grade    expectations

  By the end of Grade 4, students will:

• Talk about familiar topic using very simple phrases and sentences
• Listen to short, very simple oral texts, and respond to specific simple questions
• Read a variety of very simple materials, 50-100 words long, containing basic learned vocabulary, and demonstrate understanding
• Write very simple texts and responses following a model
• Identify and use the vocabulary and the grammar and language conventions appropriate for this grade level