• 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 the 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.