SL.4

SL.4.1d

Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

44 Lesson(s)

What's With That Crazy Nye Guy? Weathering One More Time! Day 1

4th Grade Science » Unit: Weathering

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Students grappling with understanding effects of weathering on the Earth's surface benefit from this video as they jigsaw their new information to prepare for a group presentation.

Standards:

SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 SL.4.3 SL.4.5 4-ESS2-1 SP8

Favorites (13)

Resources (14)

Reflections (1)

Refraction Extravaganza!

4th Grade Science » Unit: Energy

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Students discover the phenomena of how light bends and creates optical illusions by using two different liquids.

Standards:

SL.4.1 SL.4.1d 4-PS3-2 SP1 SP3 SP4 SP6 SP7 SP8

Favorites (10)

Resources (29)

Reflections (2)

Presenting Our Findings!

4th Grade Science » Unit: Fossils

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Students have created a presentation using technology to share their findings and how they classified natural objects vs. artifacts from their classroom dig.

Standards:

SL.4.1b SL.4.1d SL.4.3 SL.4.4 SL.4.5 4-ESS1-1 SP1

Favorites (4)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

What's With That Crazy Nye Guy? Weathering One More Time! Day 2

4th Grade Science » Unit: Weathering

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Choice and creativity are key in this collaborative effort to produce a presentation of new extra facts learned, helping them to connect weathering to the real world.

Standards:

SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 SL.4.3 SL.4.4 SL.4.5 4-ESS2-1 SP1 SP6 SP8

Favorites (6)

Resources (21)

Reflections (2)

Step 1: Creating a Student Centered Assessment

4th Grade Science » Unit: Weathering

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Students are guided to review their unit to determine what they think is the most important information to know for a student designed assessment. They begin the thought process through planning on a mind map app and learning to gather their materials to

Standards:

SL.4.1 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d 4-ESS2-1

Favorites (7)

Resources (12)

Reflections (1)

Sagarmatha Trek

4th Grade Science » Unit: Weathering

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

This personal journey to Nepal by a Wisconsin paraprofessional is an outstanding way to have students understand the remoteness of the area and how weathering affects the lives and the land.

Standards:

SL.4.1c SL.4.1d 4-ESS2-1

Favorites (3)

Resources (16)

Reflections (1)

The Whipping Boy - Theme

4th Grade ELA » Unit: The Whipping Boy

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Students will learn what theme means and how they can determine the theme of a story by drawing on details within the text to determine theme. They will also learn that there can be multiple themes for a text.

Standards:

RL.4.2 RL.4.10 SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (4)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

The Dress Code Debate

4th Grade ELA » Unit: A Different Perspective

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students use a close read and research to debate about whether or not students should have a dress code.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.8 RI.4.9 SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (13)

Resources (25)

Reflections (4)

Finding Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Sentence Structure

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will learn to identify the simple subject and simple predicate of sentences while playing a Who Wants to be a Millionaire-inspired online game.

Standards:

SL.4.1b SL.4.1d L.4.3

Favorites (3)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

Quotes in Motion: Interpreting Dr. Seuss

4th grade ELA » Unit: Celebrating Seuss!!

Jody Barnes

Columbus, OH

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students must be able to use inferencing skills to increase comprehension of all texts.

Standards:

RL.4.4 SL.4.1d SL.4.2

Favorites (9)

Resources (10)

Reflections (1)

Inferencing with a Shocking Beginning

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Spooky Fall Fiction: Graveyard Book

Ellen Herman

Flagstaff, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

To captivate your class and keep them on the edge of their seat, it is important to hook them from the start. This lesson uses the opening pages of the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, to begin fine tuning their thinking and is perfect for inferencing.

Standards:

RL.4.1 SL.4.1 SL.4.1d

Favorites (9)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

The Whipping Boy - Formal vs. Informal Language

4th Grade ELA » Unit: The Whipping Boy

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Students will learn to differentiate between formal and informal language. They will identify situations where each are appropriate as well as identify examples of each within text.

Standards:

RL.4.10 SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1c SL.4.1d L.4.3c

Favorites (1)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

Sharing and Reflecting at the Publishing Party

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Developing Writing

Marquita Prinzing

Seattle, WA

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

When students listen to other peer writers they get a sense of how they can improve and get feedback on where they were successful in their own writing.

Standards:

W.4.4 W.4.5 W.4.10 SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (2)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

Greek Mythology - Puppet Shows

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Greek Mythology Madness!

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

In this lesson, the students will be creating their own scripts and puppets to reenact one of the Greek myths we read about in class.

Standards:

SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (2)

Resources (20)

Reflections (1)

School Tool Box: Introducing the Interactive Student Notebook (left side- right side)

4th grade ELA » Unit: Introducing the Interactive Student Notebook

Jody Barnes

Columbus, OH

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

The Interactive Student Notebook will be a "tool box" for students to refer to as well as a place to house and show their learning.

Standards:

SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (3)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

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Speaking & Listening

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Reading: History/Social Studies

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SL.4

SL.4.1d

Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

What's With That Crazy Nye Guy? Weathering One More Time! Day 1

Students grappling with understanding effects of weathering on the Earth's surface benefit from this video as they jigsaw their new information to prepare for a group presentation.

Refraction Extravaganza!

Students discover the phenomena of how light bends and creates optical illusions by using two different liquids.

Presenting Our Findings!

Students have created a presentation using technology to share their findings and how they classified natural objects vs. artifacts from their classroom dig.

What's With That Crazy Nye Guy? Weathering One More Time! Day 2

Choice and creativity are key in this collaborative effort to produce a presentation of new extra facts learned, helping them to connect weathering to the real world.

Step 1: Creating a Student Centered Assessment

Students are guided to review their unit to determine what they think is the most important information to know for a student designed assessment. They begin the thought process through planning on a mind map app and learning to gather their materials to

Sagarmatha Trek

This personal journey to Nepal by a Wisconsin paraprofessional is an outstanding way to have students understand the remoteness of the area and how weathering affects the lives and the land.

The Whipping Boy - Theme

Students will learn what theme means and how they can determine the theme of a story by drawing on details within the text to determine theme. They will also learn that there can be multiple themes for a text.

The Dress Code Debate

Students use a close read and research to debate about whether or not students should have a dress code.

Finding Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

Students will learn to identify the simple subject and simple predicate of sentences while playing a Who Wants to be a Millionaire-inspired online game.

Quotes in Motion: Interpreting Dr. Seuss

Students must be able to use inferencing skills to increase comprehension of all texts.

Inferencing with a Shocking Beginning

To captivate your class and keep them on the edge of their seat, it is important to hook them from the start. This lesson uses the opening pages of the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, to begin fine tuning their thinking and is perfect for inferencing.

The Whipping Boy - Formal vs. Informal Language

Students will learn to differentiate between formal and informal language. They will identify situations where each are appropriate as well as identify examples of each within text.

Sharing and Reflecting at the Publishing Party

When students listen to other peer writers they get a sense of how they can improve and get feedback on where they were successful in their own writing.

Greek Mythology - Puppet Shows

In this lesson, the students will be creating their own scripts and puppets to reenact one of the Greek myths we read about in class.

School Tool Box: Introducing the Interactive Student Notebook (left side- right side)

The Interactive Student Notebook will be a "tool box" for students to refer to as well as a place to house and show their learning.

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First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

HS Number & Quantity

HS Algebra

HS Functions

HS Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

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