West Virginia Grade 4 English

Combine Information from Two Texts

Integrate information from two informational texts on one topic. Read the original example, explain what its words support, and use the next step to transfer the skill to a fuller classroom text. A selected grade-specific reference from West Virginia’s English policy identifies the focus.

Curriculum reference: West Virginia College- and Career-Readiness Standards for English Language Arts, Policy 2520.1A, from the West Virginia English language arts standards page.

West Virginia Grade 4 references for this activity

West Virginia’s English resources page links Policy 2520.1A. The policy records an effective date of August 10, 2020 and includes grade-specific English standards and literacy foundations. The selected Grade 4 reference on this page identifies the focus of an original activity. Read the complete policy and ask the teacher how the school sequences reading, writing, speaking, listening, language, and foundational skills. A short worked example is not a complete curriculum or certification of every independent resource.

These selected reference labels identify an activity focus, with the correct grade and PDF page linked separately. Read the complete standards selected by the school and its learning sequence, including reading, writing, language, speaking, and listening. This short original example does not fulfill the entire curriculum or establish a student’s grade-level proficiency.

A new location for the book swap

This original classroom example is separate from official assessment questions.

Text A — Location note: The class moved its book-swap table from the narrow doorway to the open area beside the reading shelves. The move gave students more room to stand near the table. The note does not report how many books were swapped.

Text B — Reminder note: A sign on the old doorway still pointed to the former location. A helper replaced it with a sign directing readers to the shelves. The note does not report whether every student saw the new sign.

Try the activity

Combine the notes into a short explanation of what changed and why the reminder needed updating. Which claim about participation would require more information?

Follow the reasoning

Text A establishes the new location and the reason for moving: more standing room near the swap table. Text B adds that the old sign still pointed to the doorway and was replaced with directions to the shelves. Together, they explain a location change followed by a needed change in directions. Neither note alone provides that complete connection. A combined explanation should retain the distinct contribution of each source rather than copy both notes without connecting them. It cannot claim that more students swapped books, because there is no participation count, or that every student found the table, because sign visibility is unreported.

Notice what needs more practice

Both notes are invented. They concern the same classroom change but supply different information. Integrating their details does not turn unreported outcomes into evidence or prove that the change improved every part of the activity.

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Use the next session to build independence

1. Identify the topic shared by the notes.
2. Explain what each source adds.
3. Write a connected explanation and retain its limits.

Read two fuller classroom texts on the same topic. Make a source-labelled note for each useful detail, then combine related information into a paragraph. Keep unsupported conclusions out of the final explanation.

For more general reading and writing resources, visit the Grade 4 English Online Center.

West Virginia Grade 4 English: useful planning questions

Is copying two summaries the same as integrating information?

No. Integration connects related information from both sources into an explanation while preserving where the details came from.

Which standards does the school use?

West Virginia’s English resources page links Policy 2520.1A. The policy records an effective date of August 10, 2020 and includes grade-specific English standards and literacy foundations. The selected Grade 4 reference on this page identifies the focus of an original activity. Read the complete policy and ask the teacher how the school sequences reading, writing, speaking, listening, language, and foundational skills. A short worked example is not a complete curriculum or certification of every independent resource. The school’s sequence also includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language work beyond this example.