4th grade english language arts thematic unit plans for SMART Notebook

Holidays/Seasonal, Reading, Tools for Common Core

The Polar Express SMART Notebook

Created by

Teresa Lewis

UPDATED 12-7-13: I attached the pdf file for you to make printing easier. I also updated some fonts and borders. Finally, I added a vocabulary graphic organizer (The Frayer Model) to make the vocabulary more rigorous. This product is a SMART Notebook file that includes my Polar Express Common Core Unit. THE FILE IS ATTACHED SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THE PDF FILE SEPARATELY. The unit contains five days of activities to accompany the book "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg. The

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Grades:

1st - 4th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

People in Our Neighborhood (Community Helpers SmartBoard Book with Sounds!)

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Career and Technical Education, Reading, Vocabulary

This interactive SmartBoard book with sounds is a great way to introduce your community helpers unit. It features the different community helpers (doctor, teacher, firefighter, police officer, baker, grocer, and mailman) and what they do to help the community. This is a repetitive text that focuses on the vocabulary words "help", "people", and "neighborhood" on each page. Students can touch the community helper on the SmartBoard and hear the sounds associated with their job!!! It's a fun a

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

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Our Five Senses During the Winter (Interactive SmartBoard Book with Sounds!)

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Reading, Vocabulary, Winter

This interactive SmartBoard book is perfect for the winter season! Students can touch the picture to hear the sounds and music associated with what they sense in the winter. Students will learn the five senses of hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting throughout this book.

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PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

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The Little Learner Laboratory

Patricia Polacco Author Study : A Three Week Unit

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This Smartboard unit focuses on Patricia Polacco, her life, and works. Books covered include "The Keeping Quilt," "Chicken Sunday," "My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother," "The Trees of the Dancing Goats," "Meteor!" and "Thank you Mr. Falker." Also included are lessons on cause and effect, story elements, inference, and author's purpose. Through the unit, students keep up with a graphic organizer which describes the books they have read, so that comparing the stories is simple at the end of the un

Subjects:

Literature

Grades:

3rd - 4th

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Mrs Kuchta's Corner An Elem Music Wonderland

CCSS:

RL.3.9

Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Adventure (SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK Edition)

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My request for Peter and the Wolf clip art finally came to fruition! Thanks to Educlips/Educasong for hearing my plea and coming through for me and several other music teachers!! We can't thank you enough!! Naturally, I couldn't wait to release a product with these adorable new pieces, SOOO, here it is!!! This SMART NOTEBOOK EDITION of the beloved classic story of Peter and the Wolf will be sure to jump out at your students from the beginning of the story! A short composer BIO, an instrument to

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Music, Other (Music), Reading

Grades:

K - 6th

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Also included in: BUNDLE: Peter & The Wolf Unit/Activities - SMARTBOARD/NOTEBOOK EDITION

All About Summer (An Interactive SmartBoard Activity that includes sounds!)

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Informational Text, Reading, Summer

This comprehensive interactive SmartBoard activity is all about summer! Students can answer questions about the summer season using the picture symbol choices provided in the activity. This SmartBoard activity includes colorful visuals and sounds!

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

Literature, Reading, Writing

Understanding Characters SmartBoard Unit Plan 3rd Grade Standards Aligned

Created by

Miss Czarnecki

This unit plan is meant to be taught throughout a week of instruction or at your own pace. It is aligned to teach students how to interpret and understand characters by what they say and do in a story. It is filled with interactive lesson and activities. The 20 page SmartBoard lesson was created using Smart Notebook. The pages are as follows: 1. Title page with lesson objections, "I can" statements, and lesson notes. 2. An interactive activity that opens the lesson; the hook. 3-5. Three pages

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Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Reading, Writing, Writing-Expository

PERSONAL NARRATIVE COMPLETE UNIT WITH LITERATURE AS INSPIRATION FOR SMARTBOARD

Created by

Miss Creativity

Personal Narrative Writing Unit (about 2-3 weeks) Grades 2,3,4 but can be adapted for older or younger grades EACH LESSON INCLUDES A LEARNING OBJECTIVE! This Unit incorporates the use of literature as inspiration for writing our personal narrative. It's created for a 2nd or 3rd grade Personal Narrative writing Unit. Each day requires: *reading a book *teacher models a graphic organizer *students complete their own organizer *short paragraphs written for each organizer Skills touched upon in

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Grades:

1st - 6th, Staff

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Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Our Five Senses during the Holidays (Interactive SmartBoard Book with Sounds!)

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Reading, Reading Strategies

This is a festive and interactive SmartBoard read aloud with sounds and music! Students will love to touch the pictures to hear the music associated with the holiday season. They will also learn the core vocabulary words of what they see, hear, smell, touch, and taste during the December holidays.

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks

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Summer "Wh" Questions (Interactive SmartBoard Activity)

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Reading, Summer, Vocabulary

This summer "wh" questions SmartBoard activity goes along with the Summer book read aloud. Students can answer comprehension questions about the summer season by tapping on the correct image. The images have sound and are animated! This SmartBoard activity has a lot of colorful visuals and sounds that students can enjoy.

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

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Halloween Book (Core Vocabulary SmartBoard Read Aloud with Sounds!)

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Autumn, Halloween, Reading

This Halloween SmartBoard book is filled with interactive sounds. Perfect for the Halloween season! Students also practice core vocabulary throughout the reading. Touch the picture and animation to hear the Halloween music and sounds!

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Notebooks

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Superheroes Book (SmartBoard Read Aloud with Sounds!)

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Reading, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary

This highly engaging and interactive Superheroes SmartBoard book is a great launch to a superhero unit! Each page features a superhero with visuals and sounds. Students read the repetitive storyline and can touch the superhero to hear superhero music. Students will learn the vocabulary words that describe superheroes.

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

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Wonder Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Writing

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Grammar

Halloween Themed Dead Verbs and Zombie Survival Guide Mini-Units

Created by

Arrrsome in Fifth

This is a TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL! Yes, you get a Halloween Themed Dead Verbs Mini-Unit and a Zombie Survival Guide Mini-Unit. What fun! In fact, we have some of our rising 5th graders ask if they'll get to do these activities when they get to 5th grade. So that means that our current 5th graders love these activities so much that they are talking about them outside the classroom! Woo-Hoo! How neat is that??? Everything you'll need to teach both mini-units is attached to the SMART file. How conve

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Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

English Language Arts, Winter

Groundhog Day Fun

Created by

SmartLessonStop

In this interactive and engaging lesson, students will learn about the tradition of Groundhog Day, facts and information about groundhogs, and hibernation. This lesson includes a variety of interactive activities, games, and links to online games and information.

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PreK - 4th

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Seedfolks Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Literature

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles

Bad Beginning Thematic Unit

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Literature

I have spent a full summer working on this thematic unit and I’m excited to share it with you! Students typically would use a spiral notebook as their “journal” to use every day of the unit. It’s organized, engaging, and most of all, encourages students to think, discuss among their peers, and be creative while being critical thinkers! Included in the thematic unit: - Author review with videos (click on bottom left globe) - Literature Circle directions - Daily Journal Writing - Daily Literature

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles

Holes Thematic Unit

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