ELA Grade 4: 1st 9 Weeks

Research Project

Media Specialist/ Teacher Connection Journeys Text and/or Exemplary Text Correlation

Web Resources

W.4.7

Focus research on a question or topic provided. (S, P) Formulate appropriate queries and questions for a topic. (R) Select appropriate sources to obtain information. (R) Gather a variety of information about a research topic. (S)

Using web resources, students research the questions: Are all snakes poisonous? How do you tell if a snake is poisonous? What are the poisonous snakes in our area of the United States?

Dear Mr. Winston Field Guide to Snakes of the Southwest

Pebblego.com Kids Info Bits http://go.galegroup.com/ps/basicSearch.do?input FieldValue%280%29=snakes&inputFieldName%280 %29=OQE&method=doSearch&search=SEARCH&search Type=BasicSearchForm&sgHitCountType=None&inPS= true&nwf=y&userGroupName=tel_s_tsla&prodId=ITKE

W.4.8

Gather information from print sources (e.g., books, articles). (S) Recall relevant information from experiences. (S) Take notes from various sources of information (S, P)

Use Kids’ Almanacs from the last few years. Challenge students to find movies from the year they were born. Have them gather a list of movies they have seen in the last few years. Which movie from their list made the most money?

Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies How Do They Do That? Genre: Informational Text Steven Spielberg: A Filmmaker’s Journey

W.4.9

Draw specific details from a text. (S)

Discuss the meaning of inferring. Give examples of inferring how someone is feeling by watching their behavior. Intro inferring from text using examples of the vocabulary words used, and the sentences in which they were found, in the two previous texts from Journeys series. Read the book Previously aloud. Stop and ask questions throughout the story to help the students figure out what the word ‘previously’ means and what were clue phrases that helped them figure out the meaning.

Dear Mr. Winston Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies