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Grade 4 ELA Skills
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B. Vocabulary1 Context Clues L.4.4, RI.4.4 2 Greek and Latin Roots L.4.4, RF.4.3 3 Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones L.4.5c, L.4.1g 4 Shades of Meaning L.4.3a, L.4.5c 5 Idioms and Adages L.4.5b, L.4.5a 6 Context Clues (Advanced) L.4.4a, L.4.4c, L.4.6 7 Figurative Language L.4.5a, RL.4.4 C. Reading Comprehension1 Summarizing Text RI.4.2, RL.4.2 2 Theme and Main Idea RL.4.2, RI.4.2 3 Point of View RL.4.6, RI.4.6 4 Making Inferences RL.4.1, RI.4.1 5 Compare and Contrast RL.4.9, RI.4.9 6 Text Structure RI.4.5, RI.4.3 7 Firsthand vs. Secondhand Accounts RI.4.6 8 Integrating Two Texts RI.4.9, W.4.9b 9 Poetry, Prose & Drama RL.4.5, RL.4.10 10 Theme Across Stories RL.4.2, RL.4.9 11 Summarizing Across Texts RI.4.2, RL.4.2, RI.4.9 D. Writing1 Opinion Writing W.4.1 2 Narrative Writing W.4.3 3 Informative Writing W.4.2, W.4.7 4 Opinion Essay W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.1c, W.4.1d 5 Research Report W.4.7, W.4.8, W.4.2 6 Narrative with Sensory Details W.4.3a, W.4.3b, W.4.3d, W.4.3e 7 Informative Essay with Sources W.4.2a, W.4.2b, W.4.2c, W.4.2d, W.4.2e, W.4.8 8 Opinion with Counterargument W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.1c, W.4.1d F. Reviews & Checkpoints1 Review and Reinforcement RL.4.6, L.4.5c, W.4.2, RF.4.4, RL.4.1, L.4.5, W.4.1, RF.4.3a, RL.4.9 2 Review & Mid-Spring Checkpoint W.4.7, RI.4.5, L.4.5b, W.4.3d, RI.4.6, RF.4.4, L.4.4a 3 Fluency & Reading Celebration RF.4.4, SL.4.4, SL.4.6, RL.4.10, RI.4.10 4 Year-End Review & Benchmark RL.4.2, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RI.4.2, RI.4.5, RI.4.6, RI.4.9, L.4.4a, L.4.5a, L.4.5b, W.4.1, W.4.2, W.4.3 Mon Amie's Learning Lab™ • A program of Mon Amie's Solutions
