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My Father's Dragon: An Excellent Reader Jr 4th Grade Language Arts Class

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Ages 8-12

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In this Fourth Grade English Language Arts course, Mrs. VZ uses the award-winning book, My Father's Dragon, to teach Reading, Grammar, and Creative Writing.

Evelyn VanZant: 4th and 5th Grade Language Arts

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What's included

4 pre-recorded lessons

4 weeks

of teacher support

1 year access

to the content

Homework

1-2 hours per week. included

Grading

4th Grade grading rubric 1/3 Homework Completion (These must be uploaded to the teacher tab for full credit) 1/3 Video recording Participation (Lessons One, Two, Three, and Four) 1/3 Imaginative Pet Sentence activity (Lesson Four)

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 5

The literature used in this course includes an award-winning grade-level book, My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannet, with homework and class activities including reading, writing, speaking, and grammar practice.

During this class, students will hone their comprehension skills, practice sentence writing basics, work on their public speaking (video-based question responses), and form a basic story during the final homework assignment. 

The next class, Twenty and Ten, will continue building on the skills learned in this course.

Learning Goals

In this 4th grade Language Arts class, students will improve their independent reading, comprehension, and writing skills through vocabulary, grammar, and writing lessons.  
Specifically, students will have improved both their oral and writing skills.

Syllabus

Curriculum

Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum

Standards

Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

4 Lessons

over 4 Weeks

Lesson 1:

My Father's Dragon (One)

 In Lesson One:
I will introduce My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Pre-reading art activity.  Students will only need a piece of paper, a pencil, an eraser, and a coloring medium.
Grammar Lesson: Focus on Subjects and Verbs; the building blocks of sentences. 
Homework Assignment Review.

Please note: To have the homework graded, please upload it to the classroom.  I will review and send either written or video feedback.

20 mins of video lessons

Lesson 2:

My Father's Dragon (Two)

 In Lesson Two: 
I will lead a discussion of the book reading and share my thinker question story.  Today, students are encouraged to pause the video and share their thoughts with their teacher at home.
Grammar Lesson: Sentence Types (Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory)
Homework Assignment Review.

Please note: To have the homework graded, please upload it to the classroom.  I will review and send either written or video feedback.

12 mins of video lessons

Lesson 3:

My Father's Dragon (Three)

 In Lesson Three: 
I will lead a discussion of the book reading and share my thinker question story. 
Grammar Lesson: Identifying and writing simple and compound sentences. 
Homework Assignment Review.

Please note: To have the homework graded, please upload it to the classroom.  I will review and send either written or video feedback.

13 mins of video lessons

Lesson 4:

My Father's Dragon (Four)

 In Lesson Four: 
I will lead a discussion of the book reading and share my thinker question story. 
My Father’s Dragon Book Review. Today, students are encouraged to pause the video and share their thoughts with their teacher at home.
Introduce the homework sentence writing activity. 

Please note: To have the homework graded, please upload it to the classroom.  I will review and send either written or video feedback.

10 mins of video lessons

Other Details

Parental Guidance

To assist you in discussing these books with your learner, I will share a list of general book discussion questions that can be used by you and your student. These questions are in addition to the homework comprehension questions and are intended to assist you, as the teacher at home, in helping your learner better understand what they are reading. In this course, your student will be reading an age-appropriate novel, and completing comprehension questions, and grammar assignments. My Father's Dragon is the imaginary story of a boy who rescues a baby dragon from a group of unkind animals. Instead of reflecting on the animal's unkind choices, our hero helps each animal in turn, and through this process rescues the baby dragon. Discussion Focus: We will enjoy discussing the imaginary factors in the story such as talking animals, unique solutions to their problems, as well as the bravery of Elmer, our hero. Additionally, we will focus on the kind and helpful choices of our hero.

Pre-Requisites

Students should be reading simple chapter books and orally formulating simple sentences.

Supply List

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett.
This book may be a purchased or library loan book, an audible book, or any other internet source.

1 file available upon enrollment

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

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Evelyn VanZant: 4th and 5th Grade Language Arts

Joined July, 2020

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Bachelor's Degree in Education from Mississippi State University

Saving my profile will allow you to receive 4th and 5th Grade Language Arts class listing updates.  I teach year-round with classes beginning mid-September, mid-January, and mid-May. 

Having taught for many years, I have learned the key to being a great educator is to, "Never Stop Learning!"  To that end, I am always making exciting discoveries that allow me to improve my knowledge and skills in a variety of areas.  Specifically,  I am passionate about Literature, Public Speaking, and Life Skills and truly believe that knowledge in these areas is particularly important to achieve a full and happy life.  

Through Outschool, My passion is to provide excellent Language Arts classes for 4th and 5th-grade students.  This is the time in a student's education when they move from learning to read to reading to learn.
I have now listed three age-appropriate classes per grade level.  These classes are specifically designed to provide your student with a fun, educational, and exciting way to grasp all of the 4th and 5th-grade ELA Common Core expectations.   
In the fall, your student may take either 4th or 5th-grade ELA (Semester One) courses.  In the spring (January), your student may take either 4th or 5th grade ELA (Semester Two).  In the summer, I'll be teaching my grade-specific eight-week Summer Reading and Writing Fun Courses. 

Graduating with a degree in K-8 education and completing an emphasis in Reading and Math for all levels, I have had the privilege to teach public, private, and homeschooled students in grades k-12.  Not only have I taught my three loves as listed above, but have enjoyed expanding my knowledge by teaching math, science, and history.  

I believe learning should be an adventure worth taking and must include both teacher and learner engaging together.  As a teacher, I am also a learner, and as a learner, your students are also teachers, by engaging together as a classroom of teachers and learners, my classes will work for a variety of learning styles including but not limited to the visual, auditory and tactile learning styles. 

When I'm not teaching, I'm walking, reading, sewing, cooking, watching baseball, and loving on my family.