Grade 4 Year at a Glance
Writing/Grammar and Conventions/Word Study
First Grading Period
Second Grading Period
Writer’s workshop
 Launch Writer’s Workshop and procedures
 Create interactive notebooks
 Introductory writing activities (such as
planting seeds, ideas to write about, etc.)
 The Writing Process (4.15 A-E)
 Personal Narrative Compositions (4.17)introduction, planning, structure, kernel
essay
 Literary devices (similes and metaphors)-see
reading Y.A.G.
Grammar and conventions
 Ending punctuation (4.21 C)
 Review capitalization (proper nouns, I,
sentences)
 Complete simple sentences/ subject and
predicate (4.20 C, 4.20 B)
 Nouns and verbs (teach with
subject/predicate) (4.20 i, ii)
 Subject/verb agreement (4.20 C)
 Adjectives (teach with reading lessons on
character traits (4.20 iii)
Writer’s Workshop
 Narrative Writing (continued) (4.17 A)
-Adding details to kernel essay
-continue writing process (4.17
-time order conjunctions (4.20 A viii)
 Introduce Expository Writing (4.18 A i-iii)
-central idea, supporting details, and concluding
statement
-continue writing process
Grammar and Conventions
 Punctuation with quotation marks (4.21 C ii)
 Capitalization (4.21 B i-iii) of historical events and
documents (i), titles (ii), and
languages/races/nationalities (iii)
 Compound sentences (4.20 C)
-commas in compound sentences (4.21 C i)
-correlative conjunctions (4.20 vii)
 Prepositions (4.20 A)
Word Study
 Double consonants in the middle of words
(4.22 A iii)
 Plural rules (words ending in f—ves) (4.22 A i)
 Irregular plurals (4.22 A ii)
Reader’s Workshop
Launching Literacy
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)

** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making Connections,
Determining Importance
Genre: Literacy Text/ Fiction
 Plot Structure (4.6A)
 Interaction of Characters (4.6B)
 Point of View (4.6C)
 Sequence Fiction (Figure 19E)
 Summarizing Fiction (Figure 19E)
Integrated TEKS
 Idioms (4.2D)
 Similes and metaphors to produce imagery
(4.8)
Word Study
 Spell base words with roots and affixes (4.22 B)
(aligned with reading TEK 4.2A)
 Spell commonly used homophones (4.22 C)
Reader’s Workshop
Genre: Traditional Literature
 Summarize and explain theme (4.3A)
 Compare and contrast exploits of characters (4.3B)
 Introduce paired passages
Genre: Informational Text
 Text Features (4.11D)
 Explain graphics (4.13B)
 Main Idea and supporting details (4.11A)
 Summarize (Figure 19E)
 Author’s Purpose, stated and implied (4.10)
Paired Passages
 Compare and contrast fictional works to
biography/ autobiography (4.7)
Genre: Poetry
 Structural Elements (4.4)
 Use with nonfiction paired passages
Integrated TEKS
Latin & Greek roots/ affixes (4.2A)
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Dictionary (4.2E)
Multiple Meaning Words (4.2B)
Independent Reading (4.9)
Write letters or other responses to reading (4.18B,
4.18C)
Spiral TEKS:
 Independent Reading (4.9)
 Write letters or other responses to reading (4.18B,
4.18C)
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance
Third Grading Period
Writer’s Workshop
 Narrative Writing (4.17)
-revising and editing (4.15 C & D)
-revising ideas include: show not tell, ba da
bing, transitions words, focus, introductions
and conclusions, etc.)
-using a rubric
 Expository Writing (4.18)
-revising and editing (4.15 C & D)
-using a rubric
 Write for
Grammar and Conventions
 Adverbs (4.20 A iv) that show frequency (e.g.,
sometimes) and intensity (e.g., quickly)
 Reflexive pronouns (4.20 A vi)
Word Study
 Words with silent letters (e.g., knock, wring)
(4.22 A)
 Other ways to spell “sh” sound (sion, tion,
cian suffixes) (4.22 A iv)
Reader’s Workshop
Genre: Informational
 Text Structure (4.11C)
 Fact and opinion (4.11B)
 Procedural sequencing (4.13A)
Genre: Drama
 Structural Elements of Drama (4.5)
 STAAR Practice Passages
Integrated TEKS
 Analogies, antonyms and synonyms (4.2C)
Spiral TEKS:
 Independent Reading (4.9)
 Write letters or other responses to reading
(4.18B, 4.18C)
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance
Fourth Grading Period
Writer’s Workshop
 Imaginative stories with plot structure/story
elements (4.16 A)
-include climax, characters, setting, resolution
 Persuasive Writing (4.19 A)
 Write poems that convey sensory details (4.16 B)
Grammar and Conventions
 Review as needed
Word Study
 Review as needed
Reader’s Workshop
Reading/ Media Literacy
 Impacts off advertisement techniques (4.14A)
 Design techniques to influence author’s message
(4.14B)
 Compare written conventions of digital media
(4.14C)
 Persuasive Text (4.12)
Spiral TEKS:
 Independent Reading (4.9)
 Write letters or other responses to reading (4.18B,
4.18C)
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance
 Reading Comprehension (Figure 19 C, D, E, F)
** Metacognition, Schema, Inferring,
Summarizing, Making
Connections, Determining Importance