Chicopee Public Schools
Academic Benchmarks
Grade 4
Reading and Literature Strand
7. Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of
letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of speech.
8. Students will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.
9. Students will deepen their understanding of a literary or non-literary work by relating it to its contemporary context or historical background.
10. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres.
11. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in a literary work and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
12. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
13. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structure, and elements of non-fiction or informational materials and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
14. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the theme, structure, and elements of poetry and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
15. Students will identify, analyze how an author’s words appeal to the senses, create imagery, suggest mood, and set tone and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
16. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of myths, traditional narratives, and classical literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
17. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the themes, structure, and elements of drama and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Grade 4
Reading and Literature Strand
First Term Academic Benchmarks
Students will be able to:
7.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
Use phonics/decoding strategies when reading unfamiliar words.
7.9 Read grade-appropriate imaginative/literary and informational/expository
text with comprehension.
Identify elements of different types of text.
Use appropriate comprehension strategies to improve understanding.
7.10 Read aloud grade-appropriate imaginative and informational/expository
text fluently, accurately, and with comprehension, using appropriate timing change in voice, and expression.
Read orally for fluency and comprehension.
Read poetry orally with appropriate expression.
For imaginative/literary texts:
8.11 Identify and show the relevance of foreshadowing clues.
Use author clues and hints to decide future action.
8.12 Identify sensory details and figurative language.
Recognize imagery meant to appeal to the senses.
Recognize and use similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia,
and personification.
8.13 Identify the speaker of a poem or story.
Identify point of view in selections.
8.14 Make judgments about setting, characters, and events and support them with evidence from the text.
Identify story elements.
Map the plot of a story.
Cite evidence from text with accuracy.
For informational/ expository tests:
8.15 Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions.
Use appropriate sources and strategies to locate an answer.
8.16 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events.
8.18 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including the main idea and relevant details.
9.3 Identify similarities and differences between the characters or events in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
Compare the actions of the characters in a selection to the author’s life or to people of the same time.
10.2 Distinguish among forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and drama and apply this knowledge as a strategy for reading and writing.
Identify and define the characteristics of different genre.
11.2 Identify themes as lessons in folktales, fables, and Greek myths for children.
Emphasis should be on fables.
Introduce folktales.
12.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
Identify story structure.
Accurately fill in a story map.
Participate in a literature discussion.
13.6 Identify and use knowledge of common textual features.
Paragraphs
Topic sentences
Concluding sentences
Glossary
13.7 Identify and use knowledge of common graphics features.
Charts
Maps
Diagrams
Illustrations
13.8 Identify and use knowledge of common organizational structures
chronological order
13.9 Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions.
Use appropriate strategies to locate an answer in non-fiction.
13.10 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events in non-fiction.
13.11 Distinguish fact from opinion or fiction.
Recognize fact from opinion when reading non-fiction or biographical literature.
13.12 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including main idea and relevant details in non-fiction.
14.2 Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems.
Recognize elements of poetry.
Use elements appropriately when writing own poetry.
15.2 Identify words appealing to the senses or involving direct comparisons in literature and spoken language.
Recognize imagery meant to appeal to the senses and use in own writing.
16.5 Identify the adventures or exploits of a character type in traditional literature.
Use story details and personal knowledge to understand a character.
Participate in a class discussion of a story.
17.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot and character, as presented through dialogue and scripts that are read, viewed, written, or performed.
Use guidelines for effective storytelling.
Define elements of a play.
Perform plays.
18.2 Plan and perform readings of selected texts for an audience using clear diction and voice quality. (volume, tempo, pitch, tone) appropriate to the selection, and use teacher-developed assessment criteria to prepare presentations.
Identify steps required to dramatize a story.
Participate in performances for an audience.
Grade 4
Reading and Literature Strand
Second Term Academic Benchmarks
Students will be able to:
After assessment, review previous skills as necessary for mastery.
7.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
Use phonics/decoding strategies when reading unfamiliar words.
7.9 Read grade-appropriate imaginative/literary and informational/expository
text with comprehension.
Identify elements of different types of text.
Use appropriate comprehension strategies to improve understanding.
7.10 Read aloud grade-appropriate imaginative and informational/expository
text fluently, accurately, and with comprehension, using appropriate
timing change in voice, and expression.
Read orally for fluency and comprehension.
Read poetry orally with appropriate expression.
For imaginative/Literary text:
8.11 Identify and show the relevance of foreshadowing clues.
Use author clues and hints to decide future action.
8.12 Identify sensory details and figurative language.
Recognize imagery meant to appeal to the senses.
Recognize and use similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia,
and personification.
8.13 Identify the speaker of a poem or story.
Identify point of view in selections.
8.14 Make judgments about setting, characters, and events and support them with evidence from the text.
Identify story elements.
Map the plot of a story.
Cite evidence from text with accuracy.
For informational/expository text:
. 8.18 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including the main idea and relevant details.
9.3 Identify similarities and differences between the characters or events in a
literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
Compare the actions of the characters in a selection to the author’s life or to people of
the same time.
10.2 Distinguish among forms of literature such as
poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and drama and apply this knowledge as a
strategy for reading and writing.
Identify and define the characteristics of different genre.
11.2 Identify themes as lessons in folktales, fables, and Greek myths for children.
Emphasis should be on folktales.
Introduce mythology.
12.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
Identify story structure.
Accurately fill in a story map.
Participate in a literature discussion.
13.6 Identify and use knowledge of common textual features.
Paragraphs
Topic sentences
Concluding sentences
Glossary
13.7 Identify and use knowledge of common graphics features.
Charts
Maps
Diagrams
Illustrations
13.8 Identify and use knowledge of common organizational structures
chronological order
13.9 Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions.
Use appropriate strategies to locate an answer in non-fiction.
13.10 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events in non-fiction.
13.11 Distinguish fact from opinion or fiction.
Recognize fact from opinion when reading non-fiction or biographical literature.
13.12 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including main idea and relevant details in non-fiction.
14.2 Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems.
Recognize elements of poetry.
Use elements appropriately when writing own poetry.
15.2 Identify words appealing to the senses or involving direct comparisons in literature and spoken language.
Recognize imagery meant to appeal to the senses and use in own writing.
16.4 Identify phenomena explained in original myths. (Prometheus/ Fire; Pandora/evils)
Identify phenomena and support answer with evidence from text.
16.5 Identify the adventures or exploits of a character type in traditional literature.
Use story details and personal knowledge to understand a character.
Participate in a class discussion of a story.
16.6 Acquire knowledge of culturally significant characters and events in Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology and other traditional literature.
Identify different Gods and characters in mythology.
Recognize elements of mythology.
17.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot and character, as presented through dialogue and scripts that are read, viewed, written, or performed.
Use guidelines for effective storytelling.
Define elements of a play.
Perform plays.
18.2 Plan and perform readings of selected texts for an audience using clear diction and voice quality. (volume, tempo, pitch, tone) appropriate to the selection, and use teacher-developed assessment criteria to prepare presentations.
Identify steps required to dramatize a story.
Participate in performances for an audience.
Grade 4
Reading and Literature Strand
Third Term Academic Benchmarks
Students will be able to:
After assessment, review previous skills as necessary for mastery.
7.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
Use phonics/decoding strategies when reading unfamiliar words.
7.9 Read grade-appropriate imaginative/literary and informational/expository
text with comprehension.
Identify elements of different types of text.
Use appropriate comprehension strategies to improve understanding.
7.10 Read aloud grade-appropriate imaginative and informational/expository
text fluently, accurately, and with comprehension, using appropriate timing change in voice, and expression.
Read orally for fluency and comprehension.
Read poetry orally with appropriate expression.
For Imaginative/Literary text:
8.11 Identify and show the relevance of foreshadowing clues.
Use author clues and hints to decide future action.
8.12 Identify sensory details and figurative language.
Recognize and use similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia,
and personification.
8.13 Identify the speaker of a poem or story.
Identify point of view in selections.
8.14 Make judgments about setting, characters, and events and support them with evidence from the text.
Identify story elements.
Map the plot of a story.
Cite evidence from text with accuracy.
For informational/ expository text:
8.16 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events.
8.18 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including the main idea and relevant details.
9.3 Identify similarities and differences between the characters or events in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
Compare the actions of the characters in a selection to the author’s life or to people of the same time.
10.2 Distinguish among forms of literature such as
poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and drama and apply this knowledge as a
strategy for reading and writing.
Identify and define the characteristics of different genre.
11.2 Identify themes as lessons in folktales, fables, and Greek myths for children.
Emphasis should be on mythology.
12.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
Identify story structure.
Accurately fill in a story map.
Participate in a literature discussion.
13.6 Identify and use knowledge of common textual features.
Paragraphs
Topic sentences
Concluding sentences
Glossary
13.7 Identify and use knowledge of common graphics features.
Charts
Maps
Diagrams
Illustrations
13.8 Identify and use knowledge of common organizational structures
chronological order
13.9 Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions.
Use appropriate strategies to locate an answer in non-fiction.
13.10 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events in non-fiction.
13.11 Distinguish fact from opinion or fiction.
Recognize fact from opinion when reading non-fiction or biographical literature.
13.12 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including main idea and relevant details in non-fiction.
14.2 Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems.
Recognize elements of poetry.
Use elements appropriately when writing own poetry.
16.4 Identify phenomena explained in original myths. (Prometheus/ Fire; Pandora/evils)
Identify phenomena and support answer with evidence from text.
16.5 Identify the adventures or exploits of a character type in traditional literature.
Use story details and personal knowledge to understand a character.
Participate in a class discussion of a story.
16.6 Acquire knowledge of culturally significant characters and events in
Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology and other traditional literature.
Identify different Gods and characters in mythology.
Recognize elements of mythology.
17.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot and character, as presented through dialogue and scripts that are read, viewed, written, or performed.
Use guidelines for effective storytelling.
Define elements of a play.
Perform plays.
18.2 Plan and perform readings of selected texts for an audience using clear diction and voice quality. (volume, tempo, pitch, tone) appropriate to the selection, and use teacher-developed assessment criteria to prepare presentations.
Identify steps required to dramatize a story.
Participate in performances for an audience.
Grade 4
Reading and Literature Strand
Fourth Term Academic Benchmarks
Students will be able to:
After assessment, review previous skills as necessary for mastery.
7.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
Use phonics/decoding strategies when reading unfamiliar words.
7.9 Read grade-appropriate imaginative/literary and informational/expository
text with comprehension.
Identify elements of different types of text.
Use appropriate comprehension strategies to improve understanding.
7.10 Read aloud grade-appropriate imaginative and informational/expository
text fluently, accurately, and with comprehension, using appropriate timing change in voice, and expression.
Read orally for fluency and comprehension.
Read poetry orally with appropriate expression.
For informational/expository text:
8.17 Distinguish fact from opinion or fiction.
Understand a fact can be proven while an opinion is someone’s belief.
8.18 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including the main idea and relevant details.
9.3 Identify similarities and differences between the characters or events in a literary work and the actual experiences in an author’s life.
Compare the actions of the characters in a selection to the author’s life or to people of the same time.
10.2 Distinguish among forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and drama and apply this knowledge as a strategy for reading and writing.
Identify and define the characteristics of different genre.
12.2 Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
Identify story structure.
Accurately fill in a story map.
Participate in a literature discussion.
13.6 Identify and use knowledge of common textual features.
Paragraphs
Topic sentences
Concluding sentences
Glossary
13.7 Identify and use knowledge of common graphics features.
Charts
Maps
Diagrams
Illustrations
13.8 Identify and use knowledge of common organizational structures
chronological order
13.9 Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions.
Use appropriate strategies to locate an answer in non-fiction.
13.10 Distinguish cause from effect.
Identify and understand the cause and effect of story events in non-fiction.
13.11 Distinguish fact from opinion or fiction.
Recognize fact from opinion when reading non-fiction or biographical literature.
13.12 Summarize main ideas and supporting details.
Summarize text including main idea and relevant details in non-fiction.
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