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4th Grade Reading
Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop
UNIT 1: Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
UNIT 2: Reading the Weather, Reading the World: Purposeful Reading of Nonfiction
UNIT 3: Reading History: The American Revolution
UNIT 4: Historical Fiction Clubs
Essential questions studied:
- How does one’s heritage affect his/her beliefs and understandings of the world?
- When faced with unfamiliar situations and uncertainty what are some of the strategies one would apply?
- What influences cause growth and change in individuals?
- When faced with challenges how does one change as a result?
- What is one's obligation to the environment?
- How is does the historical timeline affect the story timeline?
- All novels are based on personal choice. Please see my Great Links page for more suggestions.
- Suggested books to read during free time:
- Loser
- A Long Way From Chicago
- The Circuit
- Journey to Topaz
- A Wrinkle in Time
- Phantom Tollbooth
- First Light
- The Wright 3