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Grade 4Homework Connection

One short Family Connection 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 short Family Connection 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 Connection. Send it home in English, Spanish, or both.
Open any module to print or view its Family Connection: what we are learning, something to notice together, a question to talk about, a no-materials activity, and how to help without giving the answer.
Prepare4 family connections
Module 1The Writer’s Job Comes First Module 2The Same Idea, Many Jobs Module 3Choose the Route and the Planning Strategy Module 4Independent Genre Decision and Transfer
Cluster 14 family connections
Module 1Level Up Your Thinking Module 2Build a Strong Thesis Module 3Prove It with Strong Evidence Module 4Make the Evidence Mean Something
Cluster 24 family connections
Module 1Growing the Tree Module 2Writing Thesis Statements Module 3Organizing Reasons and Ways Module 4Choosing Evidence
Cluster 34 family connections
Module 1Your First Full TREES Response Module 2Recognizing Relational Prompt Types Module 3Magnifying Many Ideas into Three Reasons Module 4Matching Reasons, Evidence & Explanation
Cluster 44 family connections
Module 1The CREATURES Foundation Module 2Argument and Thinking Module 3Understanding Others and Rebuttal Module 4Ending and Significance
Cluster 54 family connections
Module 1Building the Evidence Bridge Module 2HOW Ideas Connect and Differ Module 3The RRR Conclusion Paragraph Module 4Seeing the Structure Through Color
Cluster 64 family connections
Module 1If You Have to Decide, Declare the Why Module 2Magnify One Claim into Three Reasons Module 3Finishing the Argument with CREATURES Module 4Beginning and Ending an Argumentative Letter
Cluster 74 family connections
Module 1Paths Connect People Module 2People Carry More Than Things Module 3Connections Create Change Module 4What Will We Carry Forward?
Cluster 84 family connections
Module 1PLACE: Where Does Change Begin? Module 2Turning Possibility Into Change Module 3What Lasts, and How Do We Know? Module 4Synthesis: What Shapes Our World?