We had an eventful week last week in fourth grade! There was A LOT of excitement in the room last week on Thursday when the kids got to walk down the "red carpet" to kick off our Kid's Choice Award project. Over the past few months the kids have been reading books by Chris Van Allsburg as part of our author study. They have been taking notes on the characters and lessons in his books. To complete the project the kids needed to choose their favorite character or lesson in one of his books to give the Kid's Choice Award to.
In writing we got to share our essays from the personal essay unit that we had recently finished. The kids went around and read each others essays and commented on what they thought each of their classmates did well as a writer.
We also started our new writing unit. The kids are now learning how to write realistic fiction stories. They are learning that authors use events in their own life and change it a little to make it fiction, think about stories they wish existed in the world, and/or think about issues that are important to them and create a fiction story around that idea. The kids have a lot of ideas. They are now thinking very carefully about the main character in their story. This will help them with the next step of realistic fiction writing which is creating the plot of the story.
Be on the lookout for reminders for this week's READ WITH ME WORKSHOP! We hope to see you there!
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
~Mrs. Lewis
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