California State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 4

CA.1.0. Reading: Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development: Students understand the basic features of reading. They select letter patterns and know how to translate them into spoken language by using phonics, syllabication, and word parts. They apply this knowledge to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.

1.1. Word Recognition: Read narrative and expository text aloud with grade-appropriate fluency and accuracy and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression. 30
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1.2. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Apply knowledge of word origins, derivations, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases. 15
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1.3. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use knowledge of root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage. 14
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1.4. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Know common roots and affixes derived from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g., international). 8
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1.5. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use a thesaurus to determine related words and concepts.

1.6. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Distinguish and interpret words with multiple meanings. 9
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CA.2.0. Reading: Reading Comprehension: Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed (e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making predictions, comparing information from several sources).

2.1. Structural Features of Informational Materials: Identify structural patterns found in informational text (e.g., compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequential or chronological order, proposition and support) to strengthen comprehension. 36
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2.2. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Use appropriate strategies when reading for different purposes (e.g., full comprehension, location of information, personal enjoyment). 7
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2.3. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Make and confirm predictions about text by using prior knowledge and ideas presented in the text itself, including illustrations, titles, topic sentences, important words, and foreshadowing clues. 5
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2.4. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Evaluate new information and hypotheses by testing them against known information and ideas. 13
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2.5. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles. 11
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2.6. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion in expository text. 7
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2.7. Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Follow multiple-step instructions in a basic technical manual (e.g., how to use computer commands or video games). 3
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CA.3.0. Reading: Literary Response and Analysis: Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature. They distinguish between the structural features of the text and the literary terms or elements (e.g., theme, plot, setting, characters).

3.1. Structural Features of Literature: Describe the structural differences of various imaginative forms of literature, including fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales. 48
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3.2. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Identify the main events of the plot, their causes, and the influence of each event on future actions. 48
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3.3. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Use knowledge of the situation and setting and of a character's traits and motivations to determine the causes for that character's actions. 6
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3.4. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Compare and contrast tales from different cultures by tracing the exploits of one character type and develop theories to account for similar tales in diverse cultures (e.g., trickster tales). 12
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3.5. Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Define figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification) and identify its use in literary works. 13
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1.2.a. Provide an introductory paragraph. 2
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1.2.b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph. 12
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1.2.c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations. 2
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1.2.d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points. 2
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1.2.e. Use correct indention. 12
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1.7. Research and Technology: Use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, card catalog, encyclopedia, online information) as an aid to writing. 8
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1.8. Research and Technology: Understand the organization of almanacs, newspapers, and periodicals and how to use those print materials. 13
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1.9. Research and Technology: Demonstrate basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology (e.g., cursor, software, memory, disk drive, hard drive). 11
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1.10. Evaluation and Revision: Edit and revise selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text. 11
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2.1.a. Relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience. 7
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2.1.b. Provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience. 6
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2.1.c. Use concrete sensory details. 6
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2.1.d. Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable. 8
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2.2.a. Demonstrate an understanding of the literary work. 4
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2.2.b. Support judgments through references to both the text and prior knowledge. 33
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2.3.a. Frame a central question about an issue or situation. 11
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2.3.b. Include facts and details for focus. 11
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2.3.c. Draw from more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, other media sources). 13
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2.2.c. Incorporate more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, television or radio reports). 13
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