Students should be reading at least 30 minutes every night to practice fluency and reading comprehension. You can work with your student by making sure they are reading, have them read out loud to you, and practice reading comprehension by discussing what they are reading with them.
4th Grade Reading Skills: Main Idea • Determine the main idea (IXL: A.1, A.2) Supporting Details • Identify supporting details in literary texts (IXL: S.4, S.5, T.1, T.2) Fact or Opinion • Distinguish facts from opinions (IXL: S.1) • Identify an author's statement of opinion (IXL: S.2) • Choose reasons to support an opinion (IXL: S.3) • Identify supporting details in literary text (IXL: S.4) • Identify supporting details in informational texts (IXL: S.5) Organizational Patterns of Text • Determine the order of events in informational texts (IXL: D.1) • Compare and contrast in informational texts (IXL: D.2) • Match causes and effects in informational texts (IXL: D.3) • Match problems with their solutions (IXL: D.4) • Identify text structures (IXL: D.5) • Read graphic organizers (IXL: J.2) Text Features • Select and use text features (IXL: K.1) Context Clues • Find words using context (IXL: FF.1) • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (IXL: FF.2) • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (IXL: FF.3) • Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (IXL: FF.4) • Use academic vocabulary in context (IXL: FF.New! ) Inferences • Use actions and dialogue to understand characters (IXL: H.1) • Compare and contrast characters (IXL: H.2) • Draw inferences from a text (IXL: H.3) • Make predictions about a story (IXL: H.4) • Which book title goes with the picture? (IXL: H.5) Summary • Summarize a story (IXL: Q.1) Theme or Lesson • Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales (IXL: B.1) Sequencing Plot • Identify story elements (IXL: I.1) • Determine the order of events in informational texts (IXL: D.1) • Order items from most general to most specific (IXL: O.2) STANDARDS NOT YET TAUGHT: Figurative Language • Identify similes and metaphors (IXL: F.1) • Similes and metaphors with pictures (IXL: F.2) • Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors (IXL: F.3) • Determine the meaning of idioms from context (IXL: DD.1, DD.3) Poetry • Label the rhyme scheme (IXL: L.1) • Identify elements of poetry (IXL: L.2) • Analyze poetry (IXL: M.2) Vocabulary • Multiple-meaning words with pictures (IXL: CC.1) • Which definition matches the sentence? (IXL: CC.2) • Which sentences matches the definition? (IXL: CC.3) • Use academic vocabulary in context (IXL; FF.- New!) Informational Text • Read passages about animals (IXL: N.- New!) • Read passages about art, music, and traditions (IXL: N. - New!) • Read passages about famous people (IXL: N. - New!) • Read passages about science and nature (IXL: N.1) |
Online Resources:
**IXL https://www.ixl.com/signin/beaufortes **Flocabulary (students have an account through Google) https://www.flocabulary.com/ **Packets created by Department of Ed https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school?utm_source=VanityURL_CAI-562381a&utm_medium=WordofMouth_Multi-use&utm_content=iready_ATHOME&utm_campaign=vanity **Audible Books (free) https://stories.audible.com/start-listen **Spelling City https://www.spellingcity.com/ **Readworks (free) https://www.readworks.org/ **Scholastic (free) https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html **Actively Learn (free) https://www.activelylearn.com/ **Brain Pop (free) https://www.brainpop.com/ **Reading A to Z (free 90 days) https://www.raz-kids.com/ **Storyline https://www.storylineonline.net/ **Freckle https://www.freckle.com/ |
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