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= ﻿ = =Grade 4 Northeast Region Unit By Mollie Kowalski = = =  Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., //quizzed//, //whined//, //stammered//) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., //wildlife//, //conservation//, and //endangered// when discussing animal preservation).
 * __ELA Standards__ **

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on //grade 4 reading and content//, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

**__Regions of the United States__**

4.8 On a map of the world, locateNorth America. On a map of North America, locate theUnited States, the Atlantic andPacificOceans,Gulf of Mexico,MississippiandRio GrandeRivers, the Great Lakes,Hudson Bay, and the Rocky and Appalachian Mountain ranges. (G)

4knowledg.9 On a map of North America, locate the current boundaries of theUnited States(includingAlaskaandHawaii). Locate the New England, Middle Atlantic, Atlantic Coast/Appalachian, Southeast/Gulf, South Central, Great Lakes, Plains,SouthwestDesert, and Pacific states and theCommonwealthofPuerto Rico. See Appendix H for a listing of states in each region. (G) 4.10 Identify the states, state capitals, and major cities in each region. (G)

__Differentiating Instruction__ The web sight Quizlet.com offers opportunities for students to practice content area vocabulary in a variety of ways. The sight will pronounce the word, spell the word and allow the students to play games. This would be valuable to share with special education and ELL instructors as well as parents.

__Best Teaching Practices__
 * The Top Down Web and Two Column notes are graphic organizers that encompass the whole unit. This helps to provide a model and guided practice. It can be used to as an exxplanatory device, a study guide, a summary aid. In addition it can be used activate e and teach thinking skills. This best practice instructional strategie offers clarity for the student.
 * Think, Pair and Share offers students time to think and organize their thought and share their thinking which increases student involvement.
 * Parental involvement by using the Quizlet.com.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cooperative Learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Project Based Learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Embeded Language Arts across the curriculum

media type="youtube" key="qoKhg2g1lmM" height="268" width="426" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Lesson One-[|Quizlet]** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**My goal is for the students to be exposed to the meaning of the categories that are used in the top down web.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Use quizlet.com to show and discuss with the students the new vocabulary words that they will be learning,they are the top down web categories.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Show them a filled in copy of the top down web and have them fill in their web.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Copy the wordle for each student. With partners they can put the words into alphabetical order and then paste the wordle to their unit folder.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**At the end of the lesson the the students could give you a "ticket to leave" a list of three things they want to know about the east. ﻿ **

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Lesson Two-** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**My focus is to have the students start to understand the vast differences that exisit with in the U.S. The differences that I focus on are related to day one vocabulary words.**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Pass out a copy of the words to America the Beautiful and play the video.Click on the play arrow in the screen above lesson one. Stop the video as pictures apppear that show words from the top down web.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Think,pair, share: what they think from "Sea to Shining Sea" means.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Have the partners make a list of nouns that they find in the song.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Whatch the video again.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Lesson Three **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Sheppard Software Matching Game] **

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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Web Sight:Introduce the Eastern region states through matching a stamp to the correct state. Allow volunteers to interact with the screen themselves. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Write the states into their two column note. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Scroll down from the state game and click New England Tour and Game. This gives facts about the states. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Fill in their own map with states names. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Houghton Mifflin Map] **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Lesson Four **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Landforms and Water **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Introduce vocabulary for Landforms and Waterways **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Quizlet.com] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Fill in individual maps and two column notes with Northeast major landforms and waterways. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">These are few images of the landforms. [|coastal plains] [|coastal plains] [|Appalachian Mountains] [|Cape Cod Bay] ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|coast line] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Show and explain the population map. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Think, pair, share: Why do more people live near the ocean instead of in the mountains? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The population map link will show an area in Appalachian Mountains that is lighter than the coast. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|population map at night] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Using a clock partner and your study guide create a test question on the front of an index card and the answer on the back. Share it with another clock partner and hand it in. **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Future Lessons **__


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Once the Top Down Web is completed and the two colunm notes are done the students will be able to do a podcast. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|Audacity] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Individual students can create and pose questions to their classmates. **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Culminating Activity **__ __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Resources **__ __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[|National Education Association] **__ Jon Saphier, Mary Ann Haley-Speca, Robert Gower, Initials. (2008). //Research for better teaching//. Acton, MA: Research for better teaching.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Create a video presentation using their projects. [|Vimeo] **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Choice 1 - Create a poster about your state **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Choice 2 - Create a state information book **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Choice 3 - Use technology to show what you learned about your state. **