Grade 4
-
Language
-
Reading: Fluency
-
Reading: Informational
-
Reading: Literature
-
Speaking & Listening
-
Writing
CCSS ELA Standard: 4.L.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Words Within Words: PATRICK
How many words can you find within Patrick?
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Fixing Shakespearean Run-Ons
Can your students help The Bard? We’ll fix five Shakespearean run-ons in three different ways.
Punctuation Power
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!
“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s
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.