Grade 4- Literacy and Social Studies Connections
Unit 1 / Unit 2 / Unit 3 / Unit 4 / Unit 5 / Unit 6Theme / Turning Points / Teamwork / Patterns in Nature / Puzzles and Mysteries / Adventures by Land, Air, and Water / Reaching for Goals
Concept Question / What can we discover from new places and people? / What is the value of work and play? / What are some patterns in nature? / Is there an explanation for everything? / What makes an adventure? / What does it take to achieve our goals and dreams?
Area of Social Studies / The United States of America / The United States of America / The United States of America / The United States of America / The United States of America / The United States of America
Materials / Main Selections:
Geography of the United States
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale wk2
Letters Home From Yosemite wk 5
People of the United States
On the Banks of Plum Creek wk 3 / Main Selections:
Geography of the United States
Coyote School News wk 2
Horse Heroes
wk 4
The Government
So you Want to Be President?wk5 / Main Selections:
Geography of the United States
Eye of the Storm
Wk 4
Paul Bunyan
wk 5 / Main Selections:
Geography of the United States
People of the United States
Navajo Code Talkers wk 3 / Main Selections:
Geography of the United States
Smokejumpers wk 1 / Main Selections:
People of the United States
My Brother Martin wk 1
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path wk 2
How Tia Lola Came to Stay wk 3
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers wk 4
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon wk 5
Paired Selections:
Geography of the United States
A Look at Two Lands wk 3
This Land Is Your Land wk 5
People of the United States
They Traveled with Lewis and Clark wk2 / Paired Selections:
Geography of the United States
Our National Parks wk5 / Paired Selections:
Geography of the United States
A Very Grand Canyon
Wk 5
People of the United States
The Ant and the Bear wk3 / Paired Selections: / Paired Selections:
People of the United States
Women Explorers wk3 / Paired Selections:
Leveled Readers:
Geography of the United States
Florida Everglades: Its Plants and Animals wk 1
The Long Trip West wk 2
Two Great Rivers wk 2
This Land Is Our Land wk 5
The Amazing Geography of the West wk 5
People of the United States
The Story of Libraries wk 1
Camp wk3
John Muir: A Man of the Wilderness wk 5 / Leveled Readers:
Geography of the United States
Home on the Range wk 2
On a Ranch wk2
People of the United States
The Life of Cesar Chavez wk 2
The Government
A Trip to the Capitol wk 1
Meet the United States Government wk1
The Power of Our People wk1
The Economy
Home on the Range wk2
On a Ranch wk2
Danger! Children at Work wk4 / Leveled Readers:
Geography of the United States
The Summer of Hurricane Andrew wk 4 / Leveled Readers:
People of the United States
Harry Houdini: the Man and His Magic wk1
Alexander Graham Bell: the Teacher of the Deaf wk 3
The Code Talkers wk4 / Leveled Readers:
People of the United States
Brave Bessie: Queen of the Skies wk 3
Two Women Astronauts wk 3 / Leveled Readers:
People of the United States
We Shall Overcome wk1
The Sauk and the Fox wk 2
Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete in the World wk2
One Giant Step wk5
The Government
The Civil Rights Movement wk 1
The Women’s Movement wk 1
Area of Social Studies / Regions of the United States / Regions of the United States / Regions of the United States / Regions of the United States / Regions of the United States / Regions of the United States
Main Selections:
Southeast
Because of Winn Dixie wk1
The Midwest
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale wk2
On the Banks of Plum Creek wk 3
The Southwest
The Horned Toad Prince wk4
The West
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale wk2
Letters Home from Yosemite wk5 / Main Selections:
The Northeast
So You Want to Be President? wk5
Southeast
So You Want to Be President? wk5
The Midwest
The Southwest
Coyote School News wk2 / Main Selections:
Southeast
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley wk4
The Southwest
Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley wk4 / Main Selections: / Main Selections:
The Northeast
Southeast
The West / Main Selections:
The Northeast
How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay wk3
Southeast
My Brother Martin wk1
To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers wk4
The Southwest
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path wk2
Paired Selections:
he Midwest
They Traveled with Lewis and Clark wk2
This Land is Your Land wk 5
The Southwest
Horned Lizards and Harvesting Ants wk4
This Land is Your Land wk5
The West
A Look at Two Lands wk3
This Land Is Your Land wk5 / Paired Selections:
Southeast
Our National Parks wk5
The Midwest
Logging Camps wk4
The Southwest
Our National Parks wk5
The West
Our National Parks wk5 / Paired Selections:
The West
The Ant and the Bear wk3 / Paired Selections: / Paired Selections: / Paired Selections:
The Midwest
Special Olympics: Spectacular Athletes wk2
Leveled Readers:
The Northeast
The Stories of the Libraries wk1
This Land Is Our Land wk5
Southeast
Florida Everglades: Its Plants and Animals wk1
Two Great Rivers wk2
From Spain to America wk4
The Midwest
The Long Trip West wk2
Lewis and Clark wk2
Two Great Rivers wk2
Flash Flood wk4
John Muir: A Man of the Wilderness wk5
The Southwest
From Spain to America wk4
The Dine wk4
This Lands is Our Land wk5
The West
Lewis and Clark wk2
The Long Trip West wk2
This Land Is Our Land wk5
The Amazing Geography of the West wk5
John Muir: A Man of the Wilderness wk5 / Leveled Readers:
The Northeast
Danger! Children at Work wk4
Lumberjacks wk4
Southeast
A Trip to the Capitol wk5
Meet the U.S. Government wk5
The Southwest
Home on the Range wk2
On the Ranch wk2
The West
On a Ranch wk2
The Life of Cesar Chavez wk2 / Leveled Readers:
The Northeast
Wild Weather wk4
Southeast
The Summer of Hurricane Andrew wk4
The Midwest
Stormy Weather wk4
Wild Weather wk4
The Southwest
Stormy Weather wk4
Wild Weather wk4
The West
The Price of a Pipeline wk5 / Leveled Readers:
The Northeast
Alexander Graham Bell, Teacher of the Deaf wk3
Southeast
Dolphins wk2
Swimming with Dolphins wk2
The Southwest
The Code Talkers wk4 / Leveled Readers:
The Midwest
Two Women Astronauts wk 3
The Southwest
Brave Bessie: Queen of the Skies wk3
The West / Leveled Readers:
The Northeast
The Women’s Movement wk1
Southeast
We Shall Overcome wk1
The Civil Rights Movement wk1
The Midwest
A Shifting Society wk2
The Sauk and the Fox wk2
The Southwest
A Shifting Society wk2
Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete in the World wk2
The Sauk and the Fox wk2
Social Studies Standard / Government and Civics
4. Give examples of the major rights that immigrants have acquired as citizens of the United States (e.g., the right to vote, and freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and petition.(C)
Economics
6. Give examples of natural resources in the United States(E)
7. Give examples of limited and unlimited resources and explain how scarcity compels people and communities to make choices about goods and services, giving up some things to get other things. (E)
Geography
4.11Describe the climate, major physical features, and major natural resources in each region. (G)
4.12 Identify and describe unique features of the United States (e.g., the Everglades, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, the Redwood Forest, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite National Park). (G)
Academic Vocabulary / community, rural, urban, suburban, landforms, climate, producer, consumer, government, traditions, customs, occupations, economics, immigration, natural resources, physical environment, regions, Massachusetts, native Americans
Vocabulary / diversity
understanding
attention
exploration territories
settlers
pioneers
coast
equipment
route
frontier
corral
landscape
rodeo
earthquake
eruptions
volcano / energetic
convince
community
business
resourceful
trustworthy
capitol
committee
capital / migrate
altitude
wilderness
landmarks / relationship
symbol
converse
scholar / farming
terraces
highland
adobe
attitudes
military
independence
determined / opportunities
demonstrating
integrate
sympathy
goals
attitudes
wandered
recognize
Added Materials
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