Fourth Grade – Arcola Elementary School – Quarter 1 - 9 Week Planner
Fourth Grade’s First Nine Weeks
Week
August 31September 4
Lang. Arts
Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a
variety of purposes
a. Identify the intended
audience
b. focus on one aspect of a topic
Math
Science/SS
4.1 Scientific Method (5 lessons
and all year)
Computer Lab
Internet Safety
Math Assessments
Reading: 4.4 Expand Vocab
when Reading
a. Use context to clarify
meaning
c. Use word reference materialsglossary, dictionary, thesaurus
September
8-11
Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a
variety of purposes
c. Use a variety of pre-writing
strategies
Reading: (4.5 Comprehension of
Fictional Text, Narrative Nonfiction, and Poetry
e. Problem solution
f. relationship between text and
previously read material
September
14-18
Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for
a variety of purposes
d.) organized writing to convey a
central idea
e.) recognized different modes of
writing have different patterns of
organization
Reading: 4.5 Comprehension of
Fictional Text, Narrative Nonfiction, and Poetry i. make,
confirm, and revise predictions
k. use reading strategies
throughout the reading process
to monitor comprehension
September
21-25
Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a
variety of purposes
j. revise writing for clarity of
content using specific vocab.
and information
4.1 Working with Whole Numbers
a. identify place value through
millions
b. compare two whole numbers
through millions
c. round whole numbers through
millions and to nearest thousand,
ten thousand, and hundred
thousand
4.1 Scientific Method (5 lessons
and all year)
4.1 Working with Whole Numbers
a. identify place value through
millions
b. compare two whole numbers
through millions
c. round whole numbers through
millions and to nearest thousand,
ten thousand, and hundred
thousand
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
.
4.4 Computation
a. estimate sums and differences
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
Personal Poems
Regions
Project/Informal
SGA
Assessment
Regions
Project/
Informal SGA
Assessment
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Fourth Grade – Arcola Elementary School – Quarter 1 - 9 Week Planner
Reading: 4.5 Comprehension of
Fictional Text, Narrative Nonfiction, and Poetry i. make,
confirm, and revise predictions
k. use reading strategies
throughout the reading process
to monitor comprehension
September
28-October 2
Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a
variety of purposes
k.) includes supporting details
that elaborate the main idea
4.4 Computation
b. add, subtract, and multiply whole
numbers
Reading: 4.5 Comprehension of
Fictional Text, Narrative Nonfiction, and Poetry
l.) read with fluency and
accuracy
October 5-9
Writing: 4.4 the student will edit
writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, spelling,
punctuation, sentence structure,
and paragraphing
a.) Subject verb agreement
4.4 Computation
d. solve single step and multi step
addition, subtraction, and
multiplication problems
Reading: 4.6 The student will read
and demonstrate
comprehension of non-fiction
texts.
b.) formulate that might be
answered in the selection
October 1216
Writing: 4.4 the student will edit
writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, spelling,
punctuation, sentence structure,
and paragraphing
d.) Use noun and pronoun
agreement
Reading: 4.6 The student will read
and demonstrate
comprehension of non-fiction
texts.
h.) distinguish between fact and
opinion.
4.16 Equalities
a. recognize and demonstrate the
meaning of equality in an equation
b. investigate and describe the
associative property for addition
and multiplication
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
4.9 VA’s Natural Resources
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
4.9 VA’s Natural Resources
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15
lessons)
Regions
Project/
Informal SGA
Assessment
Solar System
Project
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
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Fourth Grade – Arcola Elementary School – Quarter 1 - 9 Week Planner
October 1923
Writing: 4.4 the student will edit
writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, spelling,
punctuation, sentence structure,
and paragraphing
e.) use commas in series, dates,
and addresses
4.9 Elapsed Time
Reading: 4.6 The student will read
and demonstrate
comprehension of non-fiction
texts
i.) Use prior knowledge and build
additional background
knowledge as context for new
learning.
October 2630
Writing: 4.4 the student will edit
writing for correct grammar,
capitalization, spelling,
punctuation, sentence structure,
and paragraphing
g.) Use correct spelling for
frequently used words for
common homophones
Reading: 4.6 The student will read
and demonstrate
comprehension of non-fiction
texts
l.) read with fluency and
accuracy
4.15 Recognize, create, and extend
numerical and geometrical patterns
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15
lessons)
Solar System
Project
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15
lessons)
Solar System
Project
Unit 1: The Location and The Land
VS 2 a, c- VA Location and
geography
VS 2b- VA’s 5 Regions and
economy
VS 2d, e, g and VS 3f- People and
Native Americans within each
region
VS 3a, b- economic and political
reasons for founding VA colony
VS 3c, d, e, g- List and describe
the effects of English colonization
VS 2f- Describe how historians and
scientists know about Jamestown
VS 4b- Explain how Africans,
Europeans, and Indians interacted
in the Virginia Colony
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