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Grade 4

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 4.C.1
  • 4.C.1.A
  • 4.C.2.A
  • 4.C.3
  • 4.C.3.A
  • 4.C.3.B

• Language Usage

  • 4.LU.1
  • 4.LU.1.A
  • 4.LU.1.B
  • 4.LU.1.C
  • 4.LU.1.D
  • 4.LU.2
  • 4.LU.2.C
  • 4.LU.2.D

• Research

  • 4.R.1
  • 4.R.1.A
  • 4.R.1.B
  • 4.R.1.C
  • 4.R.1.E
  • 4.R.1.F

• Reading Informational Text

  • 4.RI.1
  • 4.RI.1.C
  • 4.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 4.RL.1
  • 4.RL.1.A
  • 4.RL.1.C
  • 4.RL.2
  • 4.RL.2.A
  • 4.RL.2.B

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 4.RV.1
  • 4.RV.1.E
  • 4.RV.1.G
  • 4.RV.1.H

• Writing

  • 4.W.1
  • 4.W.1.B
  • 4.W.1.C
  • 4.W.1.D
  • 4.W.2
  • 4.W.2.A
  • 4.W.3
  • 4.W.3.A
  • 4.W.3.B

Virginia ELA Standard: 4.W.2.A

Engage in writing as a process to compose well-developed paragraphs. This includes: i. Providing an introduction that includes a clear topic sentence that connects to the central idea. ii. Developing, selecting, and organizing ideas relevant to the topic, purpose, and genre using precise language and topic-specific words and phrases, descriptive details, and sensory language. iii. Using transition words and prepositional phrases to vary sentence structure and link sentences. iv. Providing a concluding statement or section.

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.

New Uses for a Paperclip

So what are some new ways to use a paperclip?

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: Tomatoes

Three paragraphs about tomatoes. 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.

Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing

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