Common Core Top Pick for Language and Reading Literature and Informational Text

Language

• Conventions of Standard English
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Reading Literature and Informational Text

• Key Ideas and Details
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

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Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 4 provides 16 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example:
Fiction Stories:

• Dick Whittington and His Wonderful Cat
• The Three Sillies
• An Oregon Trail Diary

Nonfiction Stories:

• Penguins, Pelicans, and Puffins
• Grandma Moses
• Go Fly a Kite

Activity pages include:

• comprehension questions
• a vocabulary exercise
• a sequencing activity for every story

Other skills addressed include the following:

• main idea
• parts of speech
• synonyms & antonyms
• alphabetical order
• contractions
• prefixes and suffixes