Grade 4

Teachers:  Jeremy, Miriam

Possible Units of Study

 

Reading

Reading Comprehension Skills:

Monitoring for Meaning

Questioning

Inferring

Synthesizing

Determining Importance

Imaging

Using Prior Knowledge/Schema

 

Other Focus Points:

Main Idea/Supporting Details

Cause and Effect

Context Clues

Compare and Contrast

 

 Literature Circles/Book Clubs

 

Writing

The Writing Process:

Small Moment/Personal Narrative

Essay Writing

Historical Fiction Journals

Mystery

Poetry

Narrative Procedure (How-To)

Realistic Fiction

Grammar, Spelling, and Vocabulary

 

 

Social Studies 

Pilgrims and Native Americans

What does it mean to be a historian?    

Why do people journey?

What were some hardships and obstacles that the Pilgrims faced?

How do people develop systems of government?

What happens when two cultures meet?

 

Salem Witch Trials

 What is a community?

What happens when a community breaks down?

 

New Amsterdam

What are the differences between a settlement and a colony?

 What are the different perspectives and decisions made by the director general with regards to 
domestic policy in the colony of New Amsterdam?

 

 

Math Investigations in Number, Data and Space
Grade 4 Sequence of  Units and Strands
Factors, Multiples, and Arrays Number and Operation:
Multiplication & Division 1

Describing the Shape of the Data
Data Analysis and Probability

Multiple Towers and Division Stories
Number and Operations:
Multiplication & Division 2

Size, Shape, and Symmetry
2-D Geometry and Measurement

Landmarks & Large Numbers
Number and Operations:
Addition, Subtraction, and the Number System

Fraction Cards and Decimal Squares
Number and Operations:
Rational Number (Fractions & Decimals)

NYS Math Assessment
Moving Between Solids and Silhouettes
3-D Geometry and Measurement

How Man y Packages? How Many Groups?
Number and Operations:
Multiplication & Division 3

Penny Jars and Plant Growth
Number and Operations:
Patterns, Functions, and Change