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1 Correlated to State Standards Visit to view a correlation of this book s activities to your state s standards. This is a free service. EMC 3315 Author: Kathleen McFarren Editor: Sandi Johnson Copy Editors: Sonny Bennett Cathy Harber Illustrator: Datagraph Creations Designer: Cheryl Puckett Desktop: Debbie Lambert Congratulations on your purchase of some of the finest teaching materials in the world. For information about other Evan-Moor products, call or FAX Visit our Web site for additional product information. Entire contents EVAN-MOOR CORP. 18 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Monterey, CA Permission is hereby granted to the individual purchaser to reproduce student materials in this book for noncommercial individual or single classroom use only. Permission is not granted for schoolwide or systemwide reproduction of materials. Printed in USA.

2 Contents Each Unit Has How to Use Nonfiction Reading Practice...4 Reading Checklist...5 Social Studies...6 The United States Congress Lewis and Clark...22 The Civil War...30 Floating Continents...38 Science Electric Light...46 Heredity...54 Measuring the Weather...62 The Internet...70 Marie Curie...78 Health & Safety Teeth...86 Seat Belt Safety...94 Dr. Charles Richard Drew Mathematics Structural Engineers Probability Owning a Business The Arts Ludwig van Beethoven Drawing Acting Julia Morgan Teacher Reference Graphic Organizers Answer Key Nonfiction Reading Practice Is Important Research indicates that more than 80 percent of what people read and write is nonfiction text. Newspapers, magazines, directions on new products, application forms, and how-to manuals are just some of the types of nonfiction reading material we encounter on a daily basis. As students move through the grades, an increasing amount of time is spent reading expository text for subjects such as science and social studies. Most reading comprehension sections on state and national tests are nonfiction by Evan-Moor Corp. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 EMC

3 Introducing the Topic 1. Reproduce page 7 for individual students, or make a transparency to use with a group or the whole class. 2. Show students the picture of. Tell students this memorial is the largest work of art on Earth. Then show students the map of the United States and where Mount Rushmore is located. Tell students that 2.5 million visitors come to National Memorial each year. Reading the Selections The Story of Two Sculptures in South Dakota The Story of Two Sculptures in South Dakota is the largest work of art in the world. Crazy Horse Memorial Working on the sculpture was a dangerous job. Bonus: 9 Bonus: 11 Bonus: LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Words to Introduce sculpture designed model tram dynamite national memorial George Washington Thomas Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln Gutzon Borglum South Dakota Words to Introduce Doane Robinson sculpture heroes Gutzon Borglum granite cliff plaster dynamited model national memorial Words to Introduce sculpture national memorial granite Theodore Roosevelt westward movement sculptor Gutzon Borglum Doane Robinson Sioux 6 Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 EMC by Evan-Moor Corp.

4 George Washington shows the faces of four American presidents by Evan-Moor Corp. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 EMC

5 is the largest work of art in the world. In South Dakota, there is a huge rock sculpture on a mountain cliff. It is called Mount Rushmore. The sculpture has the faces of four presidents on it. The presidents are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. An artist named Gutzon Borglum designed this art sculpture. First, he made a small model of it. Then he planned how to carve the mountain. In 1927, Gutzon Borglum began work on the mountain. Many people helped him. The workers built stairs to the top of the rock cliff. They built a tram to carry tools up the mountain. They made frames to hold workers. During the next 14 years, workers carved the sculpture. Over 400 men worked on. They blasted the rock with dynamite. Drills dug into the rock. Hammers tapped and tapped. On October 31, 1941, the sculpture was done. The four faces look out of the rock cliff. Each president s face is 60 feet (18 m) tall. is the largest work of art on Earth. Gutzon Borglum never got to see the finished sculpture. He died less than a year before it was done. His son helped finish the job. Gutzon Borglum would be proud to know that Mount Rushmore is now a national memorial. 8 Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 EMC by Evan-Moor Corp.

6 Name Fill in the bubble to answer each question or complete each sentence. 1. Over men worked on , is now. a national memorial a national mountain a state memorial a state park 3. Who designed the sculpture? Thomas Jefferson Gutzon Borglum Richard Rushmore South Dakota 4. What happened less than a year before the sculpture was done? There was no money to finish it. The workers quit working on the sculpture. The sculpture crumbled. Gutzon Borglum died. 5. What is another word for sculpture? picture mountain statue photo Bonus: On the back of this page, explain why became so famous by Evan-Moor Corp. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 4 EMC