4th Grade: English Language Arts
A team of Northshore School District educators curated these supplemental learning resources to support asynchronous learning opportunities. This page includes instructional videos from open educational resources that were used during the 2020-21 school year.
Quarter 1
Quarter 1 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Characters (details, analysis)
- Thoughts, Words, Actions
- Setting
- Plot
- Theme/Author’s Message
- Point of View
- Narrative Text Types (poetry, myth, legend, fairy tale, folk tale)
- Compare/contrast within/across texts
- Independent Reading
Instructional Videos
- Khan Academy: Characters’ Thoughts & Feelings
- Khan Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Khan Academy: The Elements of a Story/Story Map
- Khan Academy: Figurative Language
- Khan Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Khan Academy: Latin and Greek Roots & Affixes
- Khan Academy: Making Inferences in Literary Texts
- Khan Academy: Looking Back at the Text for Evidence
- Khan Academy: Understanding Theme
- Khan Academy: A Story’s Point of View
- Khan Academy: Reading and Comparing Multiple Books
- YouTube: Theme
- TED Ed: Flocabulary, “The Importance of Setting in a Story”
- KCLS Just for Kids: African and African-American Folk Tales
Quarter 1 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Using the Writing Process
- Narrative Writing with Story Elements
- Descriptive Details
- Voice
- Author Craft
- Character Dialogue
- Introduction and Closing for Narrative
- Grammar Skills
- Paragraph Structure (indent or block)
- Independent Writing
Instructional Videos
- Khan Academy: Characters’ Thoughts & Feelings
- Khan Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Khan Academy: Elements of a Story/Story Map
- Khan Academy: A Story’s Point of View
- Khan Academy: Figurative Language
- TED Ed: Flocabulary, “The Importance of Setting in a Story”
- TED Ed: Slowing Down Time in Writing and Film
- Khan Academy: Modal Verbs
- Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue
- Khan Academy: Adjective Order
- Khan Academy: Prepositions
- Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences
- KCLS Just for Kids: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Idioms
- KCLS Just for Kids: Form and Use Progressive Verbs
- KCLS Just for Kids: Commonly Confused Homophones
- KCLS Just for Kids: How to Order Adjectives
- KCLS Just for Kids: Using Modal Auxiliaries: Can, May, Must
- KCLS Just for Kids: Prepositions
Quarter 2
Quarter 2 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Main Ideas and Key Details
- Summarize
- Text Features and Structures
- Chronology
- Comparison
- Cause/effect
- Problem/solution
- Facts Versus Opinions
- Perspective
- Reasoning with Examples and Evidence
- Referencing Texts
Instructional Videos
- Khan Academy: What is a Main Idea?
- Khan Academy: Summarizing Nonfiction
- Khan Academy: Interpreting Text Features
- Khan Academy: What Language Shows Cause & Effect
- Khan Academy: The Structures of Informational Text
- Khan Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Khan Academy: Latin and Greek Roots & Affixes
- Khan Academy: Making Inferences in Informational Text
- Khan Academy: First and Secondhand Accounts
- Khan Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- TED Ed: Flocabulary “The Five Types of Text Structure”
Quarter 2 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Writing Process
- Main Ideas and Key Details
- Examples, Evidence, & Reasons
- Definitions
- Paragraph Structure
- Multiple Sources
- Appropriate Opening and Closing for Informational Writing
- Grade Level Grammar Skills
- Writing in Response to Reading
Instructional Videos
- Khan Academy: The Structures of Informational Text
- Khan Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- KCLS Just for Kids: Writing Kids: Academic Essay-Writing for Beginners
- TED Ed: Flocabulary “The Five Types of Text Structure”
- Khan Academy: Modal Verbs
- Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue
- Khan Academy: Adjective Order
- Khan Academy: Prepositions
- Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences
- KCLS Just for Kids: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Idioms
- KCLS Just for Kids: Form and Use Progressive Verbs
- KCLS Just for Kids: Commonly Confused Homophones
- KCLS Just for Kids: How to Order Adjectives
- KCLS Just for Kids: Using Modal Auxiliaries: Can, May, Must
- KCLS Just for Kids: Prepositions
Quarter 3 & 4
Quarter 3 & 4 Reading
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Character, Setting(s), Plot
- Analysis of Story Elements
- Key and Supporting Details
- Traits, Motivation, Feelings
- Inference
- Forming Opinions
- First and Third Person Narration/perspective
- Point of View
- Mood
- Central Theme, Message or Moral
- Independent Reading
- Main Ideas and Key Details
- Summarize
- Text Features and Structures
- Chronology
- Comparison
- Cause/effect
- Problem/solution
- Facts Versus Opinions
- Perspective
- Reasoning with Examples and Evidence
- Referencing Texts
- Research
- Forming/supporting opinions
Instructional Video
- Khan Academy: Characters’ Thoughts & Feelings
- Khan Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Khan Academy: The Elements of a Story/Story Map
- Khan Academy: Figurative Language
- Khan Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Khan Academy: Latin and Greek Roots & Affixes
- Khan Academy: Making Inferences in Literary Texts
- Khan Academy: Looking Back at the Text for Evidence
- Khan Academy: Understanding Theme
- Khan Academy: A Story’s Point of View
- Khan Academy: Reading and Comparing Multiple Books
- YouTube: Theme
- TED Ed: Flocabulary, “The Importance of Setting in a Story”KCLS Just for Kids: African and African-American Folk Tales
- Khan Academy: What is a Main Idea?
- Khan Academy: Summarizing Nonfiction
- Khan Academy: Interpreting Text Features
- Khan Academy: What Language Shows Cause & Effect
- Khan Academy: The Structures of Informational Text
- Khan Academy: Using Context Clues to Figure Out New Words
- Khan Academy: Latin and Greek Roots & Affixes
- Khan Academy: Making Inferences in Informational Text
- Khan Academy: First and Secondhand Accounts
- Khan Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- TED Ed: Flocabulary “The Five Types of Text Structure”
Quarter 3 & 4 Writing
Big Ideas & Concepts
- Narrative Writing with Story Elements
- Descriptive Details
- Narrative Introduction and Closing
- Adding Dialogue
- Forming and supporting opinions
- Sequencing of Events
- Paragraph Structure (indent or block)
- Grammar Skills
- Responding to Reading
- Independent Writing
- Writing Process
- Main Ideas and Key Details
- Examples, Evidence, & Reasons
- Definitions
- Paragraph Structure
- Multiple Sources
- Appropriate Opening and Closing for Informational Writing
- Grade Level Grammar Skills
- Writing in Response to Reading
Instructional Videos
- Khan Academy: Characters’ Thoughts & Feelings
- Khan Academy: Character Actions in Stories
- Khan Academy: Elements of a Story/Story Map
- Khan Academy: A Story’s Point of View
- Khan Academy: Figurative Language
- TED Ed: Flocabulary, “The Importance of Setting in a Story”
- TED Ed: Slowing Down Time in Writing and Film
- Khan Academy: Modal Verbs
- Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue
- Khan Academy: Adjective Order
- Khan Academy: Prepositions
- Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences
- KCLS Just for Kids: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Idioms
- KCLS Just for Kids: Form and Use Progressive Verbs
- KCLS Just for Kids: Commonly Confused Homophones
- KCLS Just for Kids: How to Order Adjectives
- KCLS Just for Kids: Using Modal Auxiliaries: Can, May, Must
- KCLS Just for Kids: Prepositions
- Khan Academy: The Structures of Informational Text
- Khan Academy: Reading More Than One Source on a Topic
- KCLS Just for Kids: Writing Kids: Academic Essay-Writing for Beginners
- TED Ed: Flocabulary “The Five Types of Text Structure”Khan Academy: Modal Verbs
- Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue
- Khan Academy: Adjective Order
- Khan Academy: Prepositions
- Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences