Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea

Genre: Historical Fiction Comprehension Skill: Author’s

Purpose Comprehension Strategy: Predict

CC4RL1-Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferencesCC4RL6-Compare and Contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues

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CC4L4.a- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phraseGrammar: Adjectives & Articles

CC4L1.d -Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag, rather than a red small bag)Previous Grade CCSS:CC1L1.h-Use determiners (articles, demonstratives)CC3L1.a-Explain the function of adjectives in general and their function in particular sentences

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

4.5.2

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Comprehension Skill: Compare & Contrast

Comprehension Strategy: VisualizeCC4RI1-Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the textCC4RI6-Compare and Contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in the focus and the information providedVocabulary Strategy: Word Structure

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CC4L4.a- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phraseGrammar: Comparative & Superlative

Adjectives CC3L1.g-Form and Use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Amelia and Eleanor Go For a RideGenre: Historical Fiction

4.5.3

Comprehension Skill: Sequence Comprehension Strategy: Story

StructureCC4RL3- Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions)

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues4.5.3

CC4L4.a- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

Grammar: Adverbs CC4L1.a –Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why)

Antarctic Journal Genre: Journal

Comprehension Skill: Main Idea Comprehension Strategy: Text

StructureCC4RI2-Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the textCC4RI5-Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas,

4.5.4

concepts, or information in a text or part of a textVocabulary Strategy: Word Structure

CC4L4.b- Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph)Grammar: Comparative and Superlative

AdverbsCC3L1.g-Form and Use comparative and superlative adjectives and

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adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Moonwalk

Genre: Science Fiction

Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions

Comprehension Strategy: Monitor & Fix Up

CC4RL1- Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining

4.5.5

what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text

Vocabulary Strategy: Context CluesCC4L4.a- Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase

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Grammar: Prepositions & Prepositional

PhrasesCC4L1.e-Form and Use prepositional phrasesPrevious Grade Level CCSS:CC1L1.i- Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during beyond, toward)