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Fourth Grade ELA Pacing Guide
week Unit Text Selections Weekly Learning Target Common Core ELA Standards Covered Reading Street Textbook Location Suggested Lesson Plans Suggested Resources
Week 1 Intro Teacher’s Choice Students can follow basic procedures and rules for ELA class.

Review

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Week 2 Turning Points Because of Winn-Dixie A Film with a Message of Hope Students can determine the meaning of a word that has the suffix –ful or –al. Students can explain the effects an author’s language has on the reader. Students can make connections between the text of a story and a visual or oral presentation of it. Students can write a conclusion from the narrated experiences or events.

RL4.2   RL4.3
RF4.4b  W4.3a
W4.3d   W4.3e
LS4.2   LS4.4
L4.2  L4.2d
L4.3b  L4.4
L4.4b   RL4.7

Book 4.1
Unit 1 pg 18-45
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 3 Lewis and Clark and Me Ellen Ochoa: Space Pioneer Students can determine the meaning of a word that has the suffix –ed or –ing. Students can make connections between literary and informational texts with similar topics. Students can form and use the progressive verb tense. Students can write texts that establish a main idea in a topic sentence.

RI4.1  RI4.8
RF4.4   W4.2
W4.2a  W4.4
LS4.1c  L4.2
L4.2d   L4.4
L4.1b

Unit 1 pg 46-77 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 4 On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Students can use a dictionary or glossary to look up words with multiple meanings. Students can compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated. Students use complete sentences. Students can write creative stories that have a clear ending and give details about the characters and settings.

RL4.2   RL4.6
RF4.4b   W4.3a
W4.3d   W4.4
LS4.1b   L4.1f
L4.2d   L4.4
L4.4c   L4.6

Unit 1 pg 78-109 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 5 The Horned Toad Prince
The Fox and the Tiger
Students can identify and differentiate synonyms and antonyms. Students can read independently over long durations and paraphrase the reading. Students can compare and contrast the actions of characters in traditional and classic stories. Students can write letters for a specific person using correct conventions.

RL4.1   RL4.2
RF4.4b   W4.4
LS4.4   L4.1
L4.2c   L4.2d
L4.4a   L4.5c

Unit 1 pg 110-137 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 6 Letters Home from Yosemite
The Bison of Caprock Canyons
Students can determine the meaning of a word with the suffix –ist, -ive, or –ness. Students can summarize the main idea and supporting details. Students can use relative pronouns and adverbs. Students can identify and use complex sentences in their writing.

RI4.2  RI4.5
RF4.4  W4.3a
W4.4  LS4.1b
L4.1a  L4.2d
L4.4b  L4.6

Unit 1 pg 138-165 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 7 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 8 Teamwork What Jo Did Stickfast Hoop Students can determine the meaning of a word with the prefix un- or the suffix –able. Students can read aloud with good pace and fluency. Students can conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of a topic. Students can recall or gather relevant information from experiences or sources.

RI4.1  RI4.5
RF4.4b  W4.4
LS4.4  L4.2
L4.2a  L4.3a
L4.4a  L4.4b
L4.5   W4.7
W4.8

Book 4.1
Unit 2 pg 170-195
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 9 Coyote School News How to Start a School Newspaper Students can consult reference materials to find the pronunciation and meaning of unknown words. Students can read from different media sources. Students can read with appropriate expression. Students can write texts that use simple facts, details, and explanations to support their ideas.

RL4.1  RL4.3
RF4.4b  W4.2
W4.2b  LS4.4
L4.2  L4.4
L4.4c  L4.6

Unit 2 pg 196-227 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 10 Scene Two
Front Porch
Students can determine the meaning of a word with the prefix dis-. Students can ask different types of questions about a text. Students can recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. Students can write about important experiences in their life.

RI4.1  RF4.3a
RF4.4b  W4.4
LS4.1c  L4.2
L4.3a  L4.4
L4.4b  L4.5b

Unit 2 pg 228-255 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 11 Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses
Riding the Pony Express
Students can explain the difference between a fact and an opinion in a text. Students can link idea within categories of information using words and phrases. Students can use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about a topic. Students can identify and write an expository composition.

RI4.1  RI4.8
RF4.3  RF4.4b
W4.2c  W4.2d
W4.4  LS4.1b
L4.1  L4.2
L4.4  L4.4c

Unit 2 pg 256-283 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 12 So You Want to Be President? Our National Parks Students can identify the main ideas and details in a text. Students can use prior knowledge from a text to make inferences and support them with evidence. Student can write a persuasive essay. Students can use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

RI4.1  RI4.2
RF4.3  RF4.4b
W4.1  W4.1a
W4.1b  W4.1c
LS4.1a  L4.1
L4.4  L4.4c
L4.6  W4.6

Unit 2 pg 284-309 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 13 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 14 Patterns in Nature The Man Who Named the Clouds My Weather Journal Students can determine the meanings of multiple-meaning words by using the context. Students can explain information that is shown in graphics. Students can differentiate between contexts that call for formal and informal English. Students can establish a situation and introduce a narrator or characters in writing.

RI4.2  RI4.7
RF4.4b   W4.3
W4.3a  LS4.4
L4.1  L4.2d
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.3c  LS4.6

Book 4.1
Unit 3 pg 314-343
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 15 Adelina’s Whales
Sea Animals on the Move
Students can use a graphic organizer to differentiate facts and opinions. Students can use text structure to further comprehension. Students can form and use the progressive verb tense. Students can use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions. Students can introduce a topic clearly in writing.

RI4.1  RI4.5
RI4.8  RF4.4b
RF4.4c   W4.2a
W4.3  LS4.1c
L4.1g  L4.2d
L4.3   L4.4a
L4.1b  L4.1c

Unit 3 pg 344-371 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 16 How Night Came from the Sea The Ant and the Bear Students can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. Students can show agreement between subjects and predicates. Students can compare and contrast the actions of characters in traditional and classic stories. Students can describe the characteristics of a drama.

RI4.1  RI4.5
RI4.8  RF4.4b
RF4.4c  W4.3a
LS4.1c   L4.1
L4.1f   L4.2d
L4.4a   RL4.4

Unit 3 pg 372-401 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 17 Eye of the Storm Severe Weather Safety Students can use root words to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Students can determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words. Students can review key ideas and explain their own ideas and understandings. Students can write using formal or informal language based on context.

RI4.4  RI4.5
RF4.4b  W4.2a
W4.4  LS4.5
L4.1   L4.2d
L4.4b   LS4.1d

Unit 3 pg 402-429 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 18 Paul Bunyan A Very Grand Canyon Students can determine the meaning of a word with the suffix –ly. Students can explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose. Students can compare the same myth, folktale, or fairytale told by different authors. Students can write a summary.

RL4.1  RF4.4
RF4.4b   W4.5
LS4.2  L4.1
L4.1f  L4.2
L4.2d  L4.4b
L4.6  RL4.5

Unit 3 pg 430-459 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 19 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 20 Puzzles and Mysteries The Case of the Gasping Garbage Mr. Talberg’s Famous Bread Recipe Students can complete analogies based on synonyms and antonyms. Students can compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics in stories from different cultures. Students can use and understand reflexive pronouns. Students can present information clearly and confidently.

RL4.3  RL4.9
RF4.4b  W4.3
W4.3a  W4.3d
LS4.3  L4.1
L4.2d  L4.4a
L4.5c  L4.6

Book 4.2
Unit 4 pg 18-51
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 21 Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon Mysterious Animals Students can figure out an author’s purpose even when it is not clearly stated. Students can integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. Students can express an opinion supported by accurate information.

RI4.9  RI4.2
RF4.4  RF4.4b
W4.3  W4.3a
W4.3d  LS4.4
LS4.5  L4.1
L4.2d  L4.3a
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.6

Unit 4 pg 52-81 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 22 Navajo Code Talkers Your Own Secret Language Students can determine a sequence needed to follow a procedure. Students can use images and graphics to help comprehension. Students can determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words. Students can write instructions that are clear and easy to follow.

RI4.2  RI4.3
RI4.4  RF4.4b
W4.2  W4.2a
LS4.4  L4.1
L4.2d  L4.4
L4.4c  L4.6

Unit 4 pg 82-111 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 23 Seeker of Knowledge Making Mummies Students can determine the meaning of words with the prefix trans-. Students can also recognize Greek and Latin root words. Students can recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. Students can predict what an article is about and set purpose for reading it. Students can write a problem-solution essay.

RI4.1  RI4.7
RF4.4  RF4.4b
W4.1  W4.1a
LS4.1c  LS4.4
L4.1  L4.2d
L4.4   L4.4b
L4.5b

Unit 4 pg 112-139 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 24 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander Young Detectives of Potterville Middle School Students can describe how characters relate to each other and the changes that happen to them. Students can explain the meanings of a simple similes and metaphors. Students can recognize and use quotation marks in writing. Students can properly use contractions and negatives in writing.

RL4.1  RL4.3
RF4.4  RF4.4b
W4.3  W4.3a
LS4.4  L4.2d
L4.3  L4.3a
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.5a  L4.5c

Unit 4 pg 140-165 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 25 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 26 Adventures by Land, Air, and Water Smokejumpers: Life Fighting Fires Camp with Care Students can identify and differentiate homographs. Students can take notes, categorize information, and provide a list of sources. Students can use relative pronouns and adverbs. Students can explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Students can write details about a character and setting.

RI4.2  RI4.8
RF4.4a  RF4.4b
W4.3  W4.3a
LS4.1b  L4.1a
L4.1d  L4.1f
L4.1g  L4.2d
L4.4c  W4.7

Book 4.2 Unit 5 pg 170-199 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 27 Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Riding the Rails to Machu Picchu Students can recognize Greek and Latin root words. Students can compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. Students can integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

RI4.9  RI4.6
RF4.3  RF4.4
RF4.4b  W4.3
W4.3a  LS4.4
L4.1  L4.1f
L4.2d  L4.4b

Unit 5 pg 200-227 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 28 Cliff Hanger Rock Climbing Students can use context clues to determine unfamiliar words. Students can summarize the main idea and supporting details of a text. Students can use text features to locate information. Students can use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

RL4.2  RL4.3
RF4.4b  W4.3c
W4.3d  W4.4
LS4.1c  LS4.4
L4.1  L4.2d
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.4b  L4.6

Unit 5 pg 228-255 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 29 Antarctic Journal Swimming Towards Ice Students can monitor and clarify their reading. Students can use and understand prepositions and prepositional phrases. Students can provide a concluding statement related to the opinion presented. Students can write a personal narrative. Students can listen closely and ask and answer questions.

RI4.2  RI4.5
RF4.3a   RF4.4b
W4.1a  W4.1b
W4.1d  LS4.1a
LS4.1c  L4.1
L4.2d  L4.4b

Unit 5 pg 256-287 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 30 Moonwalk A Walk on the Moon Students can explain how different poems use elements of poetry. Students can provide a concluding statement related to the information. Students can demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

RI4.1  RF4.4b
W4.2e  W4.3a
W4.3d  LS4.1c
L4.1e  L4.1f
L4.2d   L4.4a
L4.5c   W4.6

Unit 5 pg 288-315 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 31 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 32 Reaching for Goals My Brother Martin Hopes and Dreams of Young People Students can use a variety of root words to help determine the meaning of a word. Students can describe how ideas are related in texts. Students can explain the meanings of a simple similes and metaphors. Students can write a cause-and-effect essay. Students can use and understand the function of correlative conjunctions.

RI4.1  RI4.3
RI4.5  RF4.4
RF4.4b   W4.2
W4.2a  W4.2b
LS4.1c  LS4.3
L4.1  L4.2d
L4.4b  L4.5a

Book 4.2
Unit 6 pg 320-349
Lesson Plans Resources
Week 33 Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path Special Olympics, Spectacular Athletes Students can refer to details and examples in a text when needed. Students can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis. Students can use correct capitalization for proper nouns. Students can correctly abbreviate people’s titles. Students can texts about similar topics.

RI4.1   RI4.2
RF4.4b   W4.1a
W4.9  LS4.4
L4.1f  L4.2a
L4.2d  L4.4
L4.4c   L4.6

Unit 6 pg 350-381 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 34 How Tía Lola Came to Stay
The Difficult Art of Hitting
Students can explain how events will influence future events in a story. Students can properly use coordinating conjunctions. Students can compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated. Students can write responses using details to show understanding.

RL4.1  RF4.4b
W4.3   W4.3a
W4.3d  LS4.1b
L4.2c   L4.2d
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.6   RL4.6

Unit 6 pg 382-413 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 35 A Gift from the Heart
Vote for Bluebonnet Day
Students can use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech. Students can make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text. Students can read with accuracy and fluency. Students can write a creative story in many forms.

RL4.7   RF4.4
RF4.4b  W4.3a
W4.3b  W4.3d
LS4.1c  L4.2b
L4.2d  L4.4
L4.4a  L4.6

Unit 6 pg 414-443 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 36 The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon 195 Days in Space Students can use background knowledge as they read. Students can explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of a text when writing or speaking. Students can use correct capitalization for historical events and documents.

RI4.1  RI4.7
W4.3  W4.3a
LS4.4  L4.2
L4.2a  L4.2d
L4.4  L4.4a
L4.6  RL4.5

Unit 6 pg 444-473 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 37 Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on the unit’s learning and review any skills or content.

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Week 38 Review Teacher’s Choice Review Students can reflect on and review any skills or content from Grade 4 English Language Arts.

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