Integrated Literacy

Alissa Simonte

4th Grade: Geography

SST 309-02

4th Grade Geography GLCE’s

4-G1.0.4 Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.

4-G1.0.5 Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population density in the United States.

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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyXSksHqho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQ77pxanCo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhPlrgk0-0

Websites

http://freeprintablemaps.w3ec.com/united-states-maps/climate-map-of-north-america-united-states-and-canada

http://www.mapofusa.net/us-population-density-map.htm

http://www.weather.unisys.com/usgs/index.php

Lesson Plans

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3303.html

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4315.html

Primary Source Document

Poetry

Population density, population densityTraffic jams and noise pollutions

Everywhere I look there is no solutionPopulation density, population density

5 people per kilometre2 or 5 billion, it makes no differenceDon’t get me wrong, it’s just an inference

Population density, population densityI need millimeters to measure soccer fields

It will take millenniums for the population to healPopulation density, population density

I feel like I have no room to moveA feeling that I just cannot remove

Population density, population density

Games Geo/Derby

Geography Terms Bingo

Books

Mapping Lab

Citations Foreman, D. I. (1990). Maps (Vol. D). Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.

Foreman, D. I. (1990). Maps (Vol. E). Cleveland, OH: Modern Curriculum Press.

Foster, R. (2008). Down to Earth Geography: Grade 4. Westminister, CA: Teacher Created Resources.

Hart, D. (2006). Geography Alive! Regions and People:Canada and the United States: Mapping Lab. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Insititute.

Spectrum, . (2002). Spectrum Geography, Grade 4:Regions of the U.S.A.: Carson-Dellosa Publishing.

Geography Terms Bingo: found in the CML

Geo/Derby: USA (game) made by TaliCor

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

McGrath. (2008). Which regions does Michigan belong to?. In Teachers.net. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4315.html

In Unisys Weather. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.weather.unisys.com/usgs/index.php

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

United States Population Density Map. In Map of USA. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.mapofusa.net/us-population-density-map.htm

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

The United States [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhPlrgk0-0

States of the USA [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQ77pxanCo

Geographic Regions [Online video]. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyXSksHqho

Khan, J. (2013). Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://khanjami99.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/short-poem/