Grade 4 Unit 3 -  Patterns in Nature Dear Teacher, Each week of instruction on Reading Street has three Leveled Readers to help you target comprehension and vocabulary skills for enhancing your students' abilities. The list of Leveled Readers appears in the right column of every Reading Street Extra newsletter. Included are books for On-Level, Below-Level, and Advanced readers, so that you can easily differentiate instruction. There are also blackline masters of all of the Leveled Readers, so students can take home a copy of the book for further practice.

Cross-Curricular Resources Week One The Stranger What and When Is Fall? This activity helps students to understand the tilt of the Earth and how it factors into seasonal changes. Fall Haiku Students learn the syllable structure and mood of haiku poems by comparing autumn with the peaceful rhythms of haiku poetry. Autumn Leaf Art Projects Students create a piece of art using fallen leaves. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg Use this guide in your author study of Chris Van Allsburg. Success Tracker Success Tracker is a powerful online assessment and data management system. Success Tracker helps you assess, manage data, group students, and individualize instruction. Week Two Adelina’s Whales Helping the Whale Conservation Effort Learn what you can do to help protect whales. Blue Whale Table Students use the data from a table on blue whales to answer word problems. How Big Is a Blue Whale? Students practice prediction and measurement skills by comparing the size of a blue whale to various objects. Our Amazing Oceans This activity sheet encourages students to create a game based on their knowledge of oceans. The Leveled Reader Online Database The Leveled Reader Online Database gives access to over 1000 titles and is searchable by level, skills, author, genre, topic, and more. Teachers can download and print books in color or black and white, download practice pages, or assign texts to students electronically. Students can hear the story read by a professional narrator. Week Three How Night Came from the Sea Me and My Shadow Using their own shadows and the shadow of a paper child on a globe, students learn through a simulation how the sun's apparent motion can be caused by Earth's motion. Getting in the Mood Students reflect on the mood set in a story. The Earth Is Tilted This activity helps students to understand the tilt of the Earth and how it factors into seasonal changes. Moon Facts Here are facts about moons all over the solar system! Week Four Eye of the Storm Supercomputers Can Track Super Storms This worksheet discusses how supercomputers can be used to predict the weather. Hurricane Basics Learn about the conditions that create a hurricane, as well as how to stay safe when a hurricane is headed your way. How Hurricanes Are Named Bob, Mindy, Danielle, Floyd. Ever wonder where hurricanes get their names? Tracking a Hurricane In this simulation, students will track a hurricane in the manner of a meteorologist. Unit Inquiry Project: Animal Behaviors Students choose an animal and research a specific behavioral pattern. Week Five The Great Kapok Tree About the Tropical Rain Forest Use these activities to teach students about the tropical rain forests. Tropical Rain Forest Math Students work together to solve several word problems with a rain forest theme. Plants of the Rain Forest This lesson will increase students' awareness of some of the important types of plants found in the rain forest. Rain Forest Animals Students color, cut out, and glue animals to the correct layer of the rain forest.

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