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English with Technology-Gr.4(Nouns, Verbs, Adj., Adv., Capitals, Punctuation, Sentences, Usage)

For grade(s)

4

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This is the complete English Unit for Grade 4.  Everything from parts of speech to sentence structure with mechanics and usage of words along with sentence writing.  This unit is set up with lessons based from Language Grade 4 Teach and Test published by Carson Dellosa.  Using technology with English forms excitement and bring a not so fun subject for kids alive!

Subject & Standards

3. Students engage in the writing process.: 6. Students understand and use principles of language:

Needs Assessment/Rational

As the year begins and assignments, class discussions, journals, and homework are started you can see the needs of kids.  English is a hard subject area for kids.  The concepts are to big for the little brains but if it brought down to there level and taught in an interactive way many of needs are met.

For a teacher the joys of hearing “oh - that is how you do it” or “I get it” is wonderful.  I was not hearing or seeing this and know something needed to be done.

Equipment/Materials Needed

1.  Resource Book:  Teach and Test Language (Grade 4) by Sally Fisk - published by Carson Dellosa
2.  Technology - smartboard/projector/computer
3.  smartboard software
4.  downloaded smartboard unit
5.  student work pages copied from resource book

Understandings & Goals

I want my students too be aware of different writing styles and the needs in writing whether it is a capital letter, punctuation mark, or the right word.  Since fourth grade opens the door to many things I also want them to have the remembrance of the topics and think back and say “I have done that” or “I have heard that before”.

Writing is a life skill and kids need to know how to do it.

Questions Answered

1.  Where is a capital letter needed?

2.  What punctuation is needed in this sentence?

3.  Are all the words in the sentence written and used correctly?

Assessment

INFORMAL
1.  pre-questioning
2.  questioning during teaching
3.  post-questioning
4.  review
5.  group activities

FORMAL
1.  classwork/projects
2.  written assignments

Instructional Strategies

Many lessons are inquiry based.  The students find the answer.  Through examples, they learned ways to find the answer and tips and tricks that made English easier.

There were also self-directed lessons in the sense that everyone has there own style.  Using the rules we learned brought out individual styles of writing in the students.  Learning the rules also made the writing process not such a struggle.

Cooperative groups and/or partners were used in areas.  Working with others allows for discussion that promotes question and answers at different levels.  Higher order thinking happens without the students worrying about anything or the teacher trying to pull it from kids.

Procedures

1.  have all equipment and materials needed ready. 

(All lessons for this book are located on the web at http://www.projects.minot.k12.nd.us ,click on SMART Technologies on the right side, click on a few SMART notebooks, then click Notebooks by Teachers, and finally click on Terri Duchsherer.  Download all or the parts needed.)

2.  review topic of lesson to yourself
3.  present topic/lesson to students
      - teach it
      - do examples
4.  used learned knowledge of topic on coordinating assignment
5.  correct for student reassurance and building block for the next topic/lesson.

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This lesson was created by Terri. Learn more about Terri on their profile page.