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Discovering the Special in All of Us
  Dear Families,

Hello and welcome! I would like to take this opportunity to explain what your 4th graders will be doing as a part of their learning through literature. Together we will be discovering the special in all of us. We will be exploring this theme through incredible literature, which feature a diverse range of characters. Through journal writing and class discussion students will be looking for what makes these different characters special. Your children will be learning about how to search for those characteristics that make people one of a kind. I am focusing on looking for the internal things that make people special, but sometimes, you can’t help but see how people are special on the outside as well.

Students will be assessed on journal writing, class discussions, and on a class book we will be putting together. Students will begin the unit by using what they know about what makes someone special. As we explore this theme together, students will have a much more concrete idea of what makes people individuals. Through the class book, students will explore what made their favorite characters special. We will then share this book and our learning with our kindergarten buddies.

Please feel free to contact either your classroom teacher, Jamie Curtis, or myself, Sarah Allsop-Fine. You can reach us through email or call us.

Jamie Curtis: (425) 555-5555 or jcurtis@aschool.com Sarah Allsop-Fine: (425) 555-5555 or sallsop-fine@aschool.com

Thank you for your time,

Sarah Allsop-Fine