4th Grade Social Studies/Science
Monday
Spiral Review (10 min)
Text Study (20 minutes)
March 24-28
Students answer three SCI/SS questions a day from
present and previous units; test on Friday
4-5.1: Summarize the major expeditions that played a role in
westward expansions including those of Daniel Boone, Lewis and
Clark, and Zebulon Pike.
SS: Read Lesson One (Expeditions) text together,
whole class. Take notes in the margins of the text and
highlight important parts.
Independent/Collaborative
Activity (30 minutes)
4-2.1 Classify organisms into major groups (including plants or
animals, flowering or nonflowering plants, and vertebrates [fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals] or invertebrates)
according to their physical characteristics.
SCI: Use video clips, powerpoints, and SMARTBoard
activities to demonstrate and discuss classifying
organisms into major groups with the students.
Tuesday
Spiral Review (10 min)
Text Study (20 minutes)
Students answer three SCI/SS questions a day from
present and previous units; test on Friday
4-2.2 Explain how the characteristics of distinct environments
(including swamps, rivers and streams, tropical rain forests, deserts,
and the polar regions) influence the variety of organisms in each.
SCI: Read Lesson Two (Environments) text together,
whole class. Take notes in the margins of the text and
highlight important parts.
Independent/Collaborative
Activity (30 minutes)
4-5.1: Summarize the major expeditions that played a role in
westward expansions including those of Daniel Boone, Lewis and
Clark, and Zebulon Pike.
SS: Use USA Studies Weekly, video clips, powerpoints,
and SMARTBoard activities to demonstrate and discuss
major expeditions, Daniel Boone, and Zebulon Pike with
the students.
Wednesday
Spiral Review (10 min)
Text Study (20 minutes)
Students answer three SCI/SS questions a day from
present and previous units; test on Friday
4-5.2: Explain the motivations and methods of migrants and
immigrants, who moved West, including economic opportunities, the
availability of rich land, and the country’s belief in Manifest Destiny.
SS: Read Lesson Two(Motivations) text together, whole
class. Take notes in the margins of the text and
highlight important parts.
Independent/Collaborative
Activity (30 minutes)
4-2.2 Explain how the characteristics of distinct environments
(including swamps, rivers and streams, tropical rain forests, deserts,
and the polar regions) influence the variety of organisms in each.
SCI: Use video clips, powerpoints, and SMARTBoard
activities to demonstrate and discuss characteristics of
distinct environments with the students.
4th Grade Social Studies/Science
Thursday
Spiral Review (10 min)
Text Study (20 minutes)
March 24-28
Students answer three SCI/SS questions a day from
present and previous units; test on Friday
4-2.3 Explain how humans and other animals use their senses and
sensory organs to detect signals from the environment and how
their behaviors are influenced by these signals.
SCI: Read Lesson Three (Senses and Sensory Organs)
text together, whole class. Take notes in the margins of
the text and highlight important parts.
Independent/Collaborative
Activity (30 minutes)
4-5.2: Explain the motivations and methods of migrants and
immigrants, who moved West, including economic opportunities, the
availability of rich land, and the country’s belief in Manifest Destiny.
SS: Use USA Studies Weekly, video clips, powerpoints,
and SMARTBoard activities to demonstrate and discuss
the motivations and methods of migrants and
immigrants, who moved West with the students.
Friday
Spiral Review (10 min)
Text Study (20 minutes)
SPIRAL REVIEW QUIZ
4-5.3: Explain the purpose, location, and impact of key United
States acquisitions in the first half of the nineteenth century,
including the Louisiana Purchase, the Florida Purchase, the Oregon
Treaty, the annexation of Texas, and the Mexican Cession.
SS: Read Lesson Three (Territorial Acquisitions) text
together, whole class. Take notes in the margins of the
text and highlight important parts.
Independent/Collaborative
Activity (30 minutes)
4-2.3 Explain how humans and other animals use their senses and
sensory organs to detect signals from the environment and how
their behaviors are influenced by these signals.
SCI: Use video clips, powerpoints, and SMARTBoard
activities to demonstrate and discuss senses and
sensory organs with the students.