4th grade humanities
This week, learners will move into new social studies and writing units. Learners will explore the causes and outcomes of the Mexican-American War and how this conflict bridges the Rancho Era and beginning of the California Gold Rush. Learners will also delve back into narrative writing, and engage in on demand writing where they can craft a story of their own choosing to help remind them of what narrative writers do.
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This week, learners will complete the final drafts of their land grant persuasive letters. Learners will engage in mini lessons on revision strategies. On Wednesday, learners will celebrate their work with a publishing party. Learners will then take their humanities benchmark assessment on Thursday.
This week, learners will begin typing the final drafts of their land grant persuasive letters. Learners will engage in mini lessons on elaboration and craft strategies (such as using expert works) that they can utilize to add detail their writing and integrate more persuasive language.
This week, learners will continue the draft writing process for their land grant persuasive letters. Leaners will focus on developing their body paragraphs with supporting reasons for their opinion and factual details from their research, and wrap up their drafting with a strong conclusion paragraph. Learners will engage in mini lessons about elaboration and craft strategies that help learners add detail and strengthen their writing.
This week, learners will continue their Trimester 2 interdisciplinary land grant project.. In humanities. learners will choose to engage in the project from either the perspective of a Native American person or Californio and write a letter to persuade the governor of Mexico to grant them the rights to a specific area of land. This week, learners will complete their research on the natural resources of their land, brainstorm their California or Native American background, and plan their land grant's diseño. Learners will then outline their persuasive letters and begin drafting their writing pieces. This week's mini lessons will focus on transforming notes into paragraph form and topic sentences.
This week, learners will continue their exploration of the Rancho Era of California. Learners will consider the driving question, How were people's lives affected by the Mexican War of Independence? as they read informational texts and respond to questions about the Rancho Era.
Learners will then begin their Trimester 2 interdisciplinary land grant project.. In humanities. learners will choose to engage in the project from either the perspective of a Native American person or Californio and write a letter to persuade the governor of Mexican to grant them the rights to a specific area of land. This week, learners will choose the location of their proposed land grant, and research the natural resources available on that land. This week, learners will engaging in the final editing and formatting steps of their informational booklets on this history of indigenous peoples during the colonial era in California. We will celebrate their hard work with a publishing party where learners will share their published booklets with peers. Learners will wrap up this social students and writing unit with a reflection on why it is important for texts to accurately portray indigenous peoples' history,
We will then move into our next social studies unit: the era of Mexican rule in California, often also known as the Rancho Era. Learners will develop their background knowledge of the Mexican War for Independence through reading and responding to informational articles. This week, learners will continue typing their informational booklets on the impact of the colonial era of California on indigenous peoples. Learners will review informational, historical mentor texts to guide the formatting and revision of their writing. Mini lessons will focus on organization, elaboration, and revision strategies.
Welcome back from break! It was great to see so many of you at Expo Night. This week, learners will continue developing drafts for their informational booklets on the impact of the colonial era of California on indigenous peoples. Learners will utilize a checklist to guide their writing and revision. Mini lessons will focus on using specific facts/details from their research to demonstrate their knowledge on the subject, and writing a strong conclusion that includes final insight with thoughts, feelings, or questions about the subject.
Learners will begin typing final drafts of their informational booklets in Google Docs at the end of the week. We will review using formatting tools (ex: tables) in Google Docs to help organize their information in booklet form. This week, learners will begin writing informational pieces about the colonial era of California and the impact of the Spanish missions/missionaries on the lives of indigenous peoples. Learners will first organize their writing, crafting a thesis and outlining several subtopics. Learners will then start the drafting process. Mini lessons this week will focus on organization, writing a strong lead/introduction, and elaboration.
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