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Category: 4th_grade
Taino vs. Columbus
The 4th graders read Jane Yolen’s “Encounter,” a retelling of the first encounter between Native Americans and Tainos, and an excerpt from Christopher Columbus’ diary. They took notes about the first encounter and the two points of view. Then they used MS Word to create an imaginary dialogue between the two, using a historical drawing as the background image.
They learned to cite the image and create speech bubbles, right-clicking to send the speech bubble to the front.
Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Lorenzo Mattotti
Our 4th graders drew as they listened to Neil Gaiman’s retelling of “Hansel and Gretel.” I encouraged them to use a lot of black ink like Mattotti, but their expressiveness lies where it lies…..enjoy!
Pulling Down the Statue Of King George III, New York City | New-York Historical Society
4th Grade reflects on using ASL to share information!
Elements of Poetry and Poems
We studied the elements of poetry, kids took notes, and then they had a crack at writing and we got some great results. Read on!
Building knowledge: from notes to paragraph
In this unit, we took notes from PebbleGo and then crafted our own informational writing. Look at the process.
Journey to Mohawk Country
This is a favorite unit to discuss the cultural exchange between Dutch and Mohawk nations. The kids can visualize what it was like from George O’Connor’s graphic novel adaptation of the journal of Herman Van der Bogaert.
Learning idioms in Wake the Dead by Monica Harris
They loved practicing notetaking and learning morbid idioms simultaneously. Funny book.
American Revolution folklore
Clever Mistress Mary is a great NYC legend about the Patriot’s successful retreat from the British during the American Revolution. Here is Maryann’s summary of the story. They adored hearing it!
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