Special Education K-5 ELA and Supplemental Guide

4th Grade Scope & Sequence

Essentials

Title

WonderWorks

Interactive Read Aloud

“Adaptations at Work”

“Squid: The Ocean’s Escape Artists” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 850L

brutal, decline, harsh

Shared Read

“Animal Adaptations” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 850L Analytical Writing: Respond to Reading

“Animal Adaptations” Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 560L

brutal, decline, harsh

Anchor Text

Spiders Genre: Expository Text Lexile: 820L Analytical Writing: Respond to Reading

Paired Reading “Anansi and the Birds”

Genre: Trickster Tale Lexile: 740L Integrate Writing: Make Connections

Leveled Readers

Main Selection Genre: Expository Text Extreme Animals Lexile: 550L

Paired Selection Genre: Trickster Tale “Hare and the Water”

clattering, odor, physical, squirts, threaten, weird, young

Writing

Respond to Reading Writing Skill: Complete Sentences

Begin Expository Writing ● Analyze the rubric

Extended Writing

● Rubric Minilesson: Central Idea ● Analyze the student model Mini Lesson Options Writing Craft Lesson Bank & Grammar and Spelling Lesson Bank