Language Arts Curriculum Grades 4-6
Curriculum Guides
Curriculum Materials
- Summer Reading Lists for Primary Students
- Summer Reading Lists for Intermediate Students
- Looking Ahead, February Writing in Fourth Grade
- Teaching the Qualities of Writing, Ralph Fletcher
- Lessons for the Writer’s Notebook, Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi
- Nonfiction Craft Lessons, Joann Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher
- Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide, Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi
- Step Up to Writing, Maureen Auman
- Rebecca Sitton’s Sourcebook for Teaching Spelling and Work Skills
- Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Lucy Calkins
Background Information
The District's Language Arts Curriculum Committee supports continued use of the Ralph Fletcher Writing Materials for grades four and five, with the Lucy Calkins Writing Materials as support materials for grade four. The Step up to Writing curriculum materials have been made available to the fifth grade teachers who have trained in the use of these materials. The addition of sixth grade to the elementary school level has resulted in the decision to blend the Step up to Writing materials with the Ralph Fletcher materials to form a writing curriculum.