Students will choose any activity of their choice from their Choice Board. All of these activities releate to Greek Myths that we have read in class. They teach the students allusions and how to determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary words found in context.
In this activity, students read a fable by Aesop who was a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE.
This lesson uses a think-aloud procedure to model how to infer character traits and recognize a character's growth across a text. Students also consider the underlying reasons of why the character changed, supporting their ideas and inferences with evidence from the text.
3 column notes on a novel
In this lesson,students work to transform narrative-style letters into poetic format and they are forced to think carefully about where to end each line. Students begin by discussing letters they have written and working with an online tool as an introduction to letter poems. As a group, students look at a letter form of “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams and add line breaks to turn it into a poem. They then compare the poem they created with the original, discussing why the poet made the line break choices he did. Next, students
work in small groups to rewrite another letter as a poem and then compare the various groups’ results with the original poem. Students then use a Venn diagram to compare letters and poems. Finally, they compose their own letter poems.
This activity asks students to imagine what it would be like to live as a worker, specifically as a child worker, in the U.S. Industrial Revolution—a time of great technological progress though often at the cost of workers’ rights. As students read, they take notes on the way the text is written—such as point of view, tone, and word choice—and how this narration effects the overall meaning.
In this activity, students read a fable by Aesop who was a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE.
This activity tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activitst and youngest winner of the Noble Peace Prize.
In this activity, students read, Masks, a poem from Silverstein’s book of poems called Everything On It.
In this activity, student learn how the Indians helped the Pilgrims and learn additional details about the Wampanoag in this version of the Thanksgiving story.
In this activity, students read about President Barack Obama's address to students across America from Wakefield High School to discuss the importance of education. While President Obama discussed the roles of parents, teachers, and the government, he explains the role of students in the education system.
In this activity, students read a fairy tale that deals with the tradition of European royalty only letting their children marry people of similar high social class.
This resource could be done in small group or taken as a grade for the standard RL 4.4 (context clues).
Four Questions Protocol is a good strategy for students to use when reading the material.
3 column notes on a novel
This lesson is designed to engage students through reader's theater during the guided reading lesson. Students can practice fluency using an alternative format.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade English Language Arts.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 4th Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade English Language Arts.
Iin this activity, students learn about Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) was an African American rapper, actor, poet, and activist. Shakur continues to be considered an influential rapper today and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Students respond to questions after reading the poem.