Playlist: Grade 4 · Module 1
Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Order
Willy Wonka’s factory looks like madness, but underneath it all is a careful plan. Students watch Wonka fill out a frame about himself, then fill out their own: their roles, their patterns, their rules, and their hardest decisions.
Introducing Order and Chaos
Introduce Order by exploring “written” vs “unwritten” rules.
Factors and Codes (Episode 1)
Let’s use factors to encode and decode words.
Story Starter: Somewhere In Space
Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in space!
Game: Gomoku
Want to take Tic-Tac-Toe to the next level!? Imagine a 15×15 board. You must get five-in-a-row. You cannot get six-in-a-row. That’s Gomoku!
The Resiliency Tournament
Your students will set up a tournament to determine which person or character best demonstrated resiliency.
Creating A Classroom Motto
Starting with specific examples of fantastic classroom behavior, your class will end up with one sentence summing up their expectations. It’s a classroom motto!