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State Memories
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State Memories
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Lesson Plan
State Memories
Lesson Plan
State Memories
In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Fourth Grade
Writing
This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
Lesson Plan
Pop Rocks Matter
This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Reading the Clues, Understanding Plot Lesson Part II
Lesson Plan
Reading the Clues, Understanding Plot Lesson Part II
Fourth Grade
Writing
Have you ever wished that books, like movies, would state their conflict and genres on the cover? With the help of an Education.com workbook, students will learn to find the clues and read like a writer.
Lesson Plan
Reading the Clues, Understanding Plot Lesson Part II
Lesson Plan
Reading the Clues, Understanding Plot Lesson Part II
Have you ever wished that books, like movies, would state their conflict and genres on the cover? With the help of an Education.com workbook, students will learn to find the clues and read like a writer.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Third Grade
Reading
Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.
Third Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Southeast and Gulf State Weather
Lesson Plan
Southeast and Gulf State Weather
Fourth Grade
Reading
Whoa, weather! Using technology as an aid, students will put their research skills to the test while learning about hurricanes.
Lesson Plan
Southeast and Gulf State Weather
Lesson Plan
Southeast and Gulf State Weather
Whoa, weather! Using technology as an aid, students will put their research skills to the test while learning about hurricanes.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument Writing: Defining Your Topic
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument Writing: Defining Your Topic
Fourth Grade
Writing
This lesson will help your young writers develop a claim, or thesis, and construct an argument around it. You may have students complete the essay by continuing the process with the lesson Literary Argument Writing: Drafting Your Essay.
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument Writing: Defining Your Topic
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument Writing: Defining Your Topic
This lesson will help your young writers develop a claim, or thesis, and construct an argument around it. You may have students complete the essay by continuing the process with the lesson Literary Argument Writing: Drafting Your Essay.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Sentence Scramble
Lesson Plan
Sentence Scramble
Fourth Grade
Writing
Young writers will learn to manipulate and combine sentences with conjunctions and adverb phrases. This skill helps students understand that crafting sentences is a creative and artistic process.
Lesson Plan
Sentence Scramble
Lesson Plan
Sentence Scramble
Young writers will learn to manipulate and combine sentences with conjunctions and adverb phrases. This skill helps students understand that crafting sentences is a creative and artistic process.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Fourth Grade
Writing
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in 3-4 sentences.
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What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in 3-4 sentences.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
EL
Personal Timeline
Lesson Plan
Personal Timeline
Fourth Grade
Writing
Use this lesson to help your ELs strengthen their vocabulary and learn how to create a personal timeline. Teach this lesson as a standalone lesson or use it as support for the lesson Timelines and Nonfiction Text.
Lesson Plan
EL
Personal Timeline
Lesson Plan
Personal Timeline
Use this lesson to help your ELs strengthen their vocabulary and learn how to create a personal timeline. Teach this lesson as a standalone lesson or use it as support for the lesson Timelines and Nonfiction Text.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Pacing Strategies
Lesson Plan
Pacing Strategies
Fourth Grade
Writing
Teach young writers some commonly used strategies to pace their narrative writing. Students will learn to use formatting, dialogue, and description to speed up or slow down their piece.
Lesson Plan
Pacing Strategies
Lesson Plan
Pacing Strategies
Teach young writers some commonly used strategies to pace their narrative writing. Students will learn to use formatting, dialogue, and description to speed up or slow down their piece.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
EL
Prepositional Phrases as Key Details
Lesson Plan
Prepositional Phrases as Key Details
Fourth Grade
Writing
Help your ELs familiarize themselves with prepositional phrases as they search for supporting details in nonfiction texts. This lesson could stand alone or be taught prior to teaching the Detective Reading lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Prepositional Phrases as Key Details
Lesson Plan
Prepositional Phrases as Key Details
Help your ELs familiarize themselves with prepositional phrases as they search for supporting details in nonfiction texts. This lesson could stand alone or be taught prior to teaching the Detective Reading lesson.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
EL
Multiplying with Arrays
Lesson Plan
Multiplying with Arrays
Fourth Grade
Writing
Making mistakes helps us learn! Your students will flex their analytical muscles to pinpoint errors in multiplication problems using arrays. Use the lesson on its own or as support to Base Ten Arrays for Multi-Digit Multiplication.
Lesson Plan
EL
Multiplying with Arrays
Lesson Plan
Multiplying with Arrays
Making mistakes helps us learn! Your students will flex their analytical muscles to pinpoint errors in multiplication problems using arrays. Use the lesson on its own or as support to Base Ten Arrays for Multi-Digit Multiplication.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
Lesson Plan
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
Fourth Grade
Writing
What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.
Lesson Plan
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
Lesson Plan
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Fourth Grade
Writing
Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features.
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Lesson Plan
Formatting Nonfiction Text
Text formatting can add a lot of richness to how information is explained. In this lesson students will explore the organization of nonfiction texts and go on a scavenger hunt for different kinds of text formatting features.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Fourth Grade
Reading
Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Lesson Plan
Poetry Themes
Encourage your students to translate their understanding of theme to poetry. In this lesson, students will evaluate the theme of poems by sketching pictures and citing text evidence.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Discovering Nonfiction Details
Lesson Plan
Discovering Nonfiction Details
Fourth Grade
Writing
Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Discovering Nonfiction Details
Lesson Plan
Discovering Nonfiction Details
Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Hey! What’s the Big Idea?
Lesson Plan
Hey! What’s the Big Idea?
Fourth Grade
Writing
Your students will practice searching for clues to uncover the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts about John Muir and Day of the Dead traditions around the world.
Lesson Plan
Hey! What’s the Big Idea?
Lesson Plan
Hey! What’s the Big Idea?
Your students will practice searching for clues to uncover the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts about John Muir and Day of the Dead traditions around the world.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad
Lesson Plan
Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad
Fourth Grade
Reading
Look at history! In this lesson, guide students through an exploration of the context, causes, and effects of the Transcontinental Railroad, and help them practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.
Lesson Plan
Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad
Lesson Plan
Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad
Look at history! In this lesson, guide students through an exploration of the context, causes, and effects of the Transcontinental Railroad, and help them practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Fourth Grade
Writing
Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Lesson Plan
Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language
Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Fourth Grade
Reading
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Lesson Plan
Writing Opinions About Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century writer and philosopher who today is considered one of the first documented feminists and advocates for women’s education. In this lesson, students will read two nonfiction texts about Sor Juana and discuss her life and accomplishments before writing an opinion piece about her.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Fourth Grade
Reading
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Lesson Plan
What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts
Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in three to four sentences.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Fourth Grade
Reading
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Making Judgements: Is it True?
Lesson Plan
Making Judgements: Is it True?
Fourth Grade
Writing
In this lesson, students will engage in inquiry, a powerful mindfulness practice to work with judgements about oneself and others.
Lesson Plan
Making Judgements: Is it True?
Lesson Plan
Making Judgements: Is it True?
In this lesson, students will engage in inquiry, a powerful mindfulness practice to work with judgements about oneself and others.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Fourth Grade
Writing
Once students have selected a topic related to a piece of literature they have read and mapped out their argument, this lesson will help them turn their prewriting into an essay.
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Lesson Plan
Literary Argument: Drafting Your Essay
Once students have selected a topic related to a piece of literature they have read and mapped out their argument, this lesson will help them turn their prewriting into an essay.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
EL
Nonfiction Main Idea
Lesson Plan
Nonfiction Main Idea
Fourth Grade
Reading
Let's get reading! In this lesson, students will identify the main idea and details of a nonfiction text. Use this on its own or as support for the lesson Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Lesson Plan
EL
Nonfiction Main Idea
Lesson Plan
Nonfiction Main Idea
Let's get reading! In this lesson, students will identify the main idea and details of a nonfiction text. Use this on its own or as support for the lesson Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
EL
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
Fourth Grade
Reading
In this lesson, students will identify nouns and pronouns as they distinguish between the main idea and supporting details. It may be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic.
Lesson Plan
EL
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction
In this lesson, students will identify nouns and pronouns as they distinguish between the main idea and supporting details. It may be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Fourth Grade
Writing
Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Lesson Plan
Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life
Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Lesson Plan
Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Fourth Grade
Reading
Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.
Lesson Plan
Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Lesson Plan
Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Paragraphs That POP!
Lesson Plan
Paragraphs That POP!
Fourth Grade
Writing
If young writers can learn how to write a solid paragraph, then they have the building blocks of an essay. In this lesson, students will study paragraph structure and practice organizing ideas into paragraphs.
Lesson Plan
Paragraphs That POP!
Lesson Plan
Paragraphs That POP!
If young writers can learn how to write a solid paragraph, then they have the building blocks of an essay. In this lesson, students will study paragraph structure and practice organizing ideas into paragraphs.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Fourth Grade
Writing
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
Lesson Plan
Narrative Prewriting Activities
So your students are going to write a narrative? Use these prewriting exercises to help them choose an idea and plan out their story.
Fourth Grade
Writing
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