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Did you know that a kid’s reading life should be ⅔ nonfiction and ⅓ fiction?

We begin a new Reading Unit this next week where we will educate our fourth graders to have the skills necessary to help in the research projects that will be necessary if the upcoming generation is going to solve the many problems that are fast descending on us; such as flooding, global terrorism, the growing gap between rich and poor, and more other challenges.

Work learning and citizenship in the 21st century demand that we all know how to think- reason, analyze, weigh evidence, problem solve - and to communicate effectively. These are becoming essential survival skills for all of us and our fourth graders will have the opportunity to grow as future citizens in this new Reading Unit. They will do this first by Reading and Learning with Intensity!

Students will learn how to read nonfiction differently by making a commitment to learning from a text, by making connections between what they already know and care about, and the text.

To Read Nonfiction Well

Session 1 Homework (Wednesday, October 16th)

Session 2 Homework (Thursday, October 17th)

Non-Fiction Reading Log

Students will complete their unit on government and citizenship. They will continue learning about how the US government is organized, looking at different structures of government and how government can be influenced.