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Grade 4 - Reading
Unit 3: Nonfiction Reading
 * ==== Content from Reading Curriculum ==== || ==== Common Core Standards ==== || ==== Authentic Product ==== ||
 * ==== Understanding main ideas and supporting details through expository and narrative nonfiction texts. ==== || * ==== RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. ====


 * RI.4.5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
 * RI.4.6. Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. || The Colossus Rises Book One of the Seven Wonders series deals with the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Students will learn about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Social Studies and create a PowerPoint highlighting these in the media center. They will tie into the book what the main character, Jack had to do in each of these Seven Wonders. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World PowerPoint will be bound to become an easy reader book that will be shared with the students reading buddies in First grade. ||

Link to Fourth Grade Reading Standards Teachers College Reading Writing Program

Collaborative Planning Tool
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World PowerPoint Rubric
 * ====**Teachers:** Ms. Mauro and Mrs. Redman-Parodi==== ||
 * ====**Grade Level:** 4==== ||
 * ====**Content Area:** Reading==== ||
 * ====**Unit of Study:** Nonfiction Reading==== ||
 * ====**Time Frame**:====
 * ====2 40-min periods (8 weeks)====
 * Timeline ||
 * ====**Estimated Sessions in:** Classroom  LMC  Lab  Other==== ||
 * ====**Areas of Collaboration**: ( X ) Planning ( X ) Teaching Co-Teaching ( X ) Resources==== ||
 * ====**Essential Question:**====
 * ==== If reading expository nonfiction is a bit like taking a course from an author, what do I need to do in order to learn the main idea and the supportive examples that an author is trying to teach me? ====
 * ==== If reading narrative nonfiction is a bit like reading a novel, how can I find the main characters in nonfiction texts- even if these characters are cactii or a whole group of people- and how can I then understand the character’s traits, motivations, struggles, changes and lessons? ==== ||
 * ====**Standards:**====
 * ==== RI.4.2. Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. ====
 * ==== RI.4.5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. ====
 * ==== RI.4.6. Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided. ====
 * ==== 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. ====
 * ==== 2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information. ====
 * ==== 2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world. ====
 * ==== 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. ====
 * ==== 6.b. Technology Operations and Concepts. Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students select and use applications effectively and productive. ==== ||
 * ====**Unit Objectives/Learning Outcomes:**====
 * ==== When reading expository nonfiction, students will apply their background knowledge of how this kind of text tends to be structured so as to glean the big ideas and supportive details from the text. ====
 * ==== When reading narrative nonfiction, students will apply their background knowledge of how this kind of text tends to be structured so as to gather the bigger ideas that pull the storyline together. ====
 * ==== Students will be able to gather information from related parts of many nonfiction texts. ==== ||
 * ====**Formative Assessment:**====
 * ==== Students will take a formative test assessment in the classroom during social studies on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ====
 * ==== Students will be assessed on their graphic organizers in the Library Media Center in which they will summarize the chapters of //The Colossus Rises Book One// of the Seven Wonders series. ====
 * ==== Students will be assessed on their Seven Wonders of the Ancient World PowerPoints by both the Library Media Specialist and their classroom teacher. ====
 * ==== Students will be informally assessed by their classroom teacher while presenting their PowerPoints to their first grade book buddies. ==== ||
 * ====**Lessons/Learning Activities:**====
 * ==== Students will learn about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Social Studies within their classrooms. This will be taught by their classroom teacher. ====
 * ==== Classroom teacher will read aloud //The Colossus Rises Book One// of the Seven Wonders series by Peter Lerangis. ====
 * ==== Students will use their new knowledge of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World from social students as well as their new knowledge from //The Colossus Rises Book One// of the Seven Wonders series to create a collaborative PowerPoint in the Library Media Center with a partner. ====
 * ==== Students will present their new learning in the form of PowerPoints with their first grade book buddies. ==== ||
 * ====**Materials Needed:**====
 * ==== Webquest ====
 * ====[|LiveBinder] (Access Key: EDU566)====
 * ==== PowerPoint ====
 * ==== Computers for students ====
 * ==== 1 Copy of //The Colossus Rises Book One// of the Seven Wonders series by Peter Lerangis ==== ||
 * ====**Final Product:**====
 * ==== Students will present their final product to their first grade reading buddies in the form of a bound PowerPoint easy reader book. ==== ||
 * ====**How will students evaluate the final produce/process?**====
 * ==== Students will evaluate their final product/process using the following rubric: ==== ||
 * Your PowerPoint should include the following information: || Possible Points || Points Earned ||
 * 1. An introductory slide that includes:
 * Your name on the first page
 * An interesting title for your project

2. Eight slides (one title page, one slide for each of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World)

3. Each Ancient Wonder of the World slide should include:
 * Title, clearly indicating which Wonder of the World it is
 * Location of the Ancient Wonder
 * Picture of the Ancient Wonder
 * Connection to Jack- Main Character of //The Colossus Rises Book One//
 * Brief summary of the Ancient Wonder containing three important facts

4. Includes at least one primary source

5. Proper punctuation and spelling are used || (2) (1)

(8)

(7) (7) (7)

(14)

(14)

(5)

(5) ||  ||
 * 70 Points Possible || Total Points: ||  ||


 * ====**Roles & Responsibilities:**====
 * The classroom teacher is responsible for teaching the students about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World during social studies and read aloud the book //The Colossus Rises Book One// during reading//.//
 * The classroom teacher is also responsible for administering the formal assessment in social students as well as collaborate with the Library Media Specialist to complete the final project evaluations.
 * The Library Media Specialist is responsible for teaching the students how to create a collaborative PowerPoint using both their nonfiction knowledge about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as well as Jack’s adventures from //The Colossus Rises Book One.// ||

To view the Collaborative Planning Tool in Google Docs please click on the following link: Collaborative Planning Tool

=To access lesson plans for this unit, click on the links below:= = =
 * ====Social Studies Lesson Plan====
 * ====Library Media Center Lesson Plan====