Breiner, Yvonne - 4th Grade
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Scope and Sequence
The following is a brief outline of course content to be covered.
September
- Narrative Writing
- Informational study – cite from text
- Raz Kids – online reading comprehension
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
October
- Narrative Writing
- Close Reading
- Raz Kids – online reading comprehension
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
November
- Persuasive Writing and all genre writing
- Close Reading
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
December
- Persuasive Writing and all genre writing
- Cite from text
- Scholastic News and/or Storyworks
January
- Informative/Expository writing
- NJSLA workbook
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
February
- Informative Writing and all genres
- NJSLA workbook
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
March
- Cite form text
- Workbooks
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
April
- NJSLA Annual Assessment – Practice Tests
- NJSLA Partnership Resource Center – Released test items, resources and student samples, workbooks.
- Scholastic News and/or Story works
May
- NJSLA workbook
- Raz Kids – online reading comprehension
- Scholastic News and/or Story works.
June
Reading Response Cheat Sheet
Evidence -
Cite
Identify
Refer to the text, article, story, etc.
According to the text
In the text
As the author says
As shown in the text
This quote from the text
On page
In chapter 2, the author
The main character in the book
Marko, the main character,
This text teaches me that
This reminds me of the time
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How does the author feel about____________? How do you KNOW? Site words and/or phrase(s) from the text. Be specific.
Why did you say that? How do you know? Show me.
What is in the text that tells you the character is sad, confused, scared? Use words FROM the text to SHOW me!!
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Strategies for answering Open-Ended Questions:
- Read the Question
- Each bullet should be answered as a separate paragraph or paragraphs. Answer ALL the questions
- Be sure you understand what is being asked
- Use part of the question in your answer (Preferably as the topic sentence)
- Use details/examples/words/phrase(s)/quotes/evidence/etc. from the text, story, or article to SUPPORT your response
- Make a connection to yourself, the world, or another text you have seen
- Identify theme - what theme is there in the article, book, or story?
- Examples: never give up (perseverance), hard works pays off, practice makes perfect, believe in yourself, etc.
- Extend the meaning by:
- Making a prediction
- Relate to the characters
- Create a mental picture
Name_____________________________
Reading/Writing Response Rubric
Reading as Writers
__________Topic Sentence/Indent --Use part of the question in your answer (Preferably as the topic sentence)
__________Title of book underlined
__________Author of book included in response
__________Evidence: Cite (Identify or Refer) from text
__________Used WORDS from the text!  Refer to the text, article, story, etc...
According to the text. In the text.. As the author says The main character, NAME, ...
As shown in the text. This quote from the text... On page
In chapter 2, the author...The main character in the book
This text teaches me that
This reminds me of the time
_________DETAILS included so that someone who has NEVER read the book could understand your writing response.
_________Used details/examples/words/phrase(s)/quotes/evidence/etc. from the text, story, or article to SUPPORT your response
_________Conventions (Grammar/Punctuation/Capitalization)
_________Used characters names (the main character, Robert, etc. did not use he/she/they/it/stuff)
_________Followed directions, applied the skills taught in class and reviewed and applied. teacher's notes. (used bookmark and Rubrics to better writing)
_________Fourth grade writing and sentences. Full paragraph(s) or essay. (6-8 sentences in a paragraph)
_________Proofreading is evident and EFFORT seen.
(SHOW DON'T TELL!!!!!! How does the author feel about____________? How do you KNOW? Site words and/or phrase(s) from the text. Be specific. Why did you say that? How do you know? Show me! What is in the text that tells you the character is sad, confused, scared? Use words FROM the text to SHOW me!!
Name _____________________________________
Reading Response Questiions:
You MUST CITE from the text to SUPPORT your answer.
- Was this information easy for you to understand? Why?
- What facts did you like learning about the most? Why?
- What information from the text would you like to share with someone else? Why?
- What else would you like to know about this topic? How can you find out?
- Were there any special text features in this article? (headings, sub-headings, table of contents, index, etc.? What are they and why were they used?
- Does this article provide recent or current information? Where could you find more information about this topic?
- By reading this, did you discover anything that could help you outside of school? Explain.
- Was the information well organized? Yes or No? Give at least three examples from the text to support your answer.