| Previous Grade: 3rd | Chosen Grade: 4th | Following Grade: 5th | |
| Reading Grade Level Standard | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. |
| Writing Grade Level Standard | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task and purpose. | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience. | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience. |
| Listening and Speaking Grade Level Standard | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. | CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. |
| Instructional Activity or Strategy Strand Integration for Chosen Grade Level | |||
| ReadingStudents will identify the meaning of words and phrases provided, associated with Hercules, identifying vocabulary linked to Greek origin using Greek word roots. Accommodations: Describe accommodations based on instructional activity or strategy. Writing Students will write a short story using characters from Greek mythology and incorporate vocabulary linked to Greek origin using Greek word roots. Accommodations: Describe accommodations based on instructional activity or strategy. Listening and SpeakingStudents will read short stories to partners. Partners will then present three-sentence summaries of theshort story to the class or classmates. Accommodations: Describe accommodations based on instructional activity or strategy. | |||
| References:English Language Arts Standards. (n.d.). http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/ One-Sentence Summary Frames for Common Text Structures. (2011, February). http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/pdf/ElementaryDocuments/Intermediate/OneSentenceSummaryFrames.pdf | |||