Fourth Grade 2016-2017 ELA “Journeys”
Unit 1: Reaching Out
Week
Target Skill &
Strategy
Literature
Leveled Readers
Foundational
Skills
Vocabulary
Words
Spelling
Grammar,
Writing, & Vocab
Week 1
Target Skill:
Story Structure
Read Aloud:
Sideline Support
Fluency –
Accuracy and
Self-Correction
Point of View
comfort
mention
mood
properly
intends
consisted
positive
advanced
peculiar
talent
Short a and Long a
blade
sale
gray
hang
past
stain
afraid
glass
magic
raft
delay
jail
amaze crayon
drain
fact
maybe stale
break
steak
Grammar:
What is a sentence?
Anchor Text:
Because of Winn-Dixie
Vocabulary Reader
Check Out the Library 8
Struggling Reader
Parker’s Problem 430L
On Level Reader
The Mystery on Maple
Street 490L
Advanced Reader
Trading Talents 650L
EL Support Reader
What Happened on Maple
Street 370L
Vocabulary Reader
Separate Worlds 730L
Struggling Reader
Sharing a Dream 830L
On Level Reader
A Voice for Equality 890L
Advanced Reader
A Leader for All 880L
EL Support Reader
Thurgood Marshall 630L
Fluency –
Phrasing: Pauses
Vocabulary Reader
Planes, Trains, and
Snowmobiles 630L
Struggling Reader
Kids Can Save the Planet
460L
On Level Reader
Habitat Humanity 380L
Advanced Reader
Volunteer 890L
EL Support Reader
Helping Houses 570L
Fluency –
Accuracy
DOMAIN
Community
Lesson Topic:
Helping
Others
Flashback
Paired Text:
Because of Bookends
Target Strategy:
Summarize
Week 2
DOMAIN
American
History
Lesson Topic:
Civil Rights
Target Skill:
Author’s
Purpose
Explain
Historical Events
Idioms
Target
Strategy:
Read Aloud:
The Troublemaker
Who Headed a Nation
Anchor Text:
My Brother Martin
Paired Text:
Langston Hughes: A
Poet and a Dreamer
Decoding
VCV Syllable
Pattern
Decoding
Open and
Closed Syllables
injustice
numerous
segregation
nourishing
captured
dream
encounters
preferred
recall
examples
Short e & Long e
west
speck
steep
kept
member cheap
gleam
pretend
fresh
greed
freedom shelf
speed
least
steam
eager
beast
reason
believe
chief
isolated
virtual
devour
remote
impassable
access
obtain
preserve
extremes
avid
Short i and long i
skill
ditch
crime decide
grind
witness
tonight wind
brick
district
flight
inch
live
sigh
chill
fright
delight remind
build
split
Writing
Narrative :
Descriptive
Paragraph
Focus: Elaboration
Vocabulary
Prefixes re-, un-, dis-
Grammar:
Types of Sentences
Writing
Narrative Writing:
Story
Focus: Purpose
Vocabulary
Prefixes in-, im-,il-,ir-
Monitor/Clarify
Week 3
Target Skill:
Cause and Effect
Read Aloud:
Bridging the Gap
DOMAIN
Interpret Visuals
Communication
Lesson Topic:
Media
Domain- Specific
Vocab
Target
Strategy:
Visualize
Anchor Text:
My Librarian is a
Camel
Paired Text:
From Idea to Book
Decoding
VCCV Pattern
Grammar:
Quotations
Writing
Narrative Writing:
Dialogue
Focus: Conventions
Vocabulary
Using Context
Initial and
Date When
Completed
Fourth Grade 2016-2017 ELA “Journeys”
Unit 1: Reaching Out
Week
Target Skill &
Strategy
Literature
Leveled Readers
Foundational
Skills
Vocabulary
Words
Spelling
Grammar,
Writing, & Vocab
Week 4
Target Skill:
Theme
Read Aloud:
Bookmobile Rescue
Fluency –
Intonation
Anchor Text:
The Power of
W.O.W.!
assist
burglaries
innocent
scheme
regretfully
misjudged
suspect
favor
speculated
prior
VCV and VCCV
block throat
shown
host
oatmeal online
wrote shock
fellow solve
scold known
coast remote
odd
stock
locate boast
slope globe
Grammar:
Fragment and RunOn Sentences
Elements of
Drama
Vocabulary Reader
Community Teamwork
910L
Struggling Reader
Nina Wows KWOW NPL
On Level Reader
A Friendly Field Trip NPL
Advanced Reader
A.L.L. to the Rescue NPL
EL Support Reader
Friends on a Field Trip NPL
DOMAIN
Community
Lesson Topic:
Raising
Money
Allusion
Target Strategy:
Analyze/
Evaluate
Week 5
DOMAIN
Cultures
Target Skill:
Understanding
Characters
Point of View
Lesson Topic:
Traditional
Tales
Paired Text:
The Kid’s Guide to
Money
Read Aloud:
Mighty Joe Magarac
Anchor Text:
Stormalong
Hyperbole
Target Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Paired Text:
Hoderi the Fisherman
Vocabulary Reader
The Golden Age of Sail
720L
Struggling Reader
Mississippi Marvis Barnes
360L
On Level Reader
Balina 600L
Advanced Reader
Whisper 620L
EL Support Reader
The Amazing Balina 660L
Decoding
VCV and VCCV
Fluency –
Expression
Decoding
Homophones
seafaring
tidal
foaming
outcast
yearning
memorable
betrayed
condition
shortage
horrified
Homophones
wait
sent
weight cent
heard scent
herd
feet
days
feat
daze
vain
heel
vane
heal
vein
peak miner
peek minor
Writing
Narrative Writing:
Fictional Narrative
Focus: Organization
Vocabulary
Prefixes: non-, mis-
Grammar:
Proper Nouns
Writing
Narrative Writing:
Fictional Narrative
Focus: Conventions
Vocabulary
Reference Materials
Initial and
Date When
Completed