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FOURTH GRADE Quarter 1 Skills and Strategies Quarter 1 Essential Questions for Learning Literary Devices Why do authors use literary devices? What are the features of an onomatopoeia, alliteration, and personification? Nonfiction Text Features Nonfiction Text Structures Tall Tales Types of Sentences Subjects and Predicates Narrative Writing Research Greek and Latin Roots Quarter 2 Skills and Strategies How do you use the glossary to define unknown words? What features in the text help you find important information about what you are reading? How is the information presented or organized in the text? What does the author want the reader to understand about this text? Look at these two texts about the same topic. Can you find the important information from both texts to add to your notes? Can you tell me about the important ideas you found in each text? What are the elements of a tall tale What is a hyperbole? What are the differences in versions of tall tales retold by different authors? What makes a sentence an interrogative, imperative, exclamatory or declarative? What is the subject of a sentence? What is the predicate of the sentence? What are the key components to a narrative writing piece? How can we use transition words to improve our writing? How can we improve upon our own writing and the writing of others? How do Greek and Latin prefixes and roots help me understand the meanings of words? Quarter 2 Essential Questions for Learning Nouns Writing a Summary Persuasive Writing (Introduction) Research Greek and Latin Roots What are the nouns in a sentence? What makes a noun singular or plural? What are common nouns? What are proper nouns? What are the key components when writing a summary? What are the key components to a persuasive writing piece? How can we use transition words to improve our writing? How can we improve upon our own writing and the writing of others? How do Greek and Latin prefixes and roots help me understand the meanings of words? How can I pull out relevant information to help with research? Quarter 3 Skills and Strategies Quarter 3 Essential Questions for Learning Greek Myths Making Inferences Identifying Theme Compare and Contrast Text Structure What are the characteristics of a Greek myth? Who were the twelve main gods and goddesses in Greek Mythology? Where do popular sayings come from and who do they reference in literature? What differences can you find in comparison of two different versions of the text? How can readers figure out words using inferences? How does inferring help readers understand what is happening in the story? How does inferring about characters help us better understand the character or the story? How can a reader infer to answer “author and me” questions? How do authors use compare/contrast to help readers understand information? How do readers use signal words to identify compare/contrast? How can a graphic organizer be used to compare and contrast text or objects? Verbs Persuasive Writing Research Greek and Latin Roots What are the verbs in a sentence? What makes a verb a main verb or a helping verb? What are linking verbs? What are the key components to a persuasive writing piece? How can we use transition words to improve our writing? How can we improve upon our own writing and the writing of others? How do Greek and Latin prefixes and roots help me understand the meanings of words? How can I pull out relevant information to help with research? Quarter 4 Skills and Strategies Quarter 4 Essential Questions for Learning Compare and Contrast Fact and Opinion Cause and Effect Poetry What are the key components in using comparing and contrasting in writing? How can we improve upon our own writing and the writing of others? Adjectives Prepositions Prepositional phrases Adverbs Prepositions Prepositional phrases Combining Sentences Explanatory/Informational Writing Can you differentiate between a fact and an opinion in a nonfiction text? Can you identify a cause and effect text structure? How are events related in a cause and effect text structure? What makes poetry free verse or narrative verse? How can readers identify types of poetry? How does the poet use imagery in their poem? How does imagery help readers? How do poets use dialog? How can points of view change between different characters? What makes a word an adjective? What are the pronouns in a sentence? What is the difference between homophones and homographs? How do I use dialogue in writing? What are the key components in using comparing and contrasting in writing? How can we improve upon our own writing and the writing of others? How do Greek and Latin prefixes and roots help me understand the meanings of words?