Rockingham County Public Schools

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4.1 The student will use effective oral communication skills in a variety of settings.

• Present accurate directions to individuals and small groups.
• Contribute to group discussions.
• Seek ideas and opinions of others.
• Use evidence to support opinions.
• Use grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas.

4.2 The student will make and listen to oral presentations and reports.

• Use subject-related information and vocabulary.
• Listen to and record information.
• Organize information for clarity.

4.3 The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy.

• Use context to clarify meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Explain words with multiple meanings.
• Use knowledge of word origins; synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms; and multiple meanings of words.
• Use word-reference materials, including the glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus.

4.4 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.

• Explain the author’s purpose.
• Describe how the choice of language, setting, and information contributes to the author’s purpose.
• Compare the use of fact and fantasy in historical fiction with other forms of literature.
• Identify major events and supporting details.
• Describe the relationship between text and previously read materials.
• Identify sensory words.

4.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction.

• Use text organizers, such as type, headings, and graphics, to predict and categorize information.
• Formulate questions that might be answered in the selection.
• Explain the author’s purpose.
• Make simple inferences, using information from texts.
• Draw conclusions, using information from texts.
• Summarize content of selection, identifying important ideas and providing details for each important idea.
• Describe relationship between content and previously learned concepts or skills.
• Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion.
• Identify new information gained from reading.

4.6 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information resources to research a topic.

• Construct questions about a topic.
• Collect information, using the resources of the media center, including online, print, and media resources.
• Evaluate and synthesize information.

4.7 The student will write effective narratives, poems, and explanations.

• Focus on one aspect of a topic.
• Develop a plan for writing.
• Organize writing to convey a central idea.
• Write several related paragraphs on the same topic.
• Utilize elements of style, including word choice and sentence variation.
• Write rhymed, unrhymed, and patterned poetry.
• Use available technology.

4.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

• Use subject-verb agreement.
• Include prepositional phrases.
• Eliminate double negatives.
• Use noun-pronoun agreement.
• Use commas in series, dates, and addresses.
• Incorporate adjectives and adverbs.
• Use the articles a, an, and the correctly.
• Use correct spelling for frequently used words, including common homophones.

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