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Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
L.4.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.4.4.AL.4.4.A Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Form and Use Progressive Tense Verbs
This language lesson covers how to form and use progressive tense verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the progressive tense verb.
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Order Adjectives Within Sentences
This Language lesson has students put adjectives in their correct order when describing nouns. Students will order adjectives within isolated sentences and within brief texts. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
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Convey Ideas With Precise Words
In this Language lesson, students will use words with different connotations to better express ideas. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Use Modal Verbs
This language lesson teaches students the different meanings expressed by modal verbs. Students will identify contexts in which modal verbs are used and select the correct modal verb from several choices.
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Determine the Meaning of Homophones
This language lesson has students determine the meaning of homophones.
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Use Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
This language lesson has students using relative pronouns and adverbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
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Solve Word Problems Involving Multiplier Comparisons
(H) Solve with fluency one- and two-step problems involving multiplication and division, including interpreting remainders.
5.3.I(I) Represent and solve multiplication of a whole number and a fraction that refers to the same whole using objects and pictorial models, including area models
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Solve Multistep Word Problems
(H) Solve with fluency one- and two-step problems involving multiplication and division, including interpreting remainders.
5.3.I(I) Represent and solve multiplication of a whole number and a fraction that refers to the same whole using objects and pictorial models, including area models
(Y4) Solve word problems by using number sentences involving multiplication or division where there is no remainder (ACMNA082)
ACMNA083(Y4) Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving addition and subtraction and identify equivalent number sentences involving addition and subtraction (ACMNA083)
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Determine All Factor Pairs of Numbers
This operations and algebraic thinking lesson teaches students how to determine all the factor pairs of a number. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will determine all of the factor pairs of a given number. This is in preparation for later mathematics where students will need to determine a variety of factors for fractions, factoring equations, and several other uses for this particular skill. It is an excellent introduction to factoring and provides several real-world examples for students to practice with.
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Determine if a Number is Prime or Composite
This number sense lesson focuses on determining if a number is prime or composite. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the number. Then, they determine if it is composite or prime by trying to divide by either 2, 3, 5, or 7. Finally, students justify their answer. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Create a List of Factors
(F) Recall facts to multiply up to 10 by 10 with automaticity and recall the corresponding division facts
3.5.D(D) Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers when the unknown is either a missing factor or product
This number sense lesson focuses on creating a list of factors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students look at the product given and write the first-factor pair. Then, they list any other factor pairs which have the given product. Finally, students interpret the list of factors. In addition to the lesson, there are 9 pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.