4th+Grade

** __Reading__ **
Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4 | Unit 5 | Literature | Other Reading Links & Resources | Course of Study __**Reading Street**__


 * Unit 1**

Unit 1 Week 1 - //Because of Winn Dixie//

Unit 1 Week 2 - //Lewis & Clark and Me// //(Because of space limitations for uploads - Lewis and Clark Introduction is in 3 seperate files. It should be used as 1 continuous file)//

Unit 1 Week 3 - //Grandfather's Journey// Unit 1 Week 4 - //The Horned Toad Prince// Unit 1 Week 5 - //Letters Home from Yosemite//

Unit 2 Week 1 - //What Jo Did// Unit 2 Week 2 - //Coyote School News// Unit 2 Week 3 - //Grace and the Time Machine// Unit 2 Week 4 - //Marvin of the Great North Woods// Unit 2 Week 5 - //So You Want to be President?//
 * Unit 2**

Unit 3 Week 1 - //The Stranger// Teacher's Guide for The Stranger Chris VanAllsburg Official Site
 * Unit 3**

Unit 3 Week 2 - //Adelina's Whales// Mcraw-Hill Online Edition - Includes Ocean Slideshow

Unit 3 Week 3 - //How Night Came From the Sea// CIA World Factbook Brazil Brazil Travel Information

Unit 3 Week 4 - //The Eye of the Storm// Official Storm Chaser Site

Unit 3 Week 5 - //The Great Kapok Tree// Kapok Cyber Guide Lapbook and Unit Resources

Unit 4 Week 1 - //The Houdini Box// Unit 4 Week 2 - //Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon// Unit 4 Week 3 - //The King in the Kitchen// Unit 4 Week 4 - //Seeker of Knowledge// Unit 4 Week 5 - //Encyclopedia Brown//
 * Unit 4**

Unit 5 Week 1 - //Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea// Unit 5 Week 2 - //Lost City: The Discovery of the Machu Picchu// Unit 5 Week 3 - //Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride// Unit 5 Week 4 - //Antartic Journal// Unit 5 Week 5 - //Moonwalk//
 * Unit 5**

Literature Units- Tons of great plans, activities, questions and more! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Unit Questions, Plans, and Activities Because of Winn Dixie - Unit Study
 * Literature**

The Whipping Boy - Unit Study [|Make Your Own Shield] [|Hearldry For Kids] [|Hearldry 10 Link Course] [|Middle Ages - A Teacher's Site]

Indian in the Cupboard Indian in the Cupboard Vocabulary Indian in the Cupboard - Unit Study with Smartboard Vocabulary and Venn

__The Watsons Go to Birmingham Links__ The Sixties - PBS show with clips, pictures, and more Civil Rights Timeline - Major Events from PBS 1963 Overview - The People History project with ads, politics, world events, and more 1960s - Detailed sight for each year in the 1960s, some video/discussion might not be appropriate for students

Watsons Teaching Guide - Information, links, and discussion from RandomHouse Publishing Scholastic-created reading guide Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Watsons Research Project - Online project features good links and pictures Watsons Reading Activities - Pre-, during-, and post-reading activities including links Watsons Book Club - Book Club lesson plans, writing prompts, and discussion for each chapter Christopher Paul Curtis - Information, links, and ideas from ReadWriteThink Images to support terms (hair styles, car, etc.) with page numbers Sentio test for notebook with ARMT questions



[|A Year Down Yonder] - teacher created guide and plans, heavy on philanthropy

Author Studies - Links to many authors, many grade levels ARMT Sentio Response Questions for multipule choice items from state specs: 1.) Demonstrate word recognition skills, including structural analysis. 2.) Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge, including recognition of a variety of synonyms and antonyms. 3.) Use a wide range of strategies, including distinguishing fiction from nonfiction and making inferences, to comprehend fourth-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres. 4.) Identify literary elements and devices, including characters, important details, and similes, in recreational reading materials and details in informational reading materials. 5.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including using sentence structure, locating information, and distinguishing fact from fiction, to comprehend fourth-grade informational and functional reading materials. 6.) Compare the genre characteristics of tall tales, fantasy, myths, and legends, including multicultural literature. 7.) Compare story elements and the experiences and feelings of literary characters to students' lives. 8.) Compose descriptive texts using an introductory paragraph, sensory details, vivid language, and a conclusion. 9.) Respond in writing to open-ended questions. 10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of business and friendly letter parts and envelope addresses and use of punctuation, including apostrophe with contractions; underlining or italicizing of book titles; and commas to separate items in a series and in a physical address. 11.) Demonstrate knowledge of subject-verb agreement with simple subjects and correct usage of regular and irregular verb forms. 12.) Organize information on a specific topic obtained from grade-appropriate reference materials. 13.) Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with descriptive presentations. 14.) Identify strategies of a skillful listener, including attending to the listening task and assigning meaning to the message
 * Other Links and Resources**
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