What to Expect in 4th Grade English Language Arts (ELA) - By Lumos Learning
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| 00:0-1 | fourth grade is a really fun time of growth , | |
| 00:07 | discovery and a time of independence for the kids . | |
| 00:10 | My name is Alicia Trudell . I am 1/4 grade | |
| 00:13 | language arts teacher at Hilltop Elementary School . What does | |
| 00:17 | Rufus really want ? And that's going to take us | |
| 00:20 | past what's happening on the pages of the book and | |
| 00:23 | help us think beyond the book by fourth grade . | |
| 00:26 | They're starting to make informed choices where they know that | |
| 00:29 | I like science fiction or I don't like historical fiction | |
| 00:32 | , and now they have a basis of which to | |
| 00:34 | make their choice from or before . It was kind | |
| 00:36 | of like Let me just grab a book off the | |
| 00:38 | shelf . How do we get to know our characters | |
| 00:40 | ? I think what they love is that they start | |
| 00:44 | to see a transformation throughout the year . They're expected | |
| 00:48 | to read 25 books , and I think they come | |
| 00:50 | in and they're like 25 books . I can't do | |
| 00:54 | that . And throughout the year , I think the | |
| 00:56 | biggest thing they find that is really cool as they | |
| 00:59 | surpass that and often read 50 60 75 books because | |
| 01:04 | they start to experience many different genres that they haven't | |
| 01:06 | seen before writing has changed a lot We're not writing | |
| 01:13 | to . Everyone has the same prompt on the board | |
| 01:16 | , and we respond to a prompt . We might | |
| 01:18 | read three or four different articles , and they're asked | |
| 01:21 | to synthesize the main ideas of those articles into a | |
| 01:24 | research paper . You need to decide what you want | |
| 01:27 | , Jacob to give you feedback on your information , | |
| 01:29 | your narrative or your persuasive . Or they'll read three | |
| 01:33 | or four stories and asked to connect the themes of | |
| 01:36 | all three stories where in the past that seems like | |
| 01:40 | there'd be a skill for maybe seventh or eighth grade | |
| 01:42 | , and these fourth graders rise to the challenge and | |
| 01:44 | are able to do it . Why do you guys | |
| 01:46 | think Kate might have friends now ? She was so | |
| 01:49 | lonely at the beginning , and now we've seen a | |
| 01:51 | change . Shelley . The other area that has really | |
| 01:53 | changed in terms of both for myself and as a | |
| 01:56 | parent , is our spelling . We don't use the | |
| 01:58 | spelling workbook . We assess all students with the developmental | |
| 02:01 | spelling assessment that lets us know their strengths and weaknesses | |
| 02:05 | in terms of their word knowledge . And then we | |
| 02:08 | put them into like we have guided reading groups We | |
| 02:10 | also have guided spelling groups . We give a suggested | |
| 02:16 | reading list . After we do our beginning of their | |
| 02:18 | reading assessment , we send them list of books for | |
| 02:21 | Children within their range . We teach them how to | |
| 02:23 | use Scholastic Book Wizard that they can type in a | |
| 02:27 | book and find everything at their child's level . They | |
| 02:29 | love all of the tales of 1/4 grade . Nothing | |
| 02:32 | . Super Fudge , The Judy Blume series . They | |
| 02:35 | love the Hank Zips or books , which parents will | |
| 02:38 | find interesting . They were written by the Fonds from | |
| 02:40 | Happy Days . Yeah , they are writing their paper | |
| 02:46 | , but then they might turn it into a comic | |
| 02:48 | . Or they might turn it into a graphic novel | |
| 02:51 | on the computer and do a PAL tune . Or | |
| 02:53 | they might do a comic life . And they just | |
| 02:55 | have many different options and avenues to express their understanding | |
| 02:59 | . It takes their learning to a different level . | |
| 03:01 | It increases their level of engagement , and it makes | |
| 03:03 | them take more ownership . Some things that might surprise | |
| 03:06 | parents is that level of complexity what they're able to | |
| 03:10 | do when parents step back and release control and let | |
| 03:14 | them actually do give them more independence . And I | |
| 03:19 | think that's hard because they still are seen as little | |
| 03:22 | kids . But when they're given the opportunity to rise | |
| 03:26 | to the challenge and apply what they're learning in school | |
| 03:29 | , they can do it . Read , read , | |
| 03:31 | read . They think our kids are too old to | |
| 03:34 | be read aloud to , and we encourage a lot | |
| 03:36 | of reading out loud with them . The one way | |
| 03:37 | we find to get better at reading is to read | |
| 03:40 | and the same with writing . They should find some | |
| 03:42 | time to journal . Discuss current events with the Children | |
| 03:45 | . Ask them opinions . Ask them . Why do | |
| 03:48 | you think this and get them talking about what's happening | |
| 03:51 | in the world ? Reading is alive and it's a | |
| 03:53 | part of their lives . Let them see the importance | |
| 03:55 | of reading , then they're able to do amazing things | |
| 03:59 | with it . |
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Experience the fourth grade reading transformation with powerful insights from Mrs. Trudell. Discover how fourth graders make independent reading choices, the types of books they enjoy, and how technology enhances classroom lessons.
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