mcsfourthgrade - RL-Key Ideas & Details

Common Core Standards

RL.4.1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RL.4.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.3. 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).

‍‍‍‍‍‍Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)

1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

‍‍‍‍‍‍Information Technology Standard

4.IN.1.2 Apply appropriate reading strategies to note characteristics of various genres.

‍‍‍‍‍‍Revised Bloom's Level of thinking

Remember and Understand

‍‍‍‍‍‍Learning Target/Task Analysis

Fourth grade students should refer to the text when drawing conclusions as well as when answering directly stated questions. The central message or lesson is now referred to as theme (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work). Students are continuing to determine a theme and expanding this work to other genres. They are required to refer to the text to describe various story elements.
Use questions and prompts such as:
Can you tell me the reasons why the character said …in the story? Show me where you linked your thinking to the text. What are the most important events that happened in the story? How do you know? What is the theme of this text? Summarize the story from beginning to end in a few sentences. Can you tell me how the character is feeling is this part of the story? Explain why the character is feeling this way.

‍‍‍‍‍‍I can...

make inferences from my text.
note details from my text.
use details to explain my text.
find the central theme of a text, drama, or poem.
summarize my text with supporting details.
identify and describe the characters in my text.
identify and describe the setting in my text.
identify and describe the events in my text.
use story elements to explain my text.

‍‍‍‍‍‍Essential Vocabulary

central theme, characters, details, inferences, plot, setting, story elements, summarize

‍‍‍‍‍‍Sample Assessments

Formative Assessment
Use sticky notes to search for specific details and use the sticky notes to make an inference
Reader's Theater-Students are assigned a part of a story or play to read and give meaning to character
Writer's Cafe-Students act out a story they have written
Thinking Map used to identify character and theme of a story
Two Column notes to summarize story
Read a fairy tale and use sticky notes to identify character and theme and summarize
Summative Assessment
ThinkGate
Teacher Made Assessment

‍‍‍‍‍‍Differentiation

‍‍‍‍‍‍Intervention:

Content must be adapted to students' needs through use of graphic organizers, outlines, labeling of pictures, study guides, adapted text, and highlighted text.
Self Selected Reading Conferences-Students read aloud to teacher and discuss theme, plot, character and use relevant details to summarize
Inferencing