4th grade Instructional Guide

4th Grade Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1 : Accurate & Benchmark Rate Focus of Instruction: Comprehension ●​ Monitoring for meaning

Group 2 : Accurate & Below Benchmark Rate Focus of Instruction: Fluency ●​ Building automaticity, but do not ignore making meaning ●​ Repeated readings ●​ Word or phrase level automaticity in addition to passages, if necessary ●​ Grouping words to make meaning, pacing punctuation ●​ Read for main idea, summarizing, and/or text elements Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Leveled Readers and Genre Passages ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders Fluency Assessment (use for practice) ●​ Word and Phrase practice for Sight Word Fluency Group 4 : Inaccurate & Below Benchmark Rate Focus of Instruction: Phonics and/or Phonological Awareness ●​ Missing phonemic awareness skills ●​ Missing decoding skills ●​ Missing sight words skills ●​ Missing multisyllabic decoding skills ●​ Applying skills to connected text at instructional level ●​ Building fluency at independent level ●​ Substantial practice applying phonics to new text and writing Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group Approaching Level Readers and Lesson ●​ Word and Phrase practice for sight word fluency ●​ 95% Group Basic and Advanced Phonics Lessons (PLL) ●​ CSD Decodable Database

●​ Identifying, summarizing, and extending main ideas ●​ Self-monitoring and fix-up strategies and awareness of reading for understanding ●​ Teaching important words directly and word-learning strategies ●​ Extended speaking, reading and writing opportunities tied to Core subjects Instructional Materials: ●​ Close Reading with Literary and Informational Text from the Wonders Classroom Library Titles ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On level or Beyond Level Readers and Lessons ●​ Research and Inquiry Lessons ●​ Wonders Extend and Connect Lessons Group 3 : Inaccurate & Benchmark Rate​ Focus of Instruction: Self-Monitoring for Accuracy (Digging Deeper into Needs ●​ Explicit modeling of accurate reading ●​ Self-monitoring—table tap when student makes an error. This will help the student slow down and read more accurately. ●​ Challenge student to read a portion of the text with 2 or fewer errors ●​ Teach student to adjust rate of reading to type of text and purpose for reading ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Reading Software

Instructional Materials:

●​ Phonics and Word Analysis ●​ Wonders Differentiated Leveled Readers and Genre Passages ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders: Fluency Assessment (use for practice)