Updated 8-25-14
Library Curriculum Connections At-A-Glance
Check the Planner for Unit Plans and Critical Lists for Vocabulary
Grade 4 Unit 1 ELA Theme: Growing Up Essential Question: What experiences can cause a person to change
Literature
Selection
Start Smart
Genre
Introduction to
Genre
Informational
Text/Expository
Technology /
Media
McGraw Hill
TX Treasures TE
p. 131 I-J
MEDIA LITERACY
Video techniques
Analyze an ad
What techniques are
used to persuade?
Accessing Web pages
WK THEME
Welcome to 4th
Grade
TERMS
Images, graphics,
pacing, URL, link,
search engine, tab
Cornell Note-Taking
Comprehension
Strategies and
Skills
Genres
Introduction
Strategy
Reading
Informational
Text
Skill
Levels of
Thinking
Making
Connections
Vocabulary
Strategies
Using a
Dictionary
Using a
Thesaurus
Main Selection
Literary Text/
Fiction
Paired
Selection
Informational
Text/
Expository
WK THEME
Making a Move
The Adventures
of Ali Baba
Bernstein
by Johanna
Hurwitz
Illustrated by
Brian Biggs
WK THEME
Changing
Main Selection
Literary Text/
Fiction
Paired
Selection
Informational
Text/
Expository
ELA Classrm Wk I: NF
Scavenger Hunt-Classroom Literacy
Station- this activity is
about identifying Text
Features & structure
found in different types
of NF text.. could be
continued in the
library: BIO, NF, REF
text examples …NOT a
Dewey search.
OI LESSON Great
State of TX
Wordle and using
Blendspace
presentation tool
SEE Planner
Brain Pop login
school name_1
brainpop
IC Lesson Let’s Get
Physical Google
Earth – TX Landforms
and Water Bodies (SEE
Planner)"Scribblemaps"
NF Text Structure
Note Taking
Reading- I can analyze story
structure…
distinguish between
fictional,
informational text
ELA Classroom
Writing
*Future Story: You are
all grown up. Write a
story
about your life. How
will education help
you?
(SEE PPt on ELA
Planner)
My Diary from
Here to There
by
Amada Irma
Perez
Illustrated by
Maya C.
Gonzalez
Text Features/
Literary Elements,
Study Skills, LTs
Genre
Historical
Fiction, Fiction,
Expository
Strategy
Analyze Story
Structure
Skill
Make Inferences
Self-Selected
Strategy Use
Dictionary: Word
Origins
Genre
Fiction,
Expository
Strategy
Analyze Story
Structure
Skill
Character,
Setting, Plot
Make Inferences
Thesaurus:
Synonyms
Time Lines
Reading – I can –
use details to make
inferences, use text
evidence to support
decisions
Maps
Reading- I Can..
Identify characters,
setting, plot and put
the main events of
a
story in
order…identify
a map as a text
feature
IC OI: Social Studies
Unit 1: Theme Related Library Resources
Writing
Write Source
IC Understandings
Essential
Questions
Write Source
Writing/GrammarMechanics:
*The Writing Process
*Descriptive Writing
(Using the Writing
Process, Model- One
Writer's Process)
Skills: transitions, compd
sentences, prepositions
/phrases Review: end
punctuation, capitalize
proper nouns
Understandings:
*A democratic
society is based on
individual rights,
freedoms, and
responsibilities.
*Culture shapes
communities.
Write Source
Writing/GrammarMechanics:
*The Writing Process
*Descriptive Writing:
(Understanding the Texas
Traits, Evaluating Your
Writing, Peer
Responding)
Skills: Time-order
transitions, Capitals
/Historical Docs, Nouns,
Prepositions Review:
Adj., Capitals, Complete
sentences,
Writing/GrammarMechanics: *The Writing
Process *Descriptive
Writing: Essay (Model,
Prewriting, Drafting,
Revising, Editing)
Skills: prepositions
/phrases, transition
words, compound
sentence Review:
commas
Essential
Questions
*How do people
get along with
each other?
*What happens
when people
disagree?
*How does culture
shape Texas?
*How do customs,
celebrations, and
symbols reflect the
culture of Texas?
SEE Planner Units
1st OI: Social Studies
MIND MISSIONS
*Teambuilding,
brainstorming
*Comanche Carrier
Changes / nomadic life
*LaSalle’s Losses the
explorer’s attempt to
reach the Mississippi
*Mission PossibleSpanish Missions
*Location Location..
Austin Advertising
patterns of settlement,
empresarios, Martin de
Leon, Stephen F. Austin
*Fight for Freedom
causes of TX Revolution,
Constitution
*Republic of Texas
Success, problems,
organization of
Republic of TX
SOCIAL STUDIES
TX State symbols, state
song, pledge
primary, secondary
sources
TX landforms, climate
patterns of settlement
Regions of TX
Blackland Prairie
American Indians in TX
and N. America
before 1500
(listed under Videos in
Planner)
European Explorers
(1500s) TX and N.
America Pineda,
Moscoso, Coronado,
Cabeza de Vaca, de
Soto, Oñate. Rene R.
Cavelier Sieur de la Salle
Literature
Selection
Genre
Kid Reporters at
Work
Time For Kids
Informational
Main Selection
Informational
Text/
Expository
Technology /
Media
IC LESSON Regions
of Texas Spotlight on
TX CUR books for this
topic and historical
events—(new this
summer) go to classrm
IC Lesson The Tejas
Museum Tejas tribes
research- SEE Planner
for sites. Related book
: The Legend of the
Indian Paintbrush
(dePaolo) also in
Discovery Education
WK THEME
Kids at Work
The Astronaut
and the Onion
by Ann Cameron
Illustrated by
Anna Rich
WK THEME
Mentors
Consejeros
Main Selection
Literary Text/
Fiction
Paired
Selection
Informational
Text/
Expository
IC Lesson Explorers
of TX Websites,
related books, Nystrom
Jr. Geographer Atlas,
Handbook of Texas
Online
MIND MISSIONS
*Mission PossibleGoogle Earth Mission
Tour
IC LESSON
Comprehension
Strategies and
Skills
Genre
Fiction,
Expository
Strategy
Analyze Text
Structure
Skill
Compare/Contr
ast
Self-selected
strategy
Genre
Autobiography,
Fiction,
Biography
Strategy
Character
Skill
Character
Compare and
Contrast
Vocabulary
Strategies
Thesaurus:
Antonyms
Using a
Dictionary
pronunciation,
syllabication, and
meaning
Everything’s Bigger
in TX Transfer TaskBecause of
Winn-Dixie
by
Kate DiCamillo
WK THEME
Friends of All Ages
/ Amigos de Todos
las Edades-Review
Main Selection
Literary Text/
Fiction
Paired
Selection
Literary Text/
Poetry
research: students will
create, present a new
region of TX
SEE websites in Planner
Google Earth
IC LESSON Famous
Texans TX Perspectives
(series) BIO books in library
IC LESSON Texas Our
Texas Transfer Task
Students will write an
expository essay SEE
Planner for specifics
Genre
Historical
Fiction, Fiction,
Poetry
Strategy
Summarize
Skill
Sequence
Character,
Setting,
Plot
Dictionary:
Connotation and
Denotation
McGraw–Hill Texas Treasures, TE Grade 4; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, WriteSource
Text Features/
Literary Elements,
Study Skills, LTs
Using the Library
Reading - I Can
identify text
structure and
features in NF
text..read
independently
w/purpose....(oral
Lang) use text
evidence
Recipes
Oral LanguageI Can..identify
characteristics of an
autobio..summarize
a text using text
evidence…identify
1st , 3rd person narr
Reading..I Can
describe character’s
personality
traits..determine
sequence
Stanza, Line Break,
Simile
Writing
Write Source
Write Source
Writing/Grammar:
*The Writing Process
*Descriptive Essay:
(Model, Prewriting,
Drafting) Skills:
prepositional phrases,
transitions,
compound sentences,
commas
Review: commas
Write Source
Writing/GrammarMechanics:
*The Writing Process
*Descriptive Writing:
Descriptive Essay
(Revising)
Skills: Nouns,
prepositional
1st OI: Social Studies
Mexican War of
Independence
empresario: Stephen F.
Austin, six flags over TX
TX War of
Independence
Battle of Alamo
Santa Anna
Battle of San Jacinto
(monument)
Republic of Texas
Annexation to US
Civil War
Confederacy, Union
Emancipation
Proclamation
Reconstruction in TX
Quanah Parker
buffalo
Frontier forts
famous Texans—SEE
Planner for list
Geography,Map
Skills: Latitude/
Write Source
Writing/GrammarMechanics:
*The Writing Process,
Descriptive Writing:
Descriptive Essay
(Editing); Descriptive
Writing Across the
Curriculum. Skills: Apply
capitalization,
prepositional phrases,
transitions, compnd
sentences , commas
Review: Using the right
word
Longitude, grid systems,
symbols, scales,
legends, compass rose