Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.2 D Grade 4 CPI 1

 

Standard: 3.2 Reading

 

Strand: D - Writing for Forms, Audiences, & Purposes (exploring a variety of writing)

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will write for different purposes (e.g., to express ideas, to inform, to entertain, to respond to literature, to question, to share) and a variety of audiences (e.g., self, peers, community).

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·      Students engage in daily writing workshops. In their writing folder or notebook, they keep a list of possible writing topics. This list, as well as their classroom experience with a variety of literary forms, guides them to select both a topic and a format for the pieces they elect to write during writing workshops each day.

 

·      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.

 

Vignettes (in PDF format):

 

·        From Research to Oral Production

·        Fables

·        Exploring Tall Tales

·        Developing Critical Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills through a Study of Endangered Animals

·        Developing Critical Reading and Notetaking Skills through Researching a Famous African American

·        Writing Conference