Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Correlations

English Language Arts

Strand - Reading Standards: Literature, Grade 4

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RL.4.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

Craft and Structure

ELA.RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Craft and Structure

ELA.RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

ELA.RL.4.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Strand - Reading Standards: Informational Text, Grade 4

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.3: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

Key Ideas and Details

ELA.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Craft and Structure

ELA.RI.4.5: Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Craft and Structure

ELA.RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.RI.4.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.RI.4.7: Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

ELA.RI.4.10: By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

Strand - Reading Standards: Foundational Skills, Grade 4

Phonics and Word Recognition

ELA.RF.4.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Fluency

ELA.RF.4.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Strand - Writing Standards, Grade 4

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Text Types and Purposes

ELA.W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Production and Distribution of Writing

ELA.W.4.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

ELA.W.4.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

ELA.W.4.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

ELA.W.4.8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.

Range of Writing

ELA.W.4.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Strand - Speaking and Listening Standards, Grade 4

Comprehension and Collaboration

ELA.SL.4.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Comprehension and Collaboration

ELA.SL.4.3: Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

ELA.SL.4.6: Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group discussion); use formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Strand - Language Standards, Grade 4

Conventions of Standard English

ELA.L.4.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Conventions of Standard English

ELA.L.4.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Knowledge of Language

ELA.L.4.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).

Activity	Page
Unit 1: The Man Who Ate His Beard	8
Unit 2: Andromeda	12
Unit 3: Weeks Without Stopping	16
Unit 4: Mysteries Solved	20
Unit 5: The Abominable Snowman	24
Unit 6: 4'33"	28
Unit 7: Flying Through the Eye	32
Unit 8: The Dig	36
Unit 9: Scurvy Credit	40
Unit 10: Rat Tale	44
Unit 11: The Big Ear	48
Unit 12: Conundrum	52
Unit 13: Small Deer	56
Unit 14: Mother, May I?	60
Unit 15: Selling Time	64
Unit 16: Ludicrous Records	68
Unit 17: I Didn't Even Want It	72
Unit 18: Shooting Stars	76
Unit 19: Vomit Safe	80
Unit 20: The Price	84
Unit 21: Man Against Horse	88
Unit 22: Liar, Liar	90

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Activity	Page
Unit 1: The Man Who Ate His Beard	8
Unit 2: Andromeda	12
Unit 3: Weeks Without Stopping	16
Unit 4: Mysteries Solved	20
Unit 5: The Abominable Snowman	24
Unit 6: 4'33"	28
Unit 7: Flying Through the Eye	32
Unit 8: The Dig	36
Unit 9: Scurvy Credit	40
Unit 10: Rat Tale	44
Unit 11: The Big Ear	48
Unit 12: Conundrum	52
Unit 13: Small Deer	56
Unit 14: Mother, May I?	60
Unit 15: Selling Time	64
Unit 16: Ludicrous Records	68
Unit 17: I Didn't Even Want It	72
Unit 18: Shooting Stars	76
Unit 19: Vomit Safe	80
Unit 20: The Price	84
Unit 21: Man Against Horse	88
Unit 22: Liar, Liar	90

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

ELA.L.4.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Activity	Page
Unit 1: The Man Who Ate His Beard	8
Unit 2: Andromeda	12
Unit 3: Weeks Without Stopping	16
Unit 4: Mysteries Solved	20
Unit 5: The Abominable Snowman	24
Unit 6: 4'33"	28
Unit 7: Flying Through the Eye	32
Unit 8: The Dig	36
Unit 9: Scurvy Credit	40
Unit 10: Rat Tale	44
Unit 11: The Big Ear	48
Unit 12: Conundrum	52
Unit 13: Small Deer	56
Unit 14: Mother, May I?	60
Unit 15: Selling Time	64
Unit 16: Ludicrous Records	68
Unit 17: I Didn't Even Want It	72
Unit 18: Shooting Stars	76
Unit 19: Vomit Safe	80
Unit 20: The Price	84
Unit 21: Man Against Horse	88
Unit 22: Liar, Liar	90

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