4th Grade Reading - Spelling Curriculum Map

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill

September

Unit: 1 Reflections

Stories: “Lost Lake”

“Amelia’s Road”

“Sarah, Plain and Tall”

“Seal Journey”

Strategies: Inferencing, Questioning, Summarizing

Vocabulary: Multiple-meaning words, Antonyms & Synonyms, Compound Words

Skills: Story Elements, Form Generalizations, Sequence of Events, Make Predictions, Cause/Effect

Phonics: Short Vowels, long a and e, long i and o,

Genre: Realistic fiction, Historical fiction, Non-fiction

Fluency: Pronunciation, Pausing

Assessment: Weekly reading quiz, weekly vocabulary quiz

October

Units: 1 Reflections, 2 Something in Common

Stories: “Open Wide, Don’t Bite”,

“Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World”

“Just a Dream”

Strategies: Questioning, Evaluate,Summarizing

Vocabulary: Context Clues, Multiple-Meaning Words, Antonyms & Synonyms

Skills: Story Elements, Make Inferences, Problem/Solution, Main Idea

Illinois State Goals &

Standards

1A2a, 1A2b,

1B2a, 1B2b, 1B2c, 1B2d

1C2a, 1C2b, 1C2c, 1C2d,

1C2e,

2A2a, 2A2b, 2A2c

2B2a, 2B2c

3A2

3B2a, 3B2c, 3B2d

Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Consonant Clusters, Short Vowels, Long Vowels

Genres: Non-fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Realistic Fiction

Fluency: Punctuation, Intonation

Assessment: Unit 1 Test, Weekly Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

November

Unit: 2 Something in Common, 3 Our Voices

Stories: “Leah’s Pony”

“Baseball Saved Us”

“Will Her Native Language Disappear?”

“The Hatmaker’s Sign”

Strategies: Visualize, Make Inferences

Skills: Cause/Effect, Form Generalizations, Sequence of Events, Make Predictions, Judgment/Decision, Summarize, Fact/Opinion

Vocabulary: Compound Words, Context Clues, Suffixes,

Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Consonant Clusters, Diagraphs

Fluency: Tempo, Expression

Assessment: Unit 2 Test, Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

December

Unit: 3 Our Voices

Stories: “Pat Cummings”

“Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho”

“A Place Called Freedom”

Strategies: Analyze Story Structure, Make Inferences, Generate Questions

Skills: Cause/Effect, Form Generalizations, Judgment/Decision, Summarize, Fact/Opinion

Vocabulary: Context Clues, Suffixes

Phonics: Diagraphs

Genres: Biography, Historical Fiction, Magazine Article

Fluency: Pronunciation, Pausing

Assessment: Unit 3 Test, Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

January

Unit: 4 Just Curious

Stories: “Twisted Trails”

“ Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack”

“Gluskabe and the Snow Bird”

“Meet an Underwater Explorer”

Strategies: Summarize, Connecting, Analyze Text Structure

Skills: Compare/Contrast, Draw Conclusions, Fact/Nonfact, Steps in a Process

Vocabulary: Prefixes, Root Words,

Phonics: ôr and ô, är and âr, îr and ûr,

Genres: Science Nonfiction, Native American Myth, Science Article, Creative Biography

Fluency: Punctuation, Intonation

Assessment: Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

February

Unit: 4 Just Curious, 5 Make a Plan

Stories: “On the Bus with Joanna Cole”

“Earth’s First Creature”

“The Fox and the Guinea Pig”

“Mom’s Best Friend”

Strategies: Analyze Story Structure, Make Inferences, Generate Questions

Skills: Sequence of Events, Make Inferences, Make Predictions, Important/Unimportant Information

Vocabulary: Context Clues, Prefixes, Root Words, Figurative Language

Phonics: /s/ and /f/, /Ər/, /ch Ər/, / Ə/ and /Ən/ Genres: Science Article, Traditional Folktale, Biography, Mathematical Folktale Fluency: Tempo, Expression Assessment: Unit 4 test, Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

March

Unit: 5 Make a Plan, 6 Sorting it Out

Stories: “Rajah’s Rice”

“Yeh-Shen”

“Can We Rescue the Reefs?”

“Teammates”

Strategies: Monitor Comprehension, Evaluate, Make Inferences

Skills: Make Predictions, Sequence of Events, Cause/Effect

Vocabulary: Context Clues, Figurative Language,

Phonics: /s/ and /f/, /Ər/ and /ch Ər/, / Ə / and / Әn/

Genres: Mathematical Folktale, Fairy Tale, Science Article, Biography

Fluency: Pronunciation, Pausing

Assessment: Unit 5 test, Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

April

Unit: 6 Sorting It Out

Stories: “The Malachite Palace”

“The Toothpaste Millionaire”

“Whales”

“Saving the Everglades”

Strategies: Generate Questions, Analyze Text Structure

Skills: Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Judgments/Decisions, Compare/Contrast

Vocabulary: Context Clues, Antonyms/Synonyms,

Phonics: Silent Letters

Genres: Fairy Tale, Play, Science Nonfiction, Science Article

Fluency: Punctuation. Pausing

Assessment: Unit 6 test, Weekly Reading Quiz, Weekly Vocabulary Quiz

May

Unit: Literature Circle

Stories: How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell

Strategies: Monitor Comprehension, Summarize, Make Inferences

Skills: Compare/Contrast, Draw Conclusions, Make Predictions

Vocabulary: Antonyms/Synonyms, Context Clues

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Fluency: Pronunciation, Pausing, Punctuation, Intonation, Tempo, Expression

Assessment: Journal Responses, Foldable Book Report