4.1 Read-Aloud Unit - Shiloh (Look Inside)
Genre Chart - Realistic Fiction
Graphic Organizers:
Persuasive Writing Frame (Day 27)
Nonfiction Articles:
Protecting Pets in Your Community (Day 6)
Time to Act: How to Report Animal Abuse or Neglect (Day 19)
Websites to Explore:
4.1 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
Text Complexity
Shoeshine Girl
Nonfiction Articles:
Pittsburgh Shoe Shiner Donates $200K
Because of Winn-Dixie
Nonfiction Articles:
5 Things to Do When You Find a Stray Dog
How I Became a Writer and Discovered Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo: Frequently Asked Questions
How to Steal a Dog
Nonfiction Articles:
5 Things to Do When You Find a Stray Dog
Tips for Posting Lost and Found Pet Flyers
Homeless Man's Honesty Pays Back in Spades
4.2 Read-Aloud Unit - The Castle in the Attic (Look Inside)
Graphic Organizers:
Opinion Writing Prompt (Day 33)
Nonfiction Text:
4.2 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
The Weeping Werewolf
The Dragonslayers
Into the Land of the Unicorns
Author Study - Bruce Coville:
7 Questions for Author Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's 8 Tips for Fantasy Writers
4.3 Read-Aloud Unit - Streams to the River, River to the Sea (Look Inside)
Genre Chart - Biography / Autobiography
Graphic Organizers:
Opinion Writing Prompt (Day 44)
Video Link: Great Journey West (Day 5)
Poem: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
Nonfiction Articles:
The Louisiana Purchase (Day 4)
What Happened to Sacagawea After the Journey? (Day 43)
4.3 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
Going Along with Lewis and Clark
Analyzing Sources Graphic Organizers:
The Pact with Captain Clark (Day 11)
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau is Born (Day 11)
usmint.gov/?s=native+america&area=kids
4.4 Read-Aloud Unit - Children of the Gold Rush (Look Inside)
Genre Chart: Historical Nonfiction
Video Link: City of Gold (Day 4) Note: Be sure to stop the video at 7:34
Text Structure - Anthology (Day 1)
Opinion Writing Prompt (Day 26)
Nonfiction Articles:
Top 10 Facts About Alaska (Day 12)
Positives and Negatives of Mining (Day 20)
Websites to Explore:
National Historic Park - Klondike Gold Rush, Seattle, WA
National Historic Park - Klondike Gold Rush, Skagway, AK
4.4 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
The Year of Miss Agnes
Map: The Gold Rush in the North (Day 4)
Nonfiction Articles:
First Official One Room Schoolhouse Teacher in Gustavus, Alaska
Native Americans - Inuit Peoples
Riding Freedom
Map: US Territorial Acquisitions (Day 4)
Nonfiction Articles:
Traveling Cross-Country on the Butterfield Stage Line
The Sign of the Beaver
Map: European Claims in North America (Day 4)
Nonfiction Articles:
The Wabanaki - People of the Dawnland
4.5 Read-Aloud Unit - Aurore of the Yukon (Look Inside)
Genre Chart - Historical Fiction
Graphic Organizers:
Research Writing Prompt (Day 27)
Map: Yukon Territory - Aline's Diary Entry #1 (Day 6)
Map: Aurore's Journey to the Yukon (Day 7)
Nonfiction Articles:
Celebrating Great Canadian Women: Kathleen "Klondike Kate" Ryan (Day 8)
Jack London, Inspired Prospector (Day 11)
The Musketeers of the Guard (Day 18)
The Transcontinental Railway Brings Opportunity (Day 25)
Trains Past, Present, and Future (Day 26)
4.5 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
The Kids' Book of Canada's Railway
Graphic Organizers:
Map: Dominion of Canada in 1870
Nonfiction Articles:
The Forerunner of Text Messaging: The Telegraph
What's the Difference Between a Prime Minister and a President?