4th Grade

3rd Nine Weeks

Reading

Informational Reading

• Structure

·         Text features

·         Graphic Features

·         Organizational Structures

• Strategies

·         Locates Facts

·         Cause & Effect

·         Main Idea/Details

·         Connections

·         Fact from Opinion

• Vocabulary

·         Word Meanings from Context

·         Dictionary

Writing

Informational Writing (Spans end of 2nd 9 weeks into beginning of 4th 9 weeks)

• Organizational Structure

·         Central Question

·         Organizational Structure

·         Appropriate Facts & Details

·         Extraneous Details

·         Sense of Closure

• Writer’s Craft

·         Engages Reader

·         Sense of Closure

·         Appropriate Strategies

• Research

·         Multiple Sources

·         Acknowledges Sources

• Speaking, Listening, Viewing

·         responding to questions and comments

·         offers and supports opinions

·         verbal cues and eye contact

·         projects individuality and personality

·         ask relevant questions

·         turn taking behavior

Math

Decimal Fractions and Fractions

• Understand the meaning of rounding a decimal fraction to the nearest whole number
• Understand decimal fractions are a part of the base ten system
• Understand the relative size of numbers and order two-digit decimal fractions
• Add and subtract both one and two digit decimal fractions
• Understand representations of simple equivalent fractions
• Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with common denominators (denominators should not exceed twelve)
• Convert and use mixed numbers and improper fractions interchangeably
• Apply patterns and rules to describe relationships and solve problems
• Represent unknowns using symbols such as ¨ and ∆
• Write and evaluate mathematical expressions using symbols and different values.

Weight

• Use standard and metric units to measure the weight of objects
• Know units used to measure weight (gram, kilogram, ounces, pounds, and tons)
• Compare one unit to another within a single system of measurement

Data

• Represent data in bar, line, and pictographs
• Investigate the features and tendencies of graphs
• Compare different graphical representations for a given set of data
• Identify missing information and duplications in data

Social Studies

The New Nation

• The student will analyze the challenges faced by the new nation.
• Identify the weaknesses of the government established by the Articles of Confederation.
• Identify the major leaders of the Constitutional Convention (James Madison and Benjamin Franklin) and describe the major issues they debated, including the rights of states, the Great Compromise, and slavery.
• Identify the three branches of the U.S. government as outlined by the Constitution, describe what they do, how they relate to each other (checks and balances and separation of power), and how they relate to the states.
• Identify and explain the rights in the Bill of Rights, describe how the Bill of Rights places limits on the power of government, and explain the reasons for its inclusion in the Constitution in 1791.
• Describe the causes of the War of 1812; include burning of the Capitol and the White House.
• The student will describe the meaning of our founding documents and federal system of government.
• Describe the meaning of natural rights as found in the Declaration of Independence (the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.)
• Describe "We the people" from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution as a reflection of consent of the governed or popular sovereignty.
• Describe the meaning of the federal system of government in the U.S.
• The student will explain the importance of freedom of expression as written in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Westward Expansion

• The student will explain westward expansion of America between 1801 and 1861.
• Describe territorial expansion with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Texas (the Alamo and independence), Oregon (Oregon Trail), and California (Gold Rush and the development of mining towns.)
• Describe the impact of the steamboat, the steam locomotive, and the telegraph on life in America.

Science

Stars, Star Patterns, and Planets

• Star Characteristics

·         Understand that galaxies are made up of stars.

·         Recognizes that constellations are patterns of stars.

·         Understand that stars come in various sizes and colors

• Planet Characteristics and Relation to Stars

·         Identify stars as burning spheres of gas.

·         Understand that a planet is a large object that moves around a star (sun).

·         Identify and label different constellations (Big Dipper, Orion, and Little Dipper) and their positions in the solar system.

·         Understand that the sun is the largest object in the solar system (star).

·         Compare and contrast the differences and similarities between planets and stars using appearance, position, and number in the night sky.

• Movements and Motion of Stars and Planets

·         Describe, reenact, or explain the difference between revolution and rotation.

·         Analyze why stars remain constant in the night sky and why people see them at specific times of the year.

·         Summarize why planets can be seen in different locations in the solar system at different times.

• Technology in Space

·         Identify how technology is used to observe distant objects in the sky.

Earth, Moon and Solar System

• Day and Night

·         Demonstrate  using a model of the earth, the day and night cycle

·         Illustrate and identify the day and night cycles based on the earth’s rotation

• Phases of the Moon

·         Demonstrate the phases of the moon using a model

·         Illustrate the sequential phases of the moon over a 28 day period

·         Summarize why we see different phases of the moon.

• Earth’s Tilt and Axis

·         Identify how long it takes for one complete revolution around the sun.

·         Differentiate the cause of seasonal change

·         Compare and contrast the result of the earth’s tilt, relative to seasons.

• Planet Order

·         Identify that the sun is the central star in our solar system

·         Sequence and list the EIGHT planets in the solar system in order (Pluto is no longer considered a true planet.)

·         Construct a model of the planets in our solar system, in order from the sun.