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We do literature circles using good 4th grade literature such as books by Barbara Parks, James Howe, Patricia McLaughlin, Beverly Cleary, Elizabeth Winthrop, Lynn Reid Banks. I have an extensive children's book library in my room that I have accumulated through book clubs. The children self-select books to rad during SSR time. I conference with each child after they complete a book. I have a written book report that they do for me after each of these books. For writing, I give each child a daily writing calendar for each month. You can get a book of these for the grade level. The children have a writer's notebook that they write in each night based on a prompt I assign from the writing calendar. The children can share these the next morning if they choose and then I collect them and read them in my break time. I will often write comments in their notebooks to them. They really like this. I will sometimes have a child focus on somthing they need to work on in their next entry. The daily writing really improves their writing and makes them much more comfortable with the process. When I teach a style of writing or a mini lesson on a skill or concept we will sometimes use a writing from these notebooks to practice this skill. Let me know if you need more info. Good luck.
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