Fourth Grade Curriculum Map (2014-2015)
Subject
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
SOLs: 4.4a,c; 4.5e.f.i,l;
4.6b,h,i,l
SOLs: 4.4b,d; 4.5c,d,g;
4.6a,d,e,j
SOLs: 4.4e; 4.5a,j,k; 4.6c,g,k
SOLs: 4.5b,h; 4.6f
Context Clues; Reference Materials;
Identify the Problem & Solution; Text-toText Connections; Make, Confirm, or
Revise Predictions; Fluency & Accuracy;
Formulate Questions; Fact vs. Opinion;
Use Prior Knowledge As Context for New
Learning
Word Origins, Synonyms, Antonyms,
and Homophones; Expand
Vocabulary; Main Idea; Summarize
Supporting Details; Identify Sensory
Words; Use of Text Structures;
Identify New Information Gained
from Reading
Use Vocabulary From Other Content
Areas; Author’s Purpose; Cause and
Effect Relationships; Use of Reading
Strategies to Monitor Comprehension
Describe How the Choice of
Language, Setting, Characters,
and Information Contributes to
the Author’s Purpose; Draw
Conclusions; Make Inferences;
Cumulative Review
SOLs: 4.7a,b,c,j; 4.8a,d,g
SOLs: 4.7a,c,d,f,g,j,k; 4.8e,g
SOLs: 4.7a,c,h,j; 4.8b,g,h;
4.9a,b,c,d,e
SOLs: 4.7a,c,e,i,j;
4.8c,f,g; 4.9a,b,c,d,e
Identify Intended Audience; Focus on
One Aspect of a Topic; Use a Variety
of Pre-Writing Strategies; Revise
Writing for Clarity of Content;
Subject-Verb Agreement; NounPronoun Agreement; Correct Spelling
for Frequently Used Words (Including
Homophones)
Identify Intended Audience; Use a
Variety of Pre-Writing Strategies;
Organize Writing to Convey a Central
Idea; Clear Topic Sentence; Write
Two or More Related Paragraphs on
the Same Topic; Revise Writing for
Clarity of Content; Include Supporting
Details; Proper Use of Commas;
Correct Spelling for Frequently Used
Words (Including Homophones)
Identify Intended Audience; Use a Variety
of Pre-Writing Strategies; Use of
Transition Words; Revise Writing for
Clarity of Content; Use of Prepositional
Phrases; Correct Spelling for Frequently
Used Words (Including Homophones);
Use of Singular Possessives; Construct
Questions About a Research Topic;
Collect Information from Multiple
Resources; Use Technology; Give Credit
to Sources Used in Research; Plagiarism
vs. Using Own Words
Identify Intended Audience; Use a
Variety of Pre-Writing Strategies;
Recognize Different Modes of Writing;
Utilize Elements of Style; Revise Writing
for Clarity of Content; Double Negatives;
Adjectives & Adverbs; Correct Spelling
for Frequently Used Words (Including
Homophones); Construct Questions
About a Research Topic; Collect
Information from Multiple Resources;
Use Technology; Give Credit to Sources
Used in Research; Plagiarism vs. Using
Own Words
SOLs: 4.1a,b,c; 4.4a,b,d;
4.16a,b; 4.9; 4.15
SOLs: 4.16a,b; 4.4a,b,c,d;
4.5a; 4.14; 4.15; 4.2b,c; 4.9
Place Value in Whole Numbers;
Rounding, Estimation, Addition and
Subtraction of Whole Numbers;
Problem Solving; Equality,
Associative & Commutative
Properties; Elapsed Time to the
Nearest Hour; Numerical Patterns &
Functions
Equality/Associative Property;
Estimation, Multiplication and
Division with
Two/Three Digit Numbers; Numerical
Value of Fractions; Equivalent
Fractions; Collect, Organize, Display,
and Interpret Data in Graphs; Rational
Numbers; Elapsed Time to the Nearest
½ and ¼ Hour
SOLs: 4.2a; 4.13a,b;
4.3a,b,c,d; 4.15, 4.5a,b,c,d;
4.14; 4.13a,b; 4.9
SOLs: 4.6a,b; 4.7a,b;
4.8a,b; 4.15; 4.10a,b;
4.11a,b; 4.12a,b
Comparing Fractions; Probability;
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions;
Relationship Between Fractions and
Decimals; Round, Compare, and Order
Decimals; Addition & Subtraction of
Decimals; Probability and Graphing
(Analysis); Elapsed Time to the Nearest
Minute
Measuring Mass, Length, and Liquid
volume; Estimating a Measurement;
Equivalent Measurements; Plane
Figures, Polygons, Attributes of
Plane and Solid Figures; Geometric
Transformations; Congruence
SOLs: 4.1; 4.9; 4.7; 4.8
SOLs: 4.1; 4.6; 4.2
SOLs: 4.1; 4.3; 4.5
SOLs: 4.1, 4.4
Scientific Investigation; Virginia’s
Natural Resources; Planets; Earth-MoonSun System
Scientific Investigation; Weather;
Forces, Motion & Energy
Scientific Investigation; Electricity;
Magnetism; Ecosystems; Plant and
Animal Adaptations
Scientific Investigation;
Plant Anatomy & Life Processes
SOLs: VS.2a,b,c,d,e,f,g;
SOLs: VS.4a,b,c,d,e; VS.5a;
VS.6c
SOLs: VS.5b,c; VS.6a,b;
VS.7a,b,c
SOLs: VS.8a,b,c;
VS. 9a,b,c,d; VS.10a,c
VS.3a,b,c,d,e,f,g; VS.10b; VS.4b
Social
Studies
Map Skills; Virginia Geography;
Regions of Virginia; Products &
Industries of Virginia; Virginia
Indians; Early Exploration;
Introduction to Jamestown
Jamestown; Migration of Europeans;
The New Capital; Colonial Virginia;
Pre-Revolution; Revolutionary War
The New Nation; Government
Documents; Branches of Virginia’s
Government; Westward Migration;
Civil War
Reconstruction; Civil Rights;
Twentieth & Twenty-first Century;
Virginia Government & Structure;
SOL Review; Loudoun County
History