LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Arts — Grade 4

Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

Objective 1.06. Read independently daily from self-selected materials (consistent with the student's independent reading level) to:

  • increase fluency.
  • build background knowledge.
  • expand vocabulary.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Poetry: A feast to form fluent readers
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students examine elements of fluent reading through oral poetry performance. They use the Internet to identify a poem to prepare and perform for the class. The main objective of this lesson concerns improving fluency. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
A daily DEAR program: Drop everything and read!
This lesson that promotes self-selected reading for students in grades 3–5, gives the teacher a structured time to touch base with each student over a period of time, assess progress, and target instruction. During this daily reading period, students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Book clubs: Reading for fun
This student-organized, student-driven reading experience builds community in the classroom and encourages students to read independently, taking responsibility for their literacy learning. After being introduced to book clubs, students choose a book to... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink