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Grade 4Home Connection

A Family Packet for every module, in English and Spanish. A five-minute conversation that carries the learning home, never a pile of assignments.
PURPOSE
This page holds one Family Packet for every Grade 4 module, in English and in Spanish.
RATIONALE
A five minute conversation at home carries the day's learning forward without adding a pile of assignments, and a student hears the same ideas from family and teacher.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Open any module to print or view its Family Packet. Send it home in English, Spanish, or both.
Open any module to print or view its Family Packet in English or Spanish: a family letter, a tip sheet on how to help without giving the answer, key words, the thinking tool your student uses, conversation starters and a family activity, what strong work looks like, and a progress at home checklist.
Prepare4 family packets
Module 1The Writer’s Job Comes FirstEnglishEspañol
Module 2The Same Idea, Many JobsEnglishEspañol
Module 3Choose the Route and the Planning StrategyEnglishEspañol
Module 4Independent Genre Decision and TransferEnglishEspañol
Cluster 14 family packets
Module 1Level Up Your ThinkingEnglishEspañol
Module 2Build a Strong ThesisEnglishEspañol
Module 3Prove It with Strong EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Module 4Make the Evidence Mean SomethingEnglishEspañol
Cluster 24 family packets
Module 1Growing the TreeEnglishEspañol
Module 2Writing Thesis StatementsEnglishEspañol
Module 3Organizing Reasons and WaysEnglishEspañol
Module 4Choosing EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Cluster 34 family packets
Module 1Your First Full TREES ResponseEnglishEspañol
Module 2Recognizing Relational Prompt TypesEnglishEspañol
Module 3Magnifying Many Ideas into Three ReasonsEnglishEspañol
Module 4Matching Reasons, Evidence & ExplanationEnglishEspañol
Cluster 44 family packets
Module 1The CREATURES FoundationEnglishEspañol
Module 2Argument and ThinkingEnglishEspañol
Module 3Understanding Others and RebuttalEnglishEspañol
Module 4Ending and SignificanceEnglishEspañol
Cluster 54 family packets
Module 1Building the Evidence BridgeEnglishEspañol
Module 2HOW Ideas Connect and DifferEnglishEspañol
Module 3The RRR Conclusion ParagraphEnglishEspañol
Module 4Seeing the Structure Through ColorEnglishEspañol
Cluster 64 family packets
Module 1If You Have to Decide, Declare the WhyEnglishEspañol
Module 2Magnify One Claim into Three ReasonsEnglishEspañol
Module 3Finishing the Argument with CREATURESEnglishEspañol
Module 4Beginning and Ending an Argumentative LetterEnglishEspañol
Cluster 74 family packets
Module 1Paths Connect PeopleEnglishEspañol
Module 2People Carry More Than ThingsEnglishEspañol
Module 3Connections Create ChangeEnglishEspañol
Module 4What Will We Carry Forward?EnglishEspañol
Cluster 84 family packets
Module 1PLACE: Where Does Change Begin?EnglishEspañol
Module 2Turning Possibility Into ChangeEnglishEspañol
Module 3What Lasts, and How Do We Know?EnglishEspañol
Module 4Synthesis: What Shapes Our World?EnglishEspañol