LEARN NC

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

English Language Arts — Grade 4

Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.

Objective 2.09. Listen actively by:

  • asking questions.
  • paraphrasing what was said.
  • interpreting speaker's verbal and non-verbal messages.
  • interpreting speaker's purposes and/or intent.

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

Storytelling with Cherokee folktales
This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Ricky Hamilton.
Lumbee learning
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 2.4
Introduction Education for the Lumbee Tribe has always been important. After Reconstruction ended and the state of North Carolina began its journey to educate its people, no provisions were made for American Indians. Segregated schools provided education...
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Second Languages)
By Gazelia Carter.
Dictionary guide words: How do they guide us?
Students have difficulty locating words in a dictionary. This lesson will allow students to learn how to use guide words in a dictionary to locate words.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Anne Campbell and Carol Troutman.

Resources on the web

Peer review: Narrative
Student response to a peer's draft during response groups is often vague and ineffective. This ReadWriteThink lesson describes the PQP technique (Praise-Question-Polish) which requires group members to take a turn reading their drafts aloud as the other... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink