Our curriculum is based off of New York State's Next Generation Standards
Fourth graders will understand that:
- Stories can connect to our lives and they are more than an author’s written text
- Order can influence outcomes
- Who is speaking influences what we comprehend
- Evidence can be found in various modes of communication
- Mistakes may be essential for development
Essential questions students will focus on:
- What do good writers do?
- How can other’s stories from the past relate to our lives today?
- How would stories be different if time did not matter?
- How do you determine what/who is good and what/who is bad?
- Do we need characters to tell a story?
- Is an errorless human superior to one who makes mistakes?
- What are the power of words?
- Who plans your future?
- When can judging be good?
Writing Workshops
- Shared Writing
- Interactive Writing
- Independent Writing
- Craft
- Spelling
- Conventions
- Conferences
Narrative Reminders:
- Show, don't tell: let readers know the emotions of the character to visualize and sympathisize with them
- Add sensory details of what you hear, feel, smell, taste and see
- Begin with entertaining leads
- Use dialogue to reveal emotions and personality traits of characters
- Ending showcase what the character learned, a memory, an important decision or feeling
Featured Story of the Week:
[Each week this will be updated with a student who has gone above and beyond to write their best story and imrpove their writing skills]