Comprehension

Grade 4 Strand: Comprehension
Lesson LO ID Concept Description
1 smre_di_00109 Genre, Fiction Students learn to identify features of cultural and historical fiction and nonfiction.
smre_ip_00410 Genre, Fiction Students listen to or read the informational text, "Passing from Child to Adult." Students also identify features of cultural and historical nonfiction.
smre_ip_00398 Genre, Fiction Students build words with final consonant digraphs and use knowledge of syntax to complete sentences.
smre_ip_00423 Genre, Fiction Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00149 Genre, Fiction Students read Ancient Roman Rites of Passage and list historical and cultural facts found in the text.
1 smre_di_00151 Genre, Poetry Students learn to read poetry with rhythm.
smre_ip_00547 Genre, Poetry Students listen to or read the poem, "I Guess I'll Keep Her." Students also identify characteristics and structural elements of poetry and determine the meaning of synonyms and antonyms.
smre_ip_00536 Genre, Poetry Students complete sentences, using synonyms and antonyms.
smre_ip_00559 Genre, Poetry Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00207 Genre, Poetry Students read the poems "Windy Day," "Alaska Girl," and "Marching to the Beat." They review their understanding of characteristics and structural elements of poetry, as well as synonyms and antonyms.
1 smre_di_00114 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students learn about signs, directions, and warning labels.
smre_ip_00415 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students listen to or read the informational text, "Kartchner Caverns." Students also read signs, answer literal questions, draw conclusions, identify the author's viewpoint, and distinguish fiction and nonfiction.
smre_ip_00403 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students match signs to their meanings.
smre_ip_00428 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00156 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students read "The Alamo" and demonstrate understanding of signs, directions, and maps.
2 smre_di_00140 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students learn how to use information from simple tables, maps, and charts to learn about a topic.
smre_ip_00505 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students listen to or read the informational text, "Good Bugs Gone Bad?" Students use information from tables, maps, and charts and answer literal and inferential questions.
smre_ip_00493 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students use information from simple tables to answer questions.
smre_ip_00518 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00192 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students read The Monarch Butterfly and use information in maps to complete a graphic organizer.
3 smre_di_00134 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students learn to use titles, table of contents, and chapter headings to locate information.
smre_ip_00499 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students listen to or read the informational text, "Making America Work." Students also use titles, table of contents, and chapter headings to locate information.
smre_ip_00487 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students build words with r-controlled vowels.
smre_ip_00512 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00184 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students use a table of contents to answer questions.
1 smre_di_00149 Literary Devices Students learn how to determine the meaning of similes and idioms.
smre_ip_00545 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the poem, "Iggy Gets a Grip." They determine the meaning of similes and idioms, answer literal and inferential questions, identify cause and effect relationships, and identify characteristics and structural elements of poetry.
smre_ip_00534 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of similes and idioms.
smre_ip_00557 Literary Devices Students identify sentences with errors, then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00205 Literary Devices Students read the poem, "Pomegranate" and identify the use of rhyme and imagery. They also identify the meaning of similes and idioms.
2 smre_di_00154 Literary Devices Students learn to distinguish figurative and literal language.
smre_ip_00550 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "A Grand Adventure." Students also distinguish between figurative and literal language, answer literal and inferential questions, and identify the climax of the story.
smre_ip_00539 Literary Devices Students match idioms to their meanings.
smre_ip_00562 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00211 Literary Devices Students read Camping With Bigfoot and identify the literal meanings of figurative phrases.
3 smre_di_00148 Literary Devices Students learn about persuasive vocabulary.
smre_ip_00544 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the persuasive text, "Would You Buy This?" Students also identify the effects of persuasive vocabulary, answer literal and inferential questions, and identify the author's purpose.
smre_ip_00533 Literary Devices Students complete sentences, using irregular past tense verbs.
smre_ip_00556 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00203 Literary Devices Students read multiple advertisements and identify persuasive vocabulary.
4 smre_di_00137 Literary Devices Students learn to identify the narrator's point of view and perspectives of other characters.
smre_ip_00502 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary texts, "Common Ground" and "Sharing Cultures." Then they answer literal questions, draw conclusions, identify characters' emotions and perspectives, and compare and contrast different points of view in the stories.
smre_ip_00490 Literary Devices Students answer questions about point of view and characters' perspectives.
smre_ip_00515 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00188 Literary Devices Students read two literary texts and compare the differences in points of view and characters' perspectives.
5 smre_di_00135 Literary Devices Students learn how to use the context of a passage to determine the meaning of idioms.
smre_ip_00500 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "Gus Disappears." Students also determine the meaning of idioms.
smre_ip_00488 Literary Devices Students match idioms to their correct meanings.
smre_ip_00513 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00185 Literary Devices Students read Jericho's Pine Seeds and identify the meaning of idioms.
6 smre_di_00150 Literary Devices Students learn about the use of imagery in poems.
smre_ip_00546 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the poem, "Shining Sword." Then they use structural elements, alliteration, and figurative language (imagery, personification, and hyperbole) to answer questions.
smre_ip_00535 Literary Devices Students sort sensory and imagery words.
smre_ip_00558 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00206 Literary Devices Students read the poem "Nighttime" and identify the use of meter, sensory words, similes, and personification.
1 smre_di_00112 Literary Elements Students learn to identify character characteristics, setting, problem, solution, and theme of a passage.
smre_ip_00413 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "In Search of the Pink Dolphins." Students answer questions about main characters, setting, theme, and plot, identify main ideas, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00401 Literary Elements Students build words with three-letter initial consonant blends and use knowledge of syntax to complete sentences.
smre_ip_00426 Literary Elements Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00153 Literary Elements Students read "A Little Help from New Friends" and complete a story map. They identify story elements such as characters, setting, problem, solution, and theme.
2 smre_di_00153 Literary Elements Students learn about the setting of a passage and how it can affect the mood of the characters.
smre_ip_00549 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "The Greatest Reward." Students also answer questions about setting, characters' actions, emotions, traits, and feelings, sequence events, and summarize text.
smre_ip_00538 Literary Elements Students identify the settings of short passages.
smre_ip_00561 Literary Elements Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00210 Literary Elements Students read "Lost in Africa" and complete a graphic organizer. They identify the effects of setting on the mood, events, and characters of the text.
3 smre_di_00138 Literary Elements Students learn about identifying the theme of a text.
smre_ip_00503 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary texts: "The Greedy Fisherman" and "One Small Gift." Students also answer questions about the theme in each story and determine the meaning of similes and idioms.
smre_ip_00491 Literary Elements Students determine the meaning of similes and idioms.
smre_ip_00516 Literary Elements Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00189 Literary Elements Students read "The Parrot Who Talked Too Much" and identify the meaning of idioms, the main idea, and the theme of the text.
4 smre_di_00156 Literary Elements Students learn to compare themes of two passages.
smre_ip_00552 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary texts: "Right Makes Might" and "By Heart." Students also compare themes, identify the meaning of homographs, answer literal and "why" questions, draw conclusions, and summarize text.
smre_ip_00541 Literary Elements Students determine the meaning of homographs and homophones.
smre_ip_00564 Literary Elements Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00214 Literary Elements Students read the diary entries and identify facts, the character's feelings, and the correct use of homonyms in context.
5 smre_di_00155 Literary Elements Students learn to describe a character's changing feelings.
smre_ip_00551 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "Moving to France." Students also use textual evidence to describe characters' changing feelings, answer literal and inferential questions.
smre_ip_00540 Literary Elements Students build words with suffixes.
smre_ip_00563 Literary Elements Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00213 Literary Elements Students read the diary entries and describe the character's feelings.
6 smre_di_00152 Literary Elements Students learn to recognize rising action, conflict, climax, and resolution in a passage.
smre_ip_00548 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "An Inca Adventure." Students recognize plot elements (rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution), answer inferential questions, distinguish fact and opinion, and identify characters' traits.
smre_ip_00537 Literary Elements Students build words with irregular vowel variants.
smre_ip_00560 Literary Elements Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00209 Literary Elements Students read A Viking's Adventure and complete a graphic organizer while identifying elements of plot.
1 smre_di_00113 Skills Students learn to compare and contrast ideas in an expository text.
smre_ip_00414 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Three Days and Three Ways to Celebrate Independence." Students also compare and contrast ideas, distinguish fiction and nonfiction, and answer literal and inferential questions.
smre_ip_00402 Skills Students recognize comparisons and contrasts.
smre_ip_00427 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00155 Skills Students read Happy New Year! and complete a table. They identify compare-and-contrast information from the expository text.
2 smre_di_00107 Skills Students learn to compare and contrast primary and secondary accounts.
smre_ip_00408 Skills Students listen to or read the informational texts, "Let's Walk" and "How Much Exercise?" Then they answer literal questions, identify the author's purpose and the author's viewpoint, and make inferences. They also compare and contrast primary and secondary sources.
smre_ip_00421 Skills Students compare and contrast primary and secondary sources.
smre_pp_00147 Skills Students practice comparing and contrasting primary and secondary sources.
3 smre_di_00129 Skills Students learn to draw conclusions and make generalizations supported by text.
smre_ip_00462 Skills Students listen to or read the literary text, "An Arch Worth Anything." Students also identify character traits, draw valid conclusions, and make generalizations.
smre_ip_00450 Skills Students draw valid conclusions.
smre_ip_00475 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00177 Skills Students read Grand Adventure and draw conclusions from the text.
4 smre_di_00144 Skills Students learn to make accurate generalizations supported by the text.
smre_ip_00509 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Wild Animals in the Neighborhood." Students also draw conclusions, make generalizations, and identify cause-and-effect relationships, and identify the main idea.
smre_ip_00497 Skills Students draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00522 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00197 Skills Students read "Save the Whooping Cranes by Saving the Wetlands," draw conclusions, and identify cause-and-effect relationships.
5 smre_di_00123 Skills Students learn to follow multistep written instructions.
smre_ip_00456 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Building a Powered Car." Students also follow multistep instructions and make inferences.
smre_ip_00444 Skills Students build words with the long vowel patterns -igh, -ay, and -ai.
smre_ip_00469 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00169 Skills Students read Electromagnets and summarize the multistep instructions in the text.
6 smre_di_00142 Skills Students learn about identifying cause-and-effect relationships in text.
smre_ip_00507 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Kids Can Help." Students also identify cause-and-effect relationships, answer inferential questions, identify the author's purpose, and identify explicit main ideas.
smre_ip_00495 Skills Students complete sentences, using words with irregular vowel variants.
smre_ip_00520 Skills Students identify sentences with errors, then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00195 Skills Students read Mr. Water's Class Can Teach Us All. They complete a graphic organizer and identify cause-and-effect relationships.
7 smre_di_00124 Skills Students learn to identify steps in a process by attending to transitional words such as first, next, and finally.
smre_ip_00457 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "A Toy's Trip." Students also identify steps in a process, answer literal, "what-if," and "how" questions, and distinguish fiction and nonfiction.
smre_ip_00445 Skills Students identify the correct sequence of steps in a process.
smre_pp_00170 Skills Students read An Apple's Journey and summarize the steps in the text.
8 smre_di_00116 Skills Students learn to identify an author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_ip_00417 Skills Students listen to or read the persuasive letter, "Gym Class: Good for the Body and the Brain." Students identify the author's viewpoint and distinguish the main ideas and supporting details.
smre_ip_00405 Skills Students use word parts to build multisyllabic words.
smre_ip_00430 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00159 Skills Students read the newspaper article The Rocky Ridge Times and complete a graphic organizer. They identify the main idea, supporting details, and author's viewpoint.
9 smre_di_00128 Skills Students learn to identify the correct sequence of events by using clue words such as before, following, during, and finally.
smre_ip_00461 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Mae Jemison Is Out of This World!" Students also identify the correct sequence of events, answer literal questions, distinguish fact and opinion, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00449 Skills Students identify the correct sequence of events.
smre_ip_00474 Skills Students identify grade-level content words, using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00175 Skills Students read "Alexander Fleming, An Amazing Scientist" and identify the correct sequence of events.
10 smre_di_00126 Skills Students learn to identify the main idea and supporting details of a passage.
smre_ip_00459 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "George de Mestral Really Stuck to His Invention!" Students also identify the main idea and supporting details of the text and paraphrase information.
smre_ip_00447 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_ip_00472 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00173 Skills Students read "The All-Time Greatest Female Athlete," identify the main idea, and paraphrase information from the text.
11 smre_di_00115 Skills Students learn to paraphrase information from text.
smre_ip_00416 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Warning! Hot Earth!" Students also paraphrase information, draw conclusions, identify cause-and-effect relationships, identify the main idea of the text, and identify the author's viewpoint.
smre_ip_00404 Skills Students paraphrase information from the text.
smre_ip_00429 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00157 Skills Students read Katrina Makes History and practice paraphrasing information from the text.
12 smre_di_00133 Skills Students learn about the text structure of encyclopedias.
smre_ip_00498 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Immigrants Make America Home." Students also answer inferential questions, compare and contrast ideas, and use text structure to understand the text.
smre_ip_00486 Skills Students build multisyllabic words and use knowledge of syntax to complete sentences.
smre_ip_00511 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00183 Skills Students read Becoming a United States Citizen and use text structure answer questions.
1 smre_di_00143 Strategies Students learn to answer inferential and evaluative questions after reading a passage.
smre_ip_00508 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Water, Water Everywhere?" Students also answer inferential and evaluative questions, identify the author's viewpoint, identify main ideas, and summarize text.
smre_ip_00496 Strategies Students build words with irregular vowel variants.
smre_ip_00521 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00196 Strategies Students read Save Water While Saving Trees and answer inferential and evaluative questions.
2 smre_di_00125 Strategies Students learn to make predictions before and during reading and learn how to confirm the predictions, based on the text.
smre_ip_00458 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Counting the Cost." Students also make predictions and answer inferential questions.
smre_ip_00446 Strategies Students make predictions.
smre_ip_00471 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words, using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00171 Strategies Students read "Growing Neighborhoods, Little Cities" and make, confirm, and modify predictions.
3 smre_di_00130 Strategies Students learn about the difference between explicit and implicit main ideas.
smre_ip_00463 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "The California Gold Rush." Students also identify explicit and implicit main ideas, identify the meaning of multiple-meaning words, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00451 Strategies Students match homophones and homographs to their correct meanings.
smre_ip_00476 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00178 Strategies Students read Smitty 'Gold Rush' Jones and identify the explicit and implicit main ideas in each paragraph.
4 smre_di_00117 Strategies Students learn to make inferences.
smre_ip_00418 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Travel World Magazine." Students also make inferences and identify the meaning of synonyms and antonyms.
smre_ip_00406 Strategies Students sort synonyms and antonyms.
smre_ip_00431 Strategies Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00160 Strategies Students read the magazine article Get in the Game and Exercise! and then identify facts and make inferences from the text.
5 smre_di_00127 Strategies Students learn about summarizing text.
smre_ip_00460 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Elizabeth Blackwell: A Pioneer in Medicine." Students also summarize, draw conclusions, and answer literal and "how" questions.
smre_ip_00448 Strategies Students summarize text.
smre_ip_00473 Strategies Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00174 Strategies Students read Condoleeza Rice and summarize the text.
6 smre_di_00139 Strategies Students learn to include only main points when summarizing text.
smre_ip_00504 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Charles Henry Turner: Insect Scientist." Students also summarize the text, answer literal and inferential questions, distinguish fact and opinion, and identify the main idea of the passage.
smre_ip_00492 Strategies Students summarize text.
smre_ip_00517 Strategies Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00191 Strategies Students read An Icy World and summarize the text.

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