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Monday, October 19, 2015

4th Grade Apps & Online Tools for Every READING/WRITING TEKS!




4th Grade Apps that Cover Miscellaneous Reading/Writing TEKS:

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Apps & Online Tools by 4th Grade Standard:


4.1  Reading/Fluency.

Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to read aloud grade-level stories with fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) and comprehension.


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30 Hands
FREE

4.2  Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.


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Splat-o-Nym
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4.3  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.


4.4  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse).

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4.5  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the structural elements particular to dramatic literature.


4.6  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.



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4.7  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.

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4.8  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language.

Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify the author's use of similes and metaphors to produce imagery.


4.9  Reading/Comprehension of Text/Independent Reading.

Students read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading. Students are expected to read independently for a sustained period of time and paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order (e.g., generate a reading log or journal; participate in book talks).

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$3.99

Online Games:

  • Tumblebooks.com

4.10  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference between a stated and an implied purpose for an expository text.


4.11  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.


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4.12  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text.

Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. Students are expected to explain how an author uses language to present information to influence what the reader thinks or does.


4.13  Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts.

Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents.


4.14  Reading/Media Literacy.

Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.

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4.15  Writing/Writing Process.

Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.






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4.16  Writing/Literary Texts.

Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas.

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4.17  Writing.

Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences.


4.18  Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts.

Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.


PhotoCard
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4.19  Writing/Persuasive Texts.

Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.


PhotoCard
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Fake Newspaper Maker Creator
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4.20  Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions.

Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.


4.21  Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation.

Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions.


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4.23  Research/Research Plan.

Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them.

Popplet
$4.99



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4.24  Research/Gathering Sources. 
Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather.


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4.26  Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas.

Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to draw conclusions through a brief written explanation and create a works-cited page from notes, including the author, title, publisher, and publication year for each source used.

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$4.99 (FREE with iPhone/iPad purchase)



4.27  Listening and Speaking/Listening.

Students use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity.




Popplet
$4.99



SnapGuide
FREE



30 Hands
FREE



iMovie
$4.99 (Free with iPhone/iPad purchase)


4.28  Listening and Speaking/Speaking.

Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, and enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively.


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4.29  Listening and Speaking/Teamwork.

Students work productively with others in teams. Students continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate in teacher- and student-led discussions by posing and answering questions with appropriate detail and by providing suggestions that build upon the ideas of others.



Heather Watson
Watson Works, LLC


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