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Grade 4 · English language arts

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English language arts · 2017 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Combine word analysis with purposeful, fluent readingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 02Read The Unfinished Map: evidence, character and themeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 03Distinguish the narrator from characters’ perspectivesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 04Compare prose, drama and poetry with a staged presentationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 05Read and comprehend stories, dramas, poems and informational texts at the high end of the grades 4-5 band with support that fadesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  5. 06Interpret mythological allusions in a new storyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  6. 07Compare wishes, consequences and themes across traditional storiesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 08Read a technical explanation: clear labels and useful recordsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 09Combine two accounts and test a claim against a graphExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 10Investigate, write and publish through a six-week workshopExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 11Write an opinion supported by reasons and informationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 12Organize an informative explanation with precise detailsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 13Develop a narrative through choices, dialogue and sensory detailExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 14Discuss evidence, paraphrase a speaker and present clearlyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 15Use relative clauses, progressive verbs and modal auxiliariesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 16Build complete sentences and edit dialogue preciselyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 17Choose precise vocabulary and interpret figurative languageExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

English language arts · 2026 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Decode multisyllabic words by sounds, syllables and word parts, then read with accuracy, pace and expressionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

More reading and writing

  1. 02Spell and understand long words by syllable types, roots and affixes, and choose the right homophoneExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 03Write legibly at a useful pace, keyboard with the home row and publish with digital toolsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 04Write complete sentences that combine ideas with who, whose, which, that, where, when, why and how, and form irregular possessive nounsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 05Form and use the progressive verb tenses, and use modal auxiliary verbs to convey conditionsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 06Explain how chapters, scenes and stanzas organize a text and develop its themeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 07Determine what words and phrases mean in a story and a poem, including figurative languageExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 08Identify the point of view in two stories, and analyze how a shared theme develops across themExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 09Use stated details to infer, find the main idea, explain what happens and why, and work out key words in a science articleExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 10Compare two perspectives on the same topic, trace each author's reasons and evidence, and interpret the text features that support themExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 11Write an opinion piece with text evidence, varied sentences and careful spelling, then revise and edit it with feedbackExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 12Write a clear informative piece from a text, alone and with a group, for a specific task, purpose and audienceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 13Write a narrative with a clear sequence, dialogue, sensory details, varied sentences and careful spellingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 14Research several aspects of a topic, take and sort notes, list sources and write routinely across subjectsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 15Tell a story or recount an experience aloud in order, with precise action, feeling and topic wordsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 16Come to a discussion prepared, complete an assigned role, and pose and respond to questions that clarify or follow upExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 17Edit for capital letters, quotation marks, commas in compound sentences, and spelling by pattern and word partExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 18Choose precise words and punctuation for effect, and tell when formal or informal language fitsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 19Order cumulative adjectives, form and use prepositional phrases, and correct fragments and run-onsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 20Explain similes and metaphors in context, recognize idioms, adages and proverbs, and relate words to their synonyms and antonymsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers