ELA.4.F.1.4

In this Model Eliciting Activity (MEA), students will be gien an engineering problem in which they must work as a team to design a procedure to select the best pollinator for certain situations.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

In this activity, students will read text and self-evaluate their reading fluency using the provided evaluation checklist.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently using teacher-selected technology.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read fluency passages using teacher-selected reading software.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read teacher-selected poems with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read teacher-selected passages using expression appropriate to the content of the text.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will rehearse and read text using a reader's theater format.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read text chorally in unison.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by echo reading text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will time repeated readings and graph words correct per minute.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will gain speed and accuracy by rereading teacher-selected text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will practice reading teacher-selected target words and then read connected text containing those words.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will divide text into meaningful chunks and then read it fluently.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will divide text into meaningful parts and then read it fluently.

Type: Student Center Activity

In this activity, students will read text that has been divided into meaningful chunks, then reread it fluently without the slash marks.

Type: Student Center Activity

3...2...1...Lift-off. Engage students in discussions about aerospace themes with the Ariane 5: The Satellite Launcher eReader. The eReader is an informational text with various text features and facts about the Ariane 5 rocket.

Type: Text Resource