

English Language Arts
The SDO-San Juan Online Chronicles
We curate and develop OERs to develop English Proficiency Skills for learning and beyond.
GRADE FOUR-QUARTER ONE
1. a. Recognize the parts of a simple paragraph
2. a. Use resources such as a dictionary, thesaurus, online sources to find the meaning of words
3. a. Note significant details of various text types
b. Module 3: Significant Details
4. a. Identify the structure, purpose, and language features of different text types
5. a. Identify meanings of unfamiliar words through structural analysis (words and affixes:
b. Module 5: Why Words Are Amazing
6. a. Identify different meanings of content specific words (denotation and connotation)
7. a. Get the meaning of words through word association (analogy) and classification
b. Module 7: Enriching Your Vocabulary
GRADE FOUR - QUARTER TWO
1. Use context clues to find meaning of unfamiliar words: definition, exemplification
2. Use clear and coherent sentences employing appropriate grammatical structures:
a. Kinds of Nouns
3. Use personal pronouns in sentences
4. Use adjectives in sentences (Degrees and Order of Adjectives)
a. Degrees of Comparison
b. Order of Adjectives
5. Use simple present tense of verbs in sentences
6. Use correct time expressions to tell an action in the present
GRADE FOUR - QUARTER THREE
1. Use adverbs in sentences
a. Adverb of Manner
b. Adverb of Place
c. Adverb of Time
2. Write directions using signal words
3. Distinguish between general and specific statements
4. Identify the main idea, key sentences, and supporting details from text listened to
5. Use appropriate graphic organizers in text read
6. Infer the speakeaker's tone, mood, and purpose
7. Analyze a story in terms of its elements
a. Plot
b. Setting
c. Character
GRADE FOUR - QUARTER FOUR
1. Write a short story (fiction/non-fiction) with its complete elements
2. Write a reaction about the story read
3. Distinguish fact from opinion in a narrative
4. Identify features of Journalistic Writing
a. Writing a Feature Article
b. Structure of a Feature Article
5. Distinguis among types of Journalistic Writing (news report, opinion article, feature article, and sports news article)
6. Write a news report using the given facts
7. Write/compose an editorial