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Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives, including irregular plural nouns and verbs.

Use simple abbreviations, including days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names.

Compose simple, compound, and complex sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.

Identify and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence.

Compose and develop a well-organized paragraph with a topic sentence, details to support, and a concluding sentence.

Gather and evaluate information about a topic from a variety of sources, including digital sources, and utilize it to create a project, report, or presentation.

Avoid plagiarism by using their own words and utilizing digital sources ethically.

Use grade-level and domain-appropriate vocabulary in writing.

Use specific vocabulary to develop a story.

Use specific vocabulary to explain or inform on a topic.

Use words and phrases in writing for effect and elaboration.

Use transition words and phrases for sentence variety.

Write poetry or prose in response to visual images to interpret their meanings.

Grade 4

Recurring Standards

Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.

Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar spoken or written words.

Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically when researching and writing, both individually and collaboratively.

Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres.

Identify and explain literary devices in prose and poetry.

Assess the formality of occasions in order to speak or write using appropriate language and tone.

Literacy Foundations

Phonics

Apply knowledge of grade-appropriate phoneme-grapheme correspondences, syllable types, and morphological structure to read unfamiliar multisyllabic words accurately, both in context and in isolation.

Reception

Reading

Determine and use the correct syllable type(s) to decode unfamiliar multisyllabic words, including open, closed, vowel-consonant-e, r-controlled, vowel team (including diphthongs), consonant-le, and leftovers“ including odd and schwa syllables.“

Apply knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to decode unfamiliar multisyllabic words.

Expression

Writing

Apply knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to encode unfamiliar multisyllabic words.

Fluency

Demonstrate fluency when reading grade-level text and when responding through writing or speaking.