence has the same meaning? Respond and extend 5. Select and use text features Grammar and spelling 6. Use adjectives to compare 7. Use adjectives with more and most 8. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 9. Form the singular or plural possessive
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Match problems with their solutions Think and respond 2. Read about business and technology Word work 3. Choose the synonym 4. Which sentence has the same meaning? Respond and extend 5. Select and use text features Grammar and spelling 6. Use adjectives to compare 7. Use adjectives with more and most 8. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 9. Form the singular or plural possessive

Writing Project		Drafting 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 3. Choose reasons to support an opinion Editing and revising 4. Spell adjectives that compare 5. Use subordinating conjunctions
Writing Project
Drafting 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 3. Choose reasons to support an opinion Editing and revising 4. Spell adjectives that compare 5. Use subordinating conjunctions

6	Unit 6 Treasure Hunters
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Strategic reading 2. Summarize a story Think and respond 3. Read drama Word work 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Respond and extend 6. Compare mythological illustrations Grammar and spelling 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Strategic reading 2. Summarize a story Think and respond 3. Read drama Word work 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Respond and extend 6. Compare mythological illustrations Grammar and spelling 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 9. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Identify time-order words 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Strategic reading 3. Use key details to determine the main idea 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Think and respond 5. Read about history Word work 6. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 7. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 8. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Respond and extend 9. Compare information from two texts Grammar and spelling 10. Identify possessive pronouns 11. Use possessive pronouns
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Identify time-order words 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts Strategic reading 3. Use key details to determine the main idea 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Think and respond 5. Read about history Word work 6. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 7. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 8. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Respond and extend 9. Compare information from two texts Grammar and spelling 10. Identify possessive pronouns 11. Use possessive pronouns

Writing Project		Drafting 1. Show character emotions and traits Editing and revising 2. Punctuating dialogue 3. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 4. Choose the best transition
Writing Project
Drafting 1. Show character emotions and traits Editing and revising 2. Punctuating dialogue 3. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 4. Choose the best transition

7	Unit 7 Moving Through Space
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Think and respond 2. Read about science and nature 3. Read graphic organizers Word work 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Respond and extend 5. Distinguish facts from opinions Grammar and spelling 6. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 7. Identify adverbs 8. Use adverbs to compare
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Think and respond 2. Read about science and nature 3. Read graphic organizers Word work 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Respond and extend 5. Distinguish facts from opinions Grammar and spelling 6. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 7. Identify adverbs 8. Use adverbs to compare

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Identify story elements Think and respond 2. Read realistic fiction Word work 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 5. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Respond and extend 6. Read about famous people Grammar and spelling 7. Identify prepositions 8. Identify prepositions and their objects 9. Identify prepositional phrases
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Identify story elements Think and respond 2. Read realistic fiction Word work 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 5. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Respond and extend 6. Read about famous people Grammar and spelling 7. Identify prepositions 8. Identify prepositions and their objects 9. Identify prepositional phrases

Writing Project		Word choice 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Add imagery to stories Editing and revising 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Punctuating dialogue
Writing Project
Word choice 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Add imagery to stories Editing and revising 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 4. Punctuating dialogue

8	Unit 8 Saving a Piece of the World
Part 1		Thinking map 1. Put the sentences in order Strategic reading 2. Read poetry Think and respond 3. Read historical fiction Word work 4. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 5. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Grammar and spelling 6. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense 8. Identify the irregular past tense 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
Part 1
Thinking map 1. Put the sentences in order Strategic reading 2. Read poetry Think and respond 3. Read historical fiction Word work 4. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 5. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Grammar and spelling 6. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense 8. Identify the irregular past tense 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

Part 2		Thinking map 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Strategic reading 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Think and respond 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion Word work 4. Which sentence matches the definition? Respond and extend 5. Identify the narrative point of view 6. Identify text structures Grammar and spelling 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 8. Change the sentence to future tense 9. Use the progressive verb tenses 10. Form the progressive verb tenses
Part 2
Thinking map 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Strategic reading 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Think and respond 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion Word work 4. Which sentence matches the definition? Respond and extend 5. Identify the narrative point of view 6. Identify text structures Grammar and spelling 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? 8. Change the sentence to future tense 9. Use the progressive verb tenses 10. Form the progressive verb tenses

Writing project		Drafting 1. Summarize a story 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts Editing and revising 3. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
Writing project
Drafting 1. Summarize a story 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts Editing and revising 3. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3

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