Skills+-+4th+g.


 * CCGPS READING UNITS**
 * UNIT 1 || UNIT 2 || UNIT 3 || UNIT 4 ||

EXPLORERS

This site has a wealth of information for anyone studying Explorers. Check it out! []

Great resource []

All about Explorers A-Z []

Animated Hero Classics Christopher Columbus []

Sams Unit Resources

**Trade Book(s):**

Fritz, Jean, __Around the World in a Hundred Years__, Putnam & Grosset, 1998 Fritz, Jean, __Where Do You Think You Are Going Christopher Columbus__?, Paper Star, 1997 Fritz, Jean, __The Lost Colony of Roanoke__, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004

** Technology: ** [|http://www.timeforkids.com] (“New Tales of the Taino” from Time For Kids.com; October 23, 1998, Vol.4 No.6; Used with Cooperation and Conflict: Effects of European Exploration in North America )

[] (Interactive tool used to create timelines from the National Council of Teachers of English website; Used in Creating and Interpreting Timelines)

[|www.mariner.org/exploration/index.php] (Online exhibit of the Mariners’ Museum; Used in Whose Lunch is It Anyway?) [] (Library of Congress, The Learning Page, Timeline Colonial Settlement 1600’s-1763) [] (Cross-curricular link to the wind patterns at the equator [tropical region] and in the temperate climate zone. The animated diagram demonstrates how sailing from Spain brought Columbus to the Indies and how sailing from England, took Cabot to present-day Canada. Scroll down the webpage to see the animated diagram.) [|http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson044.shtml#tips] (Background information on using timelines in the classroom. Can be used as a framework for the master timeline for social studies.) [] (Supports exchange of ideas and goods between Europe and the “New World,” which is North and South America) [] (The Mariners’ Museum “Exploration through the Ages” Website. Click “The Explorers” for research site for all European explorers. Click “Their Voyages” to see interactive timeline and map of exploration routes. Click “Their Ships” for more information on their vessels. Click “Their Tools of Navigation” for images, explanations, and videos that explain how these tools were used by sailors.) [] (Henry Hudson. Biographical information and details of Hudson’s voyages to North America. The site contains an excellent collection of world maps, c.1590-1650.) [] (EnchantedLearning .com “Zoom Explorers.” This site features alphabetically arranged information on European explorers that provides leveled research resource for supported readers.) [|http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com] (Suggested videos are available to you for download from United Streaming. If you are not already registered with Discovery Education, you can obtain registration instructions from your school media center specialist.) ** Map Skills ** [] (The Mariners’ Museum Website has links to activities for students and teachers. Scroll down the page to see links to latitude and longitude.) **Information Processing** [] (Interactive tool used to create timelines from the National Council of Teachers of English website; Used in Creating and Interpreting Timelines)
 * __Destiny Determined: Power and Ritual in Asia__. Discovery Channel School (2004). Segment 2 depicts the Silk Road.
 * __Exploring the World: Christopher Columbus and the New World__. United Learning (1999). The 50-minute film can be shown in its entirety or video segments can support specific learning objectives.
 * __The New World Encountered__. Rainbow Educational Media (1998). The 26-minute film can be shown in its entirety or video segments can support specific learning objectives for English Explorer John Cabot and Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon. [Note: some of the content is outside the scope of Grade 4 curriculum; however, the film explains the Conquistadors and gives context for Juan Ponce de Leon.]
 * __Georgia__ __Stories 103: Early Inhabitants of Georgia__ (Part 2: Cultures Blend, Tough Choices, Keeping Cultures Alive Today), The . GPB Education (2001). The third video segment “Keeping Cultures Alive Today” is approximately 6 minutes long. It depicts the conflict between the American Indian and the European cultures. [Note: The segment is misidentified by United Streaming as “Cultures Blend.”]
 * __Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?__ Weston Woods (1980). Full video or video segments.

[|http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson044.shtml#tips] (Background information on using timelines in the classroom. Can be used as a framework for the master timeline for social studies.) **Differentiation Tool Kit** ** Remediation: **
 * TE/TR: 77G Make a Who, Where, When, and Why Chart (Also TE: 124)
 * TE: 83 Students work in pairs to create an illustrated story board (ELL)
 * TE: 94 Make a Chart of inventions and purpose (Extra Support)
 * TE: 97 Create a timeline of Columbus’s life (Leveled Practice/Extra Support)
 * TE: 97 Illustrate foods and animals in the Columbian Exchange (Extra Support)
 * TE: 102 Identify problem and solution (Extra Support)
 * TE: 124 Compare explorers in a chart (Extra Support)
 * TE: 126 Make a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast European explorers and/or European leaders (Extra Support)
 * TE: 134 Make a cause-and-effect chart about events in Jamestown (Extra Support)

**Enrichment:** TE: 97 Write a persuasive letter to the King and Queen to seek funding for
 * TE: 83 Write a journal entry from the point of view of a sailor on a long sea voyage
 * TE: 94 Report on navigation using celestial bodies (Science)

MAP SKILLS

Interactive Map Skills - covers map keys, etc. Fun for kids []

Scribble maps - allows you to chart and label maps. Lots of fun. You can embed maps on webpages, etc. [|www.scribblemaps.com]

Map101 - purchased through Fulton county - I haven't tried. (Teachers, if you have tried it please edit this section) www.maps101.comuser id: oaksespw: fulton

WEATHER

Weather Smart: Weather Video - [] Blackline masters for Weather Smart: Weather video -

Weather Smart: Forecasting and Weather Instruments - []

Blackline masters for Weather Smart: Forecasting and Weather Instruments video -

HEALTH - Conflict Resolution Video - Getting Better at Getting Along - 16 minutes

Blackline Masters that go with video - []

WATER CYCLE SONG []

WEATHER- TrackStar []

Destiny [] check out the webpath express