Transcript Integrated Literacy

Integrated Literacy
Alissa Simonte
4th Grade: Geography
SST 309-02
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4
Grade Geography GLCE’s
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4-G1.0.4 Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures
to answer geographic questions about the United States.
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4-G1.0.5 Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population
density in the United States.
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4-G2.0.1 Describe ways in which the United States can be divided into
different regions (e.g., political regions, economic regions, landform regions,
vegetation regions)
Videos
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyXSksHqho
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQ77pxanCo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhPlrgk0-0
Websites
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http://freeprintablemaps.w3ec.com/united-states-maps/climate-map-ofnorth-america-united-states-and-canada
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http://www.mapofusa.net/us-population-density-map.htm
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http://www.weather.unisys.com/usgs/index.php
Lesson Plans
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http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3303.html
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http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4315.html
Primary Source Document
Poetry
Population density, population density
Traffic jams and noise pollutions
Everywhere I look there is no solution
Population density, population density
5 people per kilometre2 or 5 billion, it makes no difference
Don’t get me wrong, it’s just an inference
Population density, population density
I need millimeters to measure soccer fields
It will take millenniums for the population to heal
Population density, population density
I feel like I have no room to move
A feeling that I just cannot remove
Population density, population density
Games
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Geo/Derby
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Geography Terms Bingo
Books
Mapping Lab
Citations
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Foreman, D. I. (1990). Maps (Vol. D). Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.
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Foreman, D. I. (1990). Maps (Vol. E). Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.
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Foster, R. (2008). Down to Earth Geography: Grade 4. Westminister, CA: Teacher Created Resources.
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Hart, D. (2006). Geography Alive! Regions and People:Canada and the United States: Mapping Lab. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum
Insititute.
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Spectrum, . (2002). Spectrum Geography, Grade 4:Regions of the U.S.A.: Carson-Dellosa Publishing.
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Geography Terms Bingo: found in the CML
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Geo/Derby: USA (game) made by TaliCor
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Harris & Ewing. (Artist). (1913-1917). Map of the United States. [Image of painting]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2008003367
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McGrath. (2008). Which regions does Michigan belong to?. In Teachers.net. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4315.html
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In Unisys Weather. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.weather.unisys.com/usgs/index.php
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Elie, S. (2004). A Look at the Population Density of the United States. In Teachers.net. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4315.html
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United States Population Density Map. In Map of USA. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.mapofusa.net/us-population-densitymap.htm
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Climate Map of North America: United States and Canada. In Free Printable Map. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from
http://freeprintablemaps.w3ec.com/united-states-maps/climate-map-of-north-america-united-states-and-canada
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The United States [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhPlrgk0-0
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States of the USA [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQ77pxanCo
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Geographic Regions [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyXSksHqho
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Khan, J. (2013). Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://khanjami99.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/short-poem/