Grade(s): 4
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
Lesson
Students will use emojis to write about their feelings related to the first day of school.
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Students will begin to understand the solar system by using and creating models to demonstrate the layout of the solar System.
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Students will learn about the Pacific Northwest culture of creating totem poles.
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Students will use the mentor text "The Day You Begin" to write narrative pieces as well as get to know their fellow classmates.
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Jacqueline Woodson, author of the award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming , sits down for an interview with Knowitall to discuss her writing process. Books by Woodson include: Picture Books Middle Grade...
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Betsy Byars started her career writing for magazines. Later, she turned her attention to writing children's books. In 1971, she won a Newbery Medal for Summer of the Swans . Ms. Byars enjoys writing...
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S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...
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Matt Christopher opens by reading from The Kid Who Only Hits Homers . He states that all of his books are written to entertain the readers. He expresses the importance of writing with emotion. He...
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Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill . Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...