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.4.6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.

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).

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.4.1: 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.4.4: 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 - Fluency, Grade 4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4a: Read on-grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

ELA.RF.4.4b: Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

Strand - Text Types and Purposes, Grade 4

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

ELA.W.4.1b: Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.

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

ELA.W.4.1c: Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition).

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

ELA.W.4.1a: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

ELA.W.4.2b: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

ELA.W.4.2a: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

ELA.W.4.2d: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

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

ELA.W.4.3a: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

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

ELA.W.4.3b: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

Strand - Writing Standards, Grade 4

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.)

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 - Research to Build and Present Knowledge, Grade 4

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

ELA.W.4.9b: Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text”).

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

ELA.W.4.9a: Apply grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “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].”).

Strand - Speaking and Listening Standards, Grade 4

Comprehension and Collaboration

ELA.SL.4.2: Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Strand - Conventions of Standard English, Grade 4

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

ELA.L.4.1d: Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).

Strand - Knowledge of Language, Grade 4

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

ELA.L.4.3a: Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.

Strand - Language Standards, Grade 4

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	Pages
Unit 1	6-11
Unit 2	12-17
Unit 3	18-23
Unit 4	24-29
Unit 5	30-35
Unit 6	36-41
Unit 7	42-47
Unit 8	48-53
Unit 9	54-59
Unit 10	60-65
Unit 11	66-71
Unit 12	72-77
Unit 13	78-83
Unit 14	84-89
Unit 15	90-95
Unit 16	96-101
Unit 17	102-107

Strand - Vocabulary Acquisition and Use, Grade 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.

ELA.L.4.4a: Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Activity	Pages
Unit 1	6-11
Unit 2	12-17
Unit 3	18-23
Unit 4	24-29
Unit 5	30-35
Unit 6	36-41
Unit 7	42-47
Unit 8	48-53
Unit 9	54-59
Unit 10	60-65
Unit 11	66-71
Unit 12	72-77
Unit 13	78-83
Unit 14	84-89
Unit 15	90-95
Unit 16	96-101
Unit 17	102-107

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

ELA.L.4.5c: Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

Activity	Pages
Unit 1	6-11
Unit 2	12-17
Unit 4	24-29
Unit 7	42-47
Unit 9	54-59
Unit 11	66-71
Unit 12	72-77
Unit 13	78-83
Unit 14	84-89
Unit 15	90-95
Unit 16	96-101
Unit 17	102-107

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

ELA.L.4.5b: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

Activity	Pages
Unit 3	18-23
Unit 10	60-65
Unit 12	72-77
Unit 16	96-101
Unit 17	102-107

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