Avenues, Level E—4th Grade ASSESSMENT GUIDE
**All page numbers listed are from Level E Program Guide and Assessment Handbook**
4th Grade
Unit 1: Online with Gary Soto
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B1-B8)
Directions (1a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 1c (using Answer Key on pg. 10a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Sentence Types
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I1-I8)
Directions (1b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 1d (using Answer Key on pg. 10a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Context Clues
Grammar: Complete Sentences/Sentence Types
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Distinguish Fact and Opinion
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A1-A10)
Directions (1b) and Student Profile: pg: 1e (using Answer Key on pg. 10a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Context Clues
Grammar: Complete Sentences/Sentence Types
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Distinguish Fact and Opinion
Language Assessment: (pg 89)
“If the Shoe Fits”
Language Function: Express Needs and Feelings
“In Gary Soto’s Shoes”
Language Function: Ask and Answer Questions
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Complete Sentences, Sentence Types
Writing Assessment: (pp: 105-107)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 104)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Sentence Fluency/Spelling
Written Composition: Write to Express
Writing Checklist: (pg. 98)
Biography
Fluency Assessment
Passage # 1 (pp 139-140) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 2: NativeLand
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B12-B19)
Directions (34a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 12a (using Answer Key on pg. 21a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Make Comparisons/Relate Main Idea and Details
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I12-I19)
Directions (34b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 12b (using Answer Key on pg. 21a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Make Comparisons/Relate Main Idea and Details/Relate Problem and Solution
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A12-A21)
Directions (34b) and Student Profile: pg: 12b (using Answer Key on pg. 21a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Make Comparisons/Relate Main Idea and Details/Relate Problem and Solution
Language Assessment: (pg.90)
“Pushing up the Sky”
Language Function: Express Ideas and Opinions
“Native Homes”
Language Function: Make Comparisons
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Plural Nouns
Writing Assessment: (pp: 109-111)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 108)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Mechanics/Progression of Ideas
Written Composition: Write to Express
Writing Checklist: (pg. 98)
Dialogue for a Play
Fluency Assessment
Passage # 2 (pp 1041-142) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 3: Once Upon a Storm
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B23-B30)
Directions (23a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 23c (using Answer Key on pg. 32a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Verbs
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Identify Sequence
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I23-I30)
Directions (23b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 23d (using Answer Key on pg. 32a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Context Clues
Grammar: Verbs
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Identify Sequence/Summarize
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A23-A32)
Directions (23b) and Student Profile: pg: 23e (using Answer Key on pg. 32a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Context Clues
Grammar: Verbs
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Identify Sequence/Summarize
Language Assessment: (pg. 91)
“Twister”
Language Function: Describe Events
“The Big Storm”
Language Function: Give Information
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement
Writing Assessment: (pp: 113-115)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 112)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Development of Ideas/Written Conventions
Written Composition: Write to Inform
Writing Checklist: (pg. 99)
Cinquain
Fluency Assessment
Passage #3 (pp 143-144) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 4: Watery World
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B34-B41)
Directions (34a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 34c (using Answer Key on pg. 43a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Relate Main Idea and Details
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I34-I41)
Directions (34b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 34d (using Answer Key on pg. 43a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Prefixes and Suffixes
Grammar: Adjectives/Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Relate Main Idea and Details
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A34-A43)
Directions (34b) and Student Profile: pg: 34e (using Answer Key on pg. 43a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Prefixes and Suffixes
Grammar: Adjectives/Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Relate Main Idea and Details
Language Assessment: (pg. 92)
“The Secret Footprints”
Language Function: Describe
“Hello, Fish”
Language Function: Elaborate
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Descriptive Adjectives
Writing Assessment: (pp: 117-119)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 116)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Grammar/Elaboration
Written Composition: Write to Inform
Writing Checklist: (pg. 100)
Friendly Letter
Fluency Assessment
Passage # 1 (pp 139-140) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 5: Cultural Ties
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B45-B52)
Directions (45a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 45c (using Answer Key on pg. 54a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Identify Sequence/Draw Conclusions
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I45-I52)
Directions (45b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 45d (using Answer Key on pg. 54a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Identify Sequence/Draw Conclusions/Distinguish Literary Forms and Purposes
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A45-A54)
Directions (45b) and Student Profile: pg: 45e (using Answer Key on pg. 54a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Identify Sequence/Draw Conclusions/Distinguish Literary Forms and Purposes
Language Assessment: (pg. 93)
“The Lotus Seed”
Language Function: Express Ideas and Feelings
“Where We Come From”
Language Function: Make Comparisons
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Writing Assessment: (pp: 121-123)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 120)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Grammar, Spelling
Written Composition: Write to Inform
Writing Checklist: (pg. 100)
Recipe
Fluency Assessment
Passage # 2 (pp 1041-142) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 6: This State of Mine
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B56-B63)
Directions (56a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 56c (using Answer Key on pg. 65a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Verb Tense/Modals
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Steps in a Process/Relate Cause and Effect
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I56-I63)
Directions (56b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 56d (using Answer Key on pg. 65a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Confirm Word Meaning
Grammar: Verb Tense/Modals
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Steps in a Process/Relate Cause and Effect/Determine Author’s Point of View
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A56-A65)
Directions (56b) and Student Profile: pg: 56e (using Answer Key on pg. 65a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Confirm Word Meaning
Grammar: Verb Tense/Modals
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Steps in a Process/Relate Cause and Effect/Determine Author’s Point of View
Language Assessment: (pg. 94)
“A Quarter’s Worth of Fame”
Language Function: Ask for and Give Information
“The Tree that Would Not Die”
Language Function: Persuade
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Verb Tense
Writing Assessment: (pp: 125-127)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 1124)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Usage/Mechanics
Written Composition: Write to Entertain
Writing Checklist: (pg. 100)
Friendly Letter
Recipe
Fluency Assessment
Passage #1 (pp 139-140) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 7: What’s It Worth?
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B67-B74)
Directions (67a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 67c (using Answer Key on pg. 76a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Prefixes and Suffixes
Grammar: Helping Verbs/Complete Sentences
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Goal and Outcome/Relate Problem and Solution
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I67-I74)
Directions (67b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 67d (using Answer Key on pg. 76a)
Vocabulary: Key Words/Prefixes and Suffixes
Grammar: Helping Verbs/Complete Sentences
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Goal and Outcome/Relate Problem and Solution
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A67-A76)
Directions (67b) and Student Profile: pg: 67e (using Answer Key on pg. 76a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Helping Verbs/Complete Sentences
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Relate Goal and Outcome/Relate Problem and Solution
Language Assessment: (pg. 95)
“My Rows and Piles of Coins”
Language Function: Justify
“Money”
Language Function: Give Information
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Helping Verbs
Writing Assessment: (pp: 125-127)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 128)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Focus and Coherence
Written Composition: Write to Inform
Writing Checklist: (pg. 101)
Personal Narrative
Letter to an Advice Column
Fluency Assessment
Passage #2 (pp 141-142) Progress Report (pg. 145)
4th Grade
Unit 8: Rocky Tales
Beginner Unit Progress Test (pp: B78-B85)
Directions (78a) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 78c (using Answer Key on pg. 87a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Adverbs/Compound
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Interpret Graphic Aids
Intermediate Unit Progress Test (pp: I78-I85)
Directions (78b) and Progress Test Student Profile: pg: 78d (using Answer Key on pg. 87a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Adverbs/Compound and Complex Sentences
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Make Inferences and Predictions/Interpret Graphic Aids
Advanced Unit Progress Test (pp: A78-A87)
Directions (78b) and Student Profile: (pg: 78e) (using Answer Key on pg. 87a)
Vocabulary: Key Words
Grammar: Adverbs/Compound and Complex Sentences
Comprehension/Critical Thinking: Analyze Story Elements/Make Inferences and Predictions/Interpret Graphic Aids
Language Assessment: (pg. 96)
“Call Me Ahnighito”
Language Function: Tell and Original Story
“The Life Story of a Rock”
Language Function: Define and Explain
Unit Wrap Up
Grammar: Adverbs, Comparative Adverbs
Writing Assessment: (pp: 133-135)
Writing Test Answer Key (pg. 136) Student Profile (pg. 132)
Revising/Editing: Written Conventions: Grammar, Sentence Combining
Written Composition: Write to Entertain
Writing Checklist: (pg. 102)
Story
Report
Fluency Assessment
Passage #3 (pp 143-144) Progress Report (pg. 145)
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