Fourth Grade Nine Week Plans ~ Third Quarter
2014-2015
Reading/Language Arts
4.1 The student will use effective oral communication skills in a variety of settings.
h. Demonstrate the ability to work independently.
4.2 The student will make and listen to oral presentations and reports.
a. Use subject-related information and vocabulary.
4.3 The student will learn how media messages are constructed and for what
purposes.
a. Differentiate between auditory, visual, and written media messages.
b. Identify the characteristics of various media messages.
4.4 The student will expand vocabulary when reading.
e. Use vocabulary from other content areas.
4.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts,
narrative nonfiction texts, and poetry.
a. Explain the author’s purpose.
j. Identify cause and effect relationships.
k. Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor
comprehension.
4.6 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.
c. Explain the author’s purpose.
g. Distinguish between cause and effect.
k. Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor
comprehension.
4.7 The student will write cohesively for a variety of purposes.
a. Identify intended audience.
c. Use a variety of pre-writing strategies.
h. Use transition words for sentence variety.
j. Revise writing for clarity of content using specific vocabulary and
information.
4.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling,
punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
b. Include prepositional phrases.
g. Use correct spelling for frequently used words, including common
homophones.
h. Use singular possessives.
4.9 The student will demonstrate comprehension of information resources to
research a topic.
a. Construct questions about a topic.
b. Collect information from multiple resources including online, print, and
media.
c. Use technology as a tool to organize, evaluate, and communicate
information.
d. Give credit to sources used in research.
e. Understand the difference between plagiarism and using own words.
LC ENG 1
Use developmentally appropriate sound, pattern and/or meaning units to spell in
written work.
LC ENG 2
Use developmentally appropriate sound, pattern and/or meaning units to spell in
isolation.
Math
4.14 The student will collect, organize, display, and interpret data from a variety
of graphs.
4.15 The student will recognize, create, and extend numerical and geometric
patterns (in the context of numerical patterns on the axes of graphs).
4.2 The
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student will
Compare and order fractions and mixed numbers;
Represent equivalent fractions; and
Identify the division statement that represents a fraction.
4.13 The student will
a. Predict the likelihood of an outcome of a simple event; and
b. Represent probability as a number between 0 and 1, inclusive.
4.3 The student will
a. Read, write, represent, and identify decimals expressed through
thousandths;
b. Round decimals to the nearest whole number, tenth, and hundredth;
c. Compare and order decimals; and
d. Given a model, write the decimal and fraction equivalents.
4.4d - Solve single-step and multistep addition, subtraction, and multiplication
problems with whole numbers.
4.5 The student will
a. Determine common multiples and factors, including least common multiple
and greatest common factor;
b. Add and subtract fractions having like and unlike denominators that are
limited to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12, and simplify the resulting fractions,
using common multiples and factors;
c. Add and subtract decimals; and
d. Solve single-step and multistep practical problems involving addition and
subtraction with fractions and with decimals.
4.9 The student will determine elapsed time in minutes within a 12-hour period.
Science
4.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic,
and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which
a. Distinctions are made among observations, conclusions, inferences, and
predictions;
b. Objects or events are classified and arranged according to
characteristics of properties;
c. Appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure length, mass,
volume, and temperature in metric units;
d. Appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure elapsed time.
e. Predictions and inferences are made, and conclusions are drawn based on
data from a variety of sources;
g. Independent and dependent variables are identified;
h. Hypotheses are developed as cause and effect relationships;
i. Data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and displayed using bar and basic
line graphs;
j. Numerical data that are contradictory or unusual in experimental results
are recognized;
k. Data are communicated with simple graphs, pictures, written statements,
and numbers;
l. Models are constructed to clarify explanations, demonstrate
relationships, and solve needs; and
m. Current applications are used to reinforce science concepts.
4.3 The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of electricity.
Key concepts include
a. Conductors and insulators;
b. Basic circuits;
c. Static electricity;
d. The ability of electrical energy to be transformed into light and motion,
and to produce heat;
e. Simple electromagnets and magnetism; and
f. Historical contributions in understanding electricity.
4.5 The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals, including
humans, in an ecosystem interact with one another and with the nonliving
components in the ecosystem. Key concepts include
a. Plant and animal adaptations;
b. Organization of populations, communities, and ecosystems and how they
interrelate;
c. Flow of energy through food webs;
d. Habitats and niches;
e. Changes in an organism’s niche at various stages in its life cycle; and
f. Influences of human activity on ecosystems.
Virginia Studies
VS.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the
American Revolution by
b. Identifying the various roles played by whites, enslaved African Americans,
free African Americans, and American Indians in the Revolutionary War
era, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and
James Lafayette.
c. Identifying the importance of the Battle of Great Bridge, the ride of Jack
Jouett, and the American victory at Yorktown.
VS.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the
establishment of the new American nation by
a. Explaining why George Washington is called the “Father of our Country”
and James Madison
is called the “Father of the Constitution”;
b. Identifying the ideas of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson as
expressed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute
for Religious Freedom;
VS.7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues that divided our nation
and led to the Civil War by
a. Identifying the events and differences between northern and southern
states that divided Virginians and led to secession, war, and the creation
of West Virginia;
b. Describing Virginia’s role in the war, including identifying major battles
that took place in Virginia;
c. Describing the roles played by whites, enslaved African Americans, free
African Americans, and American Indians.
Health
4.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of health concepts and
behaviors that prevent illness and disease. Key concepts/skills include
a. The body’s defenses;
b. The spread of germs (viruses, bacteria, and fungi);
c. The difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases;
d. The importance of early detection of health problems;
e. The role of regular physical activity, good nutrition, and healthy choices.
4.5 The student will access and use health resources to improve personal and
family health. Key concepts/skills include
a. The use of health care agencies, printed materials, broadcast media,
Internet, and audiovisual materials;
b. Identification of accurate and inaccurate health information.