Curriculum Document for Fourth Grade
4.W.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a) Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the
writer’s purpose.
b) Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c) Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g., for instance, in order to, in addition).
d) Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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Haiku – Writing
Argument – Writing
Student will choose a
creature from nature and
write a Haiku in which
displays their opinion
about the creature
Students will use the topic
“Should Graves County
Schools enforce a district
wide mandatory uniform?”
to write an argument
either for or against a
dress code.
Students will be given the
opportunity to choose a
creature in nature and
write a haiku. Volunteers
will share.
Students will have to
decide if they are for or
against school uniforms.
Students will write on ONDemand piece stating their
opinion and an opposition.
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4.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
a) Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and
multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b) Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
c) Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
d) Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e) Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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Science Photo bookScience
Students will collect 12
vocabulary terms that
interest them and create a
photo book of their
science terms.
Students will collect 12
science vocabulary terms
that interest them.
Students will then take
photographs from the
internet or pictures they
have taken themselves and
write a description of how
the term is related to
science.
PowerPoint or Paper
Booklet –Summative
Data Vocabulary – Math
Students will create a
Math Vocabulary Book.
Students will create a book
of vocabulary terms
incorporating illustrations
and definitions of the
vocabulary term.
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Math-Constructed
Response
Students will complete a
constructed response
Students will complete a
constructed response of a
math concept learned
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4.W.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a) Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b) Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c) Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
d) Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e) Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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“Diamante Poem”
Students will create a
Kentucky Poem
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poem about Kentucky
“Where I’m From Poem”
Students will create a
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poem about their past.
Peer Editing
Memoir – Writing
“I Am Poem”
Students will create a
memoir about a special
loved one that they
admire and aspire to be.
.Poem following a
template about family and
self
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Peer Editing
4.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific
expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
Lesson Title/Content Area
Limerick – Writing
Learning Goals
Students will express their
clear understanding of a
Limerick through “King in
the Kitchen.”
Math Journals - Math
Students will keep a math
journal expressing their
mathematical learnings.
Exit Slip from Social
Studies
Students will complete an
exit slip for content
learned.
Description
After reading the The King
in the Kitchen, the
students will express their
clear understanding of a
Limerick by composing one
about The King in the
Kitchen.
Students will be record,
describe, explain, model,
or question the
mathematical concepts
that will help and aide a
upcoming 4th grader.
Students will create a topic
and produce a clear and
coherent article that will
interest their peers.
Assessment
Summative
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Formative
Self-Reflection Checklist
Formative
4.W.5
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for
conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 4 on pages 28 and 29.)
Lesson Title/Content Area
“Where I’m From” and “I
am” poems. Haiku
Diamante Poem
Argument- “Uniforms”
Learning Goals
See Above
Description
See above
Students will create and
Editorial piece on a chosen
topic specifically for that
student.
Students will be
introduced to On-Demand
writing through a chosen
Editorial prompt in which
the students will have to
write about.
Assessment
Summative
Peer Editing
Peer Revision
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Peer Editing
Peer Revision
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4.W.6
With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and
collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
Lesson Title/Content Area
Science Fair Lab ReportScience
Learning Goals
Students will write a
detailed lab report of their
science fair experiment.
Research Based Articles –
Writing
Students will research
information using the
internet and write a
researched based article.
Description
Students will write a
detailed lab report of their
science fair topic
incorporating all the steps
of the scientific method.
Students will research a
topic, write a article, and
publish that article using
newspaper technology for
our 4th grade Newspaper.
Assessment
Formative and Summative
Teacher /Student
Conferencing
Peer Reviewing
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Formative and Summative
Teacher /Student
Conferencing
Peer Reviewing
Peer Editing
4.W.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
Mad Scientist-Science
Students will research on
Students research for a
Poster
the internet for a science
science experiment and
project and create a
create a poster of their
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poster of their project.
Science Fair-Science- Type
in one setting
Students will research a
for a science experiment
to conduct at the 4th Grade
Science Fair
science experiment using
the steps of the scientific
method. Students will
then perform their
experiments and share
their posters for the class.
Student’s research on the
internet or resource books
to find a science fair topic
that will be conducted at
our 4th grade science fair.
Student must create a
display board with
information about their
experiment including
purpose, hypothesis,
procedure, data analysis,
and conclusion.
Formative
4.W.8
Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize
information, and provide a list of sources.
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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Feature Article-Science
Students will collect
Students choose an animal Formative/Summative
information about a
of interest and research
Conferencing
species of animal of their
information about the
Peer Reviewing
choice. Students will
animal. Student will then
create an feature article.
create a feature article
about the animal including
information about physical
characteristics, habitat,
adaptation ect. Students
will document their
sources of information.
4.W.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a) Apply grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific
details in the text *e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions+.”).
b) Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points
in a text”).
Lesson Title/Content Area Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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Reading/ Writing: The
Lion, Witch, and the
Wardrobe.
Students will create a
fantasy short story, which
will be written as Children
Literature
After reading a series of
Children’s Literature,
students will then be
placed in groups in which
they must create a fantasy
story that will be read
aloud to a group of 1st
graders.
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4.W.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two)
for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson Title/Content Area
Learning Goals
Description
Assessment
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Reading/Writing Journals
Students will record daily
Students will document
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-updated weekly
observations.
journals- must be very
descriptive .