Fourth Grade 2016-2017 ELA “Journeys”
Unit 4: Unbreakable Spirit
Week
Target Skill &
Strategy
Literature
Leveled Readers
Foundational
Skills
Vocabulary
Words
Spelling
Grammar,
Writing, & Vocab
Week 16
Target Skill:
Compare and
Contrast
Read Aloud:
Getting the Story
Vocabulary Reader
Stagecoach Travel 680L
Struggling Reader
Elizabeth’s Stormy Ride
310L
On Level Reader
Perilous Passage 800L
Advanced Reader
Come to Nicodemus 940L
EL Support Reader
A Dangerous Trip 640L
Fluency –
Rate
escorted
swelled
relied
reputation
worthy
churning
situation
deserve
defended
satisfied
Words with
/k/,/ng/,/kw/
Grammar:
Adjectives
risky public
track attack
topic struck
blank earthquake
question picnic
pocket banker
monkey electric
junk
blanket
equal mistake
ache
stomach
Writing
Narrative:
Descriptive
Paragraph
Focus: Development
Words with Final
/j/ and /s/
Grammar:
Adverbs
glance baggage
judge office
damage message
package bridge
twice chance
stage notice
carriage ridge
since manage
practice palace
marriage bandage
Writing
Narrative: Friendly
Letter
Focus: Purpose
DOMAIN
American
History
Lesson Topic:
Individual
Contributions
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Personification
Anchor Text:
Riding Freedom
Paired Text
Spindletop
Target Strategy:
Monitor/Clarify
Week 17
DOMAIN
Health and
Safety
Lesson Topic:
Service
Animals
Target Skill:
Sequence of
Events
Main Idea and
Details
Domain-Specific
Vocabulary
Target Strategy:
Summarize
Week 18
DOMAIN
Cultures
Lesson Topic:
Traditional
Tales
Target Skill:
Story Structure
Theme
Allusion
Target Strategy:
Question
Read Aloud:
Let Me Be Brave
Anchor Text:
The Right Dog for the
Job
Paired Text:
Knowing Noses:
Search-and-Rescue
Dogs
Read Aloud:
Theseus and Minotaur
Anchor Text:
Hercules’ Quest
Paired Text:
Zomo’s Friends
Vocabulary Reader
Animals Helping People
940L
Struggling Reader
Animal Doctors 710L
On Level Reader
A Rural Veterinarian 890L
Advanced Reader
Helping Wild Animals
1030L
EL Support Reader
Taking Care of Animals
690L
Vocabulary Reader
Long Ago In Greece 930L
Struggling Reader
King Midas 550L
On Level Reader
The Adventures of Perseus
660L
Advanced Reader
The Story of Icarus 760L
EL Support Reader
The Story of Perseus 540L
Decoding
Sound/Spelling
Changes
Fluency –
intonation
Decoding
More
Sound/Spelling
Changes
Fluency –
Accuracy and
Self-Correction
Decoding
Recognizing
Prefixes re-, un-,
dis-
reward
graduate
symbol
foster
disobey
confidence
patiently
confesses
ceremony
performs
acquire
unfortunate
coerce
boasted
beamed
glared
ceased
declared
devised
resourceful
Prefixes re-, un-,disunused untrue
refresh unload
dislike recall replace
displease
unpaid uneven
redo rebuild disorder
restart
unplanned uncover
distrust
untidy rewind
discolor
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Suffixes: -ion, -ation,
-ition
Grammar:
Prepositions and
Prepositional Phrases
Writing
Narrative: Story
Focus: Elaboration
Vocabulary:
Adages and Proverbs
Initial and
Date When
Completed
Fourth Grade 2016-2017 ELA “Journeys”
Unit 4: Unbreakable Spirit
Week
Target Skill &
Strategy
Literature
Leveled Readers
Foundational
Skills
Vocabulary
Words
Spelling
Grammar,
Writing, & Vocab
Week 19
Target Skill:
Conclusions and
Generalizations
Read Aloud:
The Father of India
Vocabulary Reader
Tough Times 830L
Struggling Reader
Songs for the People 810L
On Level Reader
The People’s President
790L
Advanced Reader
The Story of Dorothea
Lange 880L
EL Support Reader
Fluency –
Stress
overcome
association
capitol
drought
dedicate
publicity
violence
conflicts
horizon
brilliant
Suffixes –ful, -less,
-ness, -ment
colorful clumsiness
weakness pavement
movement peaceful
endless
fondness truthful
beautiful
penniless
restless treatment
neatness illness
speechless
cheerful
useless wasteful
statement
Grammar:
Relative Pronouns
and Adverbs
territory
accompany
proposed
interpreter
duty
supplies
route
corps
clumsy
landmark
Word with VCCV
million canyon
collect traffic
lumber fortune
pepper danger
plastic soccer
borrow engine
support picture
thirsty thrive
perfect seldom
attend effort
DOMAIN
American
History
Problem and
Solution
Lesson Topic:
Agriculture
Idioms
Anchor Text:
Harvesting Hope: The
Story of Cesar Chavez
Paired Text:
The Edible Schoolyard
Target Strategy:
Infer/Predict
Decoding
More Common
Suffixes
A President for the People
610L
Week 20
DOMAIN
Cultures
Target Skill:
Main Idea and
Details
Text Structure
Lesson Topic:
Native
American
History
Onomatopoeia
Target Strategy:
Visualize
Read Aloud:
Race Against Death
Anchor Text:
Sacagawea
Paired Text:
Native American
Nature Poetry
Vocabulary Reader
Lewis and Clark’s Packing
List 810L
Struggling Reader
John Wesley Powell 830L
On Level Reader
Writer from the Prairie
830L
Advanced Reader
Chief Washakie 1090L
EL Support Reader
Laura Ingalls Wilder 640L
Fluency –
Phrasing:
Punctuation
Decoding
VCCV Pattern
and Word Parts
Writing
Personal Narrative
Focus: Organization
Vocabulary
Reference Materials
Grammar:
Abbreviations
Writing
Personal Narrative
Focus: Conventions
Vocabulary
Shades of Meaning
Initial and
Date When
Completed