4th+Grade+ELA+Tech+Ideas

4th Grade ELA Technology Integrated Ideas
//as per Scope and Sequence dated 5/8/15//
 * see [|NYCSD Intranet]
 * Documents and Files
 * Asst Superintendent
 * Curriculum

Various online tools can be found at 4th Grade ELA and EP-Storytown-4th Grade Wikispace ,
 * Harcourt Study Guides & Harcourt Vocabulary for every story!
 * [|Writing Prompts]
 * [|Lesson Vocabulary]
 * Test Taking Tips
 * Helping Your Child Become a Good Writer
 * Multimedia Grammar Glossary
 * Activities for each theme
 * Authors and Illustrators from each theme

=NYCSD Scope and Sequence=
 * September
 * Hot and Cold Summer
 * Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
 * Fire Storm
 * October
 * Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain
 * On the Banks of Plum Creek
 * Case of the Too Hot Apple Cider
 * November
 * Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen
 * Weaving a California Tradition
 * December
 * Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
 * Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
 * The Bunyans
 * January/February
 * Mountains
 * So You Want to Be an Inventor?
 * Mangrove Wilderness
 * Grand Canyon
 * February - Poetry Unit
 * March
 * Emerald's Eggs
 * Mimicry and Camouflage
 * Dragons and Dinosaurs
 * Just Like Me
 * John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog
 * April
 * The Stranger
 * May
 * Because of Winn-Dixie
 * Pedro Puts on a Play
 * Three Little Cyber Pigs

Videos: Flocabulary Reading & Writing Rap Songs //Want a subscription? email tlowery@nycsd.k12.pa.us// --Theme, Setting, Inferencing +++ many, many, more

September


=The Hot and Cold Summer= by Johanna Hurwitz

Online Resources

 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: The Hot and Cold Summer
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * [|The Detective's Notebook Game]
 * [|Spelling City Vocabulary - Hot and Cold Summer]



[|Theme]



=Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World= by Mildren Pitts Walter

Online Resources

 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * [|Inference Riddles online activity]
 * [|What Can You Infer?] on Quia
 * [|Vocabulary Spelling City Practice]



=Fire Storm= by Jean Craighead George

Online Resources

 * [|Inference Activity]
 * [|Spelling City Practice - Fire Storm]


 * [|Introduction to Reading Skills - Making Inferences]

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain
by Katrina Saltonstall Currier

Online Resources

 * [|Compare and Contrast Game]
 * Miss Maggie's Inflectional Endings Online Game
 * Base Word Baseball Online Game
 * Post Card Interactive Creator by ReadWriteThink
 * Create Your Own Postcard in Google Slides - HERE

Videos: Flocabulary Point of View

On the Banks of Plum Creek
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Online Resources

 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: On the Banks of Plum Creek
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * On the Banks of Plum Creek Online Quiz
 * On the Banks of Plum Creek Trivia Quiz by Brangle
 * Meet the Author, Laura Ingalls Wilder by Houghton Mifflin
 * [|Interactive map of De Smet, South Dakota]
 * 4 Sentences Game - Sentence Trail - Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
 * 4 Sentences Game - Sea Park - What kind of sentence? Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory


 * Spelling City Activities**
 * [|On the Banks of Plum Creek] - Spelling
 * [|On the Banks of Plum Creek] - Vocabulary


 * Worldbook Online** (see your Computer Lab Aide for login username and password)
 * Amercian Badger Article

//Optional//



Reader's Theater Mystery

Case of the Too Hot Apple Cider
Illustrated by Chris Buzelli

Online Resources

 * Case of the Too Hot Apple Cider Online Jeopardy Game
 * Scholastic's Writing with Writers - Mystery Writing with Joan Lowery Nixon
 * MysteryNet's Kids Online Short Mysteries - Can you figure them out?
 * Teacher Link: Mystery Writing Lesson Plan for Cooperative Groups
 * Mystery Story/Book Report Worksheet - Download
 * Recipe for Hot Apple Cider - from Allrecipes

**iPad Activities**

 * Puppet Pals (FREE & Paid Version - both will work)
 * use Puppet Pals to retell the story, don't know how to use it? No problem, view the tutorial here - @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zszeLg8DOps
 * *Note: You must be logged into your @northernpolarbears.com account to view it.


 * Morfo App [[image:http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple69/v4/de/21/59/de215991-3323-27da-4276-2743b3a4eeb2/icon175x175.png width="59" height="59"]]or Chatterpix App (FREE) [[image:http://a3.mzstatic.com/nz/r30/Purple62/v4/30/ad/67/30ad677e-9965-9047-e771-164ff0ce878e/icon175x175.jpeg width="54" height="54"]]
 * have your students record their voice over a picture of an object

Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen
by Marissa Moss

Online Resources
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 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Mighty Jackie: The Strikeout Queen
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * McGraw-Hill Mighty Jackie Online Activities
 * Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen Online Jeopardy Game
 * [|Character Trait Trading Card Online Creator]
 * Description: The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
 * Create your own baseball card using a Google Drawing Template found HERE
 * Students must File > Make a Copy to edit this document
 * [[image:Baseball Card for Northern Polar Bear.jpg width="493" height="371"]]
 * [|All American Girls Professional Baseball League Website]

Weaving a California Tradition
by Linda Yamane

Online Resources

 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Weaving a California Tradition
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * [|Spelling City Practice - Weaving a California Tradition]
 * Use Google Docs and have students tell their own story by writing a personal narrative.
 * [|Learn more about American Indian Baskets]




 * [|Linda Yamane - Ohlone Basket Weaver] (duration 6 minutes)

Again & Again: Destiny - Animation Short Story
 * Notice & Note**

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Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
by Jerdine Nolen

Online Resources

 * [|Spelling City Practice - Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life]
 * [|Online Jeopardy Game - Hewitt Anderson]
 * [|Author Jardine Nole's Official Website]

Compare & Contrast Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life & Jack and the Beanstalk

 * Read Online:
 * [|Jack and the Beanstalk] online story from TumbleBooks
 * Create a T Chart in Google Drawing Website

iPad Activity

 * Imagine How Small You Would Be in the Anderson House
 * Request to Have [|Do-Ink App] Downloaded to your iPads
 * Create a Green Screen - Use some paper that you have available **- Note:** DES & NES have an actual green screen
 * [[image:https://www.theartofed.com/content/uploads/2015/09/paper-roll.jpg width="200" height="203"]]
 * Place on wall in your classroom
 * Have students wear something that is NOT green and stand in front of the green screen and take a photo in the Do-Ink App
 * Add a background in Do-Ink
 * Shrink student photo in Do-Ink by using 2-finger pinch to resize and make yourself smaller
 * You can AirDrop each photo to your Macbook Air laptop

Introduction to Reading Skills - Compare and Contrast by McGraw Hill
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Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
by Joe Hayes

Online Resources

 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Juan Verdade - The Man Who Could Not Tell A Lie
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * Joe Hayes Biography and More
 * __ [|__Vocabulary Spelling City - Juan Verdades__] __
 * [|Theme - Adjectives - Comparative and Superlative Quiz]

Extras:
 * [|Animated Fables]
 * [|Aesop's Fables Online Word Game Search]
 * [|Aesop's Fables Youtube Search] with many fables to choose from
 * [|Library of Congress - Aesop's Fables Interactive Book]

Watch this Youtube video by [|Sunnyside Unified School District] which will support the celebration at the end of the story

Mariachi & Folklorico: Celebrating Our Mexican Heritage Through Music and Dance
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**Mountains**
by Seymour Simon

Online Resources
> Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Mountains >
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * Mountain Online Quiz
 * __ Identify Mountains Online __
 * Tallest Mountains in the World

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 * Reading Skill: Cause and Effect**
 * [|Cause and Effect- Pow Toon]
 * [|Cause and Effect Explanation]
 * [|An Interview with Seymour Simon]

So You Want to Be an Inventor?
by Judith St. George

Online Resources

 * Inventors and Inventions
 * Online Lesson Comprehension Quiz from Quia
 * Interactive Technology Timeline from PBS.org
 * Science & Inventors Website from Cybrary's Man
 * .Assignment: have students research up to 4 inventors and answer the following questions - see graphic organizer found here:
 * Name of Invention
 * Inventor
 * Year Invented
 * Where Invented (Location)
 * What inspired your inventor?
 * Problem the inventor encountered.
 * Trait/Characteristic of Inventor
 * At the end of the assignment write down all of the traits/characteristics of the inventor to promote discussion.



Flintstones Wacky Inventions
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Ellen's Kid Inventors
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Mangrove Wilderness
by Bianca Lavies

Online Resources
> Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: Mangrove Wilderness >
 * Sign up for FREE here
 * Mangrove Wilderness Vocabulary Flashcards using Quizlet
 * Online Sequence Practice using Quia
 * Wetland Plants Water Color Lesson by Crayola
 * Basic Food Chain Diagram FREE Printable
 * PBS Under H2O: Into Mangrove Forest Full Video
 * Make a Mangrove: An Ecosystem Online Game



Grand Canyon: A Trail Through Time
by Linda Vieria

Online Resources

 * [|History Channel- Facts About the Grand Canyon]
 * [|National Park Service- The Grand Canyon]
 * Grand Canyon Interactive Map
 * Fill in the Blank: Possessive Noun Online Game - From Softschools.com
 * Possessive Noun Match Online Game - from Harcourt
 * Grand Canyon Virtual Tours
 * Grand Canyon Webcam

=Poetry Unit=

General Resources

 * Online Rhyming Dictionary
 * Tumblebooks Online Poetry Books
 * [[image:http://cdn.tumblebooks.com/images/dustOfSnow.jpg width="131" height="173" align="left"]]
 * Dust of Snow
 * by Robert Frost

Emerald's Eggs
Illustrated by Shino Arihara

General Resources

 * Sea Turtle Hatchling Release
 * Sea Turtle Restoration Website
 * [|Leatherback Sea Turtle Crittercam Mission][|Simulation]-Work with National Geographic's Imaging Team
 * [|Turtle Trouble] - National Geographic for Kids



National Geographic: Releasing Turtles Back to the Wild in North Carolina
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Sea Turtle Migration
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Mimicry and Camouflage
by Mary Hoff

Online Resources
> National Geographic: Camouflage
 * Mimicry and Camouflage Google Slide
 * Note: You //must// be logged into your @northernpolarbears.com Google account to access it
 * Nature Works
 * Cause & Effect Youtube Video:Honda: The Cog
 * National Geographic: Find the Mimic Interactive
 * Nature Works - Deceptive Coloration
 * National Geographic - Camouflage
 * [|Harcourt - Camouflage Field Book Interactive]
 * [|Write your own Animal Adaptation Report]
 * ScienceNet Links - Animal Adaptations
 * ScienceNet Links - Printable Activity
 * [|Write your own Animal Adaptation Short Report] - Step by Step Help

Dragons and Dinosaurs
by Meg Moss

Online Resources

 * [|Jeopardy Labs - Dragons and Dinosaurs]
 * Recess Room - Main Idea Online Game
 * Enchanted Learning - Zoom Dinosaurs

Just Like Me
edited by Harriet Rohmer

Online Resources

 * Companion Read - I am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins
 * Crayola - Create Your Own Self-Portrait
 * [|Crayola - Andy Warhol: Pop Art]

John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog
by Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki

Online Resources

 * [|Figurative Language Help]
 * [|What is an idiom?]
 * [|PBS: National Parks: John Muir]
 * [|Background on John Muir]
 * [|Sierra Club: John Muir Exhibit]

John Muir Biography
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The Stranger
by Chris Van Allsburg

Online Resources
> Sign up for FREE here > Requires Real Player >>
 * Read Online via Open Library, must checkout: The Stranger
 * Chris Van Allsburg's Webpage
 * [|Making Inferences]
 * Dragonfly TV - [|What Makes the Leaves Change Color in the Fall?]
 * The Stranger Inference printable
 * Image Source - Inference Strategies
 * Right click on the image below and Save Image As...

Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo

Online Resources
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 * Read Online: Because of Winn-Dixie via Tumblebooks
 * Everglades National Park
 * Most Popular Dog Breeds
 * Meet the Author
 * Florida Environmental Photos
 * Because of Winn-Dixie Stump the Dump Online Game
 * Because of Winn-Dixie Scrapbook Project Resources
 * Creating Literary Texts - Finding Homes for Pets Activity
 * McGraw Hill Because of Winn-Dixie Online Activities
 * Easy Dog Biscuit Recipes
 * FREE Download: SMART Exchange Review Game
 * Technology Project Ideas
 * Students can create an original acrostic poem, from ReadWriteThink, for one of the characters in the story.
 * In order to analyze and compare characters in the book, the students can create a character web, from ReadWriteThink. They typed trait descriptions their web and organized characters to help them develop their own understandings of similarities and differences.
 * For one chapter in the story involving a parrot, students can use Google Docs to and insert a picture of a parrot using the Research Tool to author a descriptive paragraph including many details and focusing on informational writing.
 * Based on Standard Area - CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
 * MapQuest or Google Maps can be used to find the location and distance between important places in the story.

Pedro Puts on a Play
illustrated by Marc Burckhardt

Online Resources

 * [|Story Structure- Graphic Organizers]
 * [|Pedro puts on a play Flashcards | Quizlet]

Three Little Cyber Pigs
by Jane Tesh

Online Resources

 * The Three Little Pigs
 * Jane Tesh Biography
 * What are Fractured Fairy Tales?