4th Grade 4th Quarter Nine Week Instructional Plans
Reading
4.4 Vocabulary
Use vocabulary from other
content areas
4.5 Fiction (Book Clubs)
Explain author’s purpose
Author’s Choice of words
Draw conclusions &
inferences
Use reading strategies to
monitor comprehension
4.6 Nonfiction
Explain author’s purpose
Draw conclusions & make
simple inferences using text
Use reading strategies to
monitor comprehension
Language Arts
Math
Social Studies
Science
4.9 Research
Identify intended audience
Use a variety of pre-write
strategies
Recognize different modes
of writing have different
types of organization
Use word choice &
sentence variation to
convey their meaning
Use Technology
Give Credit to Sources
Understand Plagiarism
4.1 Oral Communication
Demonstrate ability to
work independently
4.6 Weight/Mass (metric
& U.S.)
Estimate & determine
weight of a given object
using metric & U.S.
Identify equivalent
measurements- ounces to
pounds to tons; grammilligram
VS 8a,b,c Reconstruction
in the South
Identify the effects of
Reconstruction on life in
VA
Identify the effects of
discrimination &
segregation due to “Jim
Crow” Laws
Describe the importance
of railroads, industries, &
growth of cities
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
4.3 Electricity and
Magnetism
Conductors/Insulators
Basic Circuits
Static Electricity
Simple Electromagnets
Magnetism
Historical Contributions
4.5 Ecosystems
Behavioral and Structural
Adaptations
Organization of
Communities
Flow of Energy through
Food Webs
Life Cycles
Influence of Human
Activity on ecosystems
4.2 Oral Presentations
Use subject-related
vocabulary
4.3 Media Messages
Differentiate between
auditory, visual, and
written media messages
Identify characteristics of
various media messages
4.7 Length (metric &
U.S.)
Estimate & determine
length of a given object
using metric & U.S.
Identify equivalent
measurements- feetinches-yards; mm-cm-mkm
4.8 Liquid Volume (U.S.
Customary)
Estimate & determine
capacity of a given object
using metric & U.S.
Identify equivalent
measurements- cup-pintquart-gallon; mL-L
VS 9a, c 20th Century
Virginia
Describe the economic &
social transition from
rural to agricultural to a
more urban industrial
Identify the social &
political events in VA
linked to desegregation &
massive resistance
Identify social, political, &
economic contribution of
key people from VA
Review of VA SOL test
4.9 Elapsed Time
Determine elapsed time to
the minute
4.15 Patterns (equivalent
increments on a double #
line)
Recognize, create, &
extend numerical &
geometrical patterns
4.10 Lines and Angles
Describe terms: point,
line, ray, line segment,
angles, parallel,
intersecting,
perpendicular
4.11 Congruency and
Transformations
Identify transformations:
reflection, translation, &
rotation
Recognize figures relating
to a transformation
4.12 Polygons
Define a polygon
Identify polygons with 10
or fewer sides
Review for SOL
Assessment & Post SOL
Topics