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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Who the Fire Investigator Called | 9-11 |
| The Vertical Race | 13-15 |
| The Jewelry Store Robbery | 17-19 |
| The Sinking City | 21-23 |
| Grandpa and the Tiger | 25-27 |
| The Real Treasure | 29-31 |
| Thump, Thump, Thump | 33-35 |
| Making Strong from Weak | 37-39 |
| Not Wanting It to End | 41-43 |
| What Bananas Have to Do with Bats | 45-47 |
| What Goes Up the Chimney Down? | 49-51 |
| Letter from a Miner | 53-55 |
| Saved in the Air | 57-59 |
| The Seven Sisters - a Kiowa Story | 61-63 |
| The Trojan Horse | 65-67 |
| Where Things Survive | 69-71 |
| The Egg Challenge | 73-75 |
| How Sally Spotted the Swindle | 77-79 |
| The Fastest Run | 81-83 |
| A Folk Tale from Zaire | 85-87 |
| Flag Fact Fun Day | 89-91 |
| How Citizens Should Be Judged | 93-95 |
| Aesop's Fable of the Miser | 97-99 |
| Ian and the King Who Cheated | 101-103 |
| Small Deer and the Crocodiles | 105-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Who the Fire Investigator Called | 9-11 |
| The Vertical Race | 13-15 |
| The Jewelry Store Robbery | 17-19 |
| The Sinking City | 21-23 |
| Grandpa and the Tiger | 25-27 |
| The Real Treasure | 29-31 |
| Thump, Thump, Thump | 33-35 |
| Making Strong from Weak | 37-39 |
| Not Wanting It to End | 41-43 |
| What Bananas Have to Do with Bats | 45-47 |
| What Goes Up the Chimney Down? | 49-51 |
| Letter from a Miner | 53-55 |
| Saved in the Air | 57-59 |
| The Seven Sisters - a Kiowa Story | 61-63 |
| The Trojan Horse | 65-67 |
| Where Things Survive | 69-71 |
| The Egg Challenge | 73-75 |
| How Sally Spotted the Swindle | 77-79 |
| The Fastest Run | 81-83 |
| A Folk Tale from Zaire | 85-87 |
| Flag Fact Fun Day | 89-91 |
| How Citizens Should Be Judged | 93-95 |
| Aesop's Fable of the Miser | 97-99 |
| Ian and the King Who Cheated | 101-103 |
| Small Deer and the Crocodiles | 105-107 |
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).
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Who the Fire Investigator Called | 9-11 |
| The Vertical Race | 13-15 |
| The Jewelry Store Robbery | 17-19 |
| The Sinking City | 21-23 |
| Grandpa and the Tiger | 25-27 |
| The Real Treasure | 29-31 |
| Thump, Thump, Thump | 33-35 |
| Making Strong from Weak | 37-39 |
| Not Wanting It to End | 41-43 |
| What Bananas Have to Do with Bats | 45-47 |
| What Goes Up the Chimney Down? | 49-51 |
| Letter from a Miner | 53-55 |
| Saved in the Air | 57-59 |
| The Seven Sisters - a Kiowa Story | 61-63 |
| The Trojan Horse | 65-67 |
| Where Things Survive | 69-71 |
| The Egg Challenge | 73-75 |
| How Sally Spotted the Swindle | 77-79 |
| The Fastest Run | 81-83 |
| A Folk Tale from Zaire | 85-87 |
| Flag Fact Fun Day | 89-91 |
| How Citizens Should Be Judged | 93-95 |
| Aesop's Fable of the Miser | 97-99 |
| Ian and the King Who Cheated | 101-103 |
| Small Deer and the Crocodiles | 105-107 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RL.4.9: Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Seven Sisters - a Kiowa Story | 61-63 |
| The Trojan Horse | 65-67 |
| A Folk Tale from Zaire | 85-87 |
| Aesop's Fable of the Miser | 97-99 |
| Ian and the King Who Cheated | 101-103 |
| Small Deer and the Crocodiles | 105-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Who the Fire Investigator Called | 9-11 |
| The Vertical Race | 13-15 |
| The Jewelry Store Robbery | 17-19 |
| The Sinking City | 21-23 |
| Grandpa and the Tiger | 25-27 |
| The Real Treasure | 29-31 |
| Thump, Thump, Thump | 33-35 |
| Making Strong from Weak | 37-39 |
| Not Wanting It to End | 41-43 |
| What Bananas Have to Do with Bats | 45-47 |
| What Goes Up the Chimney Down? | 49-51 |
| Letter from a Miner | 53-55 |
| Saved in the Air | 57-59 |
| The Seven Sisters - a Kiowa Story | 61-63 |
| The Trojan Horse | 65-67 |
| Where Things Survive | 69-71 |
| The Egg Challenge | 73-75 |
| How Sally Spotted the Swindle | 77-79 |
| The Fastest Run | 81-83 |
| A Folk Tale from Zaire | 85-87 |
| Flag Fact Fun Day | 89-91 |
| How Citizens Should Be Judged | 93-95 |
| Aesop's Fable of the Miser | 97-99 |
| Ian and the King Who Cheated | 101-103 |
| Small Deer and the Crocodiles | 105-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| Last One Picked | 28-31 |
| Sounds of a Wookie | 32-35 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| What the Scream Did | 40-43 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| A Famous Riddle | 48-51 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| Wyoming Facts | 60-63 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| Only Dead Men | 68-71 |
| Eggs, Eggs, Eggs | 72-75 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| Last One Picked | 28-31 |
| Sounds of a Wookie | 32-35 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| What the Scream Did | 40-43 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| A Famous Riddle | 48-51 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| Wyoming Facts | 60-63 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| Only Dead Men | 68-71 |
| Eggs, Eggs, Eggs | 72-75 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| Last One Picked | 28-31 |
| Sounds of a Wookie | 32-35 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| What the Scream Did | 40-43 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| A Famous Riddle | 48-51 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| Wyoming Facts | 60-63 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| Only Dead Men | 68-71 |
| Eggs, Eggs, Eggs | 72-75 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.4.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| Last One Picked | 28-31 |
| Sounds of a Wookie | 32-35 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| What the Scream Did | 40-43 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| A Famous Riddle | 48-51 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| Wyoming Facts | 60-63 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| Only Dead Men | 68-71 |
| Eggs, Eggs, Eggs | 72-75 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Jet's Job | 8-11 |
| A Baseball Great | 12-15 |
| What the Cheese Told | 16-19 |
| A Famous Mistake | 20-23 |
| A Code for a Cheetah | 24-27 |
| Last One Picked | 28-31 |
| Sounds of a Wookie | 32-35 |
| The Walking City | 36-39 |
| What the Scream Did | 40-43 |
| The Bats that Walk | 44-47 |
| A Famous Riddle | 48-51 |
| Waist-High Overalls | 52-55 |
| A Mist Like Needles | 56-59 |
| Wyoming Facts | 60-63 |
| The Truth About the Ink | 64-67 |
| Only Dead Men | 68-71 |
| Eggs, Eggs, Eggs | 72-75 |
| How We Know It Is Right | 76-79 |
| Walking to Stay Alive | 80-83 |
| A Special Kind of Ladder | 84-87 |
| A Kind of Signaling | 88-91 |
| Trapped! | 92-95 |
| The Start of Piggy Banks | 96-99 |
| Why the Forger Turned Himself In | 100-103 |
| The Lipless Animal | 104-107 |
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