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Gateway Ratings Summary
ELA 4th Grade Overview
The Grade 4 Fishtank ELA materials meet the expectations for alignment. The materials include high-quality texts, questions, and tasks that provide strong learning opportunities in most areas.
Students engage in writing opportunities spread across all text types and genres called for in the standards, including daily, on-demand writing. Process writing is found primarily in end-of-unit tasks. The materials include explicit grammar instruction of all grammar standards and consistent application of the grammar standards in context. Vocabulary instruction within the program do not fully align to the expectations of the standards. There is limited instruction and opportunities to practice grade-level phonics, word analysis, and word recognition that follows a research-based progression. Instruction and practice opportunities for oral and silent reading fluency are present; however, support for reading of prose and poetry with attention to rate, accuracy, and expression, as well as direction for students to apply reading skills when productive struggle is necessary is minimal. There is no evidence of assessments for phonics and word recognition beyond the opportunities provided to inform instructional adjustments. Materials do include multiple assessments in fluency.
Publication Details
| Title | ISBN | Edition | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquakes | 978-0060877156 | Collins | 2006 | |
| Volcanoes | 978-0060877170 | Collins | 2006 | |
| Hurricanes | 978-0061170713 | HarperCollins | 2007 | |
| Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | 978-0061730795 | Balzer + Bray | 2013 | |
| Wildfires | 978-0062345066 | Collins | 2016 | |
| I am Arachne: Fifteen Greek and Roman Myths | 978-0312561253 | Square Fish | 2009 | |
| Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | 978-0316038638 | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | 2011 | |
| Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began | 978-0375822001 | Random House Books for Young Readers | 2002 | |
| Greek Myth Plays | 978-0439640145 | Scholastic Teaching Resources | 2008 | |
| Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote | 978-0451477545 | Viking Books for Young Readers | 2018 | |
| The Wild Book | 978-0544022751 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing | 2014 | |
| Bud, Not Buddy | 978-0553494105 | Laurel Leaf | 2014 | |
| Shiloh | 978-0689835827 | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 2000 | |
| Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths | 978-0803739925 | Dial Books | ||
| Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | 978-1250061683 | Square Fish | 2014 | |
| Forms of Energy | 978-1410985323 | Raintree | 2016 | |
| The McElderry Book of Greek Myths | 978-1416915348 | Margaret K. McElderry Books | ||
| Unforgettable Natural Disasters (TIME FOR KIDS Nonfiction Readers) | 978-1433349447 | Teacher Created Materials; 2 edition | 2013 | |
| National Government | 978-1484638125 | Heinemann-Raintree | 2009 | |
| A Young People's History of the United States | 978-1583228692 | Seven Stories |