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English Language Development — Grade 4

Goal 1. Listening — Intermediate Low, Objective IL 1.02

Goal 1. Listening

The learner will comprehend spoken English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Intermediate Low

Students will begin to use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on familiar topics spoken at normal speed with periods of momentary silence. In addition, they may use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on identifying elements of a story, retelling text with limited vocabulary and adjectives, using decoding strategies to understand text, making predictions, using capitalization, editing writing for spelling and subject/verb agreement, writing logical sentences in sequence, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective IL 1.02

Understand and follow one-step and two-step directions when spoken distinctly at a normal speed.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Awesome Action Words
Good writers use precise verbs to make stories interesting and vivid. In this lesson, students will learn to replace boring, redundant, generic verbs with more precise “Awesome Action Words.”
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
The Pit
The Pit is a game that can be played to review any topic. It matches picture game cards to target vocabulary on a game board. This particular lesson focuses on classification of animals.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Development and Science)
By Eileen Carter and Tracey Casto.
What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View
After reading Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day students will write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with other wordless picture books.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Eileen Carter and Tracey Casto.