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UNIT 1- FOCUS ON FAMILY
STORY:  JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL:  SETTING INFERENCES ABOUT SETTING
SIMILARTIES AND DIFFERENCES IN SETTING
VOCABULARY: BISCUITS, DOUGH, PRAIRIE, RAISINS, RUMPLED, TEASING, WRINKLED
VOCAB QUIA
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT
Cowboy Assignment
Flashcards
Flashcards 2
Matching Game
Matching Game 2
Concentration Game
Concentration Game 2
Concentration Game 3
Word Search
Word Search 2
Word Search 3
Hangman
Quiz

STORY: TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: SEQUENCE Chronological Order
VOCABULARY: ADOPT, ATLAS, CARRIAGE, COUPLE, MISERY, PLATFORM VOCAB QUIA
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:

ORPHAN TRAIN RESOURCES    EDUCATION WORLD ORPHAN TRAIN


STORY: YINGTAO'S NEW FRIEND
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: COMPARE AND CONTRAST COMPARE AND CONTRAST
VOCABULARY:   INSTRUMENTS, MEASURES, ORCHESTRA, REHEARSAL, TRIANGLE
VOCAB QUIA
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:


STORY: FAMILY PICTURES
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: AUTHOR'S PURPOSE  AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
VOCABULARY: BORDER, FUTURE, HANDKERCHIEF, INSPIRED, INVOLVED, LAUNDRY, MEMORIES, SCENE VOCAB QUIA
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:


STORY: ADDIE IN CHARGE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: CHARACTER CHARACTER TRAITS  CHARACTER ACTIONS  CHARACTER MOTIVES
Similarities & Differences in Characters
VOCABULARY: BELLOWS, BILLOWS, CROUCHED, SMARTED, TUFTS
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT: wILDFIRES wEBQUEST
Hero assignment


UNIT 2- A WIDER VIEW
STORY: FROM THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: VISUALIZING
VOCABULARY: CHIRP, FURIOUSLY, MELODY, OCCASION, RAILROAD, SUBWAY, TRAFFIC, VENTURING VOCAB QUIA
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
NEW YORK CITY TOUR

STORY: A BIG-CITY DREAM
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: CAUSE AND EFFECT CAUSE AND EFFECT
from Manatee - A good place to start
Fishbone Diagram - Tool to graph out cause and effect
Flashcards for Cause and Effect - Flashcards to use on-line
VOCABULARY: BLISTERS, CATALOG, CELEBRATE, IMPRESSED, PADLOCK
VOCAB QUIA

WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:


STORY: I LOVE GUINEA PIGS
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: TEXT STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY: BOARS, FOND, GNAWING, SOW, VARIETIESVocabulary Quia
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:

ANIMAL LIFE SPANS
Group C Animals of South America

STORY: THE SWIMMING HOLE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: THEME
VOCABULARY: BRISTLED, DUGOUT, JOINTED, NAUGHTY, PUNISH, RUSHES, SHALLOWVocabulary Quia
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
LEARN ABOUT LAURA INGELLS WILDER
Listen to some Aesop's Fables online
ethemes
Aesop's Fables Assignment

STORY: KOMODO DRAGONS
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: CONTEXT CLUES WORD MEANING FROM CONTEXT
VOCABULARY: ARMOR, FIERCE, HARSHEST, LIZARDS, PREY, REPTILES, ROAMVocabulary Quia
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
 The Big Zoo
LIZARD WEBQUEST

Unit 3- KEYS TO SUCCESS
 

story: john henry
INTERNET WORKSHOP
skill:  making judgments
vocabulary:boulder, horizon, tunnel, hollered, glimpse, rhythm, shivered
websites to check out: JOHN HENRY THE STEEL DRIVING MAN
TALL TALES  THE STUDY OF TALL TALES  TALL TALES WEBQUEST
FOLK TALES  PAUL BUNYAN  Regional Tall Tale America
webquestplan writing a tall tale
short movie

story: Marven of the Great North Woods
INTERNET WORKSHOP
skill: drawing conclusions  Drawing Conclusions test prep  Vocabulary Battleship
vocabulary: cord, flapjacks, snowshoes, depot, grizzly
websites to check out: History of Logging

story: On the Pampus
INTERNET WORKSHOP
skill: generalizing
vocabulary: brand, corral, manes, bridles, herd, reins, calves, initials
websites to check out:


story: The Storm
INTERNET WORKSHOP
skill: predicting Picture Puzzle Predictions
vocabulary: accident, coaxed, nuzzled, soothing, tornado, wail VOCAB QUIA
websites to check out:  TORNADO WEBQUEST
tornado assignment


story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
INTERNET WORKSHOP
skill: drawing conclusions
vocabulary: cobra, coiled, lame, plunged, triumph VOCAB QUIA
websites to check out: COBRAS AT THE BIG ZOO     COBRAS
MORE ABOUT COBRAS  COBRAS 2 MONGOOSEKING COBRA
COBRA/MONGOOSE SNAKES ALIVE WEBQUEST  SNAKES OF MISSOURI
snake hunt
HOW DO ANIMALS HELP PEOPLE

UNIT 4-TIMELESS STORIES
Level C Project:   The Past
STORY: HALF-CHICKEN
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: PARAPHRASING
VOCABULARY: FAREWELLS, TANGLED, FLUNG, SUGGESTED, UNIFOMS, VAIN  QUIA VOCABULARY GAMES
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:  INFO ABOUT CHICKENS

The Life Cycle of a Chicken A WebQuest 
FORCE OF NATURE

STORY: BLAME IT ON THE WOLF
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: COMPARE AND CONTRAST  COMPARE AND CONTRAST
VOCABULARY: CHARACTER, COURTROOM, GUILTY, EVIDENCE, RESCUED  WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
spelling activities: quia contractions
more contractions quia
english zone

STORY: LOU GEHRIG - THE LUCKIEST MAN-
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: TEXT STRUCTURE
VOCABULARY: CONVINCED, GRADUALLY, COURAGEOUS, IMMIGRANTS, ENGINEER
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT: ETHEMES NEGRO LEAGUE
ETHEME ON BASEBALL    ETHEMES ST LOUIS CARDNIALS
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME     BASEBALL ACTIVITIES
VOCAB QUIA
baseball assignments

STORY: THE DISGUISE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: SUMMARIZING
VOCABULARY: DANGEROUS, CHANTING, CAUTIOUS, SUSPECTED, SQUATTED, RECITE, PRINCIPAL, DISGUISE
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT: vocab quia,    tour of korea

STORY: KEEPERS
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: PLOT PLOT DEVELOPMENT   MORE PLOT DEVELOPMENT
VOCABULARY: CONSIDERING, DEFINITELY, TAUNTED, GROUNDERS, REMINDER, STROKE, DIAMOND
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT;

UNIT 5-OTHER TIMES, OTHER PLACES

STORY:AMAZING ALICE!
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL SUMMARIZING
VOCABULARY BLACKSMITH, CRANK, DEPENDABLE, FORGE, RAVINE, TELEGRAPH
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT VOCAB QUIA
Transportation Assignment

STORY A PEDDLER'S DREAM
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL PLOT
VOCABULARY purchased, trudged, bound, peddling,
quarters, fortune, mission
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT   History Happens  Official Ellis Island site
ethemes on immigration  living conditions for immigrants
Ellis Island  American Immigration Homepage
Webquest
MY IMMIGRATION ASSIGNMENT


STORY THE RACE FOR THE NORTH POLE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL GRAPHIC SOURCES  USING PICTURES
VOCABULARY ADVENTURE, NAVIGATE, REGION, WALRUSES, GLACIERS
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT artic adventure assignment
virtual tour of the north pole
north pole tour
Robert Peary to the top of the world
North Pole 2001

STORY INTO THE SEA
SKILL AUTHORS PURPOSE
VOCABULARY AWKWARD, FLIPPERS, RIDGES, UNDERSIDE, MUSCLES, CORAL, SURRENT, PROTECTION
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT
SEA TURTLE WEBQUEST      ONLINE SEA TURTLE ACTIVITIES
SEA TURTLE LIFE CYCLE
MY "SAVE A SEA TURTLE" ASSIGNMENT


STORY: Space Probes to the Planets
SKILL: Text Structure
VOCABULARY: incredible, atmosphere, probes, craters, spacecraft
Vocab Quia
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT
THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Unit 6: EXPRESS YOURSELF!!

STORY: KOYA'S COUSIN DEL
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: VISUALIZING
VOCABULARY: PERFORMERS, AUDITORIUM, MICROPHONES, APPLAUSE, IMITATION, AUTOGRAPHS, IMPATIENT
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
JAZZ KIDS TIMELINE

STORY:CHILDREN OF CLAY
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: STEPS IN A PROCESS
VOCABULARY: FIGURES, SCREENS, POLISH, POTTERY, SYMBOLS
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
Pueblo Potters photos    How to make clay

STORY: COMING HOME
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: FACT AND OPINION
VOCABULARY: LIBRARIANS, DREAMER, RUSTY, TREMBLE, HEROS, DRIFTED
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
 

STORY: OUT OF THE BLUE
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
VOCABULARY: CIRCULATING, THEORY, ELECTRICITY, CALENDAR, INVENTIONS, MYSTERIOUS, EXPERIMENT, ALMANAC
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:

STORY: CHOCOLATE IS MISSING
INTERNET WORKSHOP
SKILL: AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
VOCABULARY: APPROACH, CHOCOLATE, ANGLE, PRESENCE, POSTER, BRAG
WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:
 
 

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