English language arts & literature
Read & watch below to learn more 4th grade Common Core English Language Arts
& Literature curriculum standards & classroom practices.
& Literature curriculum standards & classroom practices.
Our literacy curriculum is solely based upon the Common Core Standards. The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy are the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to fulfill the charge issued by the states to create the next generation of K–12 standards in order to help ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school.We utilize many different tools to implement this curriculum and meet our standards goals. Technology, text books, picture books, workstations, and games are just a few tools we use during this implementation.
DAILY 5 & CAFE:
This year we will be incorporating Daily 5 and Daily CAFE practices into our balanced literacy instruction and practice. This management system helps children successfully engage in hands-on literacy activities while Mrs. Peltak meets with students to create meaningful goals for themselves. The Daily 5 we implement are: Read to self, read to someone, listen to reading, word work, and respond to reading.
-Click on the following link to find out more about “The Daily Five," please click HERE.
-To view and read the official Daily 5 PARENTAL LETTER, please click HERE.
During daily whole group mini-lessons and while students are doing the Daily 5, Mrs. Petlak is working on CAFE. CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency/Features of text, and Expand Vocabulary. During this time, Mrs. Petlak meets with students individually to set reading goals from one of these four areas. The students are then grouped according to the goal they are working on, and taught a strategy they can use when reading.
-To view and read the official Daily CAFE PARENTAL LETTER, please click HERE.
-To access the CAFE PARENT PIPELINE (a resource with parental tips to facilitate learning and improvement in all areas of CAFE), please click HERE.
-To access the PIPELINE in Spanish, please click HERE.
DAILY 5 & CAFE:
This year we will be incorporating Daily 5 and Daily CAFE practices into our balanced literacy instruction and practice. This management system helps children successfully engage in hands-on literacy activities while Mrs. Peltak meets with students to create meaningful goals for themselves. The Daily 5 we implement are: Read to self, read to someone, listen to reading, word work, and respond to reading.
-Click on the following link to find out more about “The Daily Five," please click HERE.
-To view and read the official Daily 5 PARENTAL LETTER, please click HERE.
During daily whole group mini-lessons and while students are doing the Daily 5, Mrs. Petlak is working on CAFE. CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency/Features of text, and Expand Vocabulary. During this time, Mrs. Petlak meets with students individually to set reading goals from one of these four areas. The students are then grouped according to the goal they are working on, and taught a strategy they can use when reading.
-To view and read the official Daily CAFE PARENTAL LETTER, please click HERE.
-To access the CAFE PARENT PIPELINE (a resource with parental tips to facilitate learning and improvement in all areas of CAFE), please click HERE.
-To access the PIPELINE in Spanish, please click HERE.
Words Their Way
Words Their Way (WTW) is a developmental spelling, phonics, and vocabulary program. It was developed by Invernizzi, Johnston, Bear, and Templeton. WTW is an approach to spelling and word knowledge that is based on extensive research literature and includes stages of development and instructional levels that are critical to the way students learn to read. A word study program allows teachers to provide differentiated efficient, effective instruction in phonics, spelling, and vocabulary. Learn more about the components of WTW, how it works, and what to expect by watching the video below.
HOW DOES THIS IMPACT NIGHTLY HOME PRACTICE?
1) Know that your child MIGHT NOT have a new list every single week. If he/she demonstrates they still need more time with a specific patterned list, they will continue to work on it.
2) Have your child do a quick sort (A few different types are listed in the parent brochure, available for download to the left of this post.) before completing a practice choice.
3) Spelling CHOICES consist of SpellingCity games practice and a menu of options for students to choose from.
2) Have your child do a quick sort (A few different types are listed in the parent brochure, available for download to the left of this post.) before completing a practice choice.
3) Spelling CHOICES consist of SpellingCity games practice and a menu of options for students to choose from.
See Common Core ELA in Action!
Click on the images below to see real examples of Common Core ELA
in action from Mrs. Petlak's classes!
in action from Mrs. Petlak's classes!
watch to learn more and explore!
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