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Goal

All 4th grade students will build vocabulary and knowledge as they engage in reading grade level books. They will be taught thinking routines in order to improve language comprehension skills.  

What will be done with my students

Students will build on background knowledge and make meaning of the text as they read in small groups. They will be taught academic vocabulary through phonics, morphology and etymology. There will be a focus on mentor sentences within the texts that clearly illustrate a grammar rule or figurative language element. Students will make observations, identify the components of the sentence, analyze the impact and write their own version of the mentor sentence. Students will engage in cognitive and metacognitive strategies in order to make sense of the text.  

Benefits to my students

Students will benefit by improving their language comprehension skills which will transfer to new contexts. Learning and applying thinking routines to new texts will help students become more metacognitive as they make meaning from a text. Thinking routines builds confidence, kindles refection and promotes peer to peer discussion. 

Budget Narrative

The budget for this language comprehension bundle includes 7 book titles and 7 copies of each book. These will be used with all 4th grade students in small literacy groups.  

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