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   Fourth Grade Reading

The Essentials

• Standards Alignment Guide:  Standard by standard guide for determining texts, questions and skills from the Delaware Department of Education and the Elk Grove School District.
• Text Dependent Questions:  Question design samples for each reading standard by the Delaware Depart. of Education.
• Why Text Complexity Matters: Dr. Timothy Shanahan
• Text Complexity Guidance by Karin Hess
• Readability Formulas

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                Strategies

ISBE Reading and Formative Assessment Strategy Guides

• ​Reading Informational
• Reading Literature

​University of Wisconsin Strategy Bank

• Reading Informational
• Reading Literature​

               Lesson Plan Resources
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​Literacy Design Collaborative: Templates that assist in designing literacy tasks aligned to standards. 
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​Student Achievement Partners:  
​​Basal Alignment Project (3rd-6th):  Basal lessons developed prior to the CCSS have been updated to align to current standards Scroll and select the series on the left.​ Some series have commonly used trade books.
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CCSS: Appendix B Text Exemplars and Sample Tasks (4-5)
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​Bookworms Read Aloud Lessons: You will find an extensive set of interactive read aloud plans. They are linked individually by title and then compiled into documents for each quarter of the school year.

Storyline Online: The Screen Actor Guild sponsors read alouds by actors and suppies CCSS aligned teacher guides.

        Text Set Resources
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Lessons using a volume of reading on specific topics to support all learners in building background knowledge and vocabulary​

Student Achievement Partners:

• ​Fourth Grade (Text Sets)
• Fourth Grade (Research Pack)​