👀 Year at a glance:

• Introduction to Into Reading Grade 4 & Literacy Centers                          

• Into Reading Module 1:  What Makes Us Who We Are?

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" 

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Yes! We Are Latinos!" / "Year of the Rat" 

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Kitoto The Mighty"   

Module 1 Writing Workshop: Personal Narratives "Best Part of Me"                    

• Into Reading Module 2: Come to Your Senses  

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "The Science Behind Sight"  

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Animal Senses" / "Blind Ambition" 

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "The Game of Silence"   

Module 2 Writing Workshop: Descriptive Informational Texts (Amazing Animals) / Training Service Dogs Research Simulation Task                

• Into Reading Module 3: Rise to the Occasion

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Rent Party Jazz"

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Hurricanes: A Force of Nature" / "Catch Me if You Can"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "My Diary From Here to There"    

Module 3 Writing Workshop: Opinion Essays (Why is it important to have people to rely on when facing a challenge?) / Literary Analysis: "Just Like Home" & "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"                

• Into Reading Module 4: Heroic Feats

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Prince Charming Misplaces His Bride" 

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Smokejumpers to the Rescue" / "Perseus and the Fall of Medusa"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "St. Augustine: A Story of America" 

Module 4 Writing Workshop: Narrative Stories (Write about someone who has made a difference) / Heroes Narrative          

• Into Reading Module 5: Art Everywhere

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)"

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "How Can Photos Take Us Back in Time?" / "Let's Dance Around the World"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "The Art of Poetry"  

Module 5 Writing Workshop: Expository Essays (Write about a talented artist using facts and details) / Ella Fitzgerald Research Simulation Task    

•  Into Reading Module 6: Marvels of Nature

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "The Mariana Trench"

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Weird and Wondrous Rocks" / "Nature's Wonders"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time"  

Module 6 Writing Workshop: Correspondence Letters (Write a letter to an expert on a natural wonder to get more information) / "Wizard of Oz" & "Indian Summer Day on the Prairie" Literary Analysis    

• Into Reading Module 7: Tricksters and Tall Tales

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Thunder Rose"

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "In the Days of King Adobe" / "A Pair of Tricksters"          

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Ten Suns and the Ten Suns"  

Module 7 Writing Workshop: Imaginative Stories (Use creativity to imagine how or why an element of nature came to be) / Jack's Journal    

• Into Reading Module 8: Food for Thought

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Eco-Friendly Food"                                            

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "Kids Rock Nutrition in the Kitchen" / "Bug Bites"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Now You're Cooking"        

Module 8 Writing Workshop: Opinion Essays (Write to persuade an audience to try a new food) / Food Additives Research Simulation Task    

• Into Reading Module 9: Global Guardians

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "Luz Sees the Light"                                               

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "On Sea Turtle Patrol" / "How Can We Reduce Household Waste?"      

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Seeds of Change"                                                     

Module 9 Writing Workshop: Research Reports (Gather and share evidence about a plant, animal, or other topic of choice) / RACE Mini Responses    

• Into Reading Module 10: Communication Nation

  • Week 1 Text Focus- "The History of Communication"                  

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  "A New Language- Invented by Kids!" / "Dolphin Dinner"

  • Week 3 Text Focus- "Cooper's Lesson"  

Module 10 Writing Workshop: Expository Essays (Present a discovery and guide the audience through the process of how it happened) / "Plenty of Fish in the Trees" Narrative  

• Into Reading Module 11: Genre Study- Nonfiction

  • Week 1 Text Focus- Informational Texts

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  Biographies

  • Week 3 Text Focus- Argumentative Texts

Module 11 Writing Workshop: Poems (Create poems using various formats on a single topic or on various topics)   

• Into Reading Module 12: Genre Study- Fiction

  • Week 1 Text Focus- Realistic Fiction

  • Week 2 Text Focus-  Folktales

  • Week 3 Text Focus- Historical Fiction

Module 12 Writing Workshop: Editorials (Write about a change that should be made and why)                                                  i

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