4th grade humanities
This week, learners will edit and revise their original narrative story, and type their published piece in Google Docs. We will review editing marks and ways to revise their writing to make their story more interesting and/or better organized. We will also go over the narrative writing rubric to ensure that learners understand expectations for their writing and are challenging themselves to do their best.
Learners will begin construction of the "Regions of California" museum exhibit project. Each group will utilize their researched information create an artifact/display that represents some important aspect of their assigned natural region (coastal, mountains, desert, Central Valley). Stay tuned for information about our museum's opening day! Learners will have their first benchmark this week. Benchmarks are given four times a year in each seminar class, and formally assess learners' understanding of the content covered. Benchmarks are used to inform teaching and track learners' progress.
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This week, we will focus on the drafting process for learners' original narrative stories. Learners will use their plot map outline, as well as their other brainstorming pages, to help structure the sequence of events in their narrative story. Learners will complete their drafts by the end of the week, in preparation for editing, revising, and writing their final narrative drafts next week. We will also review the grading rubric for their narrative stories in order for learners to understand expectations, and to encourage learners to challenge themselves in their writing.
We will continue our social studies unit on the Regions of California. Learners will research important physical features about their assigned region (coastal, mountain, Central Valley, or desert), as well as the climate/weather, and what is like for people to live in that region. As a class, learners will create a museum exhibit that displays an artifact of their assigned region that represents an important aspect of that natural region . Learners will begin the physical creation of these artifacts next week. This week, we will focus on the narrative writing story structure. Learners review the five main plot elements: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. We will continue to read and utilize American Indian legends/myths as examples for our discussion of narrative story elements. Learners will engage in the next brainstorming/pre-writing step of their original narrative stories by completing a plot map outline for the main events of their story. Then, learners will explore how to write a strong introduction by developing multiple ways to "hook" the reader for their story. Learners will choose one of these "hooks", and begin the drafting process by writing their introduction.
We will continue our social studies unit on California geography and natural regions. Learners will carry on with their exploration of the physical features of each region, and consider how the climate differs between regions. We will dive into our first unit on narrative writing and fables, folktales, and myths! This week, we will focus on the narrative writing elements of setting and characters.. Learners will explore how to describe various settings using the five senses, and engage in brainstorming the main character(s) and setting for their narrative piece. As a class, we will read fables, folktales and myths from around the world and discuss the stories' settings and character traits.
We will also begin our first social studies unit on California geography and regions. In their notebooks, learners will reflect on what they already know about the four regions of California (mountain,s coast, desert, Central Valley), and what they want to learn. Learners will then visit stations in the classroom to read about each of the regions and respond to questions. |
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