4th Grade - Daily Writing Ready® Full Year
The program is designed so that all ELA TEKS are covered during the first 20 weeks (August – February week 2) of instruction. In week 21 (February week 3), the daily lessons will evolve into short STAAR-formatted passages with 2 revising & editing multiple-choice questions each day on Monday-Thursday. The Friday assessments for weeks 21-34 will include a slightly longer STAAR-formatted passage with 10 revising & editing multiple-choice questions and an optional expository writing prompt. A 26-lined written composition paper is included, as well as a rubric for grading the essay. The program is designed so that all 4th grade ELA TEKS are covered and reviewed before the STAAR Writing Test; the daily lessons & assessments after the STAAR test will continue to review the 4th grade ELA skills until the end of the school year.
How it Works:
Monday – Thursday, students will practice language & writing skills in 10-15 minute daily lessons:
•2 sentence-editing exercises
•2-3 language/vocabulary exercises
•1 sentence-diagramming exercise
•1 exit ticket (a short, 1-2 minute formative assessment linked to the objective of that day’s lessons)
On Friday, students will complete a brief, 1-page formal assessment measuring their understanding of the skills taught during the week. An optional study guide is provided also to give to students on Monday before the test so that parents can work with their children at home throughout the week.These are the units included in this full-year bundle:
August/September – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Capitalization (proper nouns, titles of books/movies, languages, & beginning of sentence)
-Ending punctuation
-Complete sentences (subject/predicate)
-Homophones (hour/our, know/no, right/write, their/there/they’re, to/too/two, your/you’re)
-Parts of speech (common & proper nouns, action & linking verbs)
-Spelling
-Syllabication
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.24A, 4.15D, 4.20A, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aii, 4.20B, 4.21B, 4.21Bii, 4.21C, 4.22A, 4.22C
CCSS: L.3.1.A, L.3.2.A, L.3.2.F, L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.D, L.4.4
October – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Capitalization (proper nouns; titles of books, movies, poems, & songs; beginning of sentence)
-Ending punctuation
-Dialogue (dialogue tags, commas, capitalization, ending punctuation, & quotation marks)
-Complete sentences
-Homophones (for/four, know/no, threw/through, their/there/they’re, to/too/two, your/you’re)
-Parts of speech (adjectives, article adjectives, & helping verbs)
-Spelling
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.22Aiii, 3.23Cii, 4.15D, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Aiv, 4.20B, 4.21B, 4.21Bii, 4.21C, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22C
CCSS: L.3.1.A, L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.D, L.4.4, L.5.2.A
November – 3 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Capitalization (proper nouns; races & nationalities; beginning of sentence)
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Complete sentences
-Compound sentences
-Contractions
-Homophones (are/our, be/bee, sea/see, their/there/they’re, to/too/two, wear/where, your/you’re)
-Parts of speech (conjunctions, subject & possessive pronouns, prepositional phrases)
-Spelling
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.22Avi, 3.22Avii, 3.23Ci, 4.15D, 4.20A, 4.20Av, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B, 4.21Biii, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22C
CCSS: L.3.1.H, L.4.1, L.4.1.E, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.5.2.A
December – 3 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Capitalization (proper nouns; books & song titles; historical events, races, & nationalities; beginning of sentence)
-Simple & compound sentences
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Time-order transition words & introductory phrases
-Friendly letters (salutations & closings)
-Abbreviations (titles; streets, roads, etc.; months; days of the week)
-Dates
-Addresses (city & state)
-Homophones (are/our, knew/new, know/no, red/read, sea/see, to/too/two, your/you’re)
-Parts of speech
-Spelling (double consonants, plural rules, irregular plurals, adding suffixes -ed & -ing)
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.23Cii, 4.15D, 4.18B, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B, 4.21Bi, 4.21Bii, 4.21Biii, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22Ai, 4.22Aii, 4.22Aiii, 4.22C, 5.21A
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.5.2.B
January – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Capitalization (proper nouns; movies & speeches; historical events, races, languages, & nationalities; beginning of sentence)
-Simple & compound sentences
-Fragments, run-ons, & complete sentences
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Time-order transition words
-Introductory elements, names, & phrases
-Contractions & possessive nouns
-Double negatives
-Using I and me
-Abbreviations
-Dates & addresses
-Homophones (ate/eight, knew/new, knot/not, know/no, one/won, right/write, their/there/they’re, weak/week, when/win)
-Parts of speech (irregular verbs, conjunctions, & reflexive pronouns)
-Spelling (double consonants, plural rules, irregular plurals, adding suffixes -ed & -ing)
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.23Ci, 3.23Cii, 4.15D, 4.20A, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aii, 4.20Avi, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.20Cii, 4.21B, 4.21Bi, 4.21Biii, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22Aii, 4.22Aiii, 4.22Aiv, 4.22Av, 4.22C
CCSS: L.3.1.D, L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.5.2.B, L.6.1.B
February – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Revising & editing drafts
-Expository compositions
-Central idea in a topic sentence
-Supporting sentences
-Concluding statements
-Capitalization (proper nouns; movies; historical events & documents; beginning of sentence)
-Simple & compound sentences
-Fragments, run-ons, & complete sentences
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Time-order transition words
-Introductory elements, names, & phrases
-Contractions & possessive nouns
-Double negatives
-Using I and me
-Abbreviations
-Dates & addresses
-Homophones (for/four, pitchers/pictures, sea/see, their/there/they’re, your/you’re)
-Parts of speech (verbs, proper nouns, correlative conjunctions, comparative & superlative adjectives)
-Spelling (double consonants, plural rules, irregular plurals, other ways to spell “sh,” root words & affixes)
-Diagramming sentences
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 3.23Ci, 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18A, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20A, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aii, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Avii, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B, 4.21Bi, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22Aiii, 4.22B, 4.22C
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.4.3.A, L.4.4.B, L.5.1.E, L.5.2.B, W.4.2, W.4.2.A, W.4.2.B, W.4.2.E, W.4.5
March – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Revising & editing drafts
-Expository compositions
-Central idea in a topic sentence
-Supporting sentences
-Concluding statements
-Capitalization (proper nouns; historical events & documents; beginning of sentence sentence)
-Simple & compound sentences
-Fragments, run-ons, & complete sentences
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Time-order transition words
-Introductory elements, names, & phrases
-Contractions & possessive nouns
-Using I and me
-Homophones
-Parts of speech (irregular verbs, proper nouns, correlative conjunctions, comparative & superlative adjectives)
-Spelling (double consonants, plural rules, root words & affixes)
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18A, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Av, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21Bi, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22Ai, 4.22Aiii, 4.22C, 4.22D
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1.E, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.4.3.A, L.5.2.B, W.4.2, W.4.2.A, W.4.2.B, W.4.2.D, W.4.2.E, W.4.3.C, W.4.5
April – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Revising & editing drafts
-Expository compositions
-Central idea in a topic sentence
-Supporting sentences
-Concluding statements
-Capitalization (proper nouns; titles of books; languages; beginning of sentence sentence)
-Simple & compound sentences
-Fragments, run-ons, & complete sentences
-Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, ending punctuation, quotation marks)
-Time-order transition words
-Introductory elements, names, & phrases
-Contractions & possessive nouns
-Double negatives
-Homophones
-Parts of speech (adverbs, adjectives, irregular verbs, proper nouns, reflexive pronouns)
-Spelling
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18A, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20A, 4.20Ai, 4.20Aii, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Aiv, 4.20Avi, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B, 4.21Bii, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22C, 4.22D
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.6.1.B, W.4.2, W.4.2.A, W.4.2.B, W.4.2.C, W.4.2.E, W.4.4, W.4.5
May/June – 4 weeks of daily lessons & weekly assessments that address:
-Revising & editing drafts
-Expository compositions
-Central idea in a topic sentence
-Supporting sentences
-Concluding statements
-Capitalization
-Simple & compound sentences
-Fragments, run-ons, & complete sentences
-Punctuation
-Time-order transition words
-Introductory elements, names, & phrases
-Contractions & possessive nouns
-Homophones
-Parts of speech
-Spelling
Standards Covered:
TEKS: 4.15C, 4.15D, 4.18A, 4.18Ai, 4.18Aii, 4.18Aiii, 4.20A, 4.20Aii, 4.20Aiii, 4.20Avi, 4.20Avii, 4.20Aviii, 4.20B, 4.20C, 4.21B, 4.21C, 4.21C, 4.21Ci, 4.21Cii, 4.22A, 4.22Aiii, 4.22Aiv, 4.22C
CCSS: L.4.1, L.4.1.F, L.4.1.G, L.4.2, L.4.2.A, L.4.2.B, L.4.2.C, L.4.2.D, L.4.3.A, L.5.2.B, W.4.2, W.4.2.A, W.4.2.B, W.4.2.C, W.4.2.E, W.4.4, W.4.5© 2017, 2018 Watson Works, LLC. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or distributed in any form or by any means (mechanically, electronically, recording, etc.) without the prior written consent of Watson Works, LLC. Purchasing this product in digital form from the Watson Works store on TeachersPayTeachers.com licenses one teacher to use this product in his/her classroom or for personal use. Additional licenses must be purchased for additional teachers to use this product. Made in the USA. All rights reserved.