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Grade 4

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 4.CC
  • 4.CC.1
  • 4.CC.2
  • 4.CC.3
  • 4.CC.4
  • 4.CC.5
  • 4.CC.6
  • 4.CC.7

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 4.RC
  • 4.RC.1
  • 4.RC.2
  • 4.RC.3
  • 4.RC.4
  • 4.RC.5
  • 4.RC.7
  • 4.RC.8
  • 4.RC.9
  • 4.RC.10
  • 4.RC.11
  • 4.RC.12
  • 4.RC.13

• Reading: Foundations

  • 4.RF.1
  • 4.RF.2

• Writing

  • 4.W
  • 4.W.1
  • 4.W.1.a
  • 4.W.1.b
  • 4.W.1.c
  • 4.W.1.d
  • 4.W.1.e
  • 4.W.2
  • 4.W.2.a
  • 4.W.2.b
  • 4.W.2.c
  • 4.W.2.d
  • 4.W.2.e
  • 4.W.2.f
  • 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.4
  • 4.W.4.a
  • 4.W.4.b
  • 4.W.5
  • 4.W.5.a
  • 4.W.5.c
  • 4.W.5.d
  • 4.W.5.e
  • 4.W.6
  • 4.W.6.b
  • 4.W.6.b.I
  • 4.W.6.b.II
  • 4.W.6.b.III
  • 4.W.6.c
  • 4.W.6.d
  • 4.W.6.e
  • 4.W.7
  • 4.W.7.b
  • 4.W.7.b.I
  • 4.W.7.b.II
  • 4.W.7.b.III
  • 4.W.7.c

Indiana ELA Standard: 4.RC.2

Paraphrase or summarize the main events in a story, myth, legend, or novel; identify the theme and provide evidence for the interpretation. (E)

Comparing Characters

Your young students will compare how two characters have changed in a story.

Gr 1-8

Identifying A Story’s Theme

Teach your young students to identify the moral or the theme of a story.

Gr 1-8

A Character’s Challenges and Changes

Your 1st and 2nd graders will analyze how a character responded to a challenge.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 6

Stories with the Same Problems and Solutions

Have you ever noticed that some stories have awfully similar problems? What if we looked for the most unusual way of solving a repeating problem?

Gr 1-6

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character’s main trait changes across a story.

Gr 1-8

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, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Twelfth Night Summary

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

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

Hamlet Summary

It’s Hamlet in just about five minutes!

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

Writing Summaries in Haiku

Let’s write a summary. A very short summary. With VERY strict rules.

Gr 1-8

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 1-8