JGB Inspire Series 4 Digital Classroom Bundle

Description

Our classroom bundles include everything you need to successfully use Junior Great Books^® Inspire through Junior Great Books Digital Classroom. You will have access to materials for one teacher and 30 students, as well as online training to prepare you to begin using the Great Books Foundation's Shared Inquiry™ method of learning.

The Junior Great Books Inspire Series 4 Student Materials include one Student Book and one Reader’s Journal. Featuring all new selections, this series develops students’ reading comprehension, fluency, critical thinking, speaking and listening, and writing skills using the Shared Inquiry method of learning. All learners are welcomed into inquiry-based exploration of outstanding texts by diverse authors from around the world.

The Student Book features 14 all-new selections in one anthology, including:

Eight fiction selections
Three narrative nonfiction texts
Two poems
One drama

Each digital classroom bundle includes access to:

All Series 4 Teacher Materials for one teacher
All Series 4 Student Materials for 30 students
One Shared Inquiry Essentials online or on-demand training course

Notes:

Digital materials cannot be printed. T
The digital products in this bundle come with a one-year subscription.
Purchasers will be emailed a coupon code to register for a Shared Inquiry Essentials on-demand or online training course in our store, valid within a year of purchase.

In Junior Great Books Digital Classroom, teachers can:

Respond to student work within the platform, by viewing and grading work, responding to student notes, and giving individual feedback
Take advantage of handy classroom management tools
Track student progress by viewing course reports and time spent on assignments

Students using the platform can:

Complete all assignments online
Listen to professionally recorded audio versions of the texts
Mark texts with various annotation tools
Prepare for discussion by writing ideas and citing evidence
Record their thinking over the course of a unit
Access content through any device connected to the internet

Junior Great Books Inspire

FICTION

The Red Canoe: Anne Yvonne Gilbert
The Singing Chair: Deborah Ellis
The Good Deed: Marion Dane Bauer
The Swallow and the Pumpkinseed: Retold by Elisa Oh
Me, All Alone, at the End of the World: M. T. Anderson
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push: Walter Dean Myers
The Chicken that Crossed the Road: Gary Soto
The Promise: Nicola Davies

NONFICTION

Breaking the Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea: Robert Burleigh
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace: Jen Cullerton Johnson

POETRY & DRAMA

The Child: J. Patrick Lewis
The Lake Isle of Innisfree: William Butler Yeats
The Lost Unicycle: Clarence Coo

Nonfiction Inquiry 4

UNITS

Economics: Wants vs. Needs: Air Jordans: Demanding the Brand
Life Science: Animal Intelligence: Crows: Friend or Foe?
STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem: Young Inventors Making the Future Brighter
Social Studies: The Oral Tradition: The Life and Legend of Johnny Appleseed
American History: Westward Expansion: Zitkala-Sa at Boarding School
Social Studies: Social Responsibility: "We Show Up for Each Other"
Social Studies: Justice and Fairness: Peer Solutions: Better Than Punishment?
Physical Science: Weather and Climate: Leave It to Beavers?
Social Studies: Personal Growth and Identity: Bystanders Who Stand Together