4th+Grade+Examples

= Lesson Plans, Evaluations, Student Samples =
 * 4th Grade**

__Life Cycles Unit__
To complete this lesson, the students were introduced to a Webquest. Below is the link to the webquest where they explored and learned about the life cycle of a frog.

Frog Life Cycle Wikispace

**Day 1 Lesson Plan:** (Click on link to left to see lesson plan)

Here are examples of life cycle posters the students produced after learning about the frog life cycle.

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**__Evaluation:__** Attached is the evaluation completed by a University Supervisor for Lesson 1 of the Life Cycles Unit.

**__James & The Giant Peach Unit (Guided Reading Reading Groups)__**
In my fourth grade class, we read //James and the Giant Peach// by Ronald Dahl. I differentiated the instruction of this novel by meeting with small reading groups on a rotating basis. The groups were assigned different activities and assignments based on their reading abilities. At the end of the novel, each group was assigned a different culminating project. The projects were strategically planned for the students so they could demonstrate success based on their abilities.

3/8 ||~ B Day 3/9 ||~ C Day 3/10 ||~ D Day 3/11 ||~ E Day 3/12 || Intro to book (see who has read it) What is a fantasy? What are characteristics of a fantasy? Why do people like fantasy books? Show book & author Predict & Record on chart Read back of book Show list of books by Author In Journal: What would you take in your one small suitcase? ||~  ||~ Summarize Ch. 1-3 Share Journal Vocab (see Blue) Discuss description of Aunts Predict Read 1st paragraph of Ch. 4. Discuss steps. Independent Pract: Read Ch. 4-5 & Base Word WS ||~ Go over Base Words WS Summarize Ch. 4-5. Ask ?'s. Read Ch. 6 together What would happen if James followed directions with crystals? Why is peach growing? Independent Pract: Read Ch. 6-8 ||~ Summarize Ch. 6-8. Ask ?'s.  Vocab (bulging,  murmur, seething  mass, peeping) Read Ch. 9 together. Independent Pract: Describe how think creatures got in peach. Detail WS. || Discuss Ch. 1-3 Vocab (blazing,  peculiar, spectacles,  hobbled) What was in the bag? HW: Read Ch. 4-6 & WS ||~  ||~ Summarize Ch. 4-6 What would have happened if James would have followed directions? Why won't the Aunts share the Peach? What is happening to it? Independent Pract: Read Ch. 7-10 ||~  || Indepedent Practice: Read Ch. 4-6 & Write a few paragraphs or so about what would happen if James followed the direction ||~  ||~ Share Read Ch. 7-13 ||~ Summarize Ch. 7-13. Ask ?'s.  Vocab (gossamer,  seething mass, ambled,  famished) Read first page of Ch. 14 & discuss Independent Pract: Read Ch. 14-18. Draw creatures. Write alternative journey for peach. || Share journals Vocab (see Blue) Predict Read 1st paragraph of Ch. 4. Discuss steps Independent Pract: Read Ch. 4-6. Draw picture of Aunts. Syllables WS ||~  ||~   ||
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 * < Red ||~ Whole class:
 * < Blue ||~ Same as above ||~ Share journal
 * < Orange ||~ Same as above ||~ Discuss: same as above
 * < Green ||~ Same as above ||~  ||~ Summarize Ch. 1-3