My school district adopted the Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Curriculum which is fantastic, but one of the units Reading the Weather, Reading the World doesn’t correspond with the fourth grade Massachusetts Science Standards. Since we study Weathering and Erosion, our district plans on using Grand Canyon by Jason Chin as our mentor text. For Bend II: Launching a Whole-Class Research Project and Bend III: Tackling a Second Research Project with More Agency and Power, we can use this set of hyperdocs.

Here is a suggested plan of action:

Day One: Two pairs of partners agree to research one of the below hyperdocs or one of the other hyperdocs on this site. Each person

becomes an expert on one of the links.

Day Two: Each partner researches their partner's link from Day One.

Day Three: Each partner presents their link to the other person. Each partner gives feedback on how to strengthen the presentation.

Day Four: The two pairs of partners each present their information to the group of four people.

Day Five: Students create a five-minute or less Flipgrid video for their final presentation.

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