SRA: Imagine It!, Themes, Risks and Consequences, Nature's Delicate Balance, A Changing America, Science Fair, America on the Move, Dollars and Sense, Level 4 [Grade 4]
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SRA: Imagine It!, Themes, Risks and Consequences, Nature's Delicate Balance, A Changing America, Science Fair, America on the Move, Dollars and Sense, Level 4 [Grade 4]
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SRA Imagine It!, Level 4
Program Authors
Steve Graham
Marlene Scardamalia
Jan Hirshberg
Marcy Stein
Karen Harris
Andy Biemiller
Anne McKeough
Gerald H. Treadway Jr.
Carl Bereiter
Joe Campione
Marsha Roit
Iva Carruthers
Doug Fuchs
Lynn Fuchs
Peter Pinnell
Michael Pressley
Columbus, OH
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RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 10 from ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Copyright © 1960, renewed 1988 by Scott O'Dell. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
From TWO TICKETS TO FREEDOM. Text © 1971 Florence B. Freedman, illustrations © 1971 Ezra Jack Keats. Reprinted with permission of School Specialty Publishing. All rights reserved.
"Mrs. Frisby and the Crow" reprinted with the permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division from MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien. Copyright © 1971 Robert C. O'Brien; copyright renewed 1999 Christopher Conly, Jane Leslie Conly, Kate Conly and Sarah Conly.
"Langston Hughes: Poet of the People" by Mary Satchell from PLAYS OF BLACK AMERICANS © 2003 and PLAYS, The Drama Magazine for Young People © October 1993, reprinted with the permission of the publisher PLAYS/ Sterling partners, Inc., PO Box 600160, Newton, MA 02460.
"Daedalus and Icarus" reprinted with the permission of Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division from GREEK MYTHS by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. Text copyright © 1992 Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrations copyright © 1992 Emma Chichester Clark.
"Hippo's Hope" from A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC by Shel Silverstein. COPYRIGHT © 1981 BY EVIL EYE MUSIC. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
"The Dream Keeper" from COLLECTED POEMS by Langston Hughes, copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Used by permission of Alfred A Knopf, a division of Random House Inc.
"Freedom" from COLLECTED POEMS by Langston Hughes, copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Used by permission of Alfred A Knopf, a division of Random House Inc.
"Dreams" from COLLECTED POEMS by Langston Hughes, copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Used by permission of Alfred A Knopf, a division of Random House Inc.
NATURE'S DELICATE BALANCE
"The Snowflake" by Neil Waldman. Copyright © 2003 by Neil Waldman. Reprinted with the permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this text excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
ENERGY MAKES THINGS HAPPEN by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. COPYRIGHT © 2003. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
WHO EATS WHAT?: FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS by Patricia Lauber. COPYRIGHT © 1995. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. WHAT ROT! Copyright © 1996 by Elizabeth Hennefrund. All rights reserved. THE GREAT KAPOK TREE: A TALE OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST, copyright © 1990 by Lynne Cherry, reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.
"Yellow Leaf" by Frederick Zydek. Reprinted by permission of CRICKET magazine, September 2000, copyright, © 2000 by Frederick Zydek. "Mold, Mold" from SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE by Jack Prelutsky. TEXT COPYRIGHT © 1980 BY JACK PRELUTSKY. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
"Circle of Songs" by Cynthia A. Porter. Reprinted by permission of CRICKET magazine, April 2004, copyright, © 2004 by Cynthia A. Porter.
A CHANGING AMERICA
Excerpted from THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND YOU by Syl Sobel. Copyright © 2001 by Barron's Educational series, Inc. Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.
"Benjamin Banneker" by Ginger Wadsworth. Text copyright © 2003 by Ginger Wadsworth. Reprinted with the permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this text excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
From "STRIKING IT RICH The Story of the California Gold Rush" by Stephen Krensky. Text Copyright © 1996 by Stephen Krensky. Used by permission of Rosenstone/Wender.
A COVERED WAGON GIRL: THE DIARY OF SALLIE HESTER 1849-1850 by Sallie Hester © 2000 by Capstone Press. All rights reserved.
GETTING TO KNOW THE U.S. PRESIDENTS--ABRAHAM LINCOLN: SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT by Mike Venezia. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Children's Press an imprint of Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc.
"Christopher Columbus" by J. Patrick Lewis. Reprinted by permission of CRICKET magazine, October 2000, Vol. 28, No.2, copyright, © 2000 by J. Patrick Lewis.
"Buffalo Dusk" from SMOKE AND STEEL by Carl Sandburg, copyright 1920 by Harcourt, Inc. and renewed 1948 by Carl Sandburg, reprinted by permission of the publisher. This material may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher.
"A Gold Miner's Tale" from WE THE PEOPLE by Bobbi Katz. COPYRIGHT © 2000 by BOBBI KATZ. Used by permission of HarperCollins Children's Publishing.
SCIENCE FAIR
"The Scientific Method" from HOW TO THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST by Stephen P. Kramer. COPYRIGHT © 1987. Used by permission of HarperCollins Children's Publishing.
"Magnetism" from ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM by Rebecca Hunter © Harcourt Education Ltd 2006. Harcourt Global Library, part of Harcourt Education Ltd.
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Program Authors
Carl Bereiter, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
Marlene Scardamalia, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
Andrew Biemiller, Ph.D.
University of Toronto
Joe Campione, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Karen Harris, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Steve Graham, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Jan Hirshberg, Ed.D.
Reading Specialist
Anne McKeough, Ph.D.
University of Calgary
Marsha Roit, Ph.D.
National Reading Consultant
Marcy Stein, Ph.D.
University of Washington, Tacoma
Gerald H. Treadway, Jr., Ed.D.
San Diego State University
Iva Carruthers, Ph.D.
Northeastern Illinois University
Doug Fuchs, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Lynn Fuchs, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
Peter Pinnell, Principal
Longfellow Elementary School, Pasadena, California
Michael Pressley, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
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Table of Contents
Unit 1: Risks and Consequences
Unit Overview
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 20
Island of the Blue Dolphins
realistic fiction written by Scott O'Dell * illustrated by Barbara Massey 22
Meet the Author , Scott O'Dell Award-winning author 38
Meet the Illustrator , Barbara Massey 38
Theme Connections 39
Science Inquiry The Star Called Sun 40
Vocabulary Warm-Up 42
Two Tickets to Freedom
from Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves biography written by Florence B. Freedman * illustrated by Doris Ettlinger 44
Meet the Author , Florence B. Freedman 62
Meet the Illustrator , Doris Ettlinger 62
Theme Connections 63
Social Studies Inquiry Helping Hands 64
Vocabulary Warm-Up 66
Mrs. Frisby and the Crow
from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH fantasy written by Robert C. O'Brien * illustrated by John Kanzler 68
Meet the Author , Robert C. O'Brien Award-winning author 82
Meet the Illustrator , John Kanzler 82
Theme Connections 83
Science Inquiry Amazing Animals 84
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 86
Langston Hughes: Poet of the People (Scenes I and II)
from Plays of Black Americans
play written by Mary Satchell * edited by Sylvia E. Kamerman 88
Meet the Author , Mary Satchell 102
Theme Connections 103
Social Studies Inquiry Public Schools 104
Vocabulary Warm-Up 106
Daedalus and Icarus
from Greek Myths
myth retold by Geraldine McCaughrean * illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark 108
Meet the Author ,
Geraldine McCaughrean Award-winning author 116
Meet the Illustrator ,
Emma Chichester Clark Award-winning illustrator 116
Theme Connections 117
Science Inquiry From Liquid to Solid and Back Again 118
Hippo's Hope Award-winning poet
poem written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein 120
The Dream Keeper
poem by Langston Hughes 122
Dreams
poem by Langston Hughes 123
Freedom
poem by Langston Hughes * illustrated by Tyrone Geter 124
Test Prep 126
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Unit 2: Nature's Delicate Balance
Unit Overview
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 132
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story
narrative nonfiction written and illustrated by Neil Waldman 134
Meet the Author and Illustrator , Neil Waldman Award-winning author and illustrator 146
Theme Connections 147
Science Inquiry Erosion and Landslides 148
Vocabulary Warm-Up 150
Energy Makes Things Happen
expository text written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 152
Meet the Author , Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 164
Theme Connections 165
Science Inquiry Making Life Easier 166
Vocabulary Warm-Up 168
Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
expository text written by Patricia Lauber 170
Meet the Author , Patricia Lauber Award-winning author 186
Theme Connections 187
Science Inquiry All Kinds of Eaters 188
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 190
What Rot! Nature's Mighty Recycler
expository text written by Elizabeth Ring * photos by Dwight Kuhn 192
Meet the Author , Elizabeth Ring 202
Meet the Photographer , Dwight Kuhn 202
Theme Connections 203
Social Studies Inquiry Water Rights 204
Vocabulary Warm-Up 206
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
fantasy text written and illustrated by Lynne Cherry 208
Meet the Author and Illustrator , Lynne Cherry Award-winning author and illustrator 222
Theme Connections 223
Science Inquiry Plants and Their Cells 224
Circle of Songs
poem by Cynthia Porter 226
Yellow Leaf
poem by Jack Prelutsky 227
Mold, Mold Award-winning poet
poem by Fredrick Zydeck 228
Test Prep 230
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Unit 3: A Changing America
Unit Overview
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 236
The U.S. Constitution and You
expository text written by Syl Sobel 238
Meet the Author , Syl Sobel 258
Theme Connections 259
Social Studies Inquiry State Governments 260
Vocabulary Warm-Up 262
Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist
biography written by Ginger Wadsworth * illustrated by Greg Hargreaves 264
Meet the Author , Ginger Wadsworth 278
Meet the Illustrator , Greg Hargreaves 278
Theme Connections 279
Science Inquiry The Moon's Phases 280
Vocabulary Warm-Up 282
Striking It Rich: The Story of the California Gold Rush
expository text written by Stephen Krensky 284
Meet the Author , Stephen Krensky Award-winning author 294
Theme Connections 295
Science Inquiry The Rock Cycle 296
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 298
A Covered Wagon Girl: The Diary of Sallie Hester, 1849-1850
diary edited by Christy Steele with Ann Hodgson 300
Meet the Author , Sallie Hester 316
Meet the Editors , Christy Steele with Ann Hodgson 316
Theme Connections 317
Social Studies Inquiry Spanish Missions 318
Vocabulary Warm-Up 320
Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President
biography written by Mike Venezia 322
Meet the Author , Mike Venezia 336
Theme Connections 337
Social Studies Inquiry Juneteenth 338
Christopher Columbus
poem by J. Patrick Lewis * illustrated by Greg Shed 340
Buffalo Dusk Award-winning poet
poem by Carl Sandburg * illustrated by Richard Hook 341
A Gold Miner's Tale
poem by Bobbi Katz * illustrated by Troy Howell 342
Test Prep 344
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Unit 4: Science Fair
Unit Overview
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 350
The Scientific Method
from How to Think Like a Scientist
expository text written by Stephen P. Kramer * illustrated by Barbara Spurll 352
Meet the Author , Stephen P. Kramer 368
Meet the Illustrator , Barbara Spurll 368
Theme Connections 369
Science Inquiry Isaac Newton 370
Vocabulary Warm-Up 372
Magnetism
from Electricity and Magnetism
expository text written by Rebecca Hunter 374
Meet the Author , Rebecca Hunter 384
Theme Connections 385
Social Studies Inquiry Where Am I? 386
Vocabulary Warm-Up 388
The Case of the Gasping Garbage
mystery written by Michele Torrey * illustrated by Ken Gamage 390
Meet the Author , Michele Torrey Award-winning author 414
Meet the Illustrator , Ken Gamage 414
Theme Connections 415
Social Studies Inquiry Economic Freedom 416
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 418
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
biography written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer 420
Meet the Author and Illustrator , Rosalyn Schanzer Award-winning author and illustrator 434
Theme Connections 435
Science Inquiry Energy 436
Vocabulary Warm-Up 438
How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice Cream?
expository text written by Maya Kaczorowski 440
Meet the Author , Maya Kaczorowski 450
Theme Connections 451
Science Inquiry Inherited or Learned? 452
What Is Science?
poem by Rebecca Kai Dotlich * illustrated by Virginia Halstead 454
The Microscope
poem by Maxine Kumin * illustrated by Robert Byrd 456
Test Prep 458
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Unit 5: America on the Move
Unit Overview
462
Vocabulary Warm-Up 464
The Golden Spike
expository text written by Dan Elish * illustrated by Alan Reingold 466
Meet the Illustrator , Alan Reingold 472
Meet the Author , Dan Elish 472
Theme Connections 473
Social Studies Inquiry The Pony Express 474
Vocabulary Warm-Up 476
John Henry Races the Steam Drill
from Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales tall tale written by Paul Robert Walker * illustrated by James Hoston 478
Meet the Author , Paul Robert Walker 490
Meet the Illustrator , James Hoston 490
Theme Connections 491
Science Inquiry Iron to Steel 492
Vocabulary Warm-Up 494
Immigrant Children
expository text written by Sylvia Whitman 496
Meet the Author , Sylvia Whitman 510
Theme Connections 511
Social Studies Inquiry At War with Mexico 512
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Vocabulary Warm-Up 514
The Dust Bowl
expository text written by Ann Heinrichs 516
Meet the Author , Ann Heinrichs Award-winning author 536
Theme Connections 537
Science Inquiry Oil 538
Vocabulary Warm-Up 540
Pop's Bridge
historical fiction written by Eve Bunting * illustrated by C. F. Payne 542
Meet the Author , Eve Bunting Award-winning author 552
Meet the Illustrator , C. F. Payne Award-winning illustrator 552
Theme Connections 553
Social Studies Inquiry The New World 554
Low Bridge
poem by Thomas S. Allen * illustrated by Brian Deines 556
Migrants from Out of the Dust poem by Karen Hesse * illustrated by Alan Reingold 558
Test Prep 560
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Unit 6: Dollars and Sense
Unit Overview
564
Vocabulary Warm-Up 566
Erandi's Braids
realistic fiction written by Antonio Hernández Madrigal * illustrated by Tomie de Paola 568
Meet the Author , Antonio Hernandez Madrigal 580
Meet the Illustrator , Tomie de Paola Award-winning illustrator 580
Theme Connections 581
Social Studies Inquiry Native American Traders 582
Vocabulary Warm-Up 584
My Rows and Piles of Coins
realistic fiction written by Tololwa M. Mollel * illustrated by E. B. Lewis 586
Meet the Author ,
Tololwa M. Mollel Award-winning author 598
Meet the Illustrator , E. B. Lewis Award-winning illustrator 598
Theme Connections 599
Social Studies Inquiry Houston, We Have a Space Station! 600
Vocabulary Warm-Up 602
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