English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 4. Fourth grade students are critical listeners and analyze a speaker's intent such as to entertain or to persuade. When speaking, they adapt their language to the audience, purpose, and occasion. Fourth grade students read with a growing interest in a wide variety of topics and adjust their reading approach to various forms of texts. Students read for meaning and can paraphrase texts.
Students are able to connect, compare, and contrast ideas.
Fourth grade students can identify and follow varied text structures such as chronologies and cause and effect. The student speaks appropriately to different audiences for different purposes and occasions. The student comprehends selections using a variety of strategies. The student inquires and conducts research using a variety of sources. The student selects and uses writing processes for self-initiated and assigned writing.