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Grade 4

• Language

  • 4.L.1
  • 4.L.1.b
  • 4.L.1.c
  • 4.L.1.d
  • 4.L.1.e
  • 4.L.1.f
  • 4.L.1.g
  • 4.L.1.h
  • 4.L.2
  • 4.L.2.c
  • 4.L.2.d
  • 4.L.3
  • 4.L.3.a
  • 4.L.3.b
  • 4.L.3.c
  • 4.L.4
  • 4.L.4.a
  • 4.L.4.b
  • 4.L.5
  • 4.L.5.a
  • 4.L.5.b
  • 4.L.5.c
  • 4.L.6

• Reading: Foundational Skills

  • 4.RF.3
  • 4.RF.3.b
  • 4.RF.3.c
  • 4.RF.4.a
  • 4.RF.4.b
  • 4.RF.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • 4.RI.1
  • 4.RI.2
  • 4.RI.3
  • 4.RI.4
  • 4.RI.5
  • 4.RI.6
  • 4.RI.7
  • 4.RI.8
  • 4.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 4.RL.1
  • 4.RL.2
  • 4.RL.3
  • 4.RL.4
  • 4.RL.5
  • 4.RL.6
  • 4.RL.7
  • 4.RL.9
  • 4.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 4.SL.1
  • 4.SL.1.a
  • 4.SL.1.b
  • 4.SL.1.c
  • 4.SL.1.d
  • 4.SL.2
  • 4.SL.3
  • 4.SL.4
  • 4.SL.5
  • 4.SL.6

• Writing

  • 4.W.1
  • 4.W.1.a
  • 4.W.1.b
  • 4.W.1.c
  • 4.W.2
  • 4.W.2.a
  • 4.W.2.b
  • 4.W.2.c
  • 4.W.2.d
  • 4.W.3
  • 4.W.3.a
  • 4.W.3.b
  • 4.W.3.c
  • 4.W.3.d
  • 4.W.3.e
  • 4.W.4
  • 4.W.5
  • 4.W.6
  • 4.W.7
  • 4.W.8
  • 4.W.9
  • 4.W.9.a
  • 4.W.10

• Writing Foundational Skills

  • 4.WF.1
  • 4.WF.1.a
  • 4.WF.1.b

Arizona ELA Standard: 4.L.1.h

Write and organize one or more paragraphs that contain: a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion that is appropriate to the writing task. (Construction of paragraph(s) should demonstrate command of Writing standards 1-3.)

Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other

Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?

Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative

Sometimes we want order, but sometimes we need chaos!

Power Big Idea Worksheets

Your students will investigate statements like: Power leads to change, Power comes in many forms, Power can be used or abused.

That Quote’s Not Quite Right: Albert Einstein

When I see a quote, I often think, “That’s not quite right!”

Pluto – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about Pluto back into the correct order?

The Moon – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Moon back into the correct order?

The Great Sphinx – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Great Sphinx back into the correct order?

Greekymon Studies – Round 3

What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?

Mother’s Day Cards

Let’s write the cleverest Mother’s Day cards you’ve ever seen!

Parts of Speech Party – Gift

How many different ways can we use the word “gift” in a single paragraph? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Care

How many different ways can we use the word “care”? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

Parts of Speech Party – Fruit

How many different ways can we use the word “fruit”? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!

What If… Unreliable Water?

What would the consequences be if a town’s tap water became… unreliable?

Automobiles – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about automobiles back into the correct order?

Washington, DC – Mixed Up Paragraph

These sentences about Washington, DC got scrambled. Can you put them back in order using nothing but context clues?

Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?

Writing in Pilish

Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?

Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball

Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Cucumbers

Three paragraphs about cucumbers. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings

Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!

Writing Technique: Triple Anadiplosis!

Have students mastered the art of anadiplosis: ending one sentence with the beginning of the next? Now it’s time to take it to the next level!

Writing Technique: Opposite Adjectives

A specific technique to help students add some spice to their writing. We’ll be using antonyms to describe the same topic!

Writing Sample: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Falling)

A passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing A Thanksgiving Letter

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

Writing Sample: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A passage from “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: The Fall of the House of Usher

A passage from “The Fall of the House of Usher” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Paradox: The Barber’s Paradox

The barber shaves everybody who doesn’t themselves. So… does the barber shave himself?

Pronouns With Too Many Antecedents

What happens when a pronoun could refer to more than one noun? Big problems!

Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing

Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Academic Love Letters

What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?

Content Imperatives: Contribuition

Pull on one thread and watch the whole topic move. Contribution asks: what single factor is quietly shaping everything else?

Educational Valentines

Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!

Create A Creature

Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.