4th Grade
Summer School
Activity #1
Students will read two articles about inventions. Students will read the articles, find the main ideas, supporting details of each articles, then students will write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting the main ideas of each article. One paragraph will be comparisons and one paragraph will be contrasts.
Students will read two articles about inventions. Students will read the articles, find the main ideas, supporting details of each articles, then students will write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting the main ideas of each article. One paragraph will be comparisons and one paragraph will be contrasts.
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Activity #2
Read this book and fill out this graphic organizer that discusses main idea.
Read this book and fill out this graphic organizer that discusses main idea.
Activity #3
designs_of_davinci.pdf | |
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Activity #4
Please practice finding Main Idea using the book below and the Main Idea Graphic Organizer.
Please practice finding Main Idea using the book below and the Main Idea Graphic Organizer.
good_idea_how_inventions_shape_our_lives.pdf | |
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Activity #5
With a partner, read 2 articles (links below) and fill out Summarizing Main Idea Graphic Organizer. Then you will make 2 paragraphs. The first one, you will compare how the articles were the same and the second one, you will discuss how they are different.
With a partner, read 2 articles (links below) and fill out Summarizing Main Idea Graphic Organizer. Then you will make 2 paragraphs. The first one, you will compare how the articles were the same and the second one, you will discuss how they are different.
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Activity #1
Students will read two articles about inventions. Students will read the articles, and write a letter to the governor giving their opinion about which invention is better.
Students will read two articles about inventions. Students will read the articles, and write a letter to the governor giving their opinion about which invention is better.
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Activity #2
Choose an inventor to research and begin researching and collecting details. Use the Research Graphic Organizer and this link.
Choose an inventor to research and begin researching and collecting details. Use the Research Graphic Organizer and this link.
Activity #3
Students will research an inventor and will write a letter to the governor to help convince him to create a "special day" in memory of this inventor.
Watch this video to learn about persuasive writing.
Fill out graphic organizer for for the research and begin writing the persuasive letter.
Students will research an inventor and will write a letter to the governor to help convince him to create a "special day" in memory of this inventor.
Watch this video to learn about persuasive writing.
Fill out graphic organizer for for the research and begin writing the persuasive letter.
Activity #4 & #5
Continue working on Persuasive Letter.
Continue working on Persuasive Letter.
Activity #7
- Use this link to research you & your partner's top 5 inventions on a piece of paper
- make a survey of those 5 inventions (use tally marks)
- ask all classmates their top choice
- turn your survey into a graph using this link
- once you are done, leave graph on "preview" tab and we will do a gallery walk to share them
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