DLI 4th Grade Guide

4th Grade Skill-Based Instruction Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1 : Benchmark ORF Benchmark Accuracy Focus of Instruction: Comprehension ●​ Monitoring for meaning

Group 2 : Below Benchmark ORF Benchmark Accuracy Focus of Instruction: Fluency ●​ Build automaticity and making meaning ●​ Repeated readings ●​ Word or phrase level automaticity in addition to passages, if necessary ●​ Group 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) Below Benchmark Accuracy Focus of Instruction: Phonics and/or Phonological Awareness ●​ Phonemic awareness skills ●​ Decoding skills ●​ Sight words skills ●​ Multisyllabic decoding skills ●​ Applying skills to connected text ●​ Building fluency ●​ Substantial practice applying phonics to new text and writing Instructional Materials: ●​ 95% Phonics Lesson Library (PLL) multisyllabic ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group Approaching Level Readers and Lesson ●​ CSD Decodable Database Group 4 : Below Benchmark ORF

●​ 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 ●​ Book Blitz Junior Books from current year ●​ Wonders Extend and Connect Lessons ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Wonder Digital Activities Below Benchmark Accuracy 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 Group 3 : Benchmark ORF

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)

Updated 6.18.26