LITERACY

Literacy instruction in grade four:

• Develops readers and writers who think critically, deeply, and learn to appreciate a wide variety of literature
• Follows the Workshop Approach
• Is embedded into units of inquiry with clear goals, common language and cross-curricular integration, when possible
• Incorporates a wide variety of literature, including digital technologies, that support instructional units

Literacy Units

• Launching Reader's and Writer's workshop
• Informational Expert Writing and Navigating Nonfiction
• Historical Fiction Reading and Writing
• Poetry and Reading Through the Arts
• Informational with Research Reading and Writing
• Persuasive Writing and Informational Reading