Reading & Literature Standards
• Students Will Read to Comprehend a Variety
of Texts Using Appropriate Strategies:
1.Thinking Strategies
2.Fluency
3.Word Analysis/Vocabulary Skills
4.Study Skills/Test-Taking Strategies
5.Recognize the Value of Reading
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Materials
Treasures Anthology (Macmillan, McGraw-Hill
Publishers)
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Treasures Leveled Readers
Novels
Nonfiction Materials
Making Meaning
Independent Reading Books
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Enrichment/Differentiation
• Incorporate Guided Reading Into Instruction:
Leveled, Flexible Groups; Chapter Books and
Leveled Readers
• Independent Reading
• Book Clubs
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Assessments
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MAP Tests (Measure of Academic Progress)
Unit Tests
Fluency
Informal Assessments
PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers)
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Writing Units
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Personal Narratives- Develop a real experience or event using effective technique,
descriptive details and clear event sequence.
Poetry- Descriptive Language, Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Word Choice
Personal Essay – An opinion piece with a point of view that is rooted in personal
experience.
Feature Article – A short research project that builds knowledge about a topic.
The focus is on note-taking, organization and elaborating on the big ideas using
details, facts and definitions. Students will NOT bring the feature article to
publication quality.
Travel Article – The focus of this unit is on the crafting strategies used in nonfiction
writing: conveying a sense of audience and purpose, balancing fact and opinion
and using voice to add interest.
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Math Univ. Of Chicago Everyday Math
• Standards Based Curriculum(Common Core)
• Spiral-Based Curriculum
• Encourages Use of Multiple Methods for
Problem Solving and Computation Algorithms
• Success is Heavily Dependent on Number
Sense and Memorization of Basic Facts
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Key Concepts
• All Math Problems Require One or a Combination of
Four Basic Processes:
– (Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)
• Math is found everywhere in our daily lives.
• Process-Oriented Thinking AND Product are valued.
• Differentiation Options are built into daily lessons.
• Math Olympiads
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Social Studies
• Exploration of the different social sciences
with focus on economics, geography, political
science and history.
• Regions of the United States- Northeast,
Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West.
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Grade 4 Science
Foss Science Follows this Philosophy of Learning:
• “The Best Way for Students to Appreciate the
Scientific Enterprise , Learn Important Scientific
Concepts, and Develop the Ability to Think well is
to Actively Construct Ideas Through their Own
Inquiries, Investigation, and Analyses.”
• The Foss Program combines hands on with
written problem solving learning activities that
follow the Scientific Method.
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Units of Study
• Human Body
• Magnetism and Electricity
• Earth Materials
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