Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 4, Language Arts Language Expression: Determine appropriate supporting sentences (COS 21, 26/ SAT10)

Lesson Plans: What is Courage? The purpose of the lesson is to develop students’ ability to respond to oral and written text as they engage in significant discussions about the concept of courage. After writing personal definitions of courage, students listen to a story excerpt in which a child lacks courage in a school setting. Students then re-write the child’s response to demonstrate how she might display courage, using vocabulary developed from earlier discussions. A Taste of Blackberries A Taste of Blackberries provides a wonderful shared reading experience for fourth graders. The main character in the story helps the reader understand ways to manage grief in the loss of a best friend and identify skills of a responsible family member. "The Kingfish" as Robin Hood This lesson compares Louisiana's Huey Long to Robin Hood. They then create Robin Hood stories using Huey Long as the main character. Instead of Huey Long, you could substitute a significant person that your class is studying.

Resources: Story Starters for "Many Beginnings" Writing Web Idea Organizer: Here is a graphic organizer for developing appropriate supporting sentences. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Role play the part of a young child telling a story with irrelevant details. Class identifies which details were unnecessary. (E/B) Students identify those sentences within a group that support a particular main idea. (D, E) Students work in small groups to create sentences and paragraphs. (D, E) Students work with partners to take notes on a particular reading and then outline the notes for understanding.
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