English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
EBR ELA Instructional Framework
Literacy and Language Guide: A Workshop Approach to
Reading, Writing, and Word Study
The Journeys Common Core Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop Approach is designed to get students thinking, talking, reading, and writing about text in a way
that supports learning and fosters a love of reading. The Literacy and Language Guide combines the rigor of the Journeys Common Core program with active
literacy learning through effective resources that you need for your Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop.
The ELA Instructional Framework is a common core aligned thematic unit which maximizes teacher autonomy. ELA teachers in grades K-5 can use the
framework to create more specific, daily lesson plans for the students they teach. Exemplars from the Journeys Core Program were used to create a common
thread within the unit of instruction and are listed as anchor texts. Texts of varying complexity are included as related texts to align with the standards and
themes within each unit. Throughout the unit, students will experience routine writing, analytical writing, narrative writing, and the research extension task.
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
2015-2016 Grade 4 ELA Instructional Framework
Unit Focus: In this unit students learn about the value of companionship, the ability to help friends, and how friendship can lead to new discoveries and opportunities over time. They explore how authors develop
the reader’s understanding of these ideas through word choice and character actions.
First Nine Weeks: Journeys Lessons: 1-8
Assessment Window:
For Reading and Writing in each Unit:
Cite Evidence
Analyze Content
1 Anchor Text (Extended)
Reading
Complex Text
Literature:
Phineas L. Macguire…Gets Slimed!
(see Unit 6 TE - Small Group Tab –
Trade Books T264)
Routine Writing (Constructed Response)
Writing to
Texts
Research
Extension Task
Standards
Addressed
Each lesson provides the following opportunities
for routine writing:
 Formative Assessment: Text-to-Text
Think Through Text
Your Turn
Collaborative Conversations
5-9 Related Texts (Short)
Literature: (Choose 3-5)
Social Studies or Arts: (Choose 1-2)
Because of Winn Dixie (Realistic Fiction, U1L1)My Brother Martin (Biography, U1L2)
Langston Hughes: A Poet and a Dreamer (Poetry, U1L2)My Librarian is a Camel (Informational, U1L3)
Stormalong (Tall Tale, U1L5) The Kids Guide to Money (Informational, L4)
Invasion from Mars (Play, U2L6)
Me and Uncle Romie (Realistic Fiction, U2L8)
Analytical Writing
Focus: Informing and Explaining (Culminating Writing Task)
Using the anchor text Phineas Macquire...Gets Slimed and your supportive/related text Because of Winn-Dixie, select
two characters (one from each text) and explain how these characters change and interact through a series of events.
Then identify how these events help you identify the central message or lesson of each text. Support your essay with
details from the text.
Narrative
Journeys TE:
Lessons 1-5
Common Core
Writing Handbook
Divide the class into groups. Have students work collaboratively to research a program within the American Red Cross. Ask students to identify the key service area, how the American Red Cross provides service,
and where and when it takes place. Then ask the students to write a news report about an event with the American Red Cross in their community. Have students introduce the event with the American Red
Cross; group the related information in paragraphs, providing formatting such as headings or illustrations where appropriate; develop the topic with evidence from their research; and provide a concluding
statement that is related to the information presented. Once students have researched their major event, allow each group to compile their events together to formulate a news article (using a Microsoft Office
Newspaper Template). After groups write and publish their report, have them present their findings to the class.
Literature (RL)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
Informational Text (RI)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Writing (W)
1a-d, 2a-b, 2d-e, 3a-e, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9a-b, 10
Speaking & Listening
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Language Skills
Study and Apply Grammar/Conventions:
complete sentences (simple and compound subject/predicates); types of sentences; contractions;
quotation marks; titles; capitalization of events/documents, books, titles, stories; verbs (action,
helping, linking); verb tenses
Study and Apply Vocabulary:
use context, affixes, consult reference materials, similes, metaphors, idioms, proverbs, adages, synonyms/antonyms, use grade
appropriate words/phrases
Reading Foundational Skills:
Phonics and Word Recognition Skills:
VCV, open and closed syllables, VCCV, homophones, digraphs, consonant clusters, unstressed
syllables
Fluency Skills:
accuracy, self-corrections, phrasing, intonation, expression, stress
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
EBR ELA YAG/YID Scope and Sequence
Journeys Common Core- Reading Curriculum
The Journeys Common Core is a literacy program designed around the Common Core State Standards. With Common Core-based instruction integrated into
every unit and lesson, the Journeys Common Core Teacher’s Edition provides the resources needed to plan and assess effectively. The Scope and Sequence
provides a brief outline of the standards and a recommended teaching order for the grade level.
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
August 10th – September 18th
Grade 4: Unit 1
READING LITERATURE &
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Standards
Lessons
Selections
Text-Based
Comprehension
Language
1f, 2a, 2d, 3a, 3b, 3c,
4a, 4b, 4c, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10
Informational Text
1, 7, 10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 3b, 3d,
3e, 9a, 10,
Anchor Text
Because of Winn-Dixie
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Language
1f, 2a, 2d, 3a, 3b, 4a,
4b, 5b, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2,
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 3a, 3b, 8,
9b, 10
Anchor Text
My Brother Martin: A Sister
Remembers Growing Up with the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Genre: Biography
Target Skill
Author’s Purpose
Paired Selection
Langston Hughes: A Poet and a
Dreamer
Genre: Poetry
Supporting Skills
Explain Historical
Events Idioms
Paired Selection
Because of Bookends
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Story Structure
Target Strategy
Summarize
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Decoding
Decoding
The VCV
Syllable
Pattern
Fluency
Fluency
Accuracy and
Correction
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud
Sideline Support
Sharing Similar
Stories
Supporting Skills
Point of View
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening Skill
How to Have a
Literature
Discussion
Decoding
Open and
Closed
Syllables
Fluency
Phrasing
Read Aloud
The Troublemaker
Who Healed a
Nation
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic
Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary
comfort, mention, mood, properly,
intends, consisted, positive,
advanced, peculiar, talent
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
citizen, resident, volunteer, public
servant
Vocabulary Strategy
Prefixes re-, un-, dis-
Academic Vocabulary
injustice, numerous, segregation,
nourishing, captured, dream,
encounters, preferred, recall,
example occasional, electric
Listing Text Details
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
abolish, disobedience, slavery,
reform
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir
WRITING
Spelling
Spelling Principle
Short a and Long a
Language
Grammar Skill
What is a
Sentence?
Spelling Words
Basic: blade, gray, past, afraid,
magic, delay, amaze, drain,
maybe, break, sale, hang, stain,
glass, raft, jail, crayon, fact, stale,
steak
Spelling Words
Basic: west, steep, member,
gleam, fresh, freedom, speed,
speed, steam, beast, believe,
speck, kept, cheap, pretend, greed,
shelf, least, eager, reason, chief
Review: sweet, smell, spent, treat,
leave
Challenge: echo, menu, creature,
reveal, restaurant
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Descriptive Paragraph
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: skate, plan, chain, today,
erase
Challenge: fraction, trait,
champion, activity, graceful
Spelling Principle
Short e and Long e
Writing
Grammar Skill
Kinds of
Sentences
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Story
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Media Literacy Skills
Use Internet Sources
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
2b, 2d, 3b, 4a, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c
Literature
3
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 5
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 3b, 7, 8, 9b,
10
Anchor Text
My Librarian is a Camel
Genre: Informational Text
Paired Selection
From Idea to Book
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Cause and Effect
Target Strategy
Visualize
Fluency
Accuracy
Read Aloud
Bridging the Gap
Citing Text Evidence
to Support a Point
of View
Supporting Skills
Interpret Visuals
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Language
1f, 2a, 2d, 4a, 4b, 3a,
3c, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10
Speaking & Listening
1c, 1f, 2a, 2d, 4, 6
Writing
2b, 3a, 4, 5, 6, 10
Anchor Text
The Power of W.O.W!
Genre: Play
Language
2a, 2d, 4a, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Informational Text
10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 2
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 3a, 3b, 3c,
4, 6, 9a, 10
Anchor Text
Stormalong
Genre: Tall Tale
Target Skill
Understanding
Characters
Paired Selection
Hoderi the Fisherman
Genre: Play/Folk Tale
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
Paired Selection
The Kids Guide to Money
Genre: Informational Text
Decoding
The VCCV
Syllable
Pattern
Target Skill
Theme
Target Strategy
Analyze/Evaluate
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
demographics, censorship, public
domain, public opinion
Vocabulary Strategies
Using Context
Decoding
VCV and VCCV
Syllable
Patterns
Fluency
Intonation
Read Aloud
Bookmobile Rescue
Sharing Similar
Experiences
Supporting Skills
Elements of Drama
Allusion
Supporting Skills
Hyperbole
Point of View
Academic Vocabulary
isolated, virtual, devour, remote,
impassable, access, obtain, preserve,
extremes, avid
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Recount an
Experience
Decoding
Homophones
Fluency
Expression
Read Aloud
Mighty Joe
Magarac
Academic Vocabulary
assist, burglaries, innocent, scheme,
regretfully, misjudged, suspect,
favor, speculated, prior
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Charity, coalition, involvement,
community service
Vocabulary Strategy
Prefixes non-, mis-
Academic Vocabulary
Yearning, memorable, betrayed,
condition, seafaring, shortage, tidal,
outcast, foaming, horrified
Retelling
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Literature
Discussion
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
Lifestyle, tolerance, values, social
rules
Vocabulary Strategy
Reference Materials
Spelling Principle
Short i and Long i
Grammar Skill
Quotations
Spelling Words
Basic: skill, crime, grind, tonight,
brick, flight, live, chill, delight,
build, ditch, decide, witness, wind,
district, inch, district, inch, sigh,
fright, remind, split
Writing Form
Dialogue
Focus Trait
Voice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: gift, tight, sight, blind,
shiny
Challenge: ignorant, recognize,
advice, twilight, rigid
Spelling Principle
Short o Long o
Spelling Words
Basic: block, shown, oatmeal,
wrote, fellow, scold, coast, odd,
locate, slope, throat, host, online,
shock, solve, known, remote, stock,
boast, globe
Grammar Skill
Fragments and
Run-On
Sentences
Spelling Words
Basic: wait, weight, heard, herd,
days, daze, heel, heal, peak, peek,
sent, cent, scent, feet, feat, vain,
vane, vein, miner, minor
Review: it’s, its, their, there,
they’re
Challenge: raise, raze, rays,
principal, principle
Media Literacy Skills
Take Notes
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Fictional Narrative Pre-write
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: foam, shadow, clock,
glow, coach
Challenge: bonus, approach,
motion, continent, accomplish
Spelling Principle
Homophones
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Grammar Skill
Proper Nouns
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Imaginative Story: Draft,
Revise, Edit, Publish
Focus Trait
Organization
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Journey’s Cross Curricular Connections:
American History: T75, T91, T95, T97, T103, T113, T118–T119
Communication: T151, T167, T173, T175,T179, T181, T189, T196–T197
Community, T1, T17, T23, T25, T37, T42–T43, T229, T245, T249, T251, T255, T257, T265, T270–T271
Cultures: T303, T319, T325, T329, T333,T335, T343, T348–T349
September 21st – October 30th
Grade 4: Unit 2
READING LITERATURE &
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Standards
Lessons
Selections
Language
1f, 2d, 3a, 3c, 4a,
4b, 4c, 5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1c, 2, 3, 6
Writing
1a, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2d,
2e, 3a, 3c, 3e, 5, 8,
9a, 10
Anchor Text
Invasion from Mars
Genre: Play
Language
1f, 2d, 3a, 3c, 4a,
4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
2
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 3, 4, 5
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b,
2d, 2e, 3a, 4, 5, 7, 8,
9a, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
Coming Distractions: Questioning
movies
Genre: Informational Text
Paired Selection
The History of Radio
Genre: Informational Text
Paired Selection
How Do They Do That?
Genre: Informational Text
Text-Based
Comprehension
Target Skill
Story Structure
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Decoding
Decoding
Common
Consonant
Patterns:
Digraphs
Fluency
Fluency
Expression
Target Strategy
Summarize
Supporting Skills
Explain Concepts and
Ideas
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud
The Tunguska
Event
Paraphrasing a
Particular Part
Supporting Skills
Elements of Drama
Formal and Informal
Language
Target Skill
Fact and Opinion
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Listen to a
Recording
Decoding
Common
Consonant
Patterns:
Clusters
Fluency
Phrasing:
Punctuation
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary
alarmed, reacted, convey, daring,
awe, luminous, indescribable,
extraordinary, fade, conferring
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
broadcast, correspondent,
journalism, public relations
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -y, -ous
Read Aloud
Steven Spielberg: A
Filmmaker’s
Journey
Academic Vocabulary
entertaining, promote, focus,
advertise, jolts, critics, target,
thrilling, angles, generated
Identify Supporting
Reasons
Domain-Specific Vocabulary studio,
produce, release, manipulate
Vocabulary Strategies Greek
and Latin Parts phon, photo,
graph, auto, tele
WRITING
Spelling
Language
Spelling Principle
Vowel Sounds: Short u and Long u
Grammar Skill
Verbs
Spelling Words
Basic: bunch, fruit, argue, crumb,
crew, tune, juice, refuse, truth,
young, clue, trunk, amuse, suit,
rude, truck, dew, stuck, rescue,
brush
Spelling Words
Basic: bloom, cookbook, tool,
shampoo, put, wool, stool, proof,
prove, group, brook, foolish, bush,
crooked, booth, raccoon, hook,
groom, roof, soup
Review: stood, spoon, shook,
balloon, tooth
Challenge: bulletin, cocoon,
cushion, proofread, marooned
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
News Report
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: drew, true, cube, Sunday,
stuff
Challenge: computer, mustard,
tissue, customer, attitude
Spelling Principle
Vowel Sounds: /oo/, /oo/
Writing
Grammar Skill
Verb Tenses
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
Informational paragraph
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Media Literacy Skills
Gather Relevant
Information
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
1b, 1f, 2d, 3b, 5a,
5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10
Informational Text
3, 5, 6
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 4,
6
Writing
2a, 3b, 3d, 7, 8, 9a,
10
Anchor Text
Me and Uncle Rome
Genre: Realistic
Target Skill
Understanding
Characters
Paired Selection
Sidewalk Artists
Genre: Reader’s Theater
Target Strategy
Visualize
Language
2a, 2c, 2d, 4a, 4c,
5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4
Writing
1b, 2a, 2b, 2d, 2e, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9a, 10
Anchor Text
Dear Mr. Winston
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Skill
Conclusions and
Generalizations
Paired Selection
Field Guide to Snakes of the
Southwest
Genre: Informational Text
Target Strategy
Question
Decoding
Stressed and
Unstressed
Syllables
Fluency
Stress
Read Aloud
Jazzy Jasmine
Telling Similar
Stories
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Hold a Literature
Discussion
Supporting Skills
Point of View
Theme
Decoding
Common
Beginning
Syllables
Fluency
Accuracy
Read Aloud Is
Sasquatch Out
There?
Identifying text
Evidence
Supporting Skills
Understanding
Characters Humor
Target/Academic Vocabulary
glorious, studio, concerned, model,
smeared, ruined, yanked, streak,
schedule, feast
Spelling Principle
Vowel Sounds: /ou/, /o/
Grammar Skill
Progressive
Verb Tenses
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Spelling Words
Basic: aloud, bald, hawk, south,
faucet, proud, claw, tower, stalk,
couple, howl, false, down, allow,
cloudier
Writing Form
Book Report
Vocabulary Strategies
Figurative Language
Review: awful, power, sound,
almost, thousand
Challenge: applaud, foul, browse,
grow, doubt
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Target/Academic Vocabulary
fault, borrow, reference, fainted,
genuine, local, apologize, proof,
slimy, insisted
Spelling Principle
Vowel + /r/ Sounds
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
craftsmanship, aesthetics,
exhibition, representation
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
reference material, permission,
hauling, mournful, towered,
triumph, discouraged, toured,
border
Vocabulary Strategies
Antonyms
Spelling Words
Basic: spark, prepare, cheer, tear,
scarf, scare, repair, earring, scarce,
weird, sharp, rear, spare, ear,
hairy, compare, alarm, harsh,
upstairs, square
Focus Trait
Organization
Grammar Skill
Compound
and Complex
Sentences
Writing Mode
Informational Writing
Writing Form
Explanatory Essay:
Pre-Write
Focus Trait
Organization
Review: air, clear, large, pair, chair
Challenge: weary, startle, appear,
barnacle, awareness
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Media Literacy Skills
Investigate a Topic
Language
1f, 2b, 2d, 3a, 3c,
4a, 4c, 5a, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 3e, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 5, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 4,
5, 6
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b,
2c, 2d, 3e, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9a, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
Jose’ Born to Dance
Genre: Biography
Paired Selection
Dance to the Beat
Genre: Poetry
Target Skill
Author’s Purpose
Target Strategy
Analyze/Evaluate
Supporting Skills
Simile and Metaphor
Genre: Biography
Decoding
Vowel + r in
Multi-Syllable
Words
Fluency
Intonation
Read Aloud
Mexican Drive
Paraphrasing a
Particular Part
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Recount an
Expression
Target/Academic Vocabulary
debut, stubborn, permission,
hauling, mournful, towered,
triumph, discouraged, toured,
border
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
choreography, dynamic,
intermission, troupe
Vocabulary Strategies
Shades of Meaning
Spelling Principle
More Vowel + /r/ Sounds
Grammar Skill
Pronouns
Writing Mode
Informational Writing
Spelling Words
Basic: learn, dirty, worn, sore,
thirst, burn, record, cure, board,
course, worth, early, return, pure,
world, search, worse, thirteen,
sport, current
Writing Form
Explanatory Essay: Draft,
Revise, Edit, Publish
Review: first, hurt, word, third,
storm
Challenge: curious, thorough,
earnest, portion, foreign
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Focus Trait
Word Choice
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Journey’s Cross Curricular Connections:
Art: T1, T17, T21, T27, T29, T37,T42–T43, T149, T165, T171, T175, T179,T187, T192–T193, T299, T315, T319, T325,T327, T335, T340–T341
Communication: T75, T91,T95, T97, T99, T103, T111, T116–T117, T225,T241, T247, T251, T253, T261, T266–T267
November 3rd – December 18th
Grade 4: Unit 3
READING LITERATURE & INFORMATIONAL
TEXT
Standards
Language
1g, 2d, 3b, 3c, 4a,
4b, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1d, 1c, 3c, 4, 5,
6
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 4,
6, 7, 8, 9b, 10
Lessons
Selections
Anchor Text
Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest
Storms
Genre: Informational Text
Paired Selection
Recovering from Katrina
Genre: Newspaper Article
Text-Based
Comprehension
Target Skill
Texts and graphic
Features
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Decoding
Decoding
Compound
Words
Fluency
Fluency
Phrasing:
Punctuation
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud
The Big Storm
Paraphrasing
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic Vocabulary
Target/Academic Vocabulary
whirling, rapidly, condense, source,
rotating, rage, experience, ancient,
predict, registered
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
barometer, humidity, pressure,
condensation
Supporting Skills
Explain Scientific Ideas
Text Structure
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment
WRITING
Spelling
Spelling Principle
Compound words: open, closed,
and hyphenated
Language
Grammar Skill
Frequently
confused
words
Spelling Words
Basic: somebody, fireplace, nearby,
toothbrush, homesick, makebelieve,
anything, all right, goodbye,
forehead, classmate, flashlight,
haircut, twenty-two, driveway,
alarm clock, baby-sit, airport,
forever, mailbox
Anchor Text
The Earth Dragon Awakes
Genre: Historical Fiction
Paired Selection
Twisters
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Sequence of Events
Target Strategy
Visualize
Supporting Skills
Conclusions and
Generalizations
Author’s Word Choice
Decoding
Base Words
and Endings
Fluency
Rate
Read Aloud
Safe from harm
Identify supporting
reasons and
evidence
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Paraphrase
information in
Diverse Media
Target/Academic Vocabulary
trembles, wreckage, slab,
possessions, tenement, crushing,
rubble, debris, timbers, constructed
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
core, crust, epicenter, landform, rock
Vocabulary Strategies
synonyms
Spelling Principle
Words with -ed or -ing
Spelling Words
Basic: rising, traced, stripped,
slammed, dancing, striped,
winning, snapping, bragging,
handled, dripped, begged, dared,
skipped, hitting, spotted, raced,
dimmed, spinning escaped
Review: changing, joking,
swimming, wrapped, tapping
Challenge: urged, striving,
whipped, breathing, quizzed
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Persuasive Paragraph
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Research/Media Literacy
Skills
Conduct a Research
Report
Review: birthday, anyone,
everything, without, sometimes
Challenge: field trip, absentminded, life jacket, skyscraper,
nevertheless
Language
1b, 2d, 3a, 3c, 4c,
5a, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10
Informational Text
1, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 7, 8,
10, 9a, 10
Writing
Grammar Skill
Possessive
Nouns
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Problem-Solution
Composition
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
1c, 2c, 2d, 3c, 4a,
4b, 4c, 5a, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,
10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 4, 9a,
9b, 10
Anchor Text
Antarctic journal: Four Months at
the Bottom of the World Genre:
Narrative Nonfiction
Paired Selection
Cold, Cold Science
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Sequence of Events
Target Strategy
Summarize
Decoding
Recognizing
Common Word
parts
Fluency Phrasing Read Aloud
On My Way to Meet
the Khan:
Excerpts from
Marco Polo’s
Adventures
Supporting Skills
Simile and Metaphor
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Language
2d, 3a, 3b, 5a, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10
Literature
2, 3, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2c, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
The Life and Times of the Ant
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Text and Graphic
Features
Paired Selection
The Dove and the Ant
Genre: Fable/Traditional Tale
Target Strategy
Question
Language
1b, 2d, 3a, 4a, 4b,
4c, 5a, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
5, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 4c, 5, 2,
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
Ecology for Kids
Genre: Informational Text
Discussing the text,
reviewing key ideas
Decoding
Recognizing
Suffixes
Fluency Stress
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Discuss to Compare
and Contrast
Accounts
and Latin Word parts spect,
struct, tele, vis
Read Aloud
Wicked Wind
Target/Academic Vocabulary social,
exchanges, excess, reinforce,
storage, transplant, chamber, scarce,
obstacles, transfers
Listen to Make
Connections
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
arthropod, exoskeleton, larva,
invertebrate
Supporting Skills
Explain Scientific
Concepts and Ideas
Author’s Purpose
Paired Selection
Wonderful Weather: “Fog,”
“Weather,” “Umbrella,” “Spring
Rain,” and “Weatherbee’s Diner”
Genre: Poetry
Target Skill
Main Ideas and Details
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
Supporting Skills
Author’s Word Choice
Analyze Argument
Target/Academic Vocabulary display, Spelling Principle
alert, weariness, fractured, standards, More Words with -ed or -ing
vision, huddle, graceful,
stranded, concluded
Spelling Words
Basic: wiped, covered, mapped,
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
pleasing, slipped, putting, traveled,
ecosystem, food web, energy,
seeking visiting, mixed, shipped,
resource
phoning, offered, smelling, hiking,
checking, fainted, landed,
becoming wandering
Vocabulary Strategies Greek
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -able, -ible
Decoding
Three-Syllable
Words
Fluency
Expression
Read Aloud
Forests Are Forever
Summarize Ideas
Target/Academic Vocabulary
organisms, directly, affect, traces,
vast, habitats, variety, species,
banned, radiation
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
conversation, extinction,
endangered, erosion, climate
Vocabulary Strategies
Using Context
Journey’s Cross Curricular Connections:
Life Science: T149, T165, T169, T171, T173,T177, T185, T187, T189, T191, T196–T197,T229, T245, T249, T251, T255, T257, T259,T267, T272–T273, T305, T321, T327, T329, T331, T333, T341, T346–T347
Grammar Skill
Modal
Auxiliaries
Writing Form
Persuasive Letter
Focus Trait
Voice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: fixing, saving, stared,
dropped, grinning
Challenge: amusing, entertained,
admitted, stunning, starving
Spelling Principle
Final Long e
Grammar Skill
Participles
Spelling Words
Basic: turkey, lonely, colony, steady,
hungry, valley, hockey, starry,
melody, movie, duty, drowsy,
chimney, plenty, daily, alley, fifty,
empty, injury, prairie Review:
cherry, jelly, sticky, worry, curly
Challenge: envy, fiery, mercy,
discovery, mystery
Spelling Principle
Changing Final y to i
Spelling Words
Basic: tiniest, hobbies, copied,
countries, pitied, easier, laziest,
families, spied, happiest, ladies,
friendlier, studied, busier, breezier,
prettiest, noisier, healthier,
butterflies, funniest
Review: hurried, stories, carried,
pennies, babies
Challenge: heaviest, categories,
communities, multiplied, qualities
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Media Literacy Skills
Conduct a Research
Report
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Persuasive Essay: Prewrite
Focus Trait
Organization
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Grammar Skill
Irregular
Verbs
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Persuasive Essay: Draft,
Revise, Edit, Publish
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
January 5th – February 12th
Grade 4: Unit 4
READING LITERATURE &
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Standards
Lessons
Selections
Text-Based
Comprehension
Language
1c, 1d, 2d, 3a, 3c,
4a, 4c, 5a, 5d, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 7, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5, 6
Writing
3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4, 8,
9a, 10
Anchor Text
Riding Freedom
Genre: Historical Fiction
Language
1b, 2d, 3c, 4a, 4b,
4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
h
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2d,
3c, 6
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 3a, 3b,
3c, 3e, 4, 9b, 7, 8,
10
Anchor Text
The Right Dog for the Job: Ira’s
Path from Service Dog to Guide
Dog
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Target Skill
Sequence of Events
Paired Selection
Knowing noses: Search-and-Rescue
Dogs
Genre: Informational Text
Supporting Skills
Main Ideas and Details
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Paired Selection
Spindletop
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Compare and Contrast
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Decoding
Decoding
Sound/Spelling
Changes
Fluency
Fluency
Rate
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud
Getting the Story
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
Reviewing key
Ideas
Supporting Skills
Personification
Genre: Historical
Fiction
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Report on a Text
Target Strategy
Summarize
Decoding
More Sound
and Spelling
Changes
Fluency
Intonation
Read Aloud
Let Me Be Brave
Paraphrasing
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Literature
Discussion
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic Vocabulary
Target/Academic Vocabulary
escorted, swelled, relied,
reputation, worthy, charming,
situation, deserve, defended,
defended, satisfied
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
frontier, pioneer, expansion,
territory
Spelling
Spelling Principle
Spelling /k/, /ng/, and /kw/
WRITING
Language
Grammar Skill
Adjectives
Spelling Words
Basic: risky, track, topic, blank, question,
packet, monkey, junk, equal, ache,
public, attack, struck, earthquake, picnic,
banker, electric, blanket, mistake,
stomach
Vocabulary Strategies
Figurative Language
Review: quick, squeeze, shark, second,
circus
Challenge: request, skeleton, peculiar,
attic, reckless
Target/Academic Vocabulary
reward, graduate, symbol,
foster, disobey, confidence,
patiently, confesses, ceremony,
performs
Spelling Principle
Words with final /j/ and /s/
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
safety, well-being, lifestyle,
precaution
Spelling Words
Basic: glance, judge, damage, package,
twice, stage, carriage, since, practice,
marriage, baggage, office, message,
bridge, chance, notice, ridge, manage,
palace, bandage
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -ion,
-ation, -ition
Review: once, dance, age, bounce
Challenge: fridge, average, fleece,
fragrance, excellence
Writing
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Descriptive Paragraph
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Grammar Skill
adverbs
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Friendly Letter
Focus Trait
Voice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
1e, 1f, 2d, 3a, 3b,
3c, 4a, 4c, 5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5, 6,
Writing
3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e,
9a, 10
Anchor Text
Hercules’ Quest
Genre: Myth
Language
1e, 1f, 2d, 3a, 3b,
3c, 4a, 4c, 5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5, 6
Writing
3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e,
9a, 10
Anchor Text
Harvesting Hope: The Story of
Cesar Chavez
Genre: Biography
Language
1g, 2a, 2d, 3a, 3b,
4a, 4c, 5b, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
2, 5, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 3
Writing
2d, 2e, 3a, 3b, 3e,
3c, 3d, 5, 7, 6, 8, 9b,
10
Paired Selection
Zomo’s Friends
Genre: Folk Tale
Paired Selection
The Edible Schoolyard
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Story Structure
Target Strategy
Question
Decoding
Recognizing
Prefixes re-, un-,
dis-
Fluency
Accuracy and
Self Correction
Supporting Skills
Theme
Allusion
Target Skill
Conclusions
Generalizations
Decoding
More Common
Suffixes
Fluency
Stress
Read Aloud
Theseus and
Minotaur
Paraphrasing
Target/Academic Vocabulary
acquire, unfortunate, coerce,
boasted, beamed, glared,
ceased, declared, devised,
resourceful
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Tell a Story
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
legacy, mythology, tradition,
quest
Read Aloud
The Father of India
Discussing Text
Details
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
Review: reuse, unfair, rewrite, unclear,
untie
Challenge: disband, rearrange,
discontinue, refund, unusual
Target/Academic Vocabulary
overcome, association, capitol,
drought, dedicate, publicity,
violence, conflicts, horizon,
brilliant
Spelling Principle
Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment
Vocabulary Strategies
Reference materials
Anchor Text
Sacagawea
Genre: Biography
Paired Selection
Native American Nature Poetry
Genre: Poetry
Target Skill
Main Ideas and Details
Decoding VCCV
Pattern and
Word Parts
Fluency
Phrasing
Punctuation
Read Aloud
Race Against Death
Target Strategy
Visualize
Citing text reasons
and evidence
Supporting Skills
Onomatopoeia
Text Structure
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Paraphrase Text
Read Aloud
Spelling Words
Basic: unused, refresh, dislike, replace,
unpaid, redo, disorder, unplanned,
distrust, rewind, untrue, unload, recall,
displease, uneven, rebuild, restart,
uncover, untidy, discolor
Vocabulary Strategies
Adages and Proverbs
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
agronomy, commerce,
cultivate, subsistence
Supporting Skills
Idioms
Problem and Solution
Spelling Principle
Prefixes: re-, un-, dis-
Target/Academic Vocabulary
territory, accompany,
proposed, interpreter, duty,
supplies, route, corps, clumsy,
landmark
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
cultural identity, language,
celebration, indigenous
Vocabulary Strategies
Shades of Meaning
Spelling Words
Basic: colorful, weakness, movement,
endless, truthful, illness, cheerful,
useless, beautiful, restless, clumsiness,
pavement, peaceful, fondness, neatness,
speechless, statement, wasteful,
penniless, treatment
Review: kindness, careful, sickness,
helpless, fearful
Challenge: numbness, ailment,
resourceful, cleanliness, appointment
Spelling Principle
Words with VCCV Pattern
Grammar Skill
Prepositions
and
Prepositional
Phrases
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Story
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Grammar Skill
Relative
Pronouns and
Adverbs
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Writing Form
Personal Narrative: Prewrite
Focus Trait
Organization
Media Literacy Skills
Gather Relevant
information
Grammar Skill
Modal
Abbreviations
Writing Mode
Narrative Writing
Spelling Words
Basic: million, collect, lumber, pepper,
plastic, borrow, support, thirty, perfect,
attend, canyon, traffic, fortune, danger,
soccer, engine, picture, survive, seldom,
effort
Writing Form
Personal Narrative: Draft,
Revise, Edit, Publish
Review: until, invite, happen, forget,
letter
Challenge: occur, venture, challenge,
rascal, splendid
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Focus Trait
Ideas
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Journey’s Cross Curricular Connections:
American History: T1, T17, T21, T25, T29, T37, T42–T43, T227, T243, T247,T251, T255, T263, T268–T269
Cultures: T149, T165,T169, T171, T183, T187, T194–T195, T301,T317, T321, T325, T327, T329, T333, T341,T346–T347
Earth Science, T169, T171,T189
Health and Safety, T75, T91, T95, T97,T103, T111, T116–T117
February 15th – March 24th
Grade 4: Unit 5
READING LITERATURE &
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Standards
Lessons
Selections
Language
1d, 1e, 2d, 4a, 4c, 5b,
5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 7, 10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c,
2d, 3d, 5, 9a, 10
Anchor Text
The World According to Humphrey
Genre: Fantasy
Language
1a, 2d, 4a, 4c, 5b, 5c,
6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c,
2d, 2e, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9b,
10
Anchor Text
I Could Do That! Esther Morris
Gets Women the Vote
Genre: Biography
Paired Selection
Make the Switch
Genre: Advertisement
Text-Based
Comprehension
Target Skill
Theme
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Decoding
Decoding VCV
Pattern and
Word Parts
Fluency
Fluency
Accuracy
Target Strategy
Summarize
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud Fun
and Games on
the Range
Telling similar
stories (relating
own experiences to
story elements)
Supporting Skills
Idioms
Point of View
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic
Vocabulary
Target/Academic Vocabulary
appreciate, blaring,
combination, promptly,
introduce, nocturnal, feats,
effort, suggest, racket
Vocabulary Strategies
Using Context
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Literature
Discussion
Paired Selection
The Role of the Constitution
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Cause and Effect
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
Supporting Skills
Conclusions and
Generalizations
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Decoding
Syllable
Patterns and
Word Parts
Fluency
Phrasing: Pauses
Read Aloud
Jane’s Big Ideas
Paraphrasing
particular part
Target/Academic Vocabulary
politics, intelligent, disorderly,
approve, polls, legislature,
amendment, candidates,
informed, denied
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
suffrage, legislation,
assembly, judicial
Vocabulary Strategies
Adages and Proverbs
Spelling
Spelling Principle
Words with VCV Pattern
Spelling Words
Basic: event humor, rapid, music, relief,
planet, detail, unite, frozen, figure,
siren, polite, hotel, protest, punish,
defend, relay, habit, student, moment
Review: alive, open, orange, begin,
forest
Challenge: rumor, jealous, license,
image, rival
Spelling Principle
Words with VCCV and VCV patterns
Spelling Words
Basic: dentist, final, finish, narrow,
shelter, ahead, corner, hollow, divide,
famous, recent, silver, capture, cabin,
dinner, minus, minute, value, reward,
broken
Review: again, enough, market, pencil,
powder
Challenge: decent, secure, standard,
frontier, stampede
WRITING
Language
Grammar Skill
Comparative
and
Superlative
Adjectives and
Adverbs
Writing
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
Summary
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Grammar Skill
Negatives
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
Explanation
Focus Trait
Sentence Fluency
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Media Literacy Skills
Investigate a topic
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
1d, 2b, 2d, 3b, 3c, 4a,
4b, 4c, 5a, 5c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c
Literature
1, 2, 5, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2,3, 4, 6
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c,
2d, 2e, 5, 8, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
The Ever-living Tree: The Life and
Times of a Coast Redwood
Genre: Informational Text
Language
1a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 4a,
4b, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 4, 5
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2b, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9b, 10
Anchor Text
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of
a Remarkable Friendship
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Paired Selection
Towering Trees
Genre: Poetry
Paired Selection
Sea Sanctuary
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Text and Graphic
Features
Decoding
Difficult VCCV
Patterns
Fluency
Stress
Explaining the text
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Recount and
Experience
Supporting Skills
Similes
Text Structure
Target Skill
Compare and Contrast
Read
Aloud
Deserts on the
Move?
Decoding
VCCV Pattern
Fluency
Intonation
Target Strategy
Analyze/Evaluate
Read Aloud
New Friends in the
Newsroom
Recounting a similar
experience
Target/Academic Vocabulary
resources, dense, evaporate,
shallow, moisture, civilized,
continent, opportunities,
customs, independent
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
seeding, pollination,
maturity, life cycle, germinate
Review: person, basket, between, artist,
jacket
Challenge: regret, nephew, method,
decline, vibrate
Target/Academic Vocabulary
bond, suffered, intruder,
companion, enclosure,
inseparable, charged, chief,
exhausted, affection
Spelling Principle
Words with VCCCV Pattern
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -ed, -ly
Language
1f, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a,
3c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 7, 10
Speaking & Listening
1a, 1c, 1d, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Writing
2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9a, 10
Anchor Text
The Fun They Had
Genre: Science Fiction
Paired Selection
Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some
Great Inventions
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Author’s Purpose
Decoding VV
Pattern
Fluency
Adjust Rate to
Purpose
Read Aloud
The Future of Flight
Target Strategy
Question
Identifying Reasons
and Text Evidence
Target/Academic Vocabulary
progress, calculated, dispute,
centuries, superior, insert,
waste, inspector, mechanical,
average
Supporting Skills
Genre: Science Fiction
Formal and Informal
Language
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Tell a Story
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
storage device, scanner, disc,
records
Vocabulary Strategies Greek
and Latin Word parts meter,
therm, aud, fac
Grammar Skill
Punctuation
Spelling Words
Basic: poster, secret, whether, author,
rocket, bushel, agree, bucket, ticket,
declare, chicken, clothing, apron,
whiskers, degree, gather, achieve, rather,
bracket, machine
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes pre-, inter-, ex-
Domain-Specific Vocabulary
adaptation, community,
learned behavior, survive,
shelter
Supporting Skills
Fact and Opinion
Author’s Word Choice
Spelling Principle
Words with VCCV Pattern
Writing Form
Procedural Composition
Focus Trait
Organization
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Grammar Skill
Commas
Spelling Words
Basic: hundred, supply, single, middle,
explain, surprise, pilgrim, sandwich,
instead, complete, monster, settle,
address, farther, sample, although, turtle,
athlete, orchard, kingdom
Spelling Words
Basic: idea, lion, usual, radio, liar, poem,
India, piano, January, quiet, poet, science,
diary, violin, meteor, rodeo
Review: giant, lesson, program, quart,
problem
Challenge: variety, gradual, geography,
diagram, punctuate
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
Research report: Pre-write
Focus Trait
Ideas
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: daughter, neighbor, children,
pumpkin, uncle
Challenge: fortress, instant, exclaim,
mattress, sculptor
Spelling Principle
Words with W pattern
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Grammar Skill
Proper
mechanics
Research/Media Literacy
Skills
Use Internet Sources
Writing Mode
Informative Writing
Writing Form
Research Report: Draft,
Revise, Edit, Publish
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Journey’s Cross Curricular Connections:
Civics: T77, T93, T97, T99, T103, T113,T115, T120–T121
Communication: T1T17, T25, T27, T31, T39, T44–T45
Life Science: T169, T173, T175, T177, T179, T181, T183, T185, T193, T198–T199, T231, T247, T253,T255, T259, T267, T272–T273
Technology and Innovation: T305, T321,T325, T327, T329, T339, T346–T347
April 4th – May 13th
Grade 4: Unit 6
READING LITERATURE &
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Standards
Lessons
Language
2d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 4
Writing
1a, 1b, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4,
9a, 10
Selections
Anchor Text
The Girl Who Loved Spiders
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Short Article
Web Wise
Genre: Informational Text
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Text-Based
Comprehension
Target Skill
Story Structure
Decoding
Decoding
Common Final
Syllables
Fluency
Fluency
Expression
Target Strategy
Visualize
SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Speaking and
Listening
Read Aloud
The Importance of
Spiders
Paraphrasing Main
Points
Supporting Skills
Point of View
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Presenting/Viewing a
Dramatic
Performance
Poetry
The Spider
Spider Ropes
LANGUAGE
Target/Academic Vocabulary
Target/Academic Vocabulary
peculiar, intends, captured,
nourishing, isolated, obtain,
assist, favor, condition,
memorable
Vocabulary Strategies
Greek and Latin Word Parts
Lesson 27
Long Article Amphibian
Alert!
Genre: Informational Text
Target Skill
Main
Ideas/Details
Short Article
The Frog in the Milk Pail
Genre: Fable
Target Strategy
Question
Poetry
Toad by the Road, The Poison-Dart Frogs
Below Level
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
On Level
Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Advanced
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
Supporting Skills
Word Choice
Decoding
More Final
Syllables
Fluency
Phrasing:
Punctuation
Read Aloud
Nowhere Else on
Earth
Reviewing Key
Ideas to Support a
Point
Speaking and
Listening Skill
Make an
informational
Presentation
Spelling Principle
Final schwa + /r/ Sound
Language
Grammar Skill
Making
Comparisons
Spelling Words
Basic: enter, banner, sugar,
shower, motor, collar, labor, finger,
mirror, beggar, favor, bother,
fever, doctor, temper, actor, polar,
sweater, traitor, whenever
Target/Academic Vocabulary
betrayed, shortage, species,
continent, scarce, focus, convey,
alert, introduce, opportunities
Vocabulary Strategies
Analogies
Spelling Principle
Final Schwa + /l/ Sound
Spelling Words
Basic: title, towel, battle, pedal,
metal, simple, eagle, special, total,
trouble, nickel, gentle, barrel,
model, tangle, ankle, marvel,
juggle, squirrel, riddle
Review: circle, travel, apple, little,
purple
Challenge: cancel, decimal,
material, pretzel, triangle
Writing
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Response to Fiction
Focus Trait
Word Choice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
Review: river, summer, dollar,
center, number
Challenge: calendar, error,
popular, barrier, director
Below Level
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
On Level
Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Advanced
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
Language
2d, 4c, 5c, 6,
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b
Literature
1, 2, 3, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1c, 2, 4, 6,
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 4, 5,
7, 8, 10
Spelling
WRITING
Grammar Skill
More
Comparisons
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Journal Entry
Focus Trait
Voice
Write about Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
Language
2a, 2b, 2d, 3a, 3c,
4a, 4b, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
1, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1c, 2, 4
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 10
Long Article
Museums: Words of Wonder
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Language
2d, 4a, 4c, 6
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b,
Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10
Informational Text
1, 2, 7, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 5, 6,
7, 10
Long Article
Save Timber Woods!
Genre: Reader’s Theatre
Target Skill
Understanding
Characters
Short Article
Following Muir
Genre: Persuasive Essay
Target Strategy
Infer/Predict
Language
1g, 2d, 3a, 4b, 4c,
5a
Foundational Skills
3a, 4a, 4b, 4c,
Literature
1, 2, 3,7, 9, 10
Informational Text
1, 3, 7, 9, 10
Speaking &
Listening
1a, 2, 6,
Writing
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a,
2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 4, 5,
7, 10
Long Article
Mystery at Reed’s Pond
Genre: Mystery
Target Skill
Conclusions and
Generalizations
Short Article
A Big Python Problem
Genre: Informational Text
Target Strategy
Summarize
Poetry
Naming the Turtle, Greater Flamingo
Supporting Skills
Word Choice
Short Article
Making the Most from Trash
Genre: Photo Essay
Target Skill
Fact and Opinion
Target Strategy
Monitor/Clarify
Decoding
Stress in
Multi-syllable
Words
Fluency Rate
Read Aloud
Make an Informal
Presentation
Target/Academic Vocabulary
apologize, genuine, triumph,
source, registered, display,
concluded, obstacles, affect, vast
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes con-, -com, -in, -im
Supporting Skills
Tone
Poetry
Dinosaur Bone, Museum Farewell
Decoding
Words with
Silent
Consonants
Fluency
Pausing:
Phrases
Read Aloud Discuss
Symbols and Images
in
Media
Target/Academic Vocabulary
defend, satisfied, confidence,
symbol, boasted, resourceful,
brilliant, publicity, territory,
proposed
Vocabulary Strategies
Word Origins
Supporting Skills
Mood
Below Level
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
On Level
Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Advanced
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
Below Level
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
On Level
Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Advanced
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
Grammar Skill
Possessive
Pronouns
Spelling Words
Basic: library, another, hospital,
example, deliver, history, however,
several, vacation, important, victory,
imagine, camera, potato, remember,
together, memory,
favorite, continue, president
Decoding
Unusual
Spellings
Fluency
Accuracy &
Self Correction
Read Aloud
Dramatize a Story
Target/Academic Vocabulary
appreciate, effort, denied,
informed, shallow, resources,
average, suffered, inspector,
progress
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes –er or –ist
Spelling Principle
Words with Silent Consonants
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Public Service
Announcement
Focus Trait
Organization
Write About Reading
Performance Task
Review: unlucky, powerful,
grandmother, November Challenge:
internal, ornament, interview,
universe, article
Below Level
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
On Level
Phineas L. MacGuire…Gets Slimed!
Advanced
Sea Turtles: Ocean Nomads
Poetry
Dinosaur Bone, Museum Farewell
Spelling Principle
Three-Syllables Words
Grammar Skill
Correct
Pronouns
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Spelling Words
Basic: half, comb, mortgage, honor,
fasten, kneel, wreath, calm, yolk,
climb, honest, knuckle, plumber,
limb, folktale
Writing Form
Opinion Essay
Review: talk, knife, wrong, knock,
hour
Challenge: tomb, glisten, design,
hasten, wrestle
Write About Reading
Performance Task
Spelling Principle
Unusual Spellings
Spelling Words
Basic: meant, routine, style, flood,
month, pleasant, guess, women,
either, against, disguise, sweat,
magazine, guard, receive, wonder,
league, type, ceiling, money
Review: front, head, elbow, shoe,
mind
Challenge: plaid, onion, guarantee,
rhyme, submarine
Focus Trait
Ideas
Grammar Skill
Pronoun
Contractions
Writing Mode
Opinion Writing
Writing Form
Opinion Essay
Focus Trait
Sentence Fluency
Write About Reading
Performance Task
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
GRADE 4
EXTENDED READING
Unit 2
Unit 4
Trade Book
Discovering Mars: The
Amazing Story of the Red
Planet
Target Strategies
Summarize
Visualize
Analyze/Evaluate
Monitor/Clarify
Content Vocabulary Words
sphere, astronomers, telescope, poles, conquest, diameter, craters, mammoth, solar systems, basin, base, colossal, advanced, cosmic, rays, ultraviolet, microbes,
roving, shuttles, gravity, cargo, mass, scheme, permafrost, sustain, ozone, atmosphere
Trade Book
Horses
Target Strategies
Monitor/Clarify
Visualize
Infer/Predict
Content Vocabulary Words
ancestor, grazing, faint, sensitive, sense, nuzzling, dominant, gaits, stride, markings, bays, roans, duns, offspring, feral, moors, mounted, bareback, shod
Journeys Student Materials
Louisiana Journeys Common Core Student Edition
Leveled Reader App and Assessment App for Apple iPad
Louisiana Journeys Extended Reading Novels
Grade 4 Trade Books
Reader’s Notebook
Reading Adventures magazine
Core Teacher Resources
Assessment
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Emergent Literacy Survey
Diagnostic Assessment
Grab and Go
Benchmark and Unit Tests
Assessment App
Cold Reads
Comprehensive Screening
Test Power
Performance Assessments
ELA Exemplar Resource
Instruction/Planning
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Journeys Teacher’s Edition Collection
Literacy and Language Guidebook
Focus Wall Posters
Leveled Readers
Big Books
Reader’s Notebook Collection
Common Core Writing Handbook
Common Core Decodable Readers Blackline Master
Sound/Spelling Cards
Common Core Instructional Card Kit: High Frequency Word Cards; Retelling Cards; Punctuation
Cards; Punctuation Cards; Vocabulary Context Cards; Retelling Cards; Punctuation Cards
Common Core Literacy Center Flip Charts
Grab-and-Go Weekly Lesson Resources
My Journey Home: Family Connection
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
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Reading Tool Kit
Graphic Organizers
Projectables
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ELL Teacher’s Handbook
ELL Small Group Instruction
ELL Support for Newcomers
ELL School-Home Connection
Leveled Readers
Teacher-Led Small Group Readers
30 titles each level: 6 copies each
 Struggling Readers
 On Level
 Advanced
 English Language Learners
ELL Resources
All leveled readers in eText Format
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Louisiana Journeys Think Central (online) Components
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/
All Journeys resources can be found on the Think Central site. Listed below are valuable resources only found online. These resources can be accessed through the Teacher Gateway.
Assessment
Journeys Progress Monitoring Assessment
Journeys Diagnostic Assessment
Journeys Comprehensive Screening Assessment
Formative Assessment: Performance Tasks Grade 4
Formative Assessment: Text to Text Questions Grade 4
Performance Assessment Grade 4
Journeys Louisiana Test Power Teacher’s Edition
Grab-and-Go! Resources: Journeys Benchmark and Unit Tests
Examview Test bank: Journeys Online Assessment
Teaching Aids
Journeys Grab-and-Go! Resources Hub
HMH Resources Hub
Journeys Customizable Focus Walls
Journeys Read Aloud Books
Journey into Common Core
Journeys Unpacking Complex Texts
Journeys Leveled Reader and Vocabulary Reader Teacher’s Guides
Common Core Text Exemplar: Grades 4-5
English Language Arts/Literacy
Year at a Glance (YAG)
Fourth Grade 2015-2016
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Journeys Literacy and Language Guide
Journeys Projectables
English Language Learners
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English Language Learners Newcomer Teacher’s Guide
English Language Learners Newcomer Vocabulary and Concepts Posters
English Language Learners Teacher’s Handbook
Picture Card Bank
ELD Station
Journeys Language Support Cards
Video & Audio
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ELL Building Background Videos
Journeys Audio Hub
Professional Development Videos for support in phonics/phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension, and assessment
Journeys GrammarSnap Videos
Interactive Content
Journeys myWriteSmart
Write Smart: Grade 4
HMH in the News Website
Journeys Interactive Whiteboard lessons
Practice & Study Aids
Common Core Writing Handbook
Journeys Reader’s Notebook Student Edition
Journeys Vocabulary in Context Cards