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Standard 1 : Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills
Cluster Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks.

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  • ELA.4.F.1.3 : Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words.
    1. Apply knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read and write unfamiliar single-syllable and multisyllabic words in and out of context. 
  • ELA.4.F.1.4 : Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.
Cluster Information
Number:
ELA.4.F.1
Title:
Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills
Type:
Standard
Subject:
English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade:
4
Strand
Foundational Skills
Cluster Access Points

This cluster includes the following Access Points.

  • ELA.4.F.1.AP.3a : Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read and form familiar single-syllable and multisyllabic words in context.
  • ELA.4.F.1.AP.4 : Read grade-level texts, at the student’s ability level, with accuracy and expression using the student’s mode of communication.
Cluster Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Lesson Plan
  • Pollinators: In this Model Eliciting Activity (MEA), students will be gien an engineering problem in which they must work as a team to design a procedure to select the best pollinator for certain situations.


    Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Student Center Activities
Text Resource
  • Ariane 5: The Satellite Launcher eReader: 3...2...1...Lift-off. Engage students in discussions about aerospace themes with the Ariane 5: The Satellite Launcher eReader. The eReader is an informational text with various text features and facts about the Ariane 5 rocket.

Video/Audio/Animation
  • Portraits in Patriotism - Francisco Márquez: Elementary School: Francisco Márquez was born in Venezuela and spent his childhood in both Venezuela and the U.S. He studied political science and law in Venezuela and earned his MBA in the United States. After receiving his MBA, Francisco returned to Venezuela. Under the authoritarian Nicolás Maduro regime, Francisco was arrested as a political prisoner and spent time in a Venezuelan prison. Eventually, Francisco was released and is now a political rights activist.