Compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft
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United States Curriculum
Grade 4 English Language Arts and Reading
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Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by: (i) decoding words with specific orthographic patterns and rules, including regular and irregular plurals; (ii) decoding multisyllabic
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Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, legends, myths, and tall tales
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Describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance achieves specific
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Determine the meaning of and use words with affixes such as mis-, sub-, -ment, and - ity/ty and roots such as auto, graph, and meter
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently
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Discuss specific ideas in the text that are important to the meaning
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Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts
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Explain structure in drama such as character tags, acts, scenes, and stage directions
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Explain the author's purpose and message within a text
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Express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively
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Generate and clarify questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry
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Identify and explain the use of anecdote
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Listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments
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Plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as brainstorming, freewriting, and mapping
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Recognize characteristics and structures of argumentative text by: (i) identifying the claim; (ii) explaining how the author has used facts for an argument; and (iii) identifying
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Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation
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Write legibly in cursive to complete assignments
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