(a)  Framework for Effective Teaching, Grade 4 (Teacher's Guide)

 (b)  Collections for Young Scholars, Grade 4, Vols. 1 and 2 

 (c)  Comprehension Checkpoint, Grade 4 (workbook tests for stories)

 (d)  Explorer's Notebook, Vol. 4 (student workbook)

 (e)  Reading/Writing Connection, Vol. 4 (student workbook)

 (f)  Reading and Writing Skills Practice, Grade 4 (student workbook)

 (g)  Response Guide

 (h)  Essay and Writing Assessment Masters

 (i)  Comprehension Assessment Masters

 (j)  Teacher's Tool Cards:
  - Writer's Craft/Reading
  - Grammar, Mechanics and Usage
  - Spelling and Vocabulary
  - Study and Research
  - Classroom Supports

 (k)  Formative Assessment (Teacher's)

 (l)  Research Assessment (for research papers) 

 (m)  Continuous Assessment Masters (editing sheets, portfolios)

 (n)  Student Tool Cards

2.  SRA Reading Laboratory materials

3.  San Mateo Spelling

4.  Formula-Three Reading-Spelling-Learning Program Instructor's Manual

5.  School sites have reading chain and other sets of novels, biographies, nonfiction, picture books and plays, which are in addition to Open Court materials. 

See Collection for Young Scholars text, Reading with a Writer's
Eye, for discussion starters about examining the writer's perspective.

1.) Teach students to write in response to literature through a variety of activities Response to a Quote: The first activity requires students to read an historical literature piece and note their responses. Choose a quote from the book that inspires a response. Have the students respond to the quote, making predictions or connecting to personal experiences. Response Journal: Have students write their response to self-selected entries in a dialectical journal. From these responses, students can develop more thoughtful essays in response to literature. Margin Notes: Have students write margin notes to help them make connections to the reading. This method calls attention to their thinking process. Writing a Letter: Another activity has students writing a letter to a friend about the topic being studied. Writing Prompt: Think about the people we have been studying who have dared to move into unknown regions and risk the new situations. Stories such as Molly's Pilgrim give us an idea of the history of our nation and its people. They also help us understand today's great movement of immigrants into California. Write a letter to a friend, telling about what you have been learning, referring to one of the books we have been reading. Be sure to:

2.  Explorer's Notebook, Vol. 4

3.  Reading/Writing Connection, Vol. 4

4.  Skills Assessment

5.  Reading and Writing Skills Practice, Grade 4

6.  Continuous Assessment Masters

7.  Students' writing samples and SPJUSD rubrics

8.  Reproducible Masters, Parts 1 and 2

1.) The student products that evidence skills in writing applications include:

Products:

Sample scoring guide for letter:

Score 1:

Score 2:

Score 3:

Score 4: