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Colorado Standards

Colorado 4th Grade ELA Standards

All 10 Colorado English language arts standards for 4th grade, each explained in plain English. The official wording is in Colorado Department of Education's document, linked at the end of this page.

10 standards

Oral Expression and Listening

2 standards
RW.4.1.1
Come to discussions prepared, carry out an assigned role, ask follow-up questions, paraphrase what was read aloud, and name the reasons and evidence a speaker gives.
RW.4.1.2
Plan and give organized talks or retellings with fitting facts and details, add audio or visuals where they help, and know when to use formal or casual English.

Reading for All Purposes

3 standards
RW.4.2.1
Read stories, plays and poems to find the theme and summarize, describe a character or event in depth, trace the plot's conflict, compare narrators, and read aloud with expression.
RW.4.2.2
Read nonfiction to find the main idea and summarize, explain events or science steps, compare firsthand and secondhand accounts, read charts, and combine facts from two texts.
RW.4.2.3
Decode long words by syllables and word parts, use Greek and Latin roots, context and dictionaries for meanings, and explain similes, metaphors and idioms, like as busy as a bee.

Writing and Composition

4 standards
RW.4.3.1
Write an opinion piece that introduces the topic, states the opinion, gives reasons backed by facts, links them with phrases like for instance, and closes.
Common Core W.4.1
RW.4.3.2
Write to inform with paragraphs and sections, a structure that fits the purpose, like cause and effect, facts, quotations and subject words, and a related conclusion.
RW.4.3.3
Write a real or imagined story that sets the scene, uses dialogue, transitions and sensory details to move events along, and ends in a way that follows from them.
RW.4.3.4
Write clear, well-organized pieces using relative pronouns, progressive verbs, ordered adjectives and complete sentences, fix fragments and run-ons, and punctuate quotations correctly.

Research Inquiry and Design

1 standard
RW.4.4.1
Research open-ended questions about a topic from several angles, take notes from print and digital sources, use evidence from texts, and present a brief report.

The official Colorado documents

The plain-English lines on this page are EMStudio's own explanations of Colorado's standards, not the official wording, which Colorado Department of Education publishes in the documents above. Codes and strand names identify each standard.