Grade 4-Exploring our World with Cinderella
Fisher/Sky Ranch SEARCH Grade 4
2013-2014
1st Quarter
Week 1
 Procedures/Procedures Game
 Getting to Know You Game-Explore Frisbee Toss
 Walk through Drills and Lockdown Procedures
 Tour School
 Create classroom rules
Week 2
 Multiple Intelligence Power Point
 MI Assessment
 Decorate Travel Suitcase
 Discuss Unit of Study
Week 3
 OERB Lesson-Rock Detective
 Thirsty Rocks
Week 4
 Thirsty Rocks
 Weighty Problems
 Oil Refinery Play
Week 5
 Flight-airplanes/gliders
 Chart Cinderella Story
 Compare and contrast French Cinderella Story
Week 6
 The Caribbean Cinderella Story
 The Big Banana Peel-mathematical reasoning
2nd Quarter
Week 1
 Finish the big banana peel
 Graph results on excel
 Design a carriage from a banana and other items
Week 2
 The French explorers
 The French influence on the Caribbean and the U.S.
Week 3
 Read Princess Furball
 Research castles
Week 4
 Continue researching castles
Week 5
 Design a castle and castle grounds
Week 6
 Design a castle and castle grounds
Week 7
 Research the Feudal system
 Research Knights and Knighthood
 Sir Circumference
Week 8
 Research the English explorers
 Write a rap about each explorer
 Present raps
 Learn about the monarchy today
3rd Quarter
Week 1
 Read Yeh Shen
 Read a recipe and trace the origin of the spices used on
http://www.spiceadvice.com/encyclopedia/index.html
 Read about the spices and map it. Connect to early exploration.
Week 2
 Read aloud The Chinese Calendar
 Discuss research and note-taking
 Take notes
Week 3
 Continue note-taking using the Internet
Week 4
 Continue note-taking using a magazine article
 Write research report
Week 5
 Type research
 Create zodiac animal mask
Week 6
 Type research
 Create zodiac animal mask
Week 7
 Learn about the planets
 Make a rocket
Week 8
 Research Chinese food and how rice is grown
Week 9
 Watch video of Yeh Shen
 Eat Chinese food
4th Quarter
Week 1
 Read other Cinderella stories
 Write a Cinderella story
Week 2
 Write a Cinderella story
Week 3
 Revise and Edit
Week 4
 Create and illustrate a book
Week 5
 Create and Illustrate a book
Week 6
 Field Trip
Week 7
 Castle Party
 Share books and Movie Maker Photo Stories
Oklahoma Academic Standards
Literature/Language Arts
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Cendrillon
Princess Furball
The Chinese Cinderella Story
Story Elements
Write a narrative
Write an explanatory paper
Compare and contrast
Math
 Operations and algebraic thinking
 Number and operations in base ten
 Measurement and Data
 Geometry
Lang. Arts
 Speaking and Listening Standards 1-6
 Writing Standards 1-10
 Standards for Informational Text 1-10
 Standards for Literature 1-10
Soc. Studies
 All PALS
 Content Standards 2-4
Science
 Process and Inquiry Standards 1-4
 Content Standards 1, 2 and 4
Math
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 Science
OERB Fossils to Fuel II
Flight-The Forces of Motion
Bananas
Design a carriage from a banana
The Phases of the Moon
The Chinese Zodiac
Technology
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Internet Use
Typing on Microsoft Word
Graphing on Excel
Movie Maker Photo Story
Making Connections
4th Grade
Exploring our World with
Cinderella
History
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Explorers
Ancient Chinese History
Medieval Castles
The French, Chinese and English Influence on the
United States
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Resources
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OERB-Petro Pro
OK History Center Oil Rig Man
Field Trip-The Osteology Museum or the Mabee
Gerer Museum
Measurement
Coordinate Graphing
Bar Graphing
Mass and Weight
Art/Music/Movement
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Jazz Music
Cultural Music from Around the World
Create a Castle
Fish Printing
Chinese Zodiac Masks
Book Illustration