Writing
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.- Maya Angelou
Scarsdale elementary schools use The Teachers' College Units of Study to meet the learning standards for writing.
The following writing units are covered in fourth grade:
Writer's Notebook Launch
Up the Ladder-Narrative and The Arc of Fiction
Up the Ladder-Opinion and Boxes and Bullets
Literary Essay
Historical Fiction Diaries
Research - American Revolution
Poetry (optional)