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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Mount Rushmore | 10-11 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| The Wonderful Walrus | 30-31 |
| Blizzard! | 32-33 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
| The Pipes that Changed America | 46-47 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Mount Rushmore | 10-11 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| The Wonderful Walrus | 30-31 |
| Blizzard! | 32-33 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
| The Pipes that Changed America | 46-47 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Mount Rushmore | 10-11 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| The Wonderful Walrus | 30-31 |
| Blizzard! | 32-33 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
| The Pipes that Changed America | 46-47 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Mount Rushmore | 10-11 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| The Wonderful Walrus | 30-31 |
| Blizzard! | 32-33 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
| The Pipes that Changed America | 46-47 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trouble in the Coral Reefs | 8-9 |
| Mount Rushmore | 10-11 |
| Beaver Dams | 12-13 |
| Light | 14-15 |
| Water Is an Amazing Matter | 16-17 |
| Your Remarkable Body | 18-19 |
| Dandelions: Flowers or Food? | 20-21 |
| May the Force Be With You | 22-23 |
| The Orphan Trains | 24-25 |
| A Most Unusual Fish | 26-27 |
| A Highway in the Atlantic Ocean | 28-29 |
| The Wonderful Walrus | 30-31 |
| Blizzard! | 32-33 |
| Looking for New Ways to Make Electricity | 34-35 |
| Mummies in Ancient Egypt | 36-37 |
| To Oregon or Bust! | 38-39 |
| The Quaker Who Shook Things Up | 40-41 |
| The Viking Ships | 42-43 |
| The Generous Doctor | 44-45 |
| The Pipes that Changed America | 46-47 |
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