4th+grade+ELA

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 * 4th grade texts from LDOE and Common Core.**

This file lets you know what's available in the PWE library and what has been ordered.

= Unit 1 LDOE Sample Unit Plans Text Exemplars =

//The Lightning Thief//, Rick Riordan (Literary) There are 6 copies of this in PWE library. || **Related Texts** //__Literary Texts__// There is 1 copy of this in PWE library.
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 * “The Face in the Pool” and “The Weaving Contest” from //Favorite Greek Myths//, Mary Pope Osborne


 * “The Mares of Diomedes” and “Procrustes and His Magic Bed” from //Legends: Heroes and Villains//, Anthony Horowitz This is on order.
 * “Heracles” and “The Wild and Vulgar Centaurs” from //D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths//, Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire This is on order.

This is on order, but chapter 1 is in appendix B, and I've included it below.
 * Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11 of //Where the Mountain Meets the Moon//, Grace Lin ([|Appendix B] Exemplar)


 * Clips from //Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief//, Chris Columbus (Film)
 * Clips from //Hercules//, Ron Clements and John Musker (Disney Film) ||

Far away from here, following the Jade River, there was once a black mountain that cut into the sky like a jagged piece of rough metal. The villagers called it Fruitless Mountain because nothing grew on it and birds and animals did not rest there.
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 * Lin, Grace. ****//Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. //**** New York: Little, Brown, 2009. (2009) **
 * From Chapter 1 **

Crowded in the corner of where Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River met was a village that was a shade of faded brown. This was because the land around the village was hard and poor. To coax rice out of the stubborn land, the field had to be flooded with water. The villagers had to tramp in the mud, bending and stooping and planting day after day. Working in the mud so much made it spread everywhere and the hot sun dried it onto their clothes and hair and homes. Over time, everything in the village had become the dull color of dried mud.

One of the houses in this village was so small that its wood boards, held together by the roof, made one think of a bunch of matches tied with a piece of twine. Inside, there was barely enough room for three people to sit around the table—which was lucky because only three people lived there. One of them was a young girl called Minli.

Minli was not brown and dull like the rest of the village. She had glossy black hair with pink cheeks, shining eyes always eager for adventure, and a fast smile that flashed from her face. When people saw her lively and impulsive spirit, they thought her name, which meant quick thinking, suited her well. “Too well,” her mother sighed, as Minli had a habit of quick acting as well.

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= = Unit 2 LDOE Sample Unit Plans Text Exemplars =

//If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution//, Kay Moore This is on order. || **Related Texts** //__Literary Texts__// //__Informational Texts__// = = = = = Unit 3 LDOE Sample Unit Plans Text Exemplars =
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 * Excerpts from //My Brother Sam is Dead//, James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier There are 2 copies of this at PWE.
 * //Katie’s Trunk//, Ann Turner This is on order.
 * //When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776//, Ann Turner This is out of print.
 * //Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began//, Lucille Recht Penner This is on order.
 * //Those Rebels, John and Tom//, Barabara Kerley T his is on order.
 * //George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides//, Rosalyn Schanzer We have 1 copy. ||  ||

//Pushing Up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children//, Joseph Bruchac (Literary) This is on order. || **Related Texts** //__Literary Texts__//
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 * //Her Stories//, Virginia Hamilton This is on order.

//__Informational Texts__// Literary text The snow fell for three days, though after the first day it was not as thick and the wind quieted down. Sometimes Aaron felt that there could never have been a summer, that the snow had always fallen, ever since he could remember. He, Aaron, never had a father or mother or sisters. He was a snow child, born of the snow, and so was Zlateh. It was so quiet in the hay that his ears rang in the stillness. Aaron and Zlateh slept all night and a good part of the day. As for Aaron’s dreams, they were all about warm weather. He dreamed of green fields, trees covered with blossoms, clear brooks, and singing birds. By the third night the snow had stopped, but Aaron did not dare to find his way home in the darkness. The sky became clear and the moon shone, casting silvery nets on the snow. Aaron dug his way out and looked at the world. It was all white, quiet, dreaming dreams of heavenly splendor. The stars were large and close. The moon swam in the sky as in a sea.
 * //Zlateh The Goat and Other Stories,// Isaac Bashevis Singer ([|Appendix B] Exemplar) This is on order.
 * //Cajun Folktales// or //Haunted Bayou//, J.J. Renaux This is on order.
 * //How and Why Stories for Readers Theatre//, Judy Wolfman (Drama) This is on order.
 * //American Tall Tales//, Mary Pope Osborne and Michael McCurdy There is one copy at PWE.
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 * Singer, Isaac Bashevis. “Zlateh the Goat.” ****//Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories //**** . New York: HarperCollins, 2001. (1984) **

= Unit 4 LDOE Sample Unit Plans Text Exemplars =

// Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms //, Patricia Lauber (Informational, [|Appendix B] Exemplar) This is on order. || ** Related Texts ** //__ Literary Texts __// //__ Informational Texts __// Anchor text
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 * Excerpt from //My Louisiana Sky//, Kimberly Willis Holt We have 1 copy.
 * Excerpts from //Ninth Ward//, Jewell Parker Rhodes This is on order.
 * // Letters from Katrina: Stories of Hope and Inspiration //, Mark Hogg and Kim Lemaire This is on order.
 * // Hurricanes! //, Gail Gibbons This is on order.
 * // A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina //, Blanchard (Music) ||  ||
 * Lauber, Patricia. ****//Hurricanes: Earth //**//’ //**//s Mightiest Storms. //**** New York: Scholastic, 1996. (1996) **
 * From “The Making of a Hurricane” **

Great whirling storms roar out of the oceans in many parts of the world. They are called by several names—hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone are the three most familiar ones. But no matter what they are called, they are all the same sort of storm. They are born in the same way, in tropical waters. They develop the same way, feeding on warm, moist air. And they do the same kind of damage, both ashore and at sea. Other storms may cover a bigger area or have higher winds, but none can match both the size and the fury of hurricanes. They are earth’s mightiest storms. Like all storms, they take place in the atmosphere, the envelope of air that surrounds the earth and presses on its surface. The pressure at any one place is always changing. There are days when air is sinking and the atmosphere presses harder on the surface. These are the times of high pressure. There are days when a lot of air is rising and the atmosphere does not press down as hard. These are times of low pressure. Low-pressure areas over warm oceans give birth to hurricanes.

//From: HURRICANES: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST STORMS by Patricia Lauber. Copyright © 1996 by Patricia Lauber. Used by permission of Scholastic, Inc. //

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“Hurricane Myths: Fact or Fiction” “[|Weather-ology: The Hurricane’s Hundred Horrible Hands],” Jamie McLeod

Appendix B

Appendix B Common Core