Grade 4 English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA) Grade 4 - Trimester 3 - Impacts

Sep 28, 2026

Grade 4 English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA) Trimester 3 focuses on “Impacts” and builds core literacy through close reading, textual evidence, and genre-based writing. Essential questions guide students to explore how stories shape the world, how secrets change power, and how differences, good deeds, disobedience, and learning from stories affect actions and outcomes. Instructional weeks develop opinion and narrative nonfiction skills using mentor texts, vocabulary study, writing process, and language conventions across reading and writing workshops.

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Trimester 3 - Impacts

Core Ideas and Practices

Essential Questions

Week-by-Week Instructional Plan

Week 1: Can You Guess My Name?

Week 2: Thunder Rose

Week 3: La Culebra (The Snake)

Week 4: The Secret of the Winter Count

Content Area: English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA) Grades 3-5 Grade: 4 Dev. Date: April 2024 | Domain Anchor Statement Codes | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reading | Writing | Speaking and Listening | Language | | CR: Close Reading of Text | AW: Argumentative Writing | PE: Participate Effectively | RF: Foundational Skills: Reading Language | | CI: Central Ideas and Themes | IW: Informative and Explanatory Writing | II: Integrate Information | WF: Foundational Skills: Written | | IT: Interactions Among Text Elements | | ES: Evaluate Speakers | Language | | TS: Text Structure | NW: Narrative Writing
WP: Writing Process | PI: Present Information | SS: System and Structure of Language | | PP: Perspective and Purpose in Texts | WR: Writing Research | UM: Use Media | KL: Knowledge ofLanguage | | MF: Diverse Media and Formats | SE: Sources of Evidence | AS: Adapt Speech | VL: Vocabulary Acquisition, Use, and Literal Meaning | | AA: Analysis of an Argument | | | | | CT: Comparison of Texts | RW: Range ofWriting | | VI: Vocabulary Acquisition, Use and Interpretative Meaning | Content Area: English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA) Grades 3-5 Grade: 4 Dev. Date: April 2024 | Trimester | Unit Title | Recommended Instructional Days | | --- | --- | --- | | 3 | Impacts | 30 days | | | | | --- | --- | | Grade
NJSLS-ELA | Core Ideas and Practices Interdisciplinary Standards | | Language Domain | Essential Question/s: | | Foundational Reading
L.RF.4.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding and encoding words; use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.
L.RF.4.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Foundational Writing
L.WF.4.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of encoding and spelling.
L.WF.4.3. Demonstrate command of the conventions of writing, including those listed under grade three foundational skills:
L. KL.4.1. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. | How do our stories shape our world?
How can revealing a secret make it lose its power?
How can being different be an advantage?
Why should we do good deeds without expecting anything in return?
How can what we learn from stories guide our actions?
How can being disobedient cause problems?
Activity Description:
Week 1-Can You Guess My Name?
Analyze characters to synthesize information about characters in traditional tales Reading Workshop:
Reading/Writing Workshop Bridge:
Bridge reading and writing narrative nonfiction through:
● academic vocabulary
● word study
● read like a writer
● write for a reader
● spelling
● language and conventions | Content Area: English Language Arts (NJSLS-ELA) Grades 3-5 Grade: 4 Dev. Date: April 2024 | L.VL.4.2. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning academic and domain-specific words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.VI.4.3. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. | Writing Workshop:
Introduce Mentor Stacks and immerse in opinion essay texts
Week 2-
Reading Workshop: Thunder Rose (Amistad Law: N.J.S.A. 18A 52:16A-88) Infer theme to make connections to traditional literature
Reading/Writing Workshop Bridge:
Bridge reading and writing narrative nonfiction through:
● academic vocabulary
● word study
● read like a writer
● write for a reader
● spelling
● language and conventions
Writing Workshop:
Develop elements of opinion essay writing
Week 3-
Reading Workshop: La Culebra (The Snake) Identify elements of a play to help summarize a play Reading/Writing Workshop Bridge:
Bridge reading a

FAQs

What is the Trimester 3 unit title for Grade 4 ELA?

The Trimester 3 unit title is “Impacts.”

What guiding essential questions are used in this unit?

The unit uses questions about how stories shape the world, how revealing secrets changes power, how being different can be an advantage, and how actions can follow what students learn from stories.

Which writing type is developed during the trimester?

Students develop opinion essay writing, including the structure and elements of opinion essays, using mentor stacks and opinion essay texts.

Sep 28, 2026

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