Buffalo Trail Elementary School 4th Grade 2nd Nine Weeks
Reading
Language Arts
4.3 Fiction/Nonfiction
●Context Clues
●Multiple Meaning Words
●Word Origins
●Word Reference
Materials
●Synonyms, Antonyms
●Multiple Meaning Words
4.1 Oral Communication
●Giving directions
●Contribute to discussions
●Seek ideas/opinions
●Use grammatically correct
language and specific
vocab. to communicate
4.4 Fiction
Comprehension
●Author’s Purpose
●Describe how the
choice of language,
setting and information
contributes to the
author’s purpose.
●Identify major events
and supporting details.
●Describe the relationship
between text and
previously read materials.
4.5 Nonfiction
Comprehension
●Formulate Questions
●Explain Author’s Purpose
●Make simple inferences
●Draw Conclusions
●Summarizing
●Describe relationships
between content and
previously learned
concepts
●Identify new information
gained from reading
4.2 Oral Presentations
●Use subject-related info
and vocabulary.
●Listen to and record info
●Organize information for
clarity
4.7 Effective Writing
●Focus on a topic.
●Develop a plan for writing.
●Organize writing to convey
a central idea.
●Write several related
paragraphs
●Use available technology
4.8 Editing Writing
●Correct grammar, spelling,
capitalization, punctuation
●Subject-verb agreement
●Noun-pronoun agreement
●Use commas in series,
dates, and addresses
●Use adjectives/adverbs
Math
4.7 Multiplication
●Estimate Product
●2 & 3 digit x 1 digit
●2 & 3 digit x 2 digit
4.8 Division
●Estimate Quotient
●2&3 digit divided 1 digit
4.14 Graphing
● Collect, organize,
display, and interpret
data from a variety of
graphs.
● Compare and contrast
line, bar, picture, circle
graphs, and line plots.
4.13 Outcomes and Data
●Between what 2 numbers
do probability values lie?
Why?
●Explain how the outcome
of a simple event relates to
the numbers of 0 and 1.
●Explain how the outcome
of a simple event relates to
the numbers of 0 and 1.
●Identify the likelihood of
an event occurring and
relate it to its rational
representation.
●Provide a real life
example of something that
has a probability of 1, 0, ½
and others in between.
Represent the probability of
an event as a common
fraction.
History
Science
VS.3b Geography’s Influence
●Jamestown Site Choice
4.1 Scientific Method
●Observations, conclusions,
inferences and predictions
●Experimental design –
hypothesis and variables
●Classify and analyze
objects, measurements,
data
●Measurements of
distance, volume, mass
and temp.
●Display data, interpret
and make predictions from
graphs, charts, tables
●Identify contradictory
experimental results
VS.3c,d
Charters/Government
●Virginia Company of
London
●General Assembly
●House of Burgesses
VS.3e,f,g Colonization
●Arrival of Women/Africans
●Hardships faced by
colonists
●English-Indian Interaction
VS.4a Agriculture/Plantations
●Connection to Slavery
VS.4d Goods and Services
●Money, Bartering, Credit,
Debt, Saving
VS.4e Colonial Life
●Resources
●Food, Housing, Clothing
●How different people live
VS.4b Cultures/Migration
●Indians, English, Africans
VS.4c Moving the Capital
●Jamestown to Williamsburg
●Williamsburg to Richmond
VS.5a Rebellion of the
Colonies
●Control over Trade
●Declaration of
Independence
4.2 Force, Motion, Energy
●Motion
●Forces
●Friction
●Kinetic Energy
4.6 Weather
●Meteorological tools &
measurements
●Fronts
o warm
o cold
o stationary
●Clouds
o Cirrus
o Cumulus
o Stratus
o Nimbus
●Storms
o Thunderstorms
o Tornadoes
o Hurricanes