CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
NATURAL CHANGES
Theme #3 Lesson #14
Content Connection Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What clues are we given in nature when the seasons change?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 The Stranger
 Finky’s Mysterious Spots (BelowLevel)
 The Wisdom of the Wind (On-Level)
 The Mysterious Growing Moon
(Advanced)
 All Through the Year (ELL)
 “The Tree on the Corner”
(Comprehension)
 “Something Told the Wild Geese”
(Comprehension)
 A Place in the Sun (Paired Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier
II)
 hermit
 fascinated
 occasionally
 timid
 peculiar
 drab
 trembling
 dashed
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
The Sign Painter
The Disappearing Island
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights
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It’s Fall
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
Autumn Across America
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
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archaeology
artifacts
communication
erosion
excavations
landforms
natural resources
regions
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seismic activity
transportation
tourism
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Draw conclusions about story elements
 Support conclusions with text evidence
and experience
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Use appropriate strategies to monitor
comprehension when reading
 Red ahead to clarify information or
unfamiliar words
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard I: Students will understand
the relationship between the physical
geography in Utah and human life
Objective
 2.e. Examine the interactions between
physical geography and public health
and safety (e.g. inversions, seasonal
changes)
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will connect physical changes in the weather and the effect on the environment
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts