IXL skill plan | 4th grade plan for Reading Street

Skill plan for Reading Street - 4th grade

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1	Unit 1 Turning Points
Week 1: Because of Winn Dixie		Comprehension strategies 1. Put the sentences in order Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less Genre 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Show character emotions and traits Conventions 5. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Week 1: Because of Winn Dixie
Comprehension strategies 1. Put the sentences in order Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less Genre 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Show character emotions and traits Conventions 5. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Week 2: Lewis and Clark and Me		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Genre 2. Read historical fiction Writing 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the best concluding sentence 5. Choose the best topic sentence Conventions 6. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 7. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages
Week 2: Lewis and Clark and Me
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Genre 2. Read historical fiction Writing 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the best concluding sentence 5. Choose the best topic sentence Conventions 6. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 7. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages

Week 3: On the Banks of Plum Creek		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 3. Read historical fiction Writing 4. Distinguish points of view Conventions 5. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 6. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 7. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
Week 3: On the Banks of Plum Creek
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 3. Read historical fiction Writing 4. Distinguish points of view Conventions 5. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 6. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 7. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

Week 4: The Horned Toad Prince		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Find synonyms in context Genre 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Writing and conventions 5. Greetings and closings of letters 6. Is the sentence simple or compound? 7. Use the correct subject or verb
Week 4: The Horned Toad Prince
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Find synonyms in context Genre 4. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Writing and conventions 5. Greetings and closings of letters 6. Is the sentence simple or compound? 7. Use the correct subject or verb

Week 5: Letters Home from Yosemite		Comprehension strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Identify text structures Genre 3. Read about famous places Writing and conventions 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Week 5: Letters Home from Yosemite
Comprehension strategies 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Identify text structures Genre 3. Read about famous places Writing and conventions 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

2	Unit 2 Teamwork
Week 1: What Jo Did		Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 3. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Genre 5. Read realistic fiction 6. Read about sports and hobbies Writing 7. Sort sensory details Conventions 8. Identify common and proper nouns
Week 1: What Jo Did
Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 3. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Genre 5. Read realistic fiction 6. Read about sports and hobbies Writing 7. Sort sensory details Conventions 8. Identify common and proper nouns

Week 2: Coyote School News		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 2. Use guide words 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Genre 5. Read historical fiction Writing 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conventions 7. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
Week 2: Coyote School News
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 2. Use guide words 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Genre 5. Read historical fiction Writing 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts Conventions 7. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 8. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

Week 3: Scene Two		Comprehension strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 2. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Genre 3. Read drama Writing 4. Identify sensory details Conventions 5. Form and use irregular plurals
Week 3: Scene Two
Comprehension strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 2. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Genre 3. Read drama Writing 4. Identify sensory details Conventions 5. Form and use irregular plurals

Week 4: Horse Heroes		Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Genre 5. Read about animals Writing 6. Organize information by topic Conventions 7. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 8. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Week 4: Horse Heroes
Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Genre 5. Read about animals Writing 6. Organize information by topic Conventions 7. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 8. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Week 5: So You Want to Be President?		Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 3. Order alphabetically based on the first three letters Genre 4. Read about famous people Writing 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion Conventions 6. Form the singular or plural possessive
Week 5: So You Want to Be President?
Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 3. Order alphabetically based on the first three letters Genre 4. Read about famous people Writing 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion Conventions 6. Form the singular or plural possessive

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

3	Unit 3 Patterns in Nature
Week 1: The Man Who Named the Clouds		Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 3. Read about famous people Writing 4. Identify sensory details 5. Sort sensory details Conventions 6. Use action verbs 7. Identify action verbs
Week 1: The Man Who Named the Clouds
Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 3. Read about famous people Writing 4. Identify sensory details 5. Sort sensory details Conventions 6. Use action verbs 7. Identify action verbs

Week 2: Adelina's Whale		Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Genre 4. Read about animals Writing 5. Identify the purpose of a text Conventions 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs
Week 2: Adelina's Whale
Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify text structures Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Genre 4. Read about animals Writing 5. Identify the purpose of a text Conventions 6. Identify main verbs and helping verbs

Week 3: How Night Came from the Sea		Comprehension strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Genre 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Conventions 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 7. Create compound sentences
Week 3: How Night Came from the Sea
Comprehension strategies 1. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Genre 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Conventions 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 7. Create compound sentences

Week 4: Eye of the Storm		Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Genre 5. Read about science and nature Writing 6. Which sentence is more formal? Conventions 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
Week 4: Eye of the Storm
Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Genre 5. Read about science and nature Writing 6. Which sentence is more formal? Conventions 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

Week 5: Paul Bunyan		Comprehension strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Genre 4. Read fantasy with illustrations Writing 5. Summarize a story Conventions 6. Capitalizing titles 7. Identify the irregular past tense 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
Week 5: Paul Bunyan
Comprehension strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Genre 4. Read fantasy with illustrations Writing 5. Summarize a story Conventions 6. Capitalizing titles 7. Identify the irregular past tense 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

4	Unit 4 Puzzles and Mysteries
Week 1: The Case of the Gasping Garbage		Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Find synonyms in context Genre 4. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing and conventions 5. Use reflexive pronouns
Week 1: The Case of the Gasping Garbage
Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Find synonyms in context Genre 4. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing and conventions 5. Use reflexive pronouns

Week 2: Encantado		Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Genre 3. Read about animals Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Conventions 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
Week 2: Encantado
Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Genre 3. Read about animals Writing 4. Add imagery to stories Conventions 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Week 3: Navajo Code Talkers		Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Order alphabetically: challenge 3. Use guide words 4. Use dictionary entries Genre 5. Read about history Writing 6. Identify time-order words 7. Put the sentences in order Conventions 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
Week 3: Navajo Code Talkers
Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Order alphabetically: challenge 3. Use guide words 4. Use dictionary entries Genre 5. Read about history Writing 6. Identify time-order words 7. Put the sentences in order Conventions 8. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

Week 4: Seeker of Knowledge		Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features Vocabulary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Genre 5. Read about art, music, and traditions Writing 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Choose the best topic sentence Conventions 8. Use possessive pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns
Week 4: Seeker of Knowledge
Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features Vocabulary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Genre 5. Read about art, music, and traditions Writing 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Choose the best topic sentence Conventions 8. Use possessive pronouns 9. Identify possessive pronouns

Week 5: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Which sentence uses an antonym? Genre 5. Read realistic fiction Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Conventions 8. Contractions with "not" 9. Pronoun-verb contractions
Week 5: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Which sentence uses an antonym? Genre 5. Read realistic fiction Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits 7. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Conventions 8. Contractions with "not" 9. Pronoun-verb contractions

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

5	Unit 5 Adventures by Land, Air, and Water
Week 1: Smokejumpers		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Genre 4. Read about science and nature Writing 5. Add imagery to stories Conventions 6. Identify adjectives 7. Identify articles 8. Order adjectives 9. Use the correct article: a, an, or the
Week 1: Smokejumpers
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Genre 4. Read about science and nature Writing 5. Add imagery to stories Conventions 6. Identify adjectives 7. Identify articles 8. Order adjectives 9. Use the correct article: a, an, or the

Week 2: Lost City		Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Genre 5. Read about famous places Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits Conventions 7. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 8. Identify adverbs
Week 2: Lost City
Comprehension strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Genre 5. Read about famous places Writing 6. Show character emotions and traits Conventions 7. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? 8. Identify adverbs

Week 3: Cliff Hanger		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Find words using context Genre 4. Read realistic fiction 5. Read about sports and hobbies Writing 6. Greetings and closings of letters Conventions 7. Use adjectives to compare 8. Use adjectives with more and most
Week 3: Cliff Hanger
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify story elements Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Find words using context Genre 4. Read realistic fiction 5. Read about sports and hobbies Writing 6. Greetings and closings of letters Conventions 7. Use adjectives to compare 8. Use adjectives with more and most

Week 4: Antarctic Journal		Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Identify text structures Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Genre 5. Read about history Writing 6. Identify an author's statement of opinion 7. Choose reasons to support an opinion Conventions 8. Identify time-order words 9. Choose the best transition
Week 4: Antarctic Journal
Comprehension strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Identify text structures Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Genre 5. Read about history Writing 6. Identify an author's statement of opinion 7. Choose reasons to support an opinion Conventions 8. Identify time-order words 9. Choose the best transition

Week 5: Moonwalk		Comprehension strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Genre 3. Read science fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Summarize a story Conventions 5. Identify prepositions 6. Identify prepositional phrases 7. Prepositions: review
Week 5: Moonwalk
Comprehension strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Genre 3. Read science fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Summarize a story Conventions 5. Identify prepositions 6. Identify prepositional phrases 7. Prepositions: review

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

6	Unit 6 Reaching for Goals
Week 1: My Brother Martin		Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Genre 4. Read about history Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Conventions 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction
Week 1: My Brother Martin
Comprehension strategies 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- Genre 4. Read about history Writing 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Identify supporting details in informational texts 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Conventions 8. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 9. Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

Week 2: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path		Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Genre 4. Read about famous people Writing and conventions 5. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 6. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 7. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
Week 2: Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
Comprehension strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Genre 4. Read about famous people Writing and conventions 5. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 6. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 7. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features

Week 3: How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay		Comprehension strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Genre 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Identify story elements Conventions 5. Identify coordinating conjunctions 6. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Week 3: How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay
Comprehension strategies 1. Draw inferences from a text Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Genre 3. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Writing 4. Identify story elements Conventions 5. Identify coordinating conjunctions 6. Is the sentence simple or compound?

Week 4: A Gift from the Heart		Comprehension strategies 1. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary 2. Find words using context Genre 3. Read drama Writing 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Conventions 5. Punctuating dialogue
Week 4: A Gift from the Heart
Comprehension strategies 1. Make predictions about a story Vocabulary 2. Find words using context Genre 3. Read drama Writing 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Conventions 5. Punctuating dialogue

Week 5: The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon		Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features 2. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 5. Read about science and nature Writing 6. Determine the order of events in informational texts 7. Combine main ideas from two texts 8. Identify and correct plagiarism Conventions 9. Capitalizing titles 10. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents
Week 5: The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon
Comprehension strategies 1. Select and use text features 2. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Genre 5. Read about science and nature Writing 6. Determine the order of events in informational texts 7. Combine main ideas from two texts 8. Identify and correct plagiarism Conventions 9. Capitalizing titles 10. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents

Week 6: Poetry Collection		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry
Week 6: Poetry Collection
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Read poetry

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