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Plainville Curriculum Standards

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Grade 4 Objectives
Standard 1:  Reading and Responding
Students read, comprehend and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts in multimedia formats.
How do we understand what we read?
Standard Component
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 Objective (g)
1.1  Students use appropriate strategies before, during and after reading in order to construct meaning. activate prior knowledge and establish purpose for reading.

 monitor comprehension and apply appropriate strategies when understanding breaks down.
identify, use and explain  text structures. draw conclusions and use evidence to substantiate them by using texts heard, read and viewed. make and justify inferences from explicit and/or implicit information.
  
1.2  Students interpret, analyze and evaluate text in order to extend understanding and appreciation. generate and respond to questions. interpret information that is implied in a text.  distinguish between fact and opinion. make and support judgments about texts. discuss and respond to texts by making text-to-self, text-to-text and  text-to-world connections. identify and discuss the topic or main idea in texts and begin to understand the theme in texts.
 1.3  Students select and apply strategies to facilitate word recognition and develop vocabulary in order to comprehend text. use phonetic, structural, syntactical and contextual clues to read and understand words.
analyze the meaning of words and phrases in context.
 develop vocabulary through listening, speaking, reading and writing.
   
 1.4  Students communicate with others to create interpretations of written, oral and visual texts. elicit, discuss and respect the opinions of others about written, oral and visual texts.  share opinions and judgments based on texts heard, viewed or read.          

 

Standard 2:  Exploring and Responding to Literature 
Students read and respond to classical and contemporary texts from many cultures and literary periods.
How does literature enrich our lives?
Standard Component
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  Objective (g)
2.1  Students recognize how literary devices and conventions engage the reader.
identify and analyze the differences between the structures of fiction and nonfiction. read or listen to a text and explain its appeal. identify literary techniques that an author uses that contribute to the meaning and appeal of texts.


2.2  Students explore multiple responses to literature. develop and defend multiple responses to literature using individual connections and relevant text references.





2.3  Students recognize and appreciate that contemporary and classical literature has shaped human thought. discuss and analyze how characters deal with diversity of human experience and conflict and relate these to real-life situations.
 identify ideas, themes and/or issues across classical and contemporary texts. compare and respond to text about multicultural experiences.



2.4 Students recognize that readers and authors are influenced by individual, social, cultural and historical contexts. recognize and discuss an author’s values, ethics and beliefs included in many texts.
 discuss how the experiences of an author influence the text. discuss how the experiences of a reader influence the interpretation of a text. discuss themes and connections that cross cultures.
 discuss the influence of culture, history and ethnicity on themes and issues in literature. identify and discuss the choices an author, illustrator or filmmaker makes to express his or her ideas in a text.   

 

Standard 3: Communicating with Others
Students produce written, oral and visual texts to express, develop and substantiate ideas and experiences.
How do we write, speak and present effectively?
Standard Component
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  Objective (g)

3.1  Students use descriptive, narrative, expository, persuasive and poetic modes.

use the appropriate features of persuasive, narrative, expository or poetic writing.
 write to delight in the imagination.    
3.2    Students prepare, publish and/or present work appropriate to audience, purpose and task.   use strategies to generate and develop ideas for speaking, writing and visual activities.       publish and/or present final products in a myriad of ways, including the use of the arts and technology.

 

Standard 4: Applying English Language Conventions
Students apply the conventions of standard English in oral, written and visual communication.
How do we use the English language appropriately to speak and write?
Standard Component
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  Objective (g)
 4.1  Students use knowledge of their language and culture to improve competency in English. read, listen to and tell stories from a variety of cultures, and identify the similarities and differences in the way language is used. recognize and understand variations among language patterns.        
 4.2  Students speak and write using standard language structures and diction appropriate to audience and task. use sentence patterns typical of spoken and written language to produce text. use appropriate language as related to audience.        
 4.3   Students use standard English for composing and revising written text. recognize the difference between standard and nonstandard English and use language appropriately.
       

 

 

Social Studies K-4 Standards
CONTENT STANDARD 9: Places And Regions


Define and identify natu­ral and human character­istics of places
Explain how human and natural processes shape places
Provide reasons why and describe how places and regions change and are connected
Observe and describe how places and regions are identified, defined and bounded
Locate places within their own and nearby communities in Connecticut
Locate major physical and human features in the New England region and the United States.

 

 

 

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