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Grade 4 Language Arts |
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Grade: 4 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
LA and SS Key Vocabulary |
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Grammar |
Writer’s Express |
punctuation |
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clauses |
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mechanics |
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dialogue |
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Spelling |
Rebecca Sitton |
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Parts of Speech |
Writer’s Express |
nouns /pronouns/ common nouns/ proper nouns |
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verbs |
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adjectives |
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Journal writing |
Mildred Taylor books |
text to text, text to self, text to world connections |
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Friendly letter writing |
Writer’s Express |
heading, salutation… |
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emotions |
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supporting examples |
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Summaries |
Newspaper articles |
5 W’s (who, what, where, when, why) |
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third person |
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Paragraph plans |
templates |
indent |
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topic, detail, closing sentences |
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Writing process |
resource books |
brainstorming |
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Campfire Stories |
first draft |
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revising |
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editing |
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final draft |
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Descriptive writing (character, setting) |
Teacher resource books |
character setting |
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Developing a good lead in writing |
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lead |
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Poetry reading and writing |
Various poetry books |
cinquain, stanza, couplet, free verse |
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Native American Legends Reading |
various legends |
legend |
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(e.g. “Little Firefly”) books |
Native American |
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teacher made materials |
storytelling |
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Parts of a map |
Textbook |
map title |
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Desk maps |
compass rose |
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Various teacher made resources |
legend/ key |
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Resource books(e.g. Mighty maps) |
scale |
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Hanging map |
map grid |
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Globes |
Globe |
inset map |
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Newspapers |
longitude/ meridians and latitude/ parallels |
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Hemispheres |
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Grade: 4 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
November - December Resources/Tools |
LA and SS Key Vocabulary |
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Grammar |
Writer’s Express |
apostrophes |
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teacher resource books |
contractions |
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teacher made materials |
homophones |
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Sentence structure |
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subject-verb agreement |
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subject (simple, compound, complex) |
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Parts of speech |
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predicate (simple, complete) |
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adverbs |
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Combining Sentences |
Writer’s Express teacher-made materials teacher resource books |
connecting words |
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Improving/expanding sentences |
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Reading Expository Text |
Social Studies Text Book |
headings |
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Newspapers |
tables |
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Various non-fiction books |
key words |
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focus questions |
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Geography |
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region |
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climate |
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landforms |
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resources |
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physical, political, resource, and climate maps |
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Southeast |
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Native American Legends Reading |
various legends |
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Grade: 4 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
January - February Resources/Tools |
LA and SS Key Vocabulary |
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Grammar |
Writer’s Express |
prepositions |
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Parts of speech |
teacher resource books |
conjunctions |
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teacher made materials |
interjections |
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“Show Don’t Tell” |
teacher resource |
simile |
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Choosing the Right Word |
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personification, details, describing action, strong verbs, leads, poetic language |
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Writing process (cont.) |
teacher-made materials |
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Run-on sentences |
teacher resource books Writer’s Express |
run-ons |
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American Revolution Fictional Literature |
George Washington Socks My Brother Sam is Dead Toliver’s Secret |
oral reading for expression |
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Books-Literature Discussion |
Boston Tea Party/ Boston Massacre Plays |
Genre: historical fiction non-fiction biography |
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Genre |
Jean Fritz books-i.e. Can’t You Make Them Behave King George If You Lived in Colonial Times Liberty Tree |
connection with life colonial / colonies revolution Patriot Loyalists tariffs acts militia |
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compare/contrast-graphic organizer |
New England Concord/ Lexington England King Democracy religious freedom |
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Cause and effect |
Teacher made materials Web sites |
Cause and effect |
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Various other American Revolution books |
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Geography |
Social Studies Text |
Northeast |
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Native American Legends Reading |
various legends |
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Grade: 4 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
March - April Resources/Tools |
LA and SS Key Vocabulary |
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Grammar |
Writer’s Express |
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Parts of speech |
teacher resource books |
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teacher made materials |
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predictions |
Sarah, Plain, & Tall, Stone Fox |
plains/ prairies |
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Letter writing |
Videos |
friendly letter |
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Figures of speech |
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simile/ metaphor |
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proverbs |
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literal |
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inferential |
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affixes |
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Geography |
Social Studies Text |
Midwest Region |
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Teacher made materials Internet |
dairy farming |
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assembly lines |
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steel making |
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refrigeration |
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Southwest Region |
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desert |
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Persuasion/ Debate |
Teacher made materials Internet Various articles on dams |
pro / con |
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persuasion |
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environment vs technology / progress |
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Native American Legends Reading |
various legends |
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Grade: 4 Language Arts Instructional Goals |
April - June Resources/Tools |
LA and SS Key Vocabulary |
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Author study |
Roald Dahl books |
writing style |
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Comprehension |
teacher-made materials |
author |
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Vocabulary |
teacher resource books |
fantasy, humor |
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Descriptive writing |
audio cassette about Roald Dahl |
life connections, descriptive writing |
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imagery, senses |
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Geography |
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West Region |
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aviation |
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lumber |
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crops |
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Native American Legends Reading |
various legends |
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Report writing Note taking Summarizing Introductions and conclusions Paraphrasing
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state books sacks from states atlas Writer’s Express teacher made material
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resources landforms climate state
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Letter writing |
Writer’s Express |
business letter |
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Non-fiction materials Oral presentation on report
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state books Internet
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Grade 4 Mathematics |
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Grade: 4 Math Instructional Goals |
September-October Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Plane figures Space figures Plotting ordered pairs Polygons Types of angles Measuring angles Congruency Similarity Lines: intersecting, parallel, perpendicular Area Perimeter Volume Symmetry Classifying triangles by length of sides and degrees of angles
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Addison Wesley Pentominoes Geoboards Pattern blocks Geomirrors Angle rulers Software Shape up!- Sunburst Tesselmania Deluxe-MECC Mighty Math Number Heroes Mighty Math Calculating Crew Image reflector Geometry Polyhedra dice games for grades k-6 Exploring with pattern blocks Dot paper geometry-Cuisenaire Geometry grade 4- Stec- Vaughn Geometry grade 4-Frank Schaffer |
Triangles: equilateral, isosceles, scalene, right, acute, obtuse triangles
Quadrilateral (etc.): pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, undecagon, dodecagon, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, square, rectangle, space figures pyramid, cone, cylinder, rectangular prism, sphere, cubes hemisphere, triangular prism, hexagonal prism, triangular pyramid, square pyramid
Angles: acute, obtuse, straight, right, congruent, similar, symmetric, ordered pairs, x-axis, y-axis, area, perimeter, volume, faces, edges, vertices, units, square units, cubic units |
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Grade: 4 Mathematics Instructional Goals |
September - October Resources/Tools |
Place Value Key Vocabulary |
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Reading numbers to 100 million |
Addison-Wesley text |
Place value |
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Writing numbers to 100 million |
Frank Shaffer Gr. 4 math review |
Expanded form |
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Comparing larger #s (><) |
Frank Shaffer Math Made Simple |
Standard form |
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Ordering larger #s least to greatest |
Steck-Vaugh-problem solving 3-4 |
Periods/places |
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Draw a picture-problem solving |
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