Week of August 31 - September 4:

Word Study: 

• We will begin Word Study this week - Unit 1 - Lesson 1.1. 

• This will take the place of the traditional Spelling tests and is similar to what our current 4th graders did last year in 3rd grade. 

• Word Study will focus on teaching students how to analyze and break down words; help with comprehension and vocabulary; and focus on things such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words. 

• Students will use their yellow notebooks and handouts for Word Study. 

• The Word Study resource is a total of 6 units and each unit includes 6 lessons.

• Students will be assessed on Word Study using exit tickets at the end of each lesson. 

• Students can review their notes in their yellow Word Study notebooks and any handouts to "study" for the exit tickets if needed.

Week of August 31 - September 4:

Grammar/Writing:

This week we will continue working in our Grammar Workbooks in Unit 1. 

We will be working on the following:

• Lesson 3 - "Simple Subjects"

• Lesson 4 - "Simple Predicates."

As a reminder, Grammar will be assessed using the following:

• Exit tickets after the end of our workbook lessons.

• ELA bi-weekly packets focusing on the lessons learned in the "Grammar Workshop" workbook the previous week and incorporating writing skills from "The Writing Revolution 2.0"

• These packets will include daily class work; daily mini-exit tickets; and one quiz/exit ticket at the end of the week. 

• Students can review their Grammar workbook pages to "study" for the exit tickets if needed. 

Week of August 24 - August 28:

• Week 2 - Unit 1 - Sentence Foundations & Narrative Writing 

• What students will know by the end: Students will identify complete sentences, subjects, predicates, and sentence types. They will learn to expand sentences and use because, but, and so to explain ideas.  What is the big question or essential learning? How do complete, clear sentences help a writer communicate an idea?  

• Materials used: Grammar Workshop: Lesson 2 - Complete Subjects and Predicates; TWR: Ch. 2 - Sentences

• Assessments throughout the unit: daily sentence checks; exit tickets; sentence-combining practice; narrative paragraph; editing checklist; short end-of-unit grammar/writing check.

• Students will be given small quizzes at the end of each week to assess their skills and knowledge. Students can prepare for these quizzes by paying attention in class; participating in class discussions; and reviewing workbook pages in their Grammar Workshop workbooks. 

• Students can also go to sadlierconnect.com to practice these skills.   

• Students will be preparing to write a personal narrative at the end of the first nine weeks. 

Week of August 17 - August 21:

• Week 1 - Unit 1 - Sentence Foundations & Narrative Writing 

• What students will know by the end: Students will identify complete sentences, subjects, predicates, and sentence types. They will learn to expand sentences and use because, but, and so to explain ideas. What is the big question or essential learning? How do complete, clear sentences help a writer communicate an idea?  

• Materials used: Grammar Workshop: Lesson 1 - Kinds of Sentences; TWR: Ch. 2 - Sentences

• Assessments throughout the unit: daily sentence checks; exit tickets; sentence-combining practice; narrative paragraph; editing checklist; short end-of-unit grammar/writing check.

• Students will be given small quizzes at the end of each week to assess their skills and knowledge. Students can prepare for these quizzes by paying attention in class; participating in class discussions; and reviewing workbook pages in their Grammar Workshop workbooks. 

• Students can also go to sadlierconnect.com to practice these skills.   

• Students will be preparing to write a personal narrative at the end of the first nine weeks.

Curriculum Information:

Book: Grammar Workshop - Tools for Writing - Level Orange

Book: The Writer's Revolution 2.0 (Teacher Edition for teacher; handouts for students)

Students will work through their workbook lessons one week & then correlated writing exercises on these lessons the following week. We will continue this cycle throughout the year using our Grammar Workshop workbooks & handouts from The Writer's Revolution. 

Homework and Assessments: 

• Homework: May be assigned on occasion; study for assessments. 

• Quizzes and exit tickets will be given during and after completing each lesson. Students can prepare for these by paying attention in class; completing classwork; and reviewing workbook pages for that lesson.