Library+Plans+4th+Grade

Science -- I want to do something else this year....Kate
Weather & Climate http://www.westmeade.net/Library/WeatherScavenger_hunt.htm

Computer/Internet/Big Six skills
There are a lot of these including keyboarding on the standards.

This is a listing of some potential history projects we could do... http://www.westmeade.net/Library/4thGradeHistoryProjects.htm

Poetry
Lots of online activities to reinforce various kinds of poetry -- It would be fun to let them make a poetry journal and practice writing poetry. In the past some kids have loved this so much they've asked for a regular poetry club. Paul Revere's Ride - Longfellow ---

Genres of Fiction
We've done this before --- We have plenty of newer mysteries now -- and other books that fit nicely into this --- including the recent graphic novel -- Hugo Cabret that won the Caldecott this year.

Biography
We have a set of Sky Pilot --- we could do Amelia Earhart http://www.westmeade.net/Library/ameliaearhart.htm Kids produced a Powerpoint presentation on her life

Celebrations
- Cinco De Mayo - http://www.westmeade.net/Library/cinco_de_mayo.htm

Constitution Day (Week)
http://www.westmeade.net/Library/constitution.htm work on the governement standards they are supposed to know --- branches of governent, checks and balances, be able to describe the importance of the U.S. constitution as identified in the preamble (which they learn for a prize) - and the Tennessee constitution

Native American Webquest
-- Our school has been chosen to be the the site of a new Native American museum! This museum will show how Native Americans lived from about 1500 to the 1800's. We need your help to make this museum a great success! You have been hired as a museum curator. It will be your job to **research** and help **set up a display** of an Indian Tribe for the Native American Museum. http://www.westmeade.net/Library/MuseumCuratorWebquest.htm

Students would use all of the books about Native Americans to do research as well as the internet links. They would negotiate with you for what display they would make.

Native American Resources

 * http://www.westmeade.net/Library/NativeAmericanResources.htm****

History Detective - Colonial
interactive webquest http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/index_js2.html# It would be something that we could use to help kids think about how they ask questions and record information they find by paraphrasing...

Sign of the Beaver Webquest ---
http://www.westmeade.net/Library/sign_of_the_beaver.htm

Create Your Own Revolutionary War Timeline
http://www.westmeade.net/Library//revolutionarywar.htm

Primary Resource Webquest
- http://www.westmeade.net/Library/PrimarySourceScavengerHunt.htm

African Americans and Women in the revolution
http://www.westmeade.net/Library/Africans&WomenRevolution.htm The goal in this exercise was to practice locating infromation in reading -- taking notes and preparing a presentation about their person.

http://karenmcintyre.com/steenindex.htm
This unit is one of my favorites --- not only do students explore animals of the forest they think about the impact of geography on world weather and the impact of humans on geography. I begin with an interesting example of an woman explorer in the early 20th century who went and lived with the Caraja Indians in the Amazon Basin – showing her PRIMARY REASEARCH. Then we move to secondary research – as they select their animal—with this unit we turned the library into a rain forest – even covering the lights with green cellophane to give the impression that you were under the rainforest canopy. Students planted bromeliads – One of the garden centers provided us with tropical plants including orchids and blooming bromeliads and we built a banyan tree in the story corner of the library.