Buffalo Trail Elementary School 4th Grade 4th Nine Weeks
Reading
4.3 Fiction/Nonfiction
●Context Clues
●Word Origins
●Word Reference
●Materials
●Synonyms, Antonyms
●Multiple Meaning Words
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
●Inferencing
●Summarizing
Language Arts
4.1 Oral Communication
●Giving directions
●Contribute to group
discussions
●Use grammatically correct
language and specific
vocabulary to
communicate ideas.
4.2 Oral Presentations
●Use subject-related
information and
vocabulary.
●Listen to and record info.
●Organize information for
clarity.
4.7 Effective Writing
●Focus on one aspect of a
topic.
●Develop a plan for writing.
●Organize writing to convey
a central idea.
4.8 Editing Writing
●Look for correct grammar,
capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling.
●Use noun-pronoun
agreement.
●Incorporate adjectives and
adverbs.
Math
4.10, 4.11, 4.12
Measurement
●Mass
●Length
●Liquid Volume
4.10, 4.11, 4.12 Geometry
●Points, lines, line
segments, rays, angles,
endpoints, and vertices
●Intersecting,
perpendicular, and
parallel lines
●Polygons(10 or less sides)
●Geometric
transformations
o Translation
o Rotation
o Reflection
4.9 Elapsed time
● What is elapsed time?
● How do you determine
elapsed time?
● Determine elapsed time
given between 2 given
hours and additional
minutes.
● Given a beginning and
ending time of an event,
use at least two different
strategies to calculate
elapsed time.
● Provided an ending time
and an elapsed time,
determine the start time of
the event.
History
VS.2a VA Relative Location
●Where in the World is VA?
VS.2c Geographic Features
●Peninsulas
●Rivers/ Bodies of Water
VS.2b Virginia’s Regions
●Tidewater/Coastal Plain
●Piedmont
●Blue Ridge
●Valley and Ridge
●Appalachian Plateau
VS.2d,g Language Groups
●Algonquian (Powhatan)
●Siouan (Monacan)
●Iroquoian (Cherokee)
●State-Recognized Tribes
VS. 2f Archaeology
Discoveries
●Werowocomoco
VS.2e Adaptations to the
Land
●Eastern Woodland Indians
●Climate/Adaptations
VS.3a,b Reasons for
Colonization
●Economic Interests
o Charters
o Self-Government
●Effects of Colonization
o Women/Africans
o Hardships faced
o English-Indian
Interaction
Science
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
Plant Anatomy and Life
Processes
Sol 4.1, 4.4