Oral Presentations

Informal presentations
Oral presentations - introductions, conclusio...
Using anecdotes, details and experiences
Narrative presentations

Summaries

Writing summaries
Evaluate the media
Emphasize major points
Summarizing spoken language
Oral summaries

Writing

Writing multiple paragraphs
Writing with focus and organization, part 1
Edit and revise drafts
4th grade writing
Writing narratives

Research and Technology

Almanacs, newspapers and periodicals
Researching texts
Quote or paraphrase information, citing sourc...
Basic keyboarding skills
Using a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia a...

Stories and Literature

Figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperb...
Fantasies, fables, myths, legends and fairy t...
Compare and contrast tales from different cul...
Characterization
Main events of the plot

Vocabulary

Common roots, Greek and Latin words
Words with multiple meanings
Meaning of words, part 2
Using a thesaurus
Meaning of words, part 1

Reading and Comprehension

Compare and contrast as well as cause and eff...
Follow multiple-step instructions
Testing hypotheses
Make and confirm predictions
Compare and contrast information

Grammar

Verbs, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions
Using underlining, quotation marks and italic...
4th grade spelling
Writing simple and compound sentences
Using parentheses, commas and apostrophes

Speaking and Listening

Recite poems, soliloquies and dialogues
Asking and responding to questions
4th grade reading aloud
Cause and effect, similarity and difference, ...
Giving directions and instructions

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