CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title NATURAL CHANGES
Theme # 3 Lesson #12
Content Connection Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What is something in the environment that changes over time?
 If you wanted to find the height of the world’s ten tallest mountains, in what reference
source would you look?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 Mountains
 Rivers (Below-Level)
 Sand Dunes (On-Level)
 Plateaus (Advanced)
 Mountain Ranges (ELL)
 Growing Up in the Mountains
(Comprehension)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier
II)
 eruption
 depths
 gradually
 revealed
 contract
 constant
 immediate
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
The Disappearing Island
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights
Nim’s Island



Avalanche Annie
Volcano!: When a Mountain Explodes
My Side of the Mountain
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)







archaeology
artifacts
communication
erosion
excavation
landforms
natural resources




regions
seismic activity
transportation
tourism
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Use appropriate strategies when
reading for different purposes
 Represent text information in a graphic
organizer
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Recognize that authors use text
structures to organize ideas
 Understand cause-and-effect text
structure in expository nonfiction
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard I: Students will understand
the relationship between the physical
geography in Utah and human life.
Objective
 1. a. identify Utah’s latitude, longitude,
hemisphere, climate, natural resources,
landforms, and regions using a variety
of geographic tools
Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will identify landforms within a given region
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts