READING UNIT 3 INQUIRY PROJECT
In the unit inquiry project, the student chooses an animal and asks a
question about its behavior, then does the research on it. Print or online
resources are used to find the answer to their questions on a specific animal.
The timetable is to help them spread out their research over 4 weeks and in
the 5th week put it all together in a written report. This is a way of
helping them learn to use their time wisely when doing a report and not leave
it to the night before it's due.
Unit 3 Inquiry Project Timetable
Week 1 - Identify Questions
Choose an animal and browse a few websites or print reference
materials to develop an inquiry question about its behavior.
Consider migratory patterns, hibernation cycles, physical
transformations, or parenting behaviors.
Week 2 - Navigate/Search
Conduct effective information searches and look for text and
images that will help answer the inquiry question.
Week 3 - Analyze
Explore Websites or print materials. Analyze the information
to determine whether or not it is useful. Print or takes notes
on valid information.
Week 4 - Synthesize
Combine relevant information collected from different sources
to develop answers for the inquiry question.
Week 5 - Communicate
Write a short report on the animal’s behavioral pattern.
Include a Bibliography.
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VOCABULARY NEWS
Sadlier-Oxford, the publisher of our Vocabulary books, offers a free online
service. Visit http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/ Click on COLOR LEVELS - We
are the Orange Book
The students can do games and puzzles using the words from their current
unit. I showed them the site in class and they love the activities.
4th Grade Reading List
Avi - Something Upstairs
Blume, Judy - Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing and SuperFudge
Brittain, Bill - All The Money In The World
Bunting, Eve - In-Between Days
Byars, Betsy - Dead Letter
Cleary, Beverly - Ramona (Series)
Clifford, Eth - Help! I’m A prisoner In The Library
Colville, Bruce - Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Curtis, Christopher Paul - Bud, Not Buddy
Danziger, Paula - Everyone Else’s Parents Said Yes
Eager, Edward - Half Magic
Fleishman, Sid - The Whipping Boy
Fritz, Jean - The Cabin Faced West
Gilson, Jamie - 13 Ways To Sink A Sub
Graeber, Charlotte - Fudge
Gray, Luli - Falcon’s Egg
Greene, Bette - Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
Greenfield, Eloise - Sister
Hahn, Mary - Doll In The Garden
Hurwitz, Johanna - A Llama In The Family, Class Clown, (any in the Series)
James, Mary - Shoebag
Johnston, Tony - Any Small Goodness
Kehret, Peg - Earthquake Terror Volcano Disaster
Kennedy, Trish - Baseball Card Crazy
Korman, Gordon - Why Did The Underwear Cross The Road?, Swindle, ZooBreak,
The 39 Clues Book1, 2, 3 & 4
Lasky, Kathryn - Shadows In The Water
L’Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle In Time
Levy, Elizabeth - Keep Ms. Sugarman In The Fourth Grade
Lewis, C. S. - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi Longstocking
Lowry, Lois - Stay! Keeper’s Story
Maclachan, Patricia - Arthur For The Very First Time
Manes, Stephen - Be A perfect Person In Just Three Days
McKenna, Colleen - Too Many Murphys
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - The Boys Start The War, The Girls Get Even,
Shiloh, and Saving Shiloh
Norton, Mary - The Borrowers
O’Connell, Jean - Dollhouse Caper
Park, Barbara - Almost Starring Skinnybones
Patneaude, David - Someone Was Watching
Paulsen, Gary - Call Me Francis Tucket, and Hatchet
Regan, Dian - Monsters In Cyberspace
Reid, Banks, Lynne - The Indian In The Cupboard
Roberts, Willo Davis - The Magic Book
Robinson, Barbara - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The Best School
Year Ever
Ruckman, Ivey - Night Of The Twisters
Sachar, Louis - Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Scieszka, Jon - Knights Of The Kitchen Table
Selden, George - The Cricket In Times Square
Selznick, Brian - Houdini Box
Service, Pamela - Stinker From Space
Smith, Robert Kimmel - The War With Grandpa
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley - The Egypt Game
Sterman, Betsy & Samuel - Backyard Dragon
Stolz, Mary - A Dog On Barkham Street and Stealing Home
Viorst, Judith - If I Were In Charge Of The World & Other Worries
Wardlow, Lee - 101 Ways To Bug Your Parents
Wright, Betty Ren - The Ghost In Room 11