Name: Melissa Goodman

Curriculum Unit
Plan:
Subject
Area:___ELA_____
Grade
Level:___4______
Unit Title:
Historical Fiction
Common Core
GLCE HSCE!

"ETS!S
(focused on student using
technology)
#$
%ETS!T
(focused on teachers using
technology)
&nstructional
#bjectives
(Must contain a
performance)
Tools and
$esources
Smart Notebook
Lesson
Elements o'
Historical Fiction
RI.4.4. Determine the meaning
of general academic and
domain-specific ords or
phrases in a te!t rele"ant to a
grade 4 topic or s#b$ect area.
M%&S-S '-(.RI.) *se
digital tools to find+
organi,e+ anal-,e+
s-nthesi,e+ and e"al#ate
information
*sing Smart Notebook
and a crossord+
st#dents ill drag the
"ocab#lar- ord to the
correct description and
complete a teacher
created crossord
p#,,le matching .//0
"ocab#lar- terms.
Smart 1oard
Smart Note 1ook
Softare
&eacher created
crossord p#,,le
2R 3ode Lesson
Scaven(in(
t)orou() t)e
)istor* o' t)e
#re(on Trail:
+ac,(round
&n'ormation about
t)e #re(on Trail
33S 4rod#ction and Distrib#tion
of 5riting #se technolog-+
incl#ding the Internet+ to prod#ce
and p#blish riting as ell as to
interact and collaborate ith
others6 demonstrate s#fficient
command of ke-boarding skills
to t-pe a minim#m of one page in
a single sitting.
-!./CC/ Communication and
Collaboration 0/
Identif- ho different softare
applications ma- be #sed to
share similar information+
based on the intended a#dience
7e.g.+ presentations for
classmates+
nesletters for parents8
*sing the 2R code
sca"enger h#nt sheet+
st#dents ill atch
"ideos of the histor- of
the 9regon &rail and
t-pe a one page paper
disc#ssing the main
idea of each "ideo.
I 4ad
2R 3ode Sca"enger
:#nt 5orksheet
3omp#ter
Microsoft 5ord
;ree 3hoice Lesson
Timeline o' 1os)2s
1ourne*
&nte(ration o' 3no4led(e
and &dea2s
Make connections beteen the
te!t of a stor- or drama and a
"is#al or oral presentation of
the te!t+ identif-ing here
each "ersion reflects specific
descriptions and directions in
the te!t.
-!./CC/ Communication
and Collaboration
*se a "ariet- of media and
formats to create and edit
prod#cts 7e.g.+ presentations+
nesletters+ broch#res+ eb
pages8 to comm#nicate
information and ideas to
"ario#s a#diences
<fter reading
5estard to home
=osh#a>s diar- b- 4.
:ermes+ st#dents ill
#se Microsoft
4oer4oint to create a
chronological timeline
of hich incl#des at
least ? important
e"ents of =osh#a@s
$o#rne-.
Laptop
Microsoft
4oer4oint
&he book 5estard
to :ome: =osh>s
Stor- to #se as
reference
Mo"ie Lesson
&m5ortant 6etails
P/ Hermes
demonstrated in
7est4ard to
Home: 1os)2s Stor*
33S Integration of Anoledge
and Ideas- Identif- the reasons
an a#thor gi"es to s#pport
points in a te!t.
Model digital age ork and
learning
a. Demonstrate fl#enc- in
technolog- s-stems
and the transfer of c#rrent
knoledge to ne
technologies and sit#ations
St#dents ill complete
a teacher created
orksheet that
describes the main
idea+ setting+
characters+ and details
folloing the teacher
created r#bric.
&eacher created
orksheet
5estard to :ome:
=osh#a>s Stor- b- 4.
:ermes
&eacher created
lect#re "ideo
<pp Lesson
"* Historical
Fiction Stor*
33SS. %L<-Literac-.5.4.'
5rite narrati"es to de"elop
real or imagined e!periences
or e"ents #sing effecti"e
techniB#e+ descripti"e details+
and clear e"ent seB#ences.
M%&S-S '-(. &3 (. (. Ano
ho to e!change files ith
other st#dents #sing
technolog- 7e.g.+ netork
file sharing+ flash dri"es8.
*sing kidspiration+
Microsoft 5ord+ and
the classroom flash
dri"e+ st#dents ill
rite a :istorical
;iction narrati"e in
first person point of
"ie ens#ring their
stor- is detailed+ has
clear e"ent seB#ences+
and is free of
grammatical errors.
Lap top
Internet <ccess
Aidspiration
Microsoft 5ord
;lash Dri"e