Grade 4
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Language
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Reading: Fluency
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
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Speaking & Listening
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Writing
CCSS ELA Standard: 4.L.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings - without changing a single word!
Get better at giving presentations by studying the greats!
Let's spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between "its" and "it's" by asking students to write a children's story about the adventures of a critter named It.