Fourth Grade Arcola Elementary School Quarter 1 - 9 Week Planner

Fourth Grade – Arcola Elementary School – Quarter 1 - 9 Week Planner

Fourth Grade’s First Nine Weeks

Week / Lang. Arts / Math / Science/SS / Computer Lab
August 31-September 4 / Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a variety of purposes
a. Identify the intended audience
b. focus on one aspect of a topic
Reading: 4.4 Expand Vocab when Reading
a. Use context to clarify meaning
c. Use word reference materials- glossary, dictionary, thesaurus / Math Assessments / 4.1 Scientific Method (5 lessons and all year) / Internet Safety
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 Non-fiction, and Poetry
e. Problem solution
f. relationship between text and previously read material / 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)
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
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 Non-fiction, and Poetry i. make, confirm, and revise predictions
k. use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension / 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 / Regions Project/Informal SGA Assessment
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
Reading: 4.5 Comprehension of Fictional Text, Narrative Non-fiction, and Poetry i. make, confirm, and revise predictions
k. use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension / 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 / Regions Project/ Informal SGA Assessment
September 28-October 2 / Writing: 4.7 Write cohesively for a variety of purposes
k.) includes supporting details that elaborate the main idea
Reading: 4.5 Comprehension of Fictional Text, Narrative Non-fiction, and Poetry
l.) read with fluency and accuracy / 4.4 Computation
b. add, subtract, and multiply whole numbers /

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
October 12-16 / 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 / 4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15 lessons)
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 / Solar System Project
October 19-23 / 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
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. / 4.9 Elapsed Time / 4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15 lessons)
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 / Solar System Project
October 26-30 / 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 / 4.7/4.8 Solar System (12-15 lessons)
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 / Solar System Project