Unwrapping the ELA Standards Example

Previous Grade: 3rdChosen Grade: 4thFollowing 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 StandardCCSS.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 
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