Reading Curriculum Map

Fourth Grade

Draft 2006

 

 

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)

CONTENT

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

RESOURCE

 

August

 

 

 Questioning

“Fix Up” monitoring Comprehension

CQ= Comprehension Quarterly

BTC= Bridge to Comprehension

NF= Non Fiction

F= Fiction

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 CQ2: IC (whole group)

BTC- Pets Lost and Found

NF- Treasure Lost at Sea

F- Fossil River Adventure

 

CQ2:ID

BTC- On the Air

NF- Behind the Scenes at the Zoo

F-

 

CQ1:ID

BTC- Animal Mysteries

NF- What happened to Bodie?

F-

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September

 

 

 Making Connections

“Fix UP”/Monitoring Comprehension

Teacher observation one on One conferencing

Written assessment

Summaries

Fluencies

 

 CQ1:IA

BTC- Therapy Dogs

NF- Scraping the Sky

F- One for All

 

CQ1:IB

BTC- Polar Bears in Living Color

NF- Sorting it Out

F-

 

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CQ3:IB

BTC- Look Who’s Talking

NF- Let Art Do the Talking

F- The Real McCoy

 

 

October

 

 

 Visualizing

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

DRA assessment

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

 CQ1:IC

BTC- Exploring National Parks

F-Catch the Sunlight

NF- Facts About 50 States

 

CQ4:IB

BTC- The Journey West

NF- When Day Turned to Night

F-

 

 

November

 

 

Summarizing

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

 Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

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December

 

 

 Determining Importance

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

 Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

 CQ2:IA

BTC- A Show of Hands

NF- Lingospeak

F-

 

CQ2:IB

BTC- Adventure Vacations

NF- Midnight Journeys

F- A R Blasts Off

 

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January

 

 

 Inferring

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

 CQ3:ID

BTC- Fighting Fire with Fire

NF- Beyond the Ordinary Camera

F-

 

CQ4:IA

BTC- Ready, Set, Jump

NF- Shake, Rattle, and Roll

F- Mystery in the Wings

 

CQ4:ID

BTC- What a Job

NF- You Couldn’t Pay Me Enough To Do This Job

F-

 

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February

 

 

 Synthesizing

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

 Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

**WASL prep-reading

Short stories and answering questions in paragraph form about specific details from the story weekly until the end of the year

 CQ3:iA

BTC- Visiting Eagle Hotels

NF- Chocolate Wasn’t Always Sweet

F-

 

CQ3:IC

BTC- That’s Determination

NF- Determined To Be First

F- The Emperor’s Tea Cup

 

CQ4:IC

BTC- All About Pot Belly Pigs

NF- Home Alone Kids

F- Night Visitors

 

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March

 

 

 

“Fix Up”/Monitoring Comprehension

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

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April

 

 

 Review Strategies

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

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May

 

 

 

Review Strategies

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

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June

 

 

Review Strategies

Teacher Observation

One on one conferencing

Written Assessments

Summaries

Fluencies

DRA assessment

The Comprehension Toolkit