TPSD ELA Syllabus
4th Grade
Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit Title
Turning Points
Unit Focus
Theme and Central Idea
Using Textual Evidence to Support Answers and Inferences in Texts
Main Texts
Excerpt from Because of Winn Dixie
“Lewis and Clark and Me”
Unit Targets
Reading
Unit Targets
In this unit, students will learn the
following targets:
✓ Analyze an author’s words and
refer to details and examples
needed to support both explicit
and inferential questions.
✓ Analyze details in a text to
determine a theme or author’s
overall message.
✓ Write a summary using details
or key points from the text.
Roots to Learn
Words to Know
Writing
✓
✓
✓
✓
Write opinion pieces on topics
or text, supporting a point of
view with reasons and
information from the text.
Work in a group to plan, revise,
and edit writing.
Use technology to publish
writing.
Be able to write and speak
formally and informally.
Language
✓
✓
Produce complete sentences,
recognizing and correcting
inappropriate fragments and
run-on sentences.
Use correct capitalization, use
commas and quotations marks
to mark quotations from a text,
use a comma before a
coordinating conjunction in a
compound sentence, and spell
grade appropriate words.
Vocabulary
✓
✓
✓
Analyze the structure of words
by finding compounds, roots,
prefixes, suffixes, and syllables.
Explain the difference between
synonyms and antonyms.
Determine the meaning of
words by using context clues or
breaking the word down by
using the root, prefixes, and/or
suffixes.
✓
Week 1: ped, pod, man
centipede, manual, pedal, podium, manager, pedestrian, tripod, mandate,
peddle, pedometer
✓
Week 2: bi, du, uni, mono
duet, uniform, reunite, monotone, bifocal, unison, bisect, duplex, unique,
universe
✓
Week 3: tri, quad, quint, pent
trident, trilogy, pentagon, tricycle, triad, triangle, quadrant, quarter, quintet,
triathlon
✓
Week 4: deca, deci, cent
decapod, decimal, decade, percentile, century, centimeter, percent, cent,
centennial, decibel
inference, explicit, theme, summary, main idea, key detail, opinion, point of view, quotation marks, coordinating conjunction, compound sentence,
fragment, run-on sentence, revise, edit, context clues, affix, root, synonym, antonym