Page 5 - SN December - January - Grade 4

Ms. Ivana Jovanovic Serbian Language Teacher

Moodle page: http://belgrade.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=281

Grade 4 students were busy working on the Natural Disasters

unit. We focused on four types of natural disasters: an earth-

quake, tsunami, volcanic eruption and a tornado. Students

read texts and non-fiction stories about these disasters. This

way they developed understanding as they became more fa-

miliar with a language form that is not used in an everyday

conversation. The students researched and gathered data

about a disaster of their choice. Then, they used an interactive

map (education.nationalgeographic.com – map maker interac-

tive) to label all important places and dates related to this dis-

aster. This way they learned names of some countries and cit-

ies, and practiced making connections between English and

Serbian. A couple of students took an extra challenge and

wrote instructions on what to do in case of each disasters.

They focused on imperative and created related posters using

www.jukeboxprint.com – a free poster creator. This unit com-

bined learning non-fiction language, imperative, instructional

speech, geography, data collecting and presentation; and it is

an excellent groundwork for the exhibition next year.