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Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak, and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of our world.
In addition to working on literacy at school, each month students will be reading a book of their choice on the month's genre assignment, and then presenting a 3 minute book talk to the class.
We will be using Amplify/Core Knowledge to meet our literacy standards this year.
Unit 1: Personal Narrative
Unit 2: Nonfiction - Empires in the Middle Ages
Unit 3: Poetry
Unit 4: Eureka! Student Inventor**
Unit 5: Nonfiction - Geology
Unit 6: Contemporary Fiction
Unit 7: Nonfiction - American Revolution
Unit 8: Classic fiction - Treasure Island
** Unit 4 may be moved to the end of the year, if needed, due to time constraints**
Writing and grammar are entwined throughout the reading instruction. Students will be using graphic organizers to take notes, and will use their notes throughout each unit. Writing focus will be broken down into smaller steps and then a final project will be produced.
Writing Focus for Each Unit:
Fall: Unit 1 - Personal Narrative, Memoir; Unit 2: Informational Writing
Winter: Unit 2 - Informational Writing; Unit 3 - Poetry, Unit 4 - Collaborative Project**; Unit 5 - Informational pamphlet
Spring: Unit 6 - Narrative Fiction; Unit 7 - Multi-paragraph essay; Unit 8- Adventure Story
Grade 4 will focus on morphology. Morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
Maine Learning Results
English Language Arts Standards
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