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Reading Informational Text, Grade 4
Evan Moor
Paperback (Evan Moor Educational Publishers, Jan. 1, 2014)Provide your fourth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths.The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order.Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:-dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary-close reading activity-reading comprehension activity-vocabulary activity-text structure activityThe unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.Additional teacher support includes:-Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference-Downloadable home school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.-Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for studentsThe informational texts and structures cover:Science Articles-Getting to Know Snakes Text Structure: Question and Answer-Weather and the Scientists Who Study ItText Structure: Main Idea and Details-From Power Plant to Light BulbText Structure: Time OrderGeography Article-The Mystery of the Matching Continents Text Structure: Cause and EffectSocial Studies Articles-Being an Active CitizenText Structure: Main Idea and Details-How Countries Create Their EconomiesText Structure: Compare and ContrastBiography Articles-Julia Morgan: Architect and Trailblazer Text Structure: Time Order-Roald Dahl: Master StorytellerText Structure: Time OrderHow-to Articles-How to Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy Text Structure: Cause and Effect-How to Make Snacks More Healthful Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
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Tea
O. B. Gregory, Elsie Wrigley
Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, June 1, 1981)Describes where and how tea bushes are grown and how the leaves are picked, dried, rolled, and packaged. Includes questions and vocabulary.
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Railroad Men
O. B. Gregory, Paul Wrigley
Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, Nov. 1, 1982)Describes several kinds of trains such as the liner train and the Advanced Passenger train and relates how a locomotive engineer drives them.
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Butter
O. B. Gregory, Denis Wrigley
Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, Oct. 1, 1981)Describes how cream is separated from milk and churned into butter to spread on bread. Includes questions and vocabulary.
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Lumberjacks
O. B. Gregory, Paul Wrigley
Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1982)Discusses the work of lumberjacks, including cutting down adult trees, floating them downriver in the spring, and turning them into lumber and paper products.
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Bread
O. B. Gregory, Elsie Wrigley
Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, Oct. 1, 1981)Describes how wheat is grown, harvested, and ground into flour which is baked into loaves of bread. Includes questions and vocabulary.
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Airline Pilots
O. B. Gregory, Paul Wrigley
Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1982)Describes an airplane flight from takeoff to landing, explains the preparations the crew must make before the flight, and looks at the jobs done by each crew member
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Cowboys
O. B. Gregory, Elsie Wrigley
Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Nov. 1, 1982)A simple description of the work of cowboys and of how cattle get from ranch to market.
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Squirrels
Eileen Everett, A. Oxenham
Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Oct. 1, 1981)Describes the characteristics and habits of the red and grey squirrels. Includes questions and vocabulary.
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Sugar
O. B. Gregory, Elsie Wrigley
Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, Oct. 1, 1981)Explains briefly and simply how we get sugar from sugar cane and sugar beets. Includes questions and a vocabulary list.
