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Grade 4 Self-Monitoring Strategy Unit

Analyzing Strategy Unit

Genre Book Club:Ready, Set, Adventure!

Sequencing Strategy Unit

Making Connections Strategy Unit

Predicting Strategy Unit

Arts Book Club:Sounds Like Music

Inferring Strategy Unit

Evaluating Strategy Unit

Social Responsibility Book Club:Kids Can Do It!

Synthesizing Strategy Unit

Science Book Club:Earth Rescue

Guided Reading Guided Reading Guided Reading Guided Reading

Sample Yearly Plan

Book Club Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Science Environment The Body Space Exploration

The Arts Music Visual Art Drama

Social Responsibility Taking Action Bullying Responding to Disasters

Genre Adventure Mystery Fantasy

Book Club Units Feature Cross-Curricular

Connections!

• Each Strategy Unit focuses on one main comprehension strategy. Book Club Units combine several of the comprehension strategies.

• You can use the Strategy and Book Club Units in any order, this is one possible order.

Grade 4 Complete Pack•Professional Development Package •8 Strategy Units•30 Guided Reading Texts and Teaching Plans•4 Book Club Units

978-0-7791-7837-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,890.00

Professional Development Package 978-0-7791-7484-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00

•Grade 4 Literacy Support Guide . . . .978-0-7791-7584-0 . . . .$75 .00 •Program & Planning Guide . . . . . . .978-0-7791-7633-5 . . . .$40 .00•Professional Development DVD . . . .978-0-7791-7654-0 . . . .$40 .00

Strategy UnitsGrade 4 Complete Strategy Unit Pack•8 units & display box978-0-7791-7485-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$990.00

Guided ReadingComplete Grade 4 Guided Reading Pack•All 30 Guided Reading Packs978-0-7791-7487-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,485.00

Grade 4 Guided Reading Library Pack • 1 copy each of 30 texts978-0-7791-7836-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$227.00

Guided Reading Packs• 6 copies of Guided Reading Text & Teaching Plan

Book Club UnitsComplete Grade 4 Book Club Unit Pack •Contains all 4 Book Club Units978-0-7791-7486-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,385.00

Each Book Club Unit contains:• Unit Teacher’s Guide•Unit Audio CD with fluent readings•1 or more Read Aloud books•2 Shared Reading texts•Multiple copies of 4 texts for supported independent reading: below level, approaching level, on level, and above level•Additional Website resources

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Kids Can Do It! Unit . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7818-6 . . . $305.00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofCity of Ember (book) •1copyofWhat Kind of Volunteer Are

You? (5 overheads) •1copyofRyan’s Well (3 overheads)

•1 Kids Can Do It! Audio CD (Fluent Readings: What Kind of Volunteer Are You?, Ryan’s Well, The Right Whale)

•4copiesofThe Right Whale (book)•8copiesofA Friend for Mr. Granville (book)•12copiesofJackson Jones and Mission Greentop (book)•4copiesofChocolate River Rescue (book)

Supported Independent Reading

Approaching Level On Level Above LevelBelow LevelTeacher’s Guide Read Aloud

Social Responsibility Book Club – Kids Can Do It!

Earth Rescue Unit . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7808-7 . . . $365.00

Teacher’s Guide 2 Read Aloud2 Shared Reading texts

Supported Independent Reading

•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofOwen & Mzee (book) •1copyofInterrupted Journey (book) •1copyofThe Tree Woman (2 overheads) •16copiesofMake Some New Friends...

(brochure)

•1EarthRescueAudioCD(Fluent Readings: The Tree Woman, Make Some New Friends, Endangered Animals)

•4copiesofEndangered Animals (book)•8copiesofEndangered Sea Animals (book)•12copiesofRecycling (book) •4copiesofConservation (book)

Additional 4-Packs •Endangered Animals . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7812-4 . . . .$28 .00 •Endangered Sea Animals . . . 978-0-7791-7811-7 . . . .$28 .00 •Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7810-0 . . . .$28 .00 •Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7809-4 . . . .$28 .00

Approaching Level

On Level Above LevelBelow Level

Science Book Club – Earth Rescue

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Shared Reading

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Sounds Like Music Unit . . . . . 978-0-7791-7823-0 . . . $385.00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofMusic for the End of Time (book) •1copyofGo Make a Song (3 overheads) •1copyofThe Fox Went Out (3 overheads) •1Music Everywhere Audio CD (Fluent

Readings: Go Make a Song, The Fox Went Out, Music Everywhere Magazine; Songs: Down by the Bay, The Fox Went Out, There is Music, Long John: An Echo Song, On Top of Spaghetti)

•1The Beat Audio CD (Songs: A Bit of Boogie, Haul Away, Joe: A Sea Shanty, There’s a Beat Going Down)

•1Music Forever Audio CD (Songs: Noise, The Voyageur Song: A Paddling Song, Gillis Mountain)

•1Your Song Audio CD (Songs: Kitchen Party , Donkey Riding: A Timber Boat Song, Big Yellow Taxi)

Additional 4-Packs •Music Everywhere (magazine)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7827-8 . . . .$33 .00 •The Beat (magazine) . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7826-1 . . . .$33 .00 •Your Song (magazine) . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7825-4 . . . .$33 .00 •Music Forever (magazine) . . . 978-0-7791-7824-7 . . . .$33 .00

Approaching Level On Level Above LevelBelow Level

Supported Independent Reading

Teacher’s Guide Read Aloud 2 Shared Reading texts Comprehension

Spinners

•1Non-fictionSpinnerPack(12Spinners: 4 each for Before, During, and After Reading)•4copiesofMusic Everywhere (magazine)•8copiesofThe Beat (magazine)•12copiesofYour Song (magazine)•4copiesofMusic Forever (magazine)

Additional 4-Packs •The Right Whale . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7822-3 . . . .$30 .00 •A Friend for Mr. Granville . . . 978-0-7791-7821-6 . . . .$30 .00 •Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7820-9 . . . .$31 .95 •Chocolate River Rescue . . . . 978-0-7791-7819-3 . . . .$35 .80

Self-Monitoring Unit . . . . . 978-0-7791-7828-5 . . .$155 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofCatching the Moon (book) •16copiesofZero’s Math Adventures (magazine) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:Zero’sMathAdventures)

Text Type Study: narrative - realistic fiction

Guide GuideRead AloudAudio CD

Shared Reading

Analyzing Unit. . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7829-2 . . .$195 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofKiller Whales (book) •1copyofChendra’s Journal (10 overheads) •16copiesofOur Canada (map) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:Chendra’sJournal)

Text Type Study: retell - journal

Guide

Read Aloud

Sequencing Unit . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7830-8 . . .$100 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofWater Dance (book) •1copyofBuild Me a Castle (12 overheads) •1copyofBest Canadian Inventions (5 overheads) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:BuildMeaCastle,BestCanadianInventions) Text Type Study: procedure - instructions

Shared Reading

Guide Read Aloud

Making Connections Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-7831-5 . . . $150 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofThirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back (book) •1copyofMenu From The Bug House Family Restaurant, (1 overhead) •16copiesofThe Bug House Family Restaurant Menu (menu) •1copyofThrills Across the Board (6 overheads) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:MenufromTheBugHouseFamilyRestaurant,

Thrills Across the Board; Songs: Bug House Family Restaurant) Text Type Study: report - compare and contrast

Predicting Unit . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7832-2 . . . .$95 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofTo the Top of Everest (book) •1copyofPuss in Boots (12 overheads) •1copyofWhy Rabbit Has a Short Tail (3 overheads) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:WhyRabbitHasaShortTail,PussinBoots) Text Type Study: narrative - pourquoi tales

Shared Reading

Guide Read Aloud Guide Read Aloud

Shared Reading

Inferring Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7833-9 . . .$135 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofVarjak Paw (book) •1copyofPoems to Set You Free (4 overheads) •16copiesofPost Card Mystery (7 postcards) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:PoemstoSetYouFree,PostcardMystery;

Songs: Later, How Can You Change “Sleep” into “Dream”?) Text Type Study: personal communication - postcards

Shared Reading

Guide Read Aloud

Evaluating Unit . . .978-0-7791-7834-6 . . $105 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofThe Kite Fighters (book) •16copiesofBreaking Down Breakfast cards (2 cards);

1 copy of Breaking Down Breakfast (1 overhead) •16copiesofCanada’s Ice Hotel (brochure) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:BreakingDownBreakfast,Canada’sIceHotel) Text Type Study: persuasive - brochure

Shared Reading

Guide Read Aloud

Synthesizing Unit . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7835-3 . . . .$85 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofEvangeline Mudd and the Golden-Haired Apes

of the Ikkinasti Jungle (book) •1copyofGame On! (2 overheads) •1copyofLight, Oh Light (poster) •1AudioCD(FluentReadings:GameOn!) Text Type Study: poetry - concrete poems

Little Li and the Golden Kites: A Story from China fiction: narrative - folktalesynthesizingpredicting

978-0-7791-7683-0 . . . $57 .50

Raps x 3 fiction: poems - rhyming poetrysynthesizingmaking connectionsinferring

978-0-7791-7684-7 . . . $57 .50

Kahukura and the Net: A Maori Legend fiction: script - legendself-monitoringsequencing

978-0-7791-7686-1 . . . $57 .50

The Game of Mancala non-fiction: procedural - game instructions self-monitoringsequencingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-7687-8 . . . $35 .00

Maple Syrup—With Bells On! non-fiction: retell - account self-monitoringsequencingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-7688-5 . . . $42 .00

Puppy in Training non-fiction: retell - report making connectionssequencing synthesizing

978-0-7791-7689-2 . . . $51 .50

Science Fair fiction: narrative - humorous story synthesizingmaking connections inferring

978-0-7791-7690-8 . . . $59 .00

Spell It and Mean It! non-fiction: retell - magazine article evaluatinginferringmaking connections978-0-7791-7692-2 . . . $35 .00

Pocketful of Fur fiction: narrative - realistic storymaking connectionspredictingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-7693-9 . . . $59 .00

The Zarg Rule fiction: narrative - fantasy story sequencingpredictingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-7694-6 . . . $59 .00

The Arctic Tundra:Life on Top of the Worldnon-fiction: description - report analyzingpredictingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7695-3 . . . $59 .00

Our Class Podcast non-fiction: report - retell sequencingpredictingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7696-0 . . . $51 .50

What Happens After You Flush?non-fiction: description - poster predictinganalyzingself-monitoring

978-0-7791-7697-7 . . . $45 .00

Catch That Stomach!fiction: narrative - humorous Storyinferringpredicting

978-0-7791-7698-4 . . . $59 .00

The Penguin Book: Birds in Suitsnon-fiction: description - report synthesizingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7699-1 . . . $59 .00

Rocks on the Move: The Rock Cycle info-fiction: explanation - reportanalyzingpredicting

978-0-7791-7700-4 . . . $57 .50

You Do What for a Living? non-fiction: description - brochure evaluatingpredictingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7701-1 . . . $35 .00

Serf’s Up fiction: narrative - historical predictingsequencing

978-0-7791-7702-8 . . . $59 .00

Glaciers: Rivers of Icenon-fiction: explanation - report inferringanalyzing

978-0-7791-7703-5 . . . $42 .00

Get Up and Go!non-fiction: persuasive - brochureself-monitoringmaking connectionspredicting

978-0-7791-7704-2 . . . $35 .00

Kids in Canada non-fiction: description - statistics evaluatinganalyzingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7705-9 . . . $42 .00

Canadian Owl Guide non-fiction: description - guide analyzingevaluatingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7706-6 . . . $42 .00

Trickster Tales fiction: narrative - folk tales evaluatingmaking connectionssynthesizing

978-0-7791-7707-3 . . . $42 .00

Making the Game non-fiction: description - reportmaking connectionsevaluatingsequencing

978-0-7791-7708-0 . . . $51 .50

Geocaching: Treasure HuntingAround the Globenon-fiction: retell - account inferringmaking connections

978-0-7791-7709-7 . . . $42 .00

The Dragon Lords fiction: narrative - fantasy storypredictinginferringmaking connections

978-0-7791-7711-0 . . . $59 .00

Picture It: Turning a Book into a Movie Script non-fiction: procedural - instructions sequencingmaking connectionsevaluating

978-0-7791-7712-7 . . . $57 .50

Discover Mongolianon-fiction: persuasive - brochure inferringmaking connections evaluating

978-0-7791-7710-3 . . . $45 .00

Read Aloud

Shared Reading Shared Reading

Ready, Set, Adventure! Unit . . . . . 978-0-7791-7813-1 . . . $360.00

•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofHeroes of Isle aux Morts (book) •1copyofAlone Across the Arctic

(4 overheads) •1copyofSurviving in the Wilderness

Guide (3 overheads)•1FictionSpinnerPack(12Spinners:4each

for Before, During, and After Reading)

•1 Ready, Set, Adventure! Audio CD(Fluent Readings: Alone Across the Arctic,SurvivingintheWilderness,InLikeaLion)

•4copiesofIn Like a Lion (book)•8copiesofUnder a Prairie Sky (book) •12copiesofThe Night Walker (book)•4copiesofRound Up at the Palace (book)

Supported Independent Reading

Approaching Level

On Level

Below Level

Comprehension Spinners

Teacher’s Guide

Read Aloud2 Shared Reading texts

Additional 4-Packs •In Like a Lion . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7817-9 . .$35 .95 •Under a Prairie Sky . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7816-2 . .$35 .80 •The Night Walker . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-7815-5 . .$39 .80 •Round Up at the Palace . . . 978-0-7791-7814-8 . .$39 .95

Above Level

Self-Monitoring Unit Analyzing Unit Sequencing Unit Making Connections Unit Predicting Unit Inferring Unit Evaluating Unit Synthesizing Unit

Audio CD

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Audio CD

A Dusty Life info-fiction: description - reportmaking connectionsevaluating

978-0-7791-7691-5 . . . $57 .50

Genre Book Club – Ready, Set, Adventure! Arts Book Club – Sounds Like Music

GRADE 4 Each Strategy Unit contains: • Unit Teacher’s Guide•Unit Audio CD with fluent readings•1 Read Aloud book•1 or more Shared Reading texts

Media Media Media Media

Media Media

Media

Clever Mankafiction: narrative - folktale predictingmaking connections

978-0-7791-7685-4 . . . $42 .00

The Gradual Release of Support Model

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Independent

Audio CDAudio CD

4 Audio CDs

Audio CD

• In grade 4, Self-Monitoring is recommended as the first Strategy Unit because it incorporates all comprehension strategies. Ready, Set, Adventure! is recommended as the first Book Club because it is the shortest and introduces group-management strategies.

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