Fourth Grade English Language Arts Report Card Guide

Here you'll find what the fourth grade students are learning in English Language Arts during each of the three marking periods (trimesters).

First Trimester: Reading and Writing Narrative Text

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Students demonstrate comprehension of text by utilizing self monitoring strategies: asking questions, retelling, and confirming/revising predictions while reading.
Teachers monitor the use of comprehension strategies through independent reading journals, conferences, and observing students’ ability to self-select independent reading books.
Students demonstrate their understanding of narrative text through discussions and written responses. Demonstrating the ability to:
- Understand purpose and types of text
- Identify and analyze literary elements: character, setting, plot, and theme
- Summarize and identify main idea of text Infer and draw conclusions while reading
- Identify and interpret figurative language

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Focus:
- Students develop a topic with a specific point that is distinctly a narrative story.
Content:
- Students develop a strong story line with vivid details while exploring a complex experience.
- The story includes narrative elements that are in sequence with elaboration.
Organization:
- Students develop their stories with a skillful narrative pattern which includes a clear and consistent sequence of events.
- This is a story with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Style:
- Students develop a narrative piece that demonstrates precise control of language.
- In their writing they use literary devices and sentence structure that creates a consistent and effective point of view and tone.
- Students create an author’s voice by using a variety of sentence structures, and interesting word choice.

Applies conventions of writing

Second Trimester: Reading and Writing Informational Text

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Students demonstrate comprehension of text by utilizing self monitoring strategies: asking questions, retelling, and confirming/revising predictions while reading.
Teachers monitor the use of comprehension strategies through independent reading journals, conferences, and observing students’ ability to self-select independent reading books.
Students demonstrate their understanding of informational text through discussions and written responses. Demonstrating the ability to:
- Understand purpose and types of text
- Summarize and identify main idea of text
- Infer and draw conclusions while reading
- Identify and analyze text structure (compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, sequential)
- Distinguish the difference between fact and opinion
- Identify the point of view of text and recognize exaggeration or bias presented in text.

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Focus:
- Students develop a topic with a specific point that is clearly an informational essay.
Content:
- Students develop their essay by creating a main idea with substantial, relevant, and descriptive details.
Organization:
- Students develop their informational pieces using effective organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions, which develop a specific point to essay.
Style:
- Students develop an informational essay that demonstrates precise control of language.
- Students use creative stylistic techniques, use interesting word choice and a variety of sentence structures that creates a consistent and effective point of view and tone.

Applies conventions of writing

Third Trimester: Comparison of Text, Literature Circles and Opinion Writing

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Students demonstrate comprehension of text by utilizing self monitoring strategies: asking questions, retelling, and confirming/revising predictions while reading.
Teachers monitor the use of comprehension strategies through independent reading journals, conferences, and observing students’ ability to self-select independent reading books.
Students demonstrate their understanding of informational text through discussions and written responses. Demonstrating the ability to:
- Understand purpose and types of text
- Summarize and identify main idea of text
- Infer and draw conclusions while reading
- Identify and analyze text structure (compare/contrast, cause and effect, problem/solution, description, sequential)
- Distinguish the difference between fact and opinion
- Identify the point of view of text and recognize exaggeration or bias presented in text.

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Focus:
- Students develop a topic with a specific point that is clearly an informational essay.
Content:
- Students develop their essay by creating a main idea with substantial, relevant, and descriptive details.
Organization:
- Students develop their informational pieces using effective organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions, which develop a specific point to essay.
Style:
- Students develop an informational essay that demonstrates precise control of language.
- Students use creative stylistic techniques, use interesting word choice and a variety of sentence structures that creates a consistent and effective point of view and tone.

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First Trimester: Reading and Writing Narrative Text

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Applies conventions of writing

Second Trimester: Reading and Writing Informational Text

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Applies conventions of writing

Third Trimester: Comparison of Text, Literature Circles and Opinion Writing

Uses Word Recognition and Decoding Skills

Reads with Fluency

Understands Vocabulary in Context

Demonstrates Comprehension Skills in Oral and Written Form

Demonstrates use of the writing process, drafts, revises and edits

Demonstrates use of the traits of writing: Focus, Content, Organization, Style

Applies conventions of writing

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