Reading- Creating our Reading Community/Launch

Essential Question(s)

Students will keep considering…

1. How can I build a reading life for myself this year as a fourth grade reader?

2. How can I set goals for myself so that I can continue to grow as a reader?

3. What does independent reading and partner talk look like, sound like and feel like for me?

4. Why is it critical to create a community to become a better reader?

5. How do the structures and routines of Reading Workshop help me as a reader and as a student?

Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings

Students will understand that…

Reading is purposeful, thoughtful, and requires practice. Readers use a variety of strategies to think about the text before, during, and after reading and then respond to reading through writing and accountable talk.

  Writing - Narrative writing

Essential Question(s)

Students will keep considering…

1. How can I write about an event in my life?

2. How can I add details to a story to engage my reader?

3. Why is it important to sequence a story?

Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings

Students will understand that…

During this unit, students will build their writing stamina and learn how to take a small event in their lives and write a narrative about it. They will learn how to add details and dialogue to a story to make it interesting. 

Math - Place Value

Essential Question(s)

Students will keep considering…

1. How can I decompose numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones? 

2. What are different ways I can compare numbers?

3. How can I write numbers in different ways?

Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings

Students will understand that…

During this unit, students will review how to compose and decompose numbers to 1 million. They will understand that there are multiple ways to record numbers and that place value is an essential building block to concepts throughout the year.