Level 4 |
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Topic |
Reading Skill |
*Science* |
*Social Studies* | |||
Unit 1
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Food |
Main Idea |
Various fats |
Banning junk food in schools | ||
Unit 2
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Engineering |
Facts & Details |
Bringing down a building |
Earthquake proofing skyscrapers | ||
Unit 3
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Canals |
Sequence of Events |
How canals work |
Building the Panama Canal | ||
Unit 4
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Internet |
Cause & Effect |
The Internet: How it was invented |
How social networking sites changed an election | ||
Unit 5
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Flu |
Compare & Contrast |
How flus infect humans |
Pandemics | ||
Unit 6
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Adaptation |
Inference |
How camouflage works |
Unique ways that animals use to adapt in the wild | ||
Unit 7
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Big Bang |
Analyzing Language |
How did the universe begin? |
Teaching Creationism in the classroom | ||
Unit 8
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Helicopters |
Writer's Purpose |
Helicopters: How lift is generated |
How helicopters revolutionized flight | ||
Unit 9
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Polio |
Recognizing Coherence |
Polio: The dreaded disease |
The struggle to find a cure for polio | ||
Unit 10
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Crops |
Drawing Conclusions |
Genetically modified organisms |
How certain crops helped different cultures dominate |