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Week 5: Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan is a tall tale story that many of you will be familiar with.

*We will be learning about generalizing and inferring.

Week 4: Eye of the Storm

Eye of the storm is an expository text about the life of storm chasers.

*We will be learning about cause and effect as well as predicting and setting purpose.

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Week 3: How Night Came from the Sea

How Night Came from the Sea is a myth about how night came to be.

*We will learn about generalizations and visualizing.

Week 2: Adelina's Whales

Adelina's Whales is an expository text about the migration of whales.

*We will learn about fact and opinion and text structure.

4th Grade Reading Street Unit 3

Week 1: The Man Who Named The Clouds

The Man Who Named the Clouds is biography about the man who came up with our system of naming clouds.

*We will learn about graphic sources and important ideas.

Week 5: So You Want to Be President?

So You Want to Be President is an expository text about the presidents of the United States.

*We will learn about main idea and details and inferring.

Week 4: Horse Heroes

Horse Heroes is an expository text about real horses that were extraordinary.

*We will learn about fact and opinion.

Week 3: Scene Two

Scene Two is a drama about a group of kids writing a play about their town's history.

*We will learn about drawing conclusions and questioning.

Week 2: Coyote School News

Coyote School News is a historical fiction story about a Spanish boy growing up.

*We will learn about drawing conclusions and story structure.

4th Grade Reading Street Unit 2

Week 1: What Jo Did

What Jo Did is a fiction story about a kid who with some amazing basketball skills.

*We will learn about cause and effect and background knowledge.

Week 5: Letters Home from Yosemite

Letters Home from Yosemite is an expository text that tells about the Yosemite National Park.

*We will be learning about main idea and details as well as text structure.

Week 4: The Horned Toad Prince

The Horned Toad Prince is a trickster tale. It tells the story of an animal who outsmarts a bigger character.

*We will be learning about author's purpose and story structure.

Week 3: On the Banks of Plum Creek

On the Banks of Plum Creek is a historical fiction story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

*We will be learning about literary elements and schema.

Week 2: Lewis and Clark and Me

Lewis and Clark and Me is a historical fiction story that tells of the Corps of Discovery and the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.

*We will be learning about author's purpose and questioning.

4th Grade Reading Street Unit 1

Week 1: Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn Dixie is a realistic fiction story about a girl who moves to a new town and discovers a friend in a dog.

*We will be learning about summarizing and story sequence.

Antarctic Journal

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Week 2: Encantado: Pink Dolphins of the Amazon

Encantado is an expository text about the mysterious pink dolphins of the Amazon River.

We will be learning about comparing and contrasting as well as summarizing.

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4th Grade Reading Street Unit 4

Week 1: The Case of the Gasping Garbage

The Case of the Gasping Garbage is a mystery about two kid detectives.

We will be learning about comparing and contrasting

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Week 3: Navajo Code Talkers

Navajo Code Talkers is an expository text about the code talkers of World War II.

We will be learning about sequencing and important ideas.

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Week 4: Seeker of Knowledge

Seeker of Knowledge is a biography about the man who deciphered the hieroglyphics.

We will be learning about graphic sources and setting purpose.

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Week 5: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander

Encyclopedia Brown is a mystery story with a kid detective who is solving the case of a missing salamander.

We will be learning about character and plot.

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4th Grade Reading Street Unit 5

Week 1: Smokejumpers

This is a non-fiction, expository text that tells about the lives of brave fire fighters that fight fires from the air.

We will be learning about word choice and important ideas. We will be reviewing author's purpose and graphic sources.

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Week 2: Lost City

This is a biography that tells of the discovery of Machu Pichu by Professor Hiram Bingham.

We will be learning about sensory words and sequencing. We will review comparing and contrasting as well as plot

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Week 3: Cliff Hanger

This is a realistic fiction story that looks at what it takes to be a hero.

We will be learning about imagery and the climax of a story. We will review story structure and author's purpose.

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Week 4: Antarctic Journal

This is an autobiography about Jennifer Owings Dewey, a researcher who lived in Antarctica for four months.

We will be learning about main idea and details. We will review fact and opinion and word choice.

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Week 5: Moonwalk

This is a science fiction story that looks at space and what it would be like to visit the moon.

We will be learning about the point of view of a story as well as the rising action. We will review drawing conclusions and literary elements.