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My school district adopted the Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Curriculum which is fantastic, but one of the units Reading the Weather, Reading the World doesn’t correspond with the fourth grade Massachusetts Science Standards. Since we study Weathering and Erosion, our district plans on using Grand Canyon by Jason Chin as our mentor text. For Bend II: Launching a Whole-Class Research Project and Bend III: Tackling a Second Research Project with More Agency and Power, we can use this set of hyperdocs. Here is a suggested one-week plan: Day One: Two pairs of partners agree to research one of the below hyperdocs or one of the other hyperdocs on this site. Each person becomes an expert on one of the links. Day Two: Each partner researches their partner's link from Day One. Day Three: Each partner presents their link to the other person. Each partner gives feedback on how to strengthen the presentation. Day Four: The two pairs of partners each present their information to the group of four people. Day Five: Students create a five-minute or less Flipgrid video for their final presentation. Transcript of Screen Cast Hello, My name is Kate Narita, and I’m here to talk about the Weathering and Erosion hyperdocs I created. My school district adopted the Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Curriculum which is fantastic, but one of the units Reading the Weather, Reading the World doesn’t correspond with the fourth grade Massachusetts Science Standards. Since we study Weathering and Erosion, our district plans on using Grand Canyon by Jason Chin as our mentor text. For Bend II: Launching a Whole-Class Research Project and Bend III: Tackling a Second Research Project with More Agency and Power, we can use this set of hyperdocs. On this webpage here, I lay out a suggested plan of action. There are five hyperdocs for students to choose from. The first hyperdoc, Glaciers, has a wide variety of links including this one which has ten fun facts about glaciers. In the second hyperdoc, Yosemite, if students need a break from science, they can click on links to artists who found inspiration in Yosemite. Animal fans will appreciate the armadillo, scorpion and beetle links in the Deserts hyperdoc. Video lovers will fall head over heels in love with the White Sands National Monument hyperdoc because all but one of the links will take them to short informational videos about the park. My favorite video is the one that compares the physics behind sledding down the dunes on a saucer or a toboggan or a piece of cardboard. Lastly, if students are interested in hearing first-hand accounts from survivors of The Dust Bowl, they’ll enjoy the primary source videos on the Sandstorms and Dust Storms hyperdoc. The last two hyperdocs can be found here under, you guessed it, the hyperdoc tab. I love learning new words. Speleothem is a new word I learned while creating this hyperdoc. Don’t know what a speleothem is? No worries, the speleothem link will tell you. Finally, remember the book Grand Canyon by Jason Chin? Well, on the Grand Canyon hyperdoc, you can click on the book link to hear children’s librarian and author, Matthew Winner, interview Mr. Chin. Thanks for checking out my hyperdocs. They can all be downloaded below.
 
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