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Houghton Mifflin Reading Fourth Grade Resources
Teacher Read Aloud: Around the World in 20 Days
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Reading Selection: Grandfather's Journey
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Web Resources 
Japan: Pictures and information about Japanese culture and life in Japan today from a teacher on a Fulbright program.
Japan for 6 to 10 Year Old Children: Site with pictures and information about Japanese culture from a teacher on a Fulbright program.
How Hot Air Balloons Work: Information and pictures from the How Stuff Works site.
Allen Say: Information about the author of "Grandfather's Journey" from Eduplace.
eWord Game: An interactive word game to reinforce the Key Vocabulary for "Grandfather's Journey."
Discovery Education Streaming Video Resources 
Search for Charles's Law in Action: A Ride on a Hot Air Balloon
Search for Balloon Festival, Albuquerque
Reading 
Preparing to Read/Key Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Comprehension Skill Focus, page 61D, (Transparency 1-10 or Practice Book 24): Author's Viewpoint Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Build Background for "Around the World in 20 Days," page 60G:
How Hot Air Balloons Work: Information and pictures from the How Stuff Works site.
Comprehension Skill Lesson, Making Inferences, page 71 Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Responding: Write a Travel Brochure, page 76:
The travel brochure could be created using a brochure template on a word processing or graphic design program, with images downloaded from the Internet and Word Art to make the brochure look professional.
Classroom Management Handbook page 1-5 #2:
A postcard template in Word or AppleWorks could be used for the letter from the grandmother to her family in Japan.
Classroom Management Handbook page 1-8 #9:
A postcard template in Word or AppleWorks could be used for the picture postcard of a distant city or country with an image downloaded from Internet on the picture side of the card.
Word Work 
Expanding Your Vocabulary: Travel words, page 79J Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
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