Writers Workshop |
Literacy |
Unit 2
Informational Text: This unit has a main focus on learning how to structure an informational text. Students are asked to write about a topic they have a great deal of knowledge about. Researching will be taught in the second Informational text unit later in the year. Informational text writing in 4th grade should include the following:
Unit 1
Narratives: Personal narratives have plot, characters, conflict(optional), theme and setting. We will be learning a song about these elements. Ask your 4th grader to sing it to you. Personal narratives in 4th grade should include the following:
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Unit 2
A study of historical and scientific texts, focusing on how information is presented through a variety of structures. Students will draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, and reflection when writing opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. Unit 1
We are learning how to read and analyze poetry. We were lucky enough to have the fabulous Adran Molena from Molena Speaks come perform for us. He taught the kids about how to read poetry as a performance piece and modeled for us how he thinks about poetry when he is analyzing it. |
Social StudiesUnit 2
A study of the organization of the Colorado government. We are pleased to have Ms. Rosey Waters from Imagination Makers working with us. The students will participate in a dramatic reenactment of the Colorado House and Senate. They will research 4 bills that were voted on last spring, debate their side and vote. Unit 1
The first 4th unit is personal financial literacy including a study of the relationship between choice and opportunity cost. |
MathUnit 2
In this unit, students explore various applications for multiplication. They classify shapes by properties and develop formulas for finding the area of a rectangle. Unit 1
In this unit, students explore place-value concepts for multidigit whole numbers. They use U.S. traditional addition and subtraction to add and subtract multidigit whole numbers. ScienceUnit 1
Identify and describe the variety of energy sources Show that electricity in circuits requires a complete loop through which current can pass Describe the energy transformation that takes place in electrical circuits where light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects are produced Use multiple resources – including print, electronic, and human – to locate information about different sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy |