<p> Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar 1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester Sept/Oct Nov/Dec Jan/Feb Mar/April May May/June Units 1-2 Unit 7-8 Unit 5-6 Unit 3-4 Unit 9 Unit 10 In order to follow the pacing calendar writing instruction needs to be a least 30 minutes a day Unit One: Unit Seven: Unit Five: Unit Three: Unit Nine: Unit Ten: Overview pgs 4-49 Responding to Expository Writing Descriptive Writing Report Writing Speaking and Learning 6 lessons – 9 hrs. Literature Pgs 139-190 pgs 63-80 Pgs 321-363 Pgs 369-404 Pgs 253-296 5 lessons – 9 hrs 4 lessons – 7 hrs. 4 lessons - 9 hrs. 6 Lessons – 6 hrs. Unit Two: 3 lessons – 7 hrs. Paragraph Writing Unit Six: Unit Four: pgs 51-60 Unit Eight: Persuasive Writing Narrative Writing 6 lessons – 3 hrs. Creative Writing Pgs 195-248 Pgs 83-134 Pgs 299-318 5 lessons – 9 hrs. 5 lessons – 9 hrs. 2 lessons – 6 hrs. . EALR’s/GLE’s EALR’s/GLE’s EALR’s/GLE’s EALR’s/GLE’s EALR’s/GLE’s EALR’s/GLE’s  1.1-1.5  1.1-1.4  1.1-1.4  1.1-1.6  1.1-1.6  2.2.1  2.2, 2.3  2.2  2.1, 2.2, 2.3  2.1, 2.3  2.2  3.1.1, 3.1.2  2.3.1  3.1.1, 3.1.2  3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.1,  2.4.1  3.2.2, 3.2.3  4.2  3.2.1-3.2.3 3.2.2, 3.2.3  3.3.2  3.3.1, 3.3.6  3.3.1- 3.3.3  3.3.1  4.2  4.1, 4.2  4.1, 4.2 UNIT ASSESSMENT PLANS DISTRICT REQUIRED (Required Assessments) ASSESSMENT -Dec: Creative -Jan: Expository -April: Narrative Summative Assessment Writing assess p 319 Writing assess p. 192 Writing assess p. 136 Expository: Assessment book page 26</p><p>OPTIONAL ASSESSMENT PLANS -Pre Assessment p.9 -Nov: Responding to -Feb: Persuasive -Mar: Descriptive -Post Assessment: Lit assess p. 297 Writing assess p. 250 Writing assess p. 81 assessment book p.27 -Progress Test Two: -Progress Test One: assessment book p.21 assessment book p. 15 (end of 1st trimester) (end of trimester)</p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 1 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p>Reported Assessment Prompts 4th Grade November/December January/February March/April May Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Formative Assessment Summative Assessment</p><p>Creative Writing (required): Expository (required): Descriptive (optional): Expository (required): Write a poem about a favorite Imagine that a new student Think of a place where you had Think of a game you like person. Use one figure of has come to your school and fun. Write a paragraph that to play. It might be a speech and at least one special needs to learn the class rules. describes that place and tells card game, a board game, sound technique. Write an essay that explains why it’s special to you. or some other kind of Responding to Literature the main rules. Narrative (required): game. Write an (optional): Persuasive (optional): Write a letter to a friend and expository essay naming Read the attached Tall Tale. Your school is going to start tell about a memorable the game you like to play Write a response comparing requiring two hours of experience during your first and explaining how to yourself to the tall-tale homework every night. Write day of the school year. play it. character. Show how you are a persuasive essay to let the You may want to jot the same and how you are school board know your down some ideas or use a different. opinion of this idea. Give graphic organizer to help reasons to support your plan your explanation. opinion. Remember that an expository essay should include a topic sentence and supporting details.</p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 2 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p>1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester Sept/Oct Nov/Dec Jan/Feb Mar/April May May/June Units 1-2 Unit 3-4 Unit 5-6 Unit 7-8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills Unit One: Unit Seven: Unit Five: Unit Three: Unit Nine: Unit Ten: Connect the writing Response to Literature: Expository Writing: Descriptive Writing: Learn about various sources Learn how to become a good process to the six traits of Demonstrate an Understand the content Understand the content for information and listener, develop skills for effective writing. understanding of the and structure of an and structure of a understand how to do participating in a group, and Understand the five steps content and structure of a expository paragraph; descriptive paragraph; research on the Internet; improve skills for speaking in in the writing process and response paragraph; Understand the purpose, understand the purpose, Demonstrate an class. Present a How-To apply to writing. Examine Demonstrate an content and form of an content and form of a understanding of how to Essay as a speech using note goals for Expository understanding of the expository essay; Evaluate descriptive essay; practice access and use library cards and visual aids. Writing. Understand the purpose, content, and form an expository essay, write writing for assessment, reference materials; Understand the purpose and rating scale of a rubric and of a book review; practice a How-To Essay, Explain a describe a Historical Demonstrate an learn strategies for writing in use rubric to access writing for assessment, math concept, Learn to Landmark, and a plant. understanding of the a variety of journals and writing. Understand role apply what has been take Two-Column Notes, purpose, content, and learning logs. Learn guidelines of authors and responder in learned about responding write for assessment. Unit Four: structure of a summary and tips for taking classroom peer responding. Learn how to books to responding to paragraph, Demonstrate an notes, use graphic organizers Narrative Writing: to format and design for other forms of literature. understanding of the for taking notes. Learn how Unit Six: Understand the content publication. purpose, content, and form to be aware when watching Persuasive Writing: and structure of a or a research report; the news, television specials, Unit Eight: Understand the content narrative paragraph; select a piece of writing commercials, and evaluate Unit Two: Creative Writing: and structure of a Understand the purpose, for a multimedia Web sites for reliability. Paragraph Writing: Learn Demonstrate an persuasive paragraph; content and form of a presentation. Understand how to prepare the parts of a paragraph, understanding of the Understand the purpose, narrative essay; create a for tests. understand the patterns of elements and structure of content and form of a story problem, write an organization and use the a short story. persuasive essay; Evaluate observation report, write writing process that tells Demonstrate an a persuasive essay, write a to an E-Pal, write for about the news. understanding of the problem-solution essay, assessment. content, and form of a create a thermometer free-verse poem. graph, draft a letter of request, write for assessment.</p><p>Handwriting and Spelling Handwriting: continued use of Introduction to Slingerland (legible handwriting) and see notes from OSPI on page 5 Word Processing: focused use of Type to Learn Spelling: use Harcourt resources</p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 3 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p>1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester Sept/Oct Nov/Dec Jan/Feb Mar/April May May/June Units 1-2 Unit 3-4 Unit 5-6 Unit 7-8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Unit One: Unit Seven: Unit Five: Unit Three: Unit Nine: Unit Ten: Overview – Responding to Literature – Expository Writing - Descriptive Writing – Report Writing – Speaking and Learning writing process, prewrite, Response Paragraph, Expository, Expository sensory chart, descriptive gathering grid, note cards, Speeches, cooperating, , write, first draft, revise, fiction, non-fiction, plot, Paragraph, career, topic essay, descriptive prompt, thesis statement, outline, visual aids, conversation, plagiarism, citing sources, edit, publish, focus characters, setting, theme, sentence, body, closing free writing, lists personal journal, quotation marks, parentheses, statement, transitions, topic matrix, character sentence, goal, focus works-cited, research, Learning Logs journal entry, details, final copy, six traits, book review, statement, essay, Unit Four: information, library, librarian, news programs, tests, traits, ideas, organization, biography, poem, explanations, compound Narrative Writing – Dewey decimal system, True/False test, matching voice, word choice, nonfiction article, summary, sentence, complex Narrative, Narrative Parts of a book- title page, test, multiple choice test, sentence fluency, Tall Tale sentence, subject-verb Paragraph, personal copyright page, Fill-in-the-blank test, conventions, capitalization, agreement, verb tenses, narrative, goal, 5w’s acknowledgement, preface, compare, contrast, define, table of contents, body, cross- punctuation, spelling, Unit Eight: publish, rubric, assessment, memory chart, transition, describe, explain, list, reference, appendix, glossary, grammar, rubric, assess, Creative Writing – How-To Essay, timeline time line, dialogue, sensory bibliography, index, persuade reflect, descriptive writing, Realistic Fictional Story, detail, beginning, middle, card catalog – title card, narrative writing, problem chart, plot chart, Unit Six: ending, rubric, active verb, author card, subject card, call persuasive writing, fantasy, play, dialogue, Persuasive Writing – passive verb, subject number, author abbreviation, expository writing, action, story patterns, Persuasive, Persuasive pronouns, verb tense, description related topics, beginning paragraph, middle antagonist, conflict, mood, Paragraph, subject, form checklist, presentation, Periodicals, Computer - computer catalog,- search paragraph, ending moral, narrator, plot, point purpose, audience, opinion, evaluating engine, online, keywords, paragraph, specific noun, of view, protagonist, tone Persuasive essay T chart, Internet, World Wide Web, e- action verbs, effective theme, setting, free-verse table diagram, bandwagon, mail, surfing, modifiers, adjectives, poem, rhymed poem, split exaggerations, synonym, References - title page, adverbs, portfolio couplet, figure of speech, sentence fragments, copyright, table of contents, simile, metaphor, rambling sentences, captions, glossary index, Unit Two: personification, hyperbole, apostrophe, pronoun, web dictionary - guide words, word history, meaning, spelling and Paragraph Writing – alliteration, assonance, page, editorial, rubric, capital letters, pronunciation, paragraph, topic sentences, consonance, line breaks, evaluate, reflect, Ideas synonyms, Parts of Speech, body, closing sentences, onomatopoeia, repetition, Cluster, Why-How Chart, Syllable Division main idea, reason, fact, rhyme, rhythm business letter: heading, Thesaurus – word, synonym, explanation inside address, salutation, antonym body, closing, signature, Encyclopedia – alphabetical persuasive prompt order, volume Additional Vocabulary: singular and plural nouns, common and proper nouns, possessive nouns, personal pronouns, linking verbs, helping verbs, irregular verbs, positive adjective, comparative adjective, superlative adjective, prepositions, prepositional phrase, conjunctions, complete sentence, complete subject and predicate, simple subject and predicate, compound subject and predicate, capitalization, punctuation, statement, question, fragment, run-on sentence, declarative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Imperative sentence, Exclamatory sentence, suffixes, prefixes, root words, period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, commas in a series, contractions, quotation marks, italics, underlining, colons, semicolons, ellipses, hyphens, dashes, parentheses, capitalization, plurals, numbers, abbreviations</p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 4 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p>Supplemental Resources From Write Source: BE District Web Page- Writing 1. Daily Oral Language -Assessment documents, instructions and schedule 2. Daily Language Workout book resources: -Revision Scoring Guides -Mug Shot Sentences and Paragraphs -Introducing the six traits (like DOL that focused on a sequence of convention skill -Glossary of Writing terms development) -Student checklist -Additional writing prompt pages for daily writing -Student checklist for assignments using technology -Writing topics ideas -Writing Framework -Show-Me Sentences (exercises to help students improve OSPI Web Page- Writing writing details and elaboration) -Writing Instructional Support Modules 3. Editing and Proofreading book -On line Grade level resources 4. Assessment Book -WASL Writing Checklists 5. Interactive Writing Skills CD-Rom -Anchor Set Annotations 6. Overhead Transparencies</p><p>EALR3: Component 3.3 Knows and applies appropriate grade level writing conventions 3.3.1 Fourth Grade: Uses legible handwriting.  Maintains consistency in printing or cursive handwriting (e.g. size, spacing, formation, uppercase and lowercase).</p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 5 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p>Suggested Text Forms* to be Worked Toward by the End of Fourth Grade Literature or Literary Forms Informational, Task-oriented, and/or Technical Writing narrative: experiential stories labels narrative: fictional stories (e.g., picture books, fantasy) captions personal letters, cards, and notes recounts diaries/journals answers to questions recounts questions and answers rhymes instructions (explain how to) retellings learning logs poems (patterned poetry, couplet, free verse, quatrain) reports plays book reviews and reports biographies, autobiographies posters and brochures tall tales directions/procedures (to a location, to a game, to make something) comics paraphrase personal essays expository writing / speeches (explain about, explain why, compare/contrast) field notes newspaper and magazine articles summaries business letters (to thank, request) letters to the editor BESD Revised 10/09 6 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar memos literary analyses (explain about character, plot)</p><p> e</p><p> d Sentences/</p><p> a Spelling Capitalization Punctuation Grammar & usage r Paragraphs G h t Correct spelling of Important words in Comma to set off titles or Single/plural agreement 4</p><p> r grade-level words a title of a book or initials (e.g., Dr. Smith, M.D.) between nouns and modifiers o</p><p> f article (e.g., The (e.g., one child vs. one </p><p> s t Syllabification, word Little House on the Colon after greeting in a children) n e patterns, and letter Prairie.) business letter m</p><p> e patterns to spell Correct use of "among" (more r i</p><p> u unusual words Correct use of state Comma in complete address than two) vs. "between" (two) q e abbreviations (e.g., (e.g., 12356 7 th Ave., R WA or CA) </p><p> n Resources to find Spokane, WA) Resources cited using a o</p><p> i correct spelling for standard bibliographic form t n</p><p> e words identified as Comma after an introductory v</p><p> n misspelled phrase (e.g., After seeing the Correct use of conjunctions o</p><p>C opera in person, she wished </p><p>I she had read the story.) or P Correct use of prepositions S clause (e.g., Before she went (e.g., in the past, from one to O to the opera, she read the another) story.") Collective nouns (e.g., cache, Commas in numbers over 4 herd) digits (e.g., 10,000) Correct use of "either…or" and Hyphen between syllables at "neither…nor" BESD Revised 10/09 7 Fourth Grade Writing Curriculum Pacing Calendar</p><p> line breaks </p><p>BESD Revised 10/09 8</p>