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4th Grade MELD PACING PLAN Instructional Block 1 Weeks 1-12

Overview Week MELD/ Language

Objectives California State

Standards MELD Resources CLR Text Assessments

Start Smart

1

(Week 1 or 2)

Essential Question: What are you interested in? What motivates you? How will we effectively participate in academic conversations with the teacher, and with one another? Objectives: Students will be introduced to the Participation Protocols (PP) and practice using the Participation Protocols. Students understand why protocols are important to the classroom culture. Students will celebrate what makes them special people in the classroom community!

CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.1




CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RL.4.3

• Participation Protocol Poster

• Discussion Protocol

Poster

• MELD Writing

Journal • MELD Folder • Student Interest

Survey: Things That Interest Me

Suggested CLR Text to Validate and Affirm:

Titles selected from Phyllis Hunter Library, Grade 4, 2nd edition:

Bilingual: • Level Up • Carlos and the

Cornfield • Pele, King of Soccer Biography: • Michelle Obama

My Havana, Memories of a Cuban Boyhood

Patriotic: • When Marion Sang • A True Book – Cesar

Chavez Comprehension • Uncle Rain Cloud Humanities, Arts & Culture: • Frida Kahlo Sports: • Clemente! • LeBron James • Henry Aaron’s Dream





Start Smart

2 (Week 2 of 2)

Essential Question: “How can we work cooperatively with a group to achieve a goal?” Objective: Create a Team Poster that shares the conclusion drawn about one of the story’s main characters, providing evidence from the text that led students to draw these conclusions. ● Students will work

together to complete a task.

Students will practice discussion protocols.

CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.1 CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.a

CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.b


CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RL.4.3

CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.W.4.9

● Discussion Protocol Poster

● poster / chart paper ● Jobs Handout ● Crayons ● Writing paper (for

scribe/recorder)

Suggested CLR Text to Validate and Affirm:



Cornfield • Pele, King of Soccer Biography: • Michelle Obama

My Havana, Memories of a Cuban Boyhood

Patriotic: • When Marion Sang • A True Book – Cesar

Chavez Comprehension • Uncle Rain Cloud Humanities, Arts & Culture: • Frida Kahlo Sports: • Clemente! • LeBron James • Henry Aaron’s Dream

Begin administering the Linguistic Screener


Overview Week MELD/ Language Objectives

California State Standards

MELD Resources CLR Text Assessments

Constructive Conversation

3

Essential Question: How might you support your opinion about the benefits of eating fast foods versus home-‐cooked meals? Objective: Students will engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-‐-‐-‐on-‐-‐-‐one, in groups, and teacher-‐led) with diverse partners in order to produce complex oral output using all four-‐conversation skills: CREATE, CLARIFY, FORTIFY, and NEGOTIATE) through sharing ideas and taking turns.

ELA – Literacy: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.3.a CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.3.c CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.4.c CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.5.c ELA – Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.1 CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.b CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.c CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.d CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.2 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.3 ELA – Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RI.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RI.4.2 ELA – Writing: CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.4.1.a CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.4.1.b CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.4.1.c Math: CCSS.Math.Content.4.NBT.A.2

Lesson Plan Supplemental Resources: • Advanced Graphic Additional Materials: • Post-‐-‐-‐its • Conversation Norms

and Skills Chart

• Listening Task

Posters • Thesaurus • Dictionary • MELD Writing

Journal • Conversation

Analysis Tool

Visual Text: Fast Food and Home Cooked Meals Organizer Text: Healthy Foods from A to Z Video Text: abcnews.go.com “Real Money: Fast Food Challenge Tests Time Savings, Impact on Wallet” https://youtu.be/KPZUQGXGO “What’s in Your Fast Food” Written Text: Fast Food Versus Home-‐Cooked Meals

Overview Week MELD/ Language California State MELD Resources CLR Text Assessments


Objectives Standards

Narrative Writing (10 days)

4

(Week 1 of 2)

Essential Question: What is Narrative Writing? Objectives: • Students will

complete a 5 paragraph essay on narrative writing entitled “Family History” regarding events that have happened in their lives.

• Student will demonstrate proficient use of Standard English (SE) in written and oral form.

• Students will define and discuss Narrative Writing Elements

ELA – Literacy: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RL.4.3 ELA – Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.1 ELA – Language CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.2 ELA – Writing: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.W.4.3 CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.4.3.b CCSS.ELALiteracy.W.4.3.d

• KWL Chart • Elements of a

personal narrative • Character trait

graphic organizer • MELD Personal

Thesaurus • Personal narrative

“Idea List” graphic organizer

• “Family Memories” graphic organizer (from Start Smart)

• MELD Writing Journal

• Student brings in two pieces of their favorite candy

• Sensory Detail graphic organizer

• Poster Paper

Responsive Literacy Genre: Narrative Text: Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Writing: Advanced Graphic Organizers

Responsive Vocabulary: Tier 1: Tier 2: narrative, personal, character traits, narrator, situation, sensory details, transitional words, revise, edit, proofread, conference Tier 3:




Narrative Writing (10 days)

5 (Week 1 of 2)

Essential Question: How do you edit an essay? Objectives: • Students will

complete a 5 paragraph essay on narrative writing entitled “Family History” regarding events that have happened in their lives.

• Student will demonstrate proficient use of Standard English (SE) in written and oral form.

• Students will define and discuss Narrative Writing Elements

ELA – Literacy: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.RL.4.3 ELA – Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.1 ELA – Language CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.2 ELA – Writing: CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.W.4.5

• MELD Journal • Personal Thesaurus

and Regular Thesaurus

• Narrative Draft Peer Editing Graphic Organizer

• Personal Narrative • Dictionary

Responsive Literacy Genre: Narrative Text: Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Writing: Advanced Graphic Organizers

Responsive Vocabulary: Tier 1: Tier 2: narrative, personal, character traits, narrator, situation, sensory details, transitional words, revise, edit, proofread, conference Tier 3:




Oral

Presentations And

Introduce Common Rules List

6 Essential Question: How can we pose specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others? Objective: • Students will present

narratives to class. • Student will

demonstrate proficient use of Standard English (SE) in written and oral form.

ELA – Language CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.2 ELA – Speaking and Listening CCSS.ELALiteracy.SL.4.1.c

Mexican-‐American (Chicano English) Language Common Rules List

African American Language Common Rules List

Hawaiian American Language Common Rules List

(All list are located on the AEMP webpage under Resources)

Suggested CLR Text: Don’t Say Ain’t By: Irene Smalls

Teacher created rubric based on oral presentation for narratives.





Grammar Mini-‐Lesson:

Importance of Code-‐Switching (Situational

Appropriateness)

7 Essential Question: How do we differentiate between situations that call for formal English and situations where informal discourse is appropriate? Objective: Students will understand situations where informal discourse and formal discourse are appropriate based on task and situation. Contrastive Analysis Mini-‐Lesson: MxAL features AAL features HAL features

ELA – Language CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.2 ELA – Speaking and Listening CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.6

Mexican-‐American (Chicano English) Language Common Rules List

African American Language Common Rules List

Hawaiian American Language Common Rules List

Suggested CLR Text: By: Irene Smalls

Lesson Plan:

Discussion Guide: https://www.teachervision.com/ childrensbook/printable/ 54540.html




Latino Heritage

8

Responsive Environment: All items in this section are ideas for the MELD Board. Essential Questions: How can we show an appreciation for Latino Heritage? Grammar Mini-‐Lesson Contrastive Analysis: MxAL features Objective: Student will demonstrate proficient use of Standard English (SE) in written and oral form.


Lesson Plans: Grammar Mini-‐Lesson (MxAL) Mexican-‐American (Chicano English) Language Common Rules List

CLR Text to Validate and Affirm:



Cornfield • Pele, King of Soccer Biography: • My Havana,

Memories of a Cuban Boyhood

• A True Book – Cesar Chavez

Comprehension • Uncle Rain Cloud Humanities, Arts & Culture: • Frida Kahlo Sports: • Clemente!




Latino

Heritage

9















Latino Heritage

Dia de Los Muertos

10














Responsive ELA – Language Lesson Plans: CLR Text to Validate and


Latino Heritage

Dia de Los Muertos

11

Environment: All items in this section are ideas for the MELD Board. Essential Questions: How can we show an appreciation for Latino Heritage? Grammar Mini-‐Lesson Contrastive Analysis: MxAL features Objective: Student will demonstrate proficient use of Standard English (SE) in written and oral form.

CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.1 CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.L.4.2 ELA – Speaking and Listening CCSS.ELA-‐Literacy.SL.4.6

Grammar Mini-‐Lesson (MxAL) Mexican-‐American (Chicano English) Language Common Rules List

Affirm:







School Based Narrative Writing Assessment


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