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TEKS Grade 4 ELA

Complete guide to 13 Knowledge & Skills statements and 91 Student Expectations. Codified at 19 TAC §110.6 · Adopted 2017

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Complete TEKS Standards for Grade 4 ELA

Every Knowledge & Skills statement (K&S) below is followed by its specific Student Expectations. These are the official Texas Education Agency standards — extracted verbatim from TAC Chapter 110 (Adopted 2017). Click any standard for upcoming animated lessons.

110.6(b)(1) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language

The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(2) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing

The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(3) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary

The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(4) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency

The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate, accuracy, and prosody) when reading grade-level text.

110.6(b)(5) Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading

The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time.

110.6(b)(6) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(7) Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(8) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements

The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(9) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(10) Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process

The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(12) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres

The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:

110.6(b)(13) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts

The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:

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