CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
GETTING THE JOB DONE
Theme# 2 Lesson#6
Content Connection Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What are important ways we can help each other in getting a job done?
 What are the steps involved in starting a small business?
 What kinds of jobs could you do for summer employment?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 On the Banks of Plum Creek
 On the Shore of the River (BelowLevel)
 A New Home on the Prairie (On-Level)
 At the Edge of the Forest (Advanced)
 Pioneer Life (ELL)
 Little School on the Prairie
(Comprehension)
 Surviving on the Prairies (Paired
Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier II)
 attentive
 darted
 swerved
 contradicting
 responsible
 jostling
 pounced
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
Walking to the Creek
Coaching Mrs. Parker
Challenge
 Laura Ingalls Wilder
 Wagons West!
 Laura’s Album: A Remembrance
Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
 consumer
 demand
 economy
 globalization
 immigrant
 producer
 technology
 supply
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Use strategies appropriate to the
reading situation
 Reread in order to clarify information
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Understand that fiction stories are
organized around a plot
 Identify how conflicts are resolved in a
story
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard II: Students will understand
how Utah’s history has been shaped by
many diverse people, events, and ideas.
Objective
 2. a. Identify key events and trends in
history and their significance
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will learn about events and places in history through a fictional story line.
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts