4th grade · Reading & Literature
What a 4th grade student learns in Reading & Literature
Fourth graders deepen literary analysis by determining themes, describing story elements in depth with textual evidence, examining structure and point of view, and comparing cultural treatments of themes across increasingly complex stories, dramas, and poems.
The skills for the year
- 1Refer to details and examples when explaining explicit meaning and drawing inferences from literary texts
- 2Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from textual details
- 3Summarize stories, dramas, and poems
- 4Describe characters in depth using thoughts, words, and actions from the text
- 5Describe settings and events in depth with specific textual details
- 6Determine meanings of words and phrases in texts, including mythological allusions (e.g., Herculean)
- 7Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose
- 8Refer to structural elements of poems (verse, rhythm, meter) when discussing texts
- 9Refer to structural elements of drama (casts of characters, dialogue, stage directions)
- 10Compare and contrast first- and third-person narration points of view
- 11Make connections between a story or drama and its visual or oral presentation
- 12Identify where visual/oral versions reflect specific descriptions from the written text
- 13Compare and contrast treatments of similar themes/topics in myths and traditional literature from different cultures
- 14Compare patterns of events (e.g., the quest) across stories from different cultures
- 15Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression
- 16Comprehend literature (stories, dramas, poetry) in the grades 4–5 complexity band proficiently
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