Grade 4, Unit 1: Hurricanes

Grade 4, Unit 1: Hurricanes

Anchor Text: Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

Writing Focus: Narrative/Informative/Explanatory

Louisiana Student Standards

Reading Literature: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.9, RL.4.10

Writing: W.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.4 ,W.4.5, W.4.6, W.4.7, W.4.8, W.4.9, W.4.10

Reading Informational Text: RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.6, RI. 4.7, RI.4.8, RI. 4.9, RI.4.10

Language: L.4.1, L.4.2, L.4.3, L.4.4, L.4.5, L.4.6

Reading Focus Writing Focus

Unit Focus Standards and English Language Practice Connectors

RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. W.4.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear sequence. W.4.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources. L.4.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.4.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

ELPC 1 ELPC 1 ELPC 1

ELPC 3 ELPC 5 ELPC 10 ELPC 10

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Week 1: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 1-4

Daily Focus Standards: Lesson 1: RI.4.2 Lesson 2: RI.4.3 & RI.4.6 Lesson 3: RI.4.5 & RI.4.7 Lesson 4: RI.4.7

Key Concepts & Strategies Analyze and annotate text. Compare and contrast between firsthand and secondhand accounts. Identify and analyze key text features. Read and understand informational text. Make inferences. Identify the main idea of nonfiction text and cite textual evidence. Engage in discussion.

Week 2: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 5-9

Daily Focus Standards:

Lesson 5: RL.4.2 & RL.4.3 Lesson 6: RL.4.3 & RL.4.4 Lesson 7: RL.4.2, RL.4.3, & L.4.4 Lesson 8: RL.4.2 & W.4.3 Lesson 9: RL.4.2, RL.4.3, & L4.5 Key Concepts & Strategies

Summarize. Identify and define similes

and metaphors. Make meaning from

unknown words and phrases. Use specific details from the text to describe characters, settings, or events. Use transitional words. Use context clues. Determine theme.

Week 3: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 10-13

Daily Focus Standards:

Lesson 10: W.4.8 Lesson 11: RL.4.6, W.4.3, & W.4.4 Lesson 12: RI.4.10 Lesson 13: RI.4.10

Key Concepts & Strategies Retell important information. Identify information presented in different formats. Take notes and organize information. Use specific words, phrases, and sensory details to describe experiences and events in narrative writing. Express understanding of informational text.

Week 4: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 14-16

Daily Focus Standards:

Lesson 14: RI.4.4 & L.4.4 Lesson 15: RI.4.2 & W.4.8 Lesson 16: RI.4.3 & RI.4.7

Key Concepts & Strategies Use context clues. Determine the main idea using details from the text. Summarize by stating key points. Use specific events and information to explain what happened and why. Use details from the text to explain an event in the text. Interpret timelines.

Week 5: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 17-20

Daily Focus Standards:

Lesson 17: RI.4.3 & RI.4.5 Lesson 18: RL.4.2, Rl.4.5, & L.4.6 Lesson 19: RL.4.6 Lesson 20: RL.4.2

Key Concepts & Strategies Use details and examples to explain or infer meaning. Determine overall structure of a text. Analyze details to determine the theme of a poem. Determine the narrator's or speaker's point of view. Compare and contrast points of view.

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments)

Text Feature chart Text Feature rubric Writing Techniques

Evidence chart Text Feature

Presentation organizer

Text(s) "Surviving Hurricanes: Children's True Stories"

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Chapter 1 Flow chart

Change in Character chart

Figurative Language examples

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Evidence chart Sequence of Events chart Narrative Paragraph

organizer Narrative Writing rubric Cold Read Task Conversation Stems

Text(s) "My Louisiana Sky"

Text(s) "My Louisiana Sky"

"Big Winds and Damage" from Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Vocabulary log Split-Page Notes

Text(s) "A Monster Storm" from Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Feelings organizer Teacher Talk Moves Conversation Stems TP-CASTT organizer Accountable Talk T-Chart organizer Fluency Partner checklist Fluency rubric Text(s)

"Letters from Katrina"

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Week 6: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 21-25

Week 7: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 26-29

Week 8: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 30-34

Week 9: LearnZillion Guidebook Lessons 35-41

Daily Focus Standards: Lesson:21: RL.4.2 & RL.4.3 Lesson 22: RL.4.2 & W.4.9 Lesson 23: RL.4.2, RL.4.3, & W.4.8 Lesson 24: RL.4.2, RL.4.3, & W.4.8 Lesson 25: RI.4.7

Daily Focus Standards: Lesson 26: W.4.3 & W.4.4 Lesson 27: RL.4.3, W.4.3, & W.4.5 Lesson 28: W.4.3, W.4.4, & W.4.5 Lesson 29: W.4.3, W.4.4, & W.4.5

Daily Focus Standards: Lesson 30: RL.4.3, W.4.3, & W.4.5 Lesson 31: W.4.3, W.4.4, & W.4.5 Lesson 32: W.4.3 Lesson 33: RI.4.3, RI.4.5, & RI.4.7 Lesson 34: RI.4.1, RI.4.10, W.4.2, & L.4.1

Daily Focus Standards:

Lesson 35: W.4.7 & W.4.8 Lesson 36: W.4.7 & W.4.8 Lesson 37: W.4.2 & W.4.9 Lesson 38: W.4.4, W.4.5, & L.4.1 Lesson 39: W.4.2 & W.4.6 Lesson 40: W.4.2 Lesson 41: L.4.1 & L.4.2

Key Concepts & Strategies Summarize using details from the text. Use details to describe characters within historical

fiction. Determine theme using details

from the text. Use evidence to support an

analysis of a story. Take notes and organize

information from a source. Interpret illustrations and

explain how illustrations can show emotion and add to a text. Collaborative discussion

Key Concepts & Strategies Use graphic organizers. Use prewriting strategies to formulate ideas. Gather important information

from print and digital sources. Identify characters, setting,

and events in a story or drama. Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Write a narrative using effective technique, descriptive details, and a clear event sequence.

Key Concepts & Strategies Apply revision strategies. Describe experiences and events through character dialogue. Identify characters, setting, and

events in a story or drama. Interpret nonfiction features. Write informative text to examine a

topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Key Concepts & Strategies Gather a variety of information from print and digital resources about a topic. Write informative text to examine a topic. and convey ideas and information clearly.

Find and use relevant evidence from text to support analysis and research.

Write for extended periods of time for a specific task, purpose, and audience.

Integrate information from two texts to display knowledge of the topic when writing or speaking.

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments)

Accountable Talk Writing Techniques Evidence

chart Peer Circle Facilitation

Preparation handout Theme organizer Independent Reading

organizer Accountable Talk

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Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Louisiana Emergency

Preparedness guide Hurricane Notes organizer

Hurricanes: Culminating Writing Task directions

Narrative rubric

Audio recording of Claire Bateman ("Call Me a Hero")

Video handout

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Hurricanes: Notes organizer

Hurricanes: Culminating Writing Task directions

Narrative Writing rubric

Dialogue handout

T-Chart organizer

Hurricanes: Cold Read Task Items

Hurricanes: Cold Read Task Answer Sheet

Supporting Materials (Bold items denote possible daily assessments) Note Taking Guide handout

Hurricanes: Extension Task directions

Hurricanes: Culminating Writing Task Exemplar Student Response

Extension Task Report organizer

Extension Task Multimedia Live link

Extension Task Presentation rubric Presentation Evaluation handout

 Literature Circles Preparation guide

Discussion Tracker

Fishbowl directions Emotions Bubble map

Conversation Stems "Katrina, Through the Eyes of

Children": Art Gallery

Text(s) "I Survived Hurricane Katrina,

2005"

Writing Techniques Evidence chart

Hurricanes: Culminating Writing Task Exemplar Student response

Hurricanes: Cold Read Task Answer key

Text(s) "Call Me Hero"

Text(s) Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

Tier 2 Academic Vocabulary/Spanish Cognates: Analysis- Analisis Apply- Aplicar Categories- Categoria Compare/Contrast- Comparar/Contrastar Compose- Componer Formulate- Formular Integrate- Integrar Produce- Producir Summarize-Resumir Sequence- Sequencia

Text(s)

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