4th Reading and Writing Planning
Sept. 3-7 and Sept. 10-14, 2018
SLO (Student Learning Objective) Focus area
- Should be general and easy to measure.
- Staff meeting Sept. 4 to explain more
Achieve Articles
- The Dog That Goes to School
- Back to School: Getting It Together
- Bringing School to Work
Reading TEKS
- Achieve 3000 assessment and Istation BOY assessment
LITERARY TEXT: Poetry 4.4 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
4.4 (A) explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g. rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to its form (e.g. lyrical poetry, free verse)
Poetry Question Stems:
- You can tell from this poem that the element of ___ relates to ___ (form of poetry).
- Which type of poetry is the following poem?
- How do you know that this is a lyrical poem?
Writing TEKS-1st grading period
- 4.19 A Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences.
- 4.17 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text. Students are expected to:
- 4.17(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience and generating ideas through a range of strategies (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, logs, journals);
WRITING / WRITING PROCESS: 4.18 A-E – Plan, develop drafts, revise, edit, publish Steps to Teaching a Genre of Writing Launching the Writing Workshop,
Grade 4 Genre—Personal Narrative
ORAL AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS / CONVENTIONS
4.20 Students understand the functions and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students are expected to:
4.20 (A) use and understand the follow parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs – (irregular verbs) (ii) nouns (singular, plural, common, proper) 4.20 (B) use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence ORAL AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS / HANDWRITING, CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION
4.21 Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
4.21 (B) use capitalization for; (i) historical names and places
4.21 (C) recognize and use punctuation marks including
3.23 (D) use correct mechanics including paragraph indentions
Mentor Sentences-New District Requirement
6 Traits Focus (8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24)
Social Studies-Textbook Chapters 1-2
TEKS-Unit 1 (5 weeks)
6(A) Apply geographic tools, including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses, to construct and interpret maps.6(B) Translate geographic data, population distribution, and natural resources into a variety of formats.
7(A) Describe a variety of regions in Texas and the US such as political, population, and economic regions that result from patterns of human activity.
7(B) Identify, locate, and compare the geographic regions of Texas (Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, coastal Plains), including their landforms, climate, and vegetation.
7(C) compare the geographic regions of Texas with regions of the United States and other parts of the world.
8(B) Describe and explain the location and distribution of various towns and cities in Texas, past and present.
8(C) Explain the geographic factors such as landforms and climate that influence patterns of settlement and the distribution of population in Texas, past and present.
9(A) Describe ways people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as timber clearing, agricultural production, wetlands drainage, energy production, and construction of dams.
9(B) Identify reasons why people have adapted to and modified their environment in Texas, past and present, such as the use of natural resources to meet basic needs, facilitate transportation, and enhance recreational activities.
9(C) Compare the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment in Texas, past and present, both governmental and private, such as economic development and the impact on habitats and wildlife as well as air and water quality.
12(B) Explain how geographic factors such as climate, transportation, and natural resources have influenced the location of economic activities in Texas.
12(C) Analyze the effects of exploration, immigration, migration, and limited resources on the economic development and growth of Texas.
13(B) Identify oil and gas, agricultural, and technological products of Texas that are purchased to meet needs in the United States and around the world.
13(C) Explain how Texans meet some of their needs through the purchase of products from the United States and the rest of the world.
Essential Questions
1. How does geography affect how Texans live?
2. What are some reasons that people have adapted to and modified their environment?
3. What are the positive and negative consequences of modifying the environment?
4. How does climate affect how Texans live?
5. What are the characteristics of each region of Texas?