Updated June 2014
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LearnZillion: 4th Grade ELA

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Video lessons, lesson plans serve as exemplars for quality instruction

Subjects & skills
Subjects
  • English Language Arts
Skills
  • Critical Thinking
Grades This grade range is a recommendation by Common Sense Education and not the developer/publisher.
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Lesson sets and resources support a variety Common Core skills.
Lessons include texts, graphic organizers, and videos that walk users through a skill.
Videos provide think-alouds about texts, for both students and teachers.
Students find an organized playlist when they log in.

How Can I Teach with This Tool?

Teachers can use LearnZillion's 4th Grade ELA offering for two main purposes: to improve their own instruction, and to directly support students' learning. Teachers can use the high-quality lessons to better understand and teach to the Common Core. Each lesson includes videos, slides of the lesson, graphic organizers, and copies of the accompanying text. Reviewing these resources can help teachers discover strong teaching strategies that can transcend the included assignments.

In your class, use the read-aloud videos to support students who are struggling -- the graphic organizers provide helpful scaffolding for reading and writing tasks. The guided practice videos include clear think-alouds that help students better understand the assignments. Teachers can create playlists individualized for each student as well as for groups. These lessons could easily provide a strong initial assignment for each of the ELA standards covered.

Full Disclosure: LearnZillion and Common Sense Education share funders; however, those relationships do not impact Common Sense Education's editorial independence and this learning rating.

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Standards:

Key Standards Supported

Reading Informational Text

  • RI.4.4

    Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.

  • RI.4.5

    Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

  • RI.4.7

    Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Reading Literature

  • RL.4.4

    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

  • RL.4.5

    Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.

  • RL.4.7

    Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.

  • RL.4.1

    Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

  • RL.4.2

    Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

  • RL.4.3

    Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

Writing

  • W.4.4

    Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)

  • W.4.5

    With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

  • W.4.1

    Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

  • W.4.1a

    Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.

  • W.4.1b

    Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.

  • W.4.1c

    Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition).

  • W.4.2

    Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

  • W.4.2b

    Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

  • W.4.2d

    d.Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

  • W.4.2e

    Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

  • W.4.3

    Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

  • W.4.3a

    Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

  • W.4.3b

    Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

  • W.4.3c

    Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

  • W.4.3d

    Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

  • W.4.3e

    Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

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Mia M. , Classroom teacher
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Kimball Elementary School
Washington, United States
Learn Alot with Learnzillion
I really enjoy using Learnzillion because it provides me with Common Core lessons that I can incorporate in my classroom. My students really enjoy the cartoon like videos because they are age appropriate. In addition, the activities that are included with Learnzillion are very helpful to my lower level students.
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