8:50-9:30 Social Studies (Meyer)

9:30-10:10 Flex

10:10-10:50 Social Studies (Franceschi)

10:50-11:30 Specials

11:30-12:30 Lunch/Recess

12:30-1:50 ELA (Franceschi)

1:50-3:10 ELA (Meyer)

Some skills are, but not limited to:

Point of View

Author´s Purpose

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Cause and Effect

Text Features

Inference

Plot

Setting

Character Analysis

Genre

Fluency

Basic Comprehension

Vocabulary and Acquisition

Sequence/Order of Events

*As teachers, we believe in a holistic approach. We use any opportunity to circle back and practice reading skills in unison instead of always individually.

Students must learn to write a TDA (text dependent analysis) in fourth grade. They will continue to write them throughout their schooling, so a strong foundation is important. The writing process works slowly:

1. Students are asked to write. Therefore, we can identify writing levels and practice restating questions.

2. Close reading is taught. That way, students can use learned skills to comprehend grade level text.

3. A TDA prompt is properly deconstructed. This helps students understand what the prompt is asking.

4. Restating the prompt and creating a thesis is practiced and assessed.

5. Students are guided through body paragraphs.

6. To end the prompt, students create a conclusion paragraph.

7. Each student is given guidance to reflect on their work and reflect on work of their peers.

*This is a brief overview of procedures that are taken slowly. Please reach out with any questions.

Some skills are, but not limited to:

Figurative Language

Main Verbs

Adverbs

Helping Verbs

Common and Proper Nouns

Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

Capitalization

Modal Auxiliary Verbs

Adjectives

Fragments

Subject and Predicate

Sentence Structure

Multiple Meaning Words

Prefixes, affixes, and suffixes