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Grade Level 4

History and Social Studies:

4.1.5 Use maps, charts, and pictures to describe how communities in California vary in land use, vegetation, wildlife, climate, population density, architecture, services, and transportation. (Link #1)

Literature and Language Arts:

• Write a narrative essay describing a train trip through the state of California and the agriculture seen along the way and:

• Relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience.

• Provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.

• Use concrete sensory details.

• Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable

• 1.4 Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic.

 

Critical thinking
Cause and effect
Expository critique
Making inference
Visual analysis
Research
September 5, 2006

Introduction
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Guiding Questions
Learning Opportunities
Assessment
Guided Discussion Questions
Instructional Plan
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Checking for Student Understanding
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
Extention
English Learners
G.A.T.E. Students

Links
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Word
Paragraph Writing Rubric | Word
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Word
Test Answers | Word
Vocabulary review | Word
PowerPoint Mission Inn Artifact | PPT (Large file - Save to hard-drive before opening.)
Reference List | Word
History of Citrus in Riverside | Word
Map of California Template | Word
Directions for map | Word
California Agricultural Fact Sheet | Word

Mission Inn website
Riverside history
UCR citrus history
Citrus history in Riverside
Citrus Park
United States Department of Agriculture
Where does it come from? Lesson plan National Agricultural Statistics Service
Great interactive map showing California crops and ranches
California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom - lesson plans
Farm Industry News
Another excellent interactive map that shows agricultural sites in California

April 27, 2007
Feedback and Evaluation
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Citrus Lesson Plan | 4th Grade Level
Download Complete Citrus Lesson Plan for 4th Grade Level | pdf xx kb
Links
History and Social Science: 
4.1.5
Use maps, charts, and pictures to describe how communities in California vary in land use, vegetation, wildlife, climate, population density, architecture, services, and transportation.

English Language Arts:

  • 2.1 Write a narrative essay and:
    • Relate ideas, observations, or recollections of an event or experience.
    • Provide a context to enable the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience.
    • Use concrete sensory details.
    • Provide insight into why the selected event or experience is memorable
1.4 Write fluidly and legibly in cursive or joined italic.
Writing Prompt (blackline master) | Download Word file
Paragraph Writing Rubric | Download Word file
Pre/post test (blackline master) | Online | Download Word file
Test Answers | Download Word file
Vocabulary review | Online | Download Word file
PowerPoint Mission Inn Artifact | Download PTT file
Reference List | Download Word file
History of Citrus in Riverside| Download Word file
Map of California Template | Download Word file
Directions for map | Download Word file
California Agricultural Fact Sheet | Download Word file
 
 
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