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Grade 4

• Language

  • 4.L.1
  • 4.L.1.f
  • 4.L.2.b
  • 4.L.2.c
  • 4.L.2.d
  • 4.L.2
  • 4.L.3
  • 4.L.4.b
  • 4.L.5.a
  • 4.L.5.b
  • 4.L.5.c
  • 4.L.5
  • 4.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 4.RF.3
  • 4.RF.4.a
  • 4.RF.4.b
  • 4.RF.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • 4.RI.2
  • 4.RI.3
  • 4.RI.4
  • 4.RI.5
  • 4.RI.6
  • 4.RI.7
  • 4.RI.9
  • 4.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 4.RL.2
  • 4.RL.3
  • 4.RL.4
  • 4.RL.5
  • 4.RL.6
  • 4.RL.9
  • 4.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 4.SL.1.a
  • 4.SL.1
  • 4.SL.1.c
  • 4.SL.1.d
  • 4.SL.3
  • 4.SL.4
  • 4.SL.5

• Writing

  • 4.W.1.c
  • 4.W.2.b
  • 4.W.2.d
  • 4.W.3
  • 4.W.3.a
  • 4.W.3.b
  • 4.W.3.c
  • 4.W.3.d
  • 4.W.3.e
  • 4.W.5
  • 4.W.8
  • 4.W.9.a
  • 4.W.9
  • 4.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 4.RL.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Introducing Universal Theme of Change

Everything changes. But how does it change? Students brainstorm dozens of examples and boil them down to one big idea.

Gr 2-8

Introducing Universal Theme of Systems

So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Systems? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.

Gr 2-8

Introducing Universal Theme of Power

So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Power? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.

Gr 2-8

Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 3-8

Invisible Power Can Have Visible Effects

Can you think of times when power is unseen, but we can clearly see its effects?

Gr 2-8

Romeo and Juliet Summary

Romeo and Juliet in just about five minutes.

Gr 1-8

“Much Ado About Nothing” Summary

Shakespeare’s Much Ado summarized in just five minutes!

Gr 1-8

Twelfth Night Summary

An animated summary of Shakespeare’s utterly ridiculous “Twelfth Night.”

Gr 1-8

Hamlet Summary

It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!

Gr 1-8

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Nothing could possibly go wrong with a love potion on the loose!

Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…

Gr 2-8

Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Are students’ characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.

Gr 2-8