A project-based sequence where 4th-grade students act as journalists to create a class newsletter, focusing on using topic sentences to organize informational writing for their readers.
A 4-week book club sequence for Sharon Creech's 'Saving Winslow', focusing on character analysis, summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary through bi-weekly sessions.
A 2-week small group reading unit focused on realistic fiction. Students practice summarizing, identifying text evidence, synthesizing information, and writing structured paragraph responses using four urban-themed short stories.
A small-group literacy unit focused on mastering informational texts through text-based questioning, vocabulary development, and structured paragraph writing (Topic Sentence, Details, Concluding Sentence) centered on the theme of extreme weather.
A comprehensive book club unit for fourth grade students focused on "Out of My Mind" by Sharon Draper, structured for a 3-day weekly cadence over six weeks. The unit focuses on summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary development, culminating in an inclusion-focused school campaign project.
A comprehensive book club unit for Kate DiCamillo's 'The Tiger Rising', exploring themes of emotional repression and friendship through three distinct chapter groups with a focus on synthesizing, vocabulary, and summarizing.
A comprehensive 25-lesson book club unit for 'The Tiger Rising' by Kate DiCamillo, focusing on summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary development through the lens of a Florida woods field journal.
A series of detective-themed spelling units for 4th grade, focusing on complex digraphs, blends, and vowel patterns through investigative activities.
A week-long ELA homework series centered around a narrative about a squirrel's search for a rare acorn. The materials are differentiated for Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 4th Grade learners.
A comprehensive 4th-grade grammar unit focusing on the four primary parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Through an adventure-themed quest, students master identifying and using these word classes in their writing.
A lesson sequence focused on the narrative craft of writing high-stakes introductions for interactive survival stories, specifically leading to biological defense mechanism choices.