4 th Grade I Can Learning Targets for ELA- 2 nd 9 Weeks RL.4.1 I Can: RL.4.1.1 Retell a story in my own words. RL.4.1.2 Explain an inference RL.4.1.3 Use prior knowledge to understand what I read to create an inference. RL.4.1.4 Include details/examples from the story to support my retelling and inferences RL.4.1.5 Locate/Recognize clues to understand ideas and events that are not stated directly in the text. RL.4.2. I Can: RL.4.2.1 Identify the most important details from the passage. RL.4.2.2 Use the most important details to determine the theme. RL.4.2.3 Combine the theme and important details to summarize the story, drama, or poem with a beginning, middle, and ending. RL.4.3 I Can: RL.4.3.1 Identify the character, setting, and important events from the story. RL.4.3.2 Discuss the characters thoughts and actions. RL.4.3.3 Uncover reasons for the characters thoughts and actions and use these thoughts and actions to describe the character. RL.4.3.4 Describe the setting (time and place) of the story. RL.4.3.5 Examine how the setting affects what happens in the story. RL.4.3.6 Locate and summarize the events of a story/drama using specific details from the text e.g. problem/solution. RL.4.3.7 Explain the events that led to a turning point in the story. RL.4.3.8 Justify the description of the character, setting, or event by using specific details from the story/drama. RL.4.4 I Can: RL.4.4.1 Locate unfamiliar words and phrases. RL.4.4.2 Use context clues that give meaning to unfamiliar words and phrases. RL.4.4.3 Identify and explain multiple meaning words using context clues. RL.4.4.4 Identify figurative language and give the literal meanings - onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idiom, alliteration, assonance, imagery, rhyme. RL.4.4.5 Identify and explain words and phrases that refer to mythological characters such as Hercules. RL.4.5 I Can: RL.4.5.1 Define and discuss examples of elements of poems. RL.4.5.2 Locate the verse of a poem (a line of poetry). RL.4.5.3 Identify and describe the meter (beat) of poems. RL.4.5.4 Identify and describe the rhyme scheme of poems. RL.4.5.5 Identify and describe the rhythm of poems (the flow of words). RL.4.5.6 Create a poem with verse, rhythm, meter, and a specific rhyme scheme. RL.4.5.7 Define and discuss examples of elements of dramas (plays). RL.4.5.8 Determine the setting. RL.4.5.9 Locate the cast of characters RL.4.5.10 Recognize and apply stage directions. RL.4.5.11 Compare and contrast elements of poems, drama, and prose. RL.4.5.12 Categorize a piece of literature as poetry, drama, or prose. RL.4.5.13 Write and discuss the similarities and differences of poems, drama, and prose. RL.4. I Can: RL.4.6.1 Define narrator, point of view, first person, & third person point of view. RL.4.6.2 Identify and explain the characteristics of first-person point of view in passages. RL.4.6.3 Identify and explain the characteristics of third-person point of view in passages. RL.4.6.4 Compare and contrast first and third person points of view using various excerpts in a story. RL.4.7 I Can: RL.4.7.1 Read a story or drama (play) and describe in detail what it was about. RL.4.7.2 Listen to a story or drama and describe in detail what I heard. RL.4.7.3 View and understand a literary representation of a story. RL.4.7.4 Listen to and comprehend an oral presentation of the story. RL.4.7.5 Compare and contrast specific elements of a text to the movie/play/audio version. RL.4.9 I Can: RL.4.9.1 Examine the text to determine the author s purpose. RL.4.9.2 Explain the patterns of events in a text (stories, myths, and traditional literature). RL.4.9.3 Identify the topics of different types of text (stories, myths, and traditional literature) from different cultures.
RL.4.9.4 Identify the themes of different types of text (stories, myths, and traditional literature) from different cultures. RL.4.9.5 Explain how the themes and topics of similar text (stories, myths, and traditional literature) are alike and different. RL.4.9.6 Draw conclusions from the text to infer the themes for stories, myths, and traditional literature. RL.4.10 I Can: RL.4.10.1 Comprehend texts by responding to, talking, and thinking about what I read. RL.4.10.2 Read and comprehend literature with increasing text complexity and proficiency. RL.4.10.3 Read closer to the high end of the Lexile score 740-1010. RI.4.1 I Can: RI.4.1.1 Use prior knowledge to understand what I read. RI.4.1.2 Discover clues to understand and explain ideas and events that are directly stated in the text. RI.4.1.3 Uncover clues to draw inferences that explain ideas and events that are not stated directly in the text. RI.4.2 I Can: RI.4.2.1 Select the most important details from the passage. RI.4.2.2 Use the most important details to determine the main idea. RI.4.2.3 Combine the main idea and important details to summarize the passage. RI.4.2.4 Justify how the details support the main idea. RI.4.3 I Can: RI.4.3.1 Identify key events in informational text. RI.4.3.2 Identify procedures in informational text. RI.4.3.3 Identify ideas in informational text. RI.4.3.4 Identify concepts in informational text. RI.4.3.5 Identify the cause/effect relationship with a historical, scientific, or technical text. RI.4.3.6 Explain the key events, procedures, ideas, and concepts used in informational text (i.e., steps in a lab procedure). RI.4.3.7 Justify my explanation based on specific information in the text. RI.4.4 I Can: RI.4.4.1 Locate unfamiliar words and phrases found in grade 4 informational text. RI.4.4.2 Use reference materials (dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, internet, teacher, or peers) to determine meanings to unfamiliar words and phrases. RI.4.4.3 Use context clues that give meaning to unfamiliar words and phrases found in grade 4 informational text.. RI.4.4.4 Explain words and phrases that refer to grade 4 informational text. RI.4.5 I Can: RI.4.5.1 Define chronological order (time order). RI.4.5.2 Identify text that is presented in chronological order. RI.4.5.3 Explain events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text in chronological order. RI.4.5.4 Define compare and contrast. RI.4.5.5 Identify text organized using comparison, contrast, or both. RI.4.5.6 Explain how compare and contrast is used in the informational text. RI.4.5.7 Define cause (why) and effect (what happened). RI.4.5.8 Identify text organized using cause and effect. RI.4.5.9 Explain cause/effect relationships in informational text. RI.4.5.10 Define problem and solution as found in informational text. RI.4.5.11 Explain a problem and its solution found in informational text. RI.4.5.12 Discover characteristics of each text structure (chronology, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution). RI.4.5.13 Determine the overall structure used in informational text. (e.g., chronology, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution). RI.4.6 I Can: RI.4.6.1 Determine narrator s point of view. RI.4.6.2 Define firsthand and secondhand account. RI.4.6.3 Compare/contrast a firsthand account and secondhand account of the same informational text RI.4.7 I Can: RI.4.7.1 Identify the information presented visually (e.g. charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages). RI.4.7.2 Examine the charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages and discuss how it helps me to understand the text. RI.4.7.3 Interpret the charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages and relate them to my understanding of the text. RI.4.8 I Can: RI.4.8.1 Identify key points in the text.
RI.4.8.2 List reasons and proof why these points are there. RI.4.8.3 Justify why key points are important. RI.4.8.4 Interpret the author s point/position based on his/her reasons and evidence. RI.4.8.5 Evaluate the text to determine the reasons for the author s point/position. RI.4.9 I Can: RI.4.9.1 Identify the key points in each informational text. RI.4.9.2 Explain how the two informational texts are related. RI.4.9.3 Read two related informational texts. RI.4.9.4 Combine the key points from two informational texts to write about a topic. RI.4.9.5 Combine key points from two texts to speak about a topic. RI.4.10 I Can: RI.4.10.1 Comprehend texts by responding to, talking, and thinking about what I read. RI.4.10.2 Read and understand text (informational text) between Lexile scores 740-1010 RI.4.10.3 Read closer to the high end of the Lexile score 740-1010. W.4.1 I Can: W.4.1.a.1 Formulate an opinion on a given topic. W.4.1.a.2 Clearly state my opinion in a topic sentence. W.4.1.a.3 Organize my ideas to support my opinion. W.4.1.a.4 Create a piece of writing stating my opinion on a topic. W.4.1.b.1 Give reasons that support why I have this opinion. W.4.1.b.2 Use facts and details to support my reasons. W.4.1.c.1 Connect my opinion and reasons by using key words and phrases (transitional). W.4.1.d.1 Write a conclusion defending my opinion. W.4.3 I Can: W.4.3.a.1 Compose a personal narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end. W.4.3.a.2 Describe story events as they happened in time order. W.4.3.b.1 Include dialogue to help show how characters respond to situations. W.4.3.c.1 Use different transitional words and phrases to help the flow of my story. W.4.3.d.1 Include vivid language to make my plot and setting more interesting. W.4.3.d.2 Write to tell the reader what and who my story is about using detailed descriptions. W.4.3.e.1 Write a conclusion to my story. W.4.4 I Can: W.4.4.1 Compose and organize writing for a particular audience/reason using clear language while staying on topic. W.4.5 I Can: W.4.5.1 With guidance and support, check to make sure that my writing contains grade appropriate vocabulary and vivid language. W.4.5.2 With guidance and support, add, delete, or rearrange the order of my sentences to make sure that my writing is organized and clear. W.4.5.3 With guidance and support, use my knowledge of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling to correct mistakes in my writing. W.4.6 I Can: W.4.6.1 With guidance and support, type a one-page document at one time. W.4.6.2 With guidance and support, utilize the Internet to work with others to create a written piece with the help of my teacher. W.4.6.3 With guidance and support, use different computer programs to write with the help of my teacher. W.4.6.4 With guidance and support, use different computer programs to work with others to create a written piece with the help of my teacher. W.4.7 I Can: W.4.7.1 Select a topic. W.4.7.2 Create a list of information I would like to find out on my chosen topic. W.4.7.3 Locate information about these areas of my topic using a variety of resources (Internet, newspaper/magazine articles, encyclopedias, etc.). W.4.7.4 Create a presentation that can be presented orally or visually using the information I located. W.4.8 I Can: W.4.8.1 Recall things about any experience relevant to a topic. W.4.8.2 Locate important information about a topic using a variety of resources. W.4.8.3 Identify key points from sources. W.4.8.4 Sort information into categories to organize.
W.4.8.5 Paraphrase key points to make notes on topic. W.4.8.6 Cite sources used. W.4.8.7 Create a presentation that can be presented orally or visually using the information I located. W.4.9 I Can: W.4.9.a.1 Draw details or examples from the text to prove my conclusions about the characters, settings, or events from a story or drama. W.4.9.b.1 Draw details or examples from informational texts to support my findings, thoughts, and conclusions. W.4.10 I Can: W.4.10.1 Compose short pieces of writing for various audiences. W.4.10.2 Compose short pieces of writing for multiple purposes (inform, persuade, entertain. W.4.10.3 Compose short pieces of writing for a variety of subject areas. W.4.10.4 Use several writing sessions to research, reflect, and revise a piece of writing for various audiences. W.4.10.5 Use several writing sessions to research, reflect, and revise a piece of writing for multiple purposes (inform, persuade, entertain). W.4.10.6 Use several writing sessions to research, reflect, and revise a piece of writing for a variety of subject areas. 4 th Grade I Can Learning Targets for MATH- 2 nd 9 Weeks 4.NBT.5 I Can: Multiply a whole number up to four digits by a one-digit whole number. Multiply two two-digit numbers Use strategies based on place value and the properties of operations Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. MCC4.0A.5 I Can: Generate a number of shape patterns that follows a given rule. MCC4.NBT.6 I Can: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors Use strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. MCC4.NF.1 I Can: Explain why a fraction are equivalent to other fractions by using visual fraction models Explain how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions. MCC4.NF.2 I Can: Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators Create common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, by using a visual fraction model. 4 th Grade I Can Learning Targets for SCIENCE- 2 nd 9 Weeks S4P2. I Can: Demonstrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects. Demonstrate how sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration. Explain how sound is produced. Recognize the conditions that cause pitch to vary. S4E1. I Can: Compare and contrast the physical attributes of stars, star patterns, and planets. Recognize the physical attributes of stars in the night sky such as number, size, color and patterns. Compare the similarities and differences of planets to the stars in appearance, position, and number in the night sky. Explain why the pattern of stars in a constellation stays the same, but a planet can be seen in different locations at different times. Identify how technology is used to observe distant objects in the sky. S4E2. I Can: Model the position and motion of the earth in the solar system Explain the role of relative position and motion in determining sequence of the phases of the moon. Explain the day/night cycle of the earth using a model. Explain the sequence of the phases of the moon. Demonstrate the revolution of the earth around the sun and the earth s tilt to explain the seasonal changes. Demonstrate the relative size and order from the sun of the planets in the solar system.
4 th Grade Learning Targets for SOCIAL STUDIES-2 nd Nine Weeks SS4H2 I Can: describe European exploration in North America. compare and contrast examples of cooperation and conflict between Europeans and Native Americans. name positive character traits of key historic figures and government leaders (honesty, patriotism, courage, trustworthiness) use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events SS4H3 I Can explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans name positive traits of key historic figures and government leaders (honesty, patriotism, courage, trustworthiness) use basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events (GPS) (4SS_E2008-39)