This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 4th grade ELA content.

Students will work in cooperative learning groups to practice reading one of two reader's theater scripts. Groups will discuss the type of hats worn by the characters and possible reasons they wore the hats. A group scribe (volunteer from the grroup) will make a vocabulary list as the scripts are read. In this list, five difficult vocabulary words are recorded for later learning. The teacher will collect word cards and make a vocabulary list for students to learn and present to the class. Finally, students will perform the reader's theater scripts for their classmates. This lesson was developed by Sarah Owen-Palethore as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will build speaking and listening skills through discussion, develop fluency and literary understanding, and will build skills in written expression.This resource supports English language development for English Language Learners. This is a full lesson plan focusing on the poem "I'm Nobody." The plan includes activities in all language domains with multiple opportunities for student interaction.

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.