Genre

What book, document,

artifact, or web resource is it?

(Please write the specific book details with title and author name. Provide a hyperlink for the web resource.

What is this resource about?

Provide a brief annotation/

Summary (2-3 lines).

Explain your decision to choose these resources.

 Are they developmentally appropriate for third- and fourth-graders? How will they sustain student attention, interest, and motivation?

How do you plan to use it?

(Pick ONE)

For example, reference texts, read-alouds, shared reading, reader’s theater, multisensory experiences, or videos.

interactive activity,

game, quiz, attention grabber,   movement/music, art, craft, cultural artifact, etc.

Non-fiction picture books/informational texts

(more than one to bring diverse perspectives)

Pick and choose sections to read from these books

Biography of a famous person

Fiction picture books, graphic novels, or/and wordless picture books

Folktales/fables

Poetry/children's poem

Virtual and Digital Resources

(KidCitizen, WorldBook Online, YouTube videos, simulated trips, interactive games, etc.)

Primary Source Set

(Library of Congress primary resources)

A set consists of a collection of related historical materials that align with your topic and the grade-level state standards.

Organize your primary source set with this table

(For example, select maps, speeches, letters, journals, photographs/pictures, music,

pottery, sculpture, maps,

oral history interviews or

newspaper articles written in the historical period to form a set.

Secondary Sources

(children’s curriculum materials, children’s Scholastic or other magazines, children’s New York Times newspaper, encyclopedia, textbooks, etc.)