Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.2 D Grade 4 CPI 4

 

Standard: 3.2 Reading

 

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

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will write independently to satisfy personal, academic, and social needs (e.g., stories, summaries, letters, poetry).

 

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.

 

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

·       Writing Conference