Grade 04 ELA - EC: E04.C.1.2.5
Grade 04 ELA - EC: E04.C.1.2.5
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Identify the concluding statement in an informational reading passage.
- Read an informational reading text and select the appropriate conclusion from a set of concluding statements provided.
- Read a given reading passage and construct a concluding statement.
- Modify existing concluding sentence in a reading passage to provide additional detail.
- Construct a conclusion to an informational writing paragraph that supports the facts and topics presented.
- Critique the conclusion to a given informational writing passage and provide detailed notes about the strength of the conclusion with regards to the topic addressed within the writing. Revise the conclusion if necessary.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student reads a given informational writing text and correctly identifies the concluding statement.
- Student is given an informational text with a few (at least 3) concluding statements. Student will identify the best conclusion from the list based on the text.
- Student will read an informational reading passage and construct a concluding statement. This statement should support the facts covered in the reading passage.
- Student is given an informational reading passage that contains a very generic conclusion. Student will identify the conclusion and make modifications to make it a strong conclusion.
- Student writes an informational paragraph presenting a topic and including supporting details of such. Student will write a strong conclusion to the paragraph.
- Student will read a given informational piece and critique the conclusion provided. Student will revise the conclusion to make the conclusion stronger by including details found within the text.
