Fourth Grade Curriculum
1st Nine Weeks
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LANGUAGE ARTS |
MATH |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
SCIENCE |
PRACTICAL LIVING/ ARTS & HUMANITIES |
WRITING |
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WEEK 1 |
.4.0.7 Follow the directions in a passage. POS- Students will select and read materials for enjoyment |
3.2.1 Pose questions that can be answered by collecting data 3.2.2 Collect, organize, and describe data 3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data 3.2.4 Interpret circle graphs POS- Students will pose questions, collect, organize, and display data. Students will represent and describe relationships through the use of variables, ordered pairs, lists in tables, plots on graphs, and patterns. Students will explore circle graphs. |
4.2.2 Regions are areas that have one or more physical or human characteristics in common. POS- Students will recognize the five themes of geography and use them to analyze geographic issues and problems in Kentucky and regions of the United States. Students will develop mental maps of the United States and its regions. Make a KWL of what students know about maps, US and Kentucky. |
Note Taking Introduction to vocabulary Scientific Method Scientific Process/Skills |
2.3.2 Rules of behavior and sportsmanship for spectators and participants during games and/or activities make them safe and enjoyable. POS- Students will demonstrate sportsmanship in games and sports activities. |
POS- Students will identify and apply characteristics of effective writing in producing and discussing their own work. |
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WEEK 2 |
x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meaning of words in passages. POS- Students will employ reading strategies. Students will use contextual vocabulary and comprehension strategies to understand text. |
3.2.3 Construct and interpret displays of data 3.2.5 Make predictions and draw conclusions based on data 3.3.1 How data are used to draw conclusions 3.3.3 How the type of display is related to data POS- Students will explore line graphs to show change over time. Students will draw conclusions based on data. |
4.2.1 Every place is unique and can be described by its human and physical characteristics. Map skills handbook POS- Students will understand how humans have interacted with the physical environment to meet their needs in Kentucky and regions in the United States. |
1.1.3 Communication, cooperation, rules, and respect are important to the effective functioning of groups. POS- Students will apply rules in groups and determine how their application enables groups to function effectively. |
POS- Students will respond to reading, listening, observing, and inquiry through applying writing-to-learn strategies in situations such as journals and graphic organizers and writing-to-demonstrate-learning strategies in situations such as open-responsequestions and graphic organizers. |
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WEEK 3 |
2.0.6 Use text features to understand a passage. 4.0.6 Locate and apply information for authentic purposes. POS- Students will utilize text features and organizational patterns to interpret transactive reading materials. |
4.1.3 A positive coordinate system of graphing using ordered pairs 4.2.5 Graph ordered pairs on a positive coordinate grid POS- Students will represent and describe relationships through the use of variables, ordered pairs, lists in tables, plots on graphs, and patterns. |
4.1.5 Different factors in one location can have an impact on another location. Map skills handbook POS- Students will recognize the five themes of geography and use them to analyze geographic issues and problems in Kentucky and regions of the United States. Students will understand how humans have interacted with the physical environment to meet their needs in Kentucky and regions in the United States. Continents |
1.1.1Objects have many observable properties such as size, mass, shape, color, temperature, magnetism, and the ability to react with other substances. Some properties can be measured using tools such as metric rulers, balances, and thermometers. 1.1.2 Objects are made of one or more materials such as paper, wood, and metal. Objects can be described by the properties of the materials from which they are made. Those properties can be used to separate or classify objects or materials. POS- Students will understand that properties of materials can be measured and used to describe, separate, or sort objects.
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1.5.4 Health-related fitness includes many components. POS- Students will explain concepts of muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardio respiratory endurance. |
WR-E-1 Purpose/Audience The writer establishes and maintains a focused purpose to communicate with an audience by narrowing the topic to establish a focus analyzing and addressing the needs of the intended audience adhering to the characteristics of the form employing a suitable tone allowing voice to emerge when appropriate. |
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WEEK 4 |
4.0.10 Identify text features and organizational aids that provide additional clarity. |
4.1.1 Functions (input-output) through pictures, tables, and words 4.2.1 Find rules for, extend, and create patterns |
Continents 4.1.1 Simple physical, political, and thematic maps, globes, charts, photographs, aerial photography, and graphs can be used to find and explain locations and display information. 4.1.3 Mental maps are used to demonstrate where things are and how they are arranged. POS- Students will use various representations of the Earth to find and explain human and physical geographic features in Kentucky and regions of the United States. Students will develop mental maps of the United States and its regions. |
1.1.3 Materials can exist in different states-solid, liquid, and gas. Some common materials, such as water, can be changed from one state to another by heating or cooling. POS- Students will understand that materials can exist in different states and some common materials can change states. |
1.1.1 Individual behaviors show responsibility and respect to others. POS- Students will demonstrate responsibility to oneself and others. Life-skills Self-esteem |
Idea Development The writer develops and supports main ideas and deepens the audience’s understanding by using logical, justified, and suitable explanation relevant elaboration related connections and reflections idea development strategies appropriate for the form.Organization The writer creates unity and coherence to accomplish the focused purpose by engaging the audience and establishing a context for reading placing ideas and support in a meaningful order guiding the reader through the piece with transitions and transitional elements providing effective closure |
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WEEK 5 |
x.0.5 Recognize the purpose of capitalization, punctuation, boldface type, italics, and indentations used by the author. |
3.1.1 Mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data 3.1.3 The process of using data to answer questions 3.2.6 Find mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data POS- Students will choose appropriate means to collect and represent data. |
Latitude and Longitude 4.1.2 Every point on Earth has an absolute location defined by latitude and longitude, and a relative location as compared to other points on Earth’s surface. POS- Students will understand that all places on Earth have an absolute and relative location. |
1.3.1 Light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object. Light can be reflected by a shiny object, refracted by a lens, or absorbed by an object. POS- Students will understand that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object. Light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed by objects. |
Sentences The writer creates effective sentences that are varied in structure an length complete and correct. |
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WEEK 6 |
x.0.2 Use knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and compound words for comprehension.. 4.0.9 Interpret specialized vocabulary found in practical/workplace passages. POS - Students will use contextual vocabulary and comprehension strategies to understand text. |
1.1.1Whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals through thousandths 1.2.1 Read, write, and rename whole numbers POS- Students will read, write, and model whole numbers from 0 to 1,000,000, developing place value for hundred thousands and millions. |
Atlas |
2.1.1 There are fundamental motor skills for enhancing physical development: locomotor and nonlocomotor POS- Students will exhibit motor skills with fundamental locomotor movement in the performance of games and sports. |
Language The writer demonstrates effective word choice strong verbs and nouns concrete and/or sensory details language appropriate to the content, purpose, and audience concise use of language correct usage/grammar Correctness The writer demonstrates correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and appropriate documentation of ideas and information form outside sources. |
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WEEK 7 |
X0.2 Use knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and compound words for comprehension. POS-. Students will employ, reading strategies. |
1.2.4 Skip-count forward and backward 1.2.9 Order and compare whole numbers and fractions 1.3.1 How fractions, decimals, and whole numbers relate 4.2.4 Locate whole numbers, fractions, and decimals on a number line
OS- Students will order and compare numbers to 1,000,000. Students will understand the relative magnitude of whole numbers to 1,000,000. Students will graph points on a number line. |
4.4.4 People may have different perspectives concerning the use of land. |
2.2.2 Objects in the sky have properties, locations, and real or apparent movements that can be observed and described. 2.3.3 Changes in movement of objects in the sky have patterns that can be observed and described. POS- Students will understand that common objects in the sky have properties, locations, and movements that can be observed and described. |
1.2 Personal writing focuses on the life experiences of the writer. Personal forms in the portfolio may include a personal narrative or memoir. |
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WEEK 8 |
x.0.4 Recognize the meaning of a word when a prefix or suffix has been added to a base word. POS- Students will use contextual vocabulary and comprehension strategies to understand text. |
1.1.4 Place value, expanded form, number magnitude to 100,000,000, and decimals through thousandths 1.3.3 How the base 10 number system relates to place value. POS- Students will read, write, and identify decimals through one-thousandths with manipulatives. |
4.1.4 After looking at spatial factors, decisions are made about where to locate human activities on Earth’s surface. 4.3.3 Technology allows humans to settle in areas previously inaccessible. POS- Students will use various representations of the Earth to find and explain human and physical geographic features in Kentucky and regions of the United States |
2.2.2 Objects in the sky have properties, locations, and real or apparent movements that can be observed and described POS- Students will understand that objects in the sky have patterns of movement. |
1.8.1 There are effective strategies for dealing with peer pressure. 1.8.3 Violence can be prevented by employing strategies. Life skills- Communication skills |
Characteristics of personal writing may include development of ideas based on personal experience sensory details writer’s thoughts and feelings first person point-of-view dialogue where appropriate. |
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WEEK 9 |
4.0.8 Explain why the correct sequence is important. 1.0.6 Literature- Explain the meaning of a passage taken from texts appropriate for elementary school students. |
4.2.1 Find rules for, extend, and create patterns. 4.2.2 Create tables to analyze patterns/functions. 4.3.1 How patterns are alike and different. 4.3.2 How rules involving number patterns can be explained. POS- Students will compare and contrast number patterns. Students will formulate rules for number relationships. |
1.3.1 Rights and responsibilities of the individual are determined by specific roles within various groups, including family, peer group, class, school, community, state, and country. POS- Students will understand that individuals have rights and responsibilities that change when people assume different roles in different groups. Students will recognize that, in a democratic society, individuals need to participate in government and civic affairs. |
3.3.1 There are community organizations that provide health and safety services. POS-. Students will identify governmental health and safety regulations. Students will describe and access health and safety services that agencies provide to the community. |
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