Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.2 B Grade 4 CPI 6

 

Standard: 3.2 Reading

 

Strand: B - Writing as a Product (resulting in a formal product or publication)

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 6 - The student will write sentences of varying lengths and complexity, using specific nouns, verbs, and descriptive words.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

·      Students create a class anthology using selections from their portfolios. Working with the art and graphic arts departments, students collaborate to design a cover and layout for their publication.

 

·      Students complete the sentence “Freedom is…” with something they can draw. After writing the sentence and drawing the picture, students use the drawing to revise the sentence. They look carefully at the picture, selecting details they did not include in their first writing. They then write these details after their original sentence.

 

Vignettes (in PDF format):

 

·        From Research to Oral Production

·         Exploring Tall Tales

·        Writing Conference

 

 

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