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Grade 4

• Language

  • 4.L.1
  • 4.L.1.f
  • 4.L.2.c
  • 4.L.2.d
  • 4.L.2
  • 4.L.3.a
  • 4.L.3.b
  • 4.L.3
  • 4.L.4.b
  • 4.L.4.c
  • 4.L.4
  • 4.L.5.a
  • 4.L.5.b
  • 4.L.5
  • 4.L.5.c
  • 4.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 4.RF.3
  • 4.RF.4.b

• Reading: Informational

  • 4.RI.1
  • 4.RI.5
  • 4.RI.8
  • 4.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 4.RL.1
  • 4.RL.2
  • 4.RL.3
  • 4.RL.4
  • 4.RL.5
  • 4.RL.6
  • 4.RL.9

• Speaking & Listening

  • 4.SL.1
  • 4.SL.1.c
  • 4.SL.4
  • 4.SL.5

• Writing

  • 4.W.1.a
  • 4.W.1.c
  • 4.W.1
  • 4.W.2.a
  • 4.W.2
  • 4.W.2.c
  • 4.W.2.d
  • 4.W.3.a
  • 4.W.3.b
  • 4.W.3.c
  • 4.W.3.d
  • 4.W.3.e
  • 4.W.3
  • 4.W.4
  • 4.W.5
  • 4.W.7
  • 4.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 4.L.5.a

Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.

Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing

Let's take a starting phrase about St. Patrick's Day and get specific. No, even more specific!

Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle

Let's make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let's make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let's make this simile about a loud class super specific!

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Students will make this simile about stinky seaweed super specific.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let's start with "As cold as fire."

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We'll start with the cliché "as cold as ice" and go somewhere much more interesting.