Buffalo Trail Elementary School 4th Grade 1st Nine Weeks
Reading
4.3 Fiction/Nonfiction
●Context Clues
●Word Origins
●Word Reference
●Materials
●Synonyms, Antonyms
●Multiple Meaning Words
4.4 Fiction Comprehension
●Author’s Purpose
●Describe how the choice
of language, setting and
information contributes to
the author’s purpose.
●Identify major events and
supporting details.
●Describe the relationship
between text and
previously read materials.
4.5 Nonfiction
Comprehension
●Inferencing
●Summarizing
Language Arts
4.1 Oral Communication
●Giving directions
●Contribute to group
discussions
●Use grammatically correct
language and specific
vocabulary to
communicate ideas.
4.2 Oral Presentations
●Use subject-related
information and
vocabulary.
●Listen to and record info.
●Organize information for
clarity.
4.7 Effective Writing
●Focus on one aspect of a
topic.
●Develop a plan for writing.
●Organize writing to convey
a central idea.
4.8 Editing Writing
●Look for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling.
●Use noun-pronoun
agreement.
●Incorporate adjectives and
adverbs.
Math
4.15 Patterns
●Numerical/Geometric
Patterns
●Growing/Repeating
Patterns
4.1 Number Sense
●Place Value
●Comparing
●Rounding
●Estimation
●Addition/Subtraction
Equality (4.16)
o Associative Prop.
o Commutative Prop.
History
VS.2a VA Relative Location
●Where in the World is VA?
VS.2c Geographic Features
●Peninsulas
●Rivers/ Bodies of Water
VS.2b Virginia’s Regions
●Tidewater/Coastal Plain
●Piedmont
●Blue Ridge
●Valley and Ridge
●Appalachian Plateau
VS.2d,g Language Groups
●Algonquian (Powhatan)
●Siouan (Monacan)
●Iroquoian (Cherokee)
●State-Recognized Tribes
VS. 2f Archaeology
Discoveries
●Werowocomoco
VS.2e Adaptations to the
Land
●Eastern Woodland Indians
●Climate/Adaptations
VS.3a,b Reasons for
Colonization
●Economic Interests
o Charters
o Self-Government
●Effects of Colonization
o Women/Africans
o Hardships faced
o English-Indian
Interaction
Science
4.1 Scientific Method
●Observations, conclusions,
inferences and predictions
●Experimental design –
hypothesis and variables
●Classify and analyze
objects, measurements,
data
●Measurements of distance,
volume, mass and temp.
●Display data, interpret and
make predictions from
graphs, charts, tables
●Identify contradictory
experimental results
4.9 Virginia’s Natural
Resources
 Natural versus man-made
resources
 Virginia’s natural
resources by region
 Virginia’s water resources
and watershed
4.7 and 4.8 Solar System
●Revolution and Rotation
●Earth’s Seasons
●Phases of the Moon
●Size, Position, and makeup
of Earth, Moon, and Sun
●Historical Contributions
 The planets