Curriculum for the School Year!

Curriculum Updates

Language Arts:

Lucy Calkins Reading Units:

Up the Ladder Kick-Off Unit: Fiction

Unit 1: Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story

Unit 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World

Details and Synthesis: Close Reading of Fiction

Unit 3: Reading History: The American Revolution

Unit 4: Historical Fiction Clubs

Lucy Calkins Writing Units:

Up the Ladder Kick-Off Unit: Narrative Writing

Unit 2: Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays

Unit 4: The Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction

Unit 3: Bringing History to Life

Unit 1: The Arc of Story: Writing Realistic Fiction

Important Information:

*Please be sure to check your child's book bag and folder every evening for any important information.

***In fourth grade, planners are required to be signed nightly.

*Please send in a note or email if your child's transportation is different than usual.

*Tardy bell is at 8:00am. Dismissal is at 2:25pm.

*Lunch/recess time for fourth grade is from 11:45-12:30.

*Please read with your child every evening. This will help instill a life-long love of reading!!!