California Content Standards |
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English and Language Arts |
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Grade Four
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Writing |
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ELA.4.1.0. Writing Strategies |
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Organization and Focus |
 | ELA.4.1.2. Create multiple-paragraph compositions: a. Provide an introductory paragraph. b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph. c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations. d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points. e. Use correct indention. |
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 | ELA.4.1.3. Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question). |
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Research and Technology |
 | ELA.4.1.5. Quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them appropriately. |
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 | ELA.4.1.7. Use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, card catalog, encyclopedia, online information) as an aid to writing. |
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 | ELA.4.1.9. Demonstrate basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology (e.g., cursor, software, memory, disk drive, hard drive). |
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Evaluation and Revision |
 | ELA.4.1.10. Edit and revise selected drafts to improve coherence and progression by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text. |
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ELA.4.2.0. Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) |
 | ELA.4.2.3. Write information reports: a. Frame a central question about an issue or situation. b. Include facts and details for focus. c. Draw from more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, other media sources). |
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Listening and Speaking |
ELA.4.1.0. Listening and Speaking Strategies |
 | ELA.4.1.5. Present effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform the listener's understanding of important ideas and evidence. |
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ELA.4.2.0. Speaking Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) |
 | ELA.4.2.2. Make informational presentations: a. Frame a key question. b. Include facts and details that help listeners to focus. c. Incorporate more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, television or radio reports). |
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History and Social Science
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Grade Four. California: A Changing State
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HSS.4.1. Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California. |
 | HSS.4.1.1. Explain and use the coordinate grid system of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute locations of places in California and on Earth. |
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 | HSS.4.1.3. Identify the state capital and describe the various regions of California, including how their characteristics and physical environments (e.g., water, landforms, vegetation, climate) affect human activity. |
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 | HSS.4.1.5. Use maps, charts, and pictures to describe how communities in California vary in land use, vegetation, wildlife, climate, population density, architecture, services, and transportation. |