4th Grade Reading Units
Unit 1:Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
· How do readers identify a character’s motivation?
· How do readers analyze and identify an author’s purpose?
· How do readers develop theories about characters?
· How do readers interpret the big ideas presented in story?
Unit 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World: Purposeful Reading of Nonfiction
· How do readers use text support features to understand a nonfiction text?
· How do readers analyze and identify an author’s purpose?
· How do readers use context clues to define higher-level vocabulary?
· How do readers use details to support the main idea of a text?
· How do readers deepen their expertise on a topic?
· How do readers analyze information to ensure it is relevant to a topic?
Unit 3: Detail Synthesis
Unit 4: Reading History: The American Revolution
· How do readers identify the structure of a text?
· How can we build upon our knowledge of a topic?
· How does identify a text’s structure help us to fully understand the information within the text?
· How do researchers use and present information to help inform us, as readers?
· How can we use our research to debate our point of view on a topic?
Unit 5: Test Preparation
Unit 6: Historical Fiction Clubs
· How do readers analyze the setting of a story?
· How do readers track story elements while reading?
· How do readers develop interpretations about a book?
· How do readers use historical fiction books to aide in their research?
Unit 7: Power and Perspective Book Clubs
· How can I heighten my skills at interpretation so I see themes that thread through a text and that sometimes thread across many texts?
· How can I think about ways that different authors approach the same theme?
Unit 1:Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
· How do readers identify a character’s motivation?
· How do readers analyze and identify an author’s purpose?
· How do readers develop theories about characters?
· How do readers interpret the big ideas presented in story?
Unit 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World: Purposeful Reading of Nonfiction
· How do readers use text support features to understand a nonfiction text?
· How do readers analyze and identify an author’s purpose?
· How do readers use context clues to define higher-level vocabulary?
· How do readers use details to support the main idea of a text?
· How do readers deepen their expertise on a topic?
· How do readers analyze information to ensure it is relevant to a topic?
Unit 3: Detail Synthesis
Unit 4: Reading History: The American Revolution
· How do readers identify the structure of a text?
· How can we build upon our knowledge of a topic?
· How does identify a text’s structure help us to fully understand the information within the text?
· How do researchers use and present information to help inform us, as readers?
· How can we use our research to debate our point of view on a topic?
Unit 5: Test Preparation
Unit 6: Historical Fiction Clubs
· How do readers analyze the setting of a story?
· How do readers track story elements while reading?
· How do readers develop interpretations about a book?
· How do readers use historical fiction books to aide in their research?
Unit 7: Power and Perspective Book Clubs
· How can I heighten my skills at interpretation so I see themes that thread through a text and that sometimes thread across many texts?
· How can I think about ways that different authors approach the same theme?