4th Grade Newsletter
Boletín de 4to grado
Instructional Focus/Enfoque instruccional
- measurement
- area
- perimeter
- measurement conversions
Matemáticas:
- medición
- perímetro
- conversiones de medida
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English Language Arts and Reading /
Artes del lenguaje inglés y lectura:
Reminders and Important Dates/Recordatorios y próximas fechas importantes
- February 21, Camp Champions: student information packet is due
- Student Writing Conferences: Feb. 21, Feb. 28, Mar. 11
- March 3, Math Benchmark
- March 4, Reading Benchmark
- March 13, Field Day
- March 16 - 20, Spring Break
- March 24, Career Day
- March 26 - 27, Camp Champions
- April 7, Writing STAAR
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Academic Vocabulary - STAAR Reading Terms – 4th Grade
Group 1:
1. synonyms – words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing
2. antonyms - words that have opposite meanings
3. context clues - words or phrases that help give meaning to unknown words
4. expression – a phrase that doesn’t mean what it says word for word
5. main idea - what a piece of writing is mostly about
6. important/supporting details - the details in a passage that support, or back up, the main idea (usually tell who, what, when, where, why, and how)
7. summary – briefly restates the main idea and important details of a story
8. author – the person who wrote the story or article
9. narrator - the person in a story who tells the story
10. audience – the intended readers for a piece of writing
11. example – an item that is the same as other things in a group
12. multiple-meaning words – words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning
13. simile – a comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
14. metaphor – a comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words “like” or “as”
15. prefix – letters added to the beginning of the word to make a new word
16. suffix – letters added to the end of a word to make a new word
17. root word – the main part of a word
Group 2:
18. characters - the people or animals in a story or poem
19. setting – the time and place that a story happens
20. plot - the series of events that happen in a story
21. conflict (problem) - the trouble that the characters have in a story
22. resolution – how the problem is solved in a story
23. climax – the turning point or point of greatest interest or suspense in a story
24. motivation - the reason a character does or says something
25. trait – all the qualities that make up a character’s appearance and personality
26. theme – is a story’s message, it can be a lesson about life or how people behave (moral)
Group 3:
27. graphic organizers – story map, web, or time line showing information in picture form
28. outline – short phrases used to organize information in a story or article (G.O.)
29. venn diagram – two overlapping circles used to compare two things (G.O.)
30. story map – circles connected by lines that show important information from the story (G.O.)
31. time line – a line showing dates in the order that events happened (G.O.)
32. author’s purpose (AP) – the reason the author wrote the story or article
33. AP to entertain – a story or article that you might read for fun (such as a narrative)
34. AP to inform – a story or article that gives information or news
35. AP to explain – giving directions how to do something or why something happened
36. AP to persuade - trying to make the reader believe a certain way, to influence
37. AP to express – to share thoughts and feelings
38. paired selection – two stories or articles that are meant to be read together to show comparison –
similarities and differences
39. point of view (POV) – how the author sees something (his perspective) and affects the way he writes
about it
40. first-person POV – when a character IN the story tells the story (I, me, my, we, etc.)
41. third-person POV – when someone NOT in the story tells the story, like an invisible observer (he, she,
they, etc.)
42. text structure – the organization the author uses to show how his ideas are connected
43. chronology – a TS showing what happens first, next, and last in a story – sequencing
44. cause and effect – a TS showing how one thing leads to another – why something happened and the
result
45. compare and contrast – a TS showing how two or more things are alike and different
Group 4:
46. making predictions – trying to guess what will happen next in a story
47. drawing conclusions (conclude)/inference (infer) – trying to figure out things that are not stated based
on both the details in the passage and the reader’s own experiences
48. fact – a statement that can be proved to be true
49. opinion – a statement that cannot be proved (it is what someone THINKS or FEELS)
50. text evidence – clues from the text that support inferences and conclusions made by the reader
51. supporting an answer – finding text evidence in the story to prove a conclusion
Group 5:
52. genre – a type of writing such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.
53. fiction - a passage that tells a made-up story
54. fable – a story that usually has talking animals and teaches a lesson/moral
55. fairy tale – a made-up story with imaginary characters and magical events
56. folktale – a story that is passed down from one person to another over time
57. legend – a story set in a real historic time that is told as if it really happened and as if the characters
really lived
58. myth – a story from the distant past used to explain why the universe works the way it does
59. diary/journal - A daily written record of personal incidents, experiences, and ideas (fiction or nonfiction)
60. non-fiction – a type of writing that tells about real people, places, things, and events
61. auto-biography – something an author has written about his or her OWN life
62. biography – something an author has written about the life of another person
63. expository text – non-fiction text written to inform, explain, or describe
Group 6:
64. text features – ways that a writer gives the reader information (used in non-fiction)
65. footnote - A printed note or definition placed below the text at the bottom of the page
66. caption – a short description or explanation that gives information about a picture, diagram, photo, or
other piece of art
67. headings – names given to smaller sections of text
68. key words – terms specially used with the topic of the text (usually in italics or bold print)
69. diagram – a drawing with labels that shows parts of an object or how something works
Group 7:
70. poetry – a type of writing that uses creative language, is written in lines, and often includes rhythm
and rhyme
71. free verse – a style of poetry that does not follow a specific structure
72. humorous poetry – a type of poem that tells about a funny moment
73. lyric (lyrical) poetry- a type of poem that expresses thoughts and feelings with musical language and
does not tell a story
74. narrative poetry – a type of poetry that tells a story
75. concrete poetry – a poem that takes the shape of its topic
76. limerick – a humorous poem that has five lines
77. imagery – words that appeal to the reader’s five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch
78. stanza – a group of lines in poetry
79. rhyme – the effect when two or more words end with a similar sound
80. rhythm – a pattern of sounds in a line
81. rhyme pattern (scheme) – the pattern of rhymes in a poem
82. meter – the pattern of rhythm in a poem
83. repetition – repeating words or lines
Group 8:
84. drama – a kind of writing meant to be performed on stage; features dialogue and stage directions
85. act – a major division of a drama, made up of scenes
86. actors – the people who perform the parts of different characters in a play
87. cast of characters – a list of characters who appear in a drama
88. dialogue – the words characters or actors say to each other
89. scene – part of an act in a drama. Each scene is set in a different time or place.
90. stage directions – the written instructions in a drama that tell the actors what to do
91. aside – something said by a character in a drama meant only for the audience to hear