Fourth Grade - Loudoun County Public Schools



Fourth Grade

Third Nine Weeks Plans

Language

Oral: (a part of the English SOL’s above) Students will participate in oral discussions on a daily basis when discussing material as well as presentations including book reports.

-The Oral Communication SOL’s to be covered this quarter are:

• 4.1a-d: The student will use effective oral communication skills in a variety of settings:

-Present accurate directions to individuals and small groups

-Contribute to group discussions

-Seek the ideas and opinions of others

-Begin to use evidence to support opinions

• 4.2a-c: The student will make and listen to oral presentations and reports:

-Use subject-related information and vocabulary

-Listen to and record information

-Organize information for clarity

Writing: ( a part of the English SOL’s ) Students will continue to work on writing strong pieces with main ideas and supporting sentences. Students will express their thoughts clearly and with their own personal style. This will be accomplished through assignments such as:

-Journal entries

-Paragraphs on various topics

-Content writing

- book reports

- Variety of writing (ex. persuasive, compare/contrast, stories, letters, etc.)

The above assignments will cover the following SOL’s for writing:

• 4.7a-g: The student will write effective narratives and explanations:

-Focus on one aspect of a topic

-Develop a plan for writing

-Organize writing to convey a central idea

-Write several related paragraphs on the same topic

-Write rhymed, unrhymed, and patterned poetry

-Use available technology

• 4.8a-h: The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure:

-Use subject-verb agreement

-Use noun-pronoun agreement

-Use commas in series, dates, and addresses

-Incorporate adjectives and adverbs

-Use the articles a, an, and the correctly

-Use correct spelling for frequently used words, including common homophones

Reading: This quarter the students will be immersed in a variety of reading experiences. Students will use context and structural clues, use various references sources, how story elements affect a story, drawing conclusions, summarizing and paraphrasing as well as the following SOL's to read, evaluate and respond to the literature read.

The SOL’s covered this quarter are...

• 4.3a-d: The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy

- Use context to clarify meanings of unfamiliar

- Explain words with multiple meanings

- Use knowledge of word origins, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms; and multiple meanings of words

- Use word-reference materials including the glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus

• 4.4a-f: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.

- Explain the authur’s purpose

- Describe how the choice of language, setting, and information contributes to the author’s purpose

- Compare the use of fact and fantasy in historical fiction with other forms of literature

- Identify major events and supporting details

- Identify sensory words

• 4.5a-i: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction.

- Use text organizers such as type, headings, and graphics to predict and categorize information

- Formulate questions that might be answered in the selection

- Explain the author’s purpose

- Make simple inferences, using information from texts

- Draw conclusions, using information from texts

- Summarize content of selection, identifying important ideas

- Describe relationship between content and previously learned concepts or skills

- Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion

- Identify new information gained from reading

4.6a-c: The student will demonstrate comprehension of information resources to research a topic.

- Construct questions about a topic

- Collect information, using the resources of the media center, including online, print, and media resources

- Evaluate and synthesize information

Science

This quarter, the students will be focusing on Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic. Force, Motion and Energy, as well as Living Systems will be covered. Students will learn through readings, discussions, activities and experiments that make them question how things work and investigate to answer these questions.

The Science SOL’s covered this quarter are

• 4.3: The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of electricity. Key concepts include

a) conductors and insulators

b) basic circuits (open/closed, parallel/series)

c) static electricity

d) the ability of electrical energy to be transformed into heat, light, and mechanical energy

e) simple electromagnets and magnetism

f) historic contributions in understanding electricity

• 4.5: The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals in an ecosystem interact with one another and the nonliving environment. Key concepts include

a) behavioral and structural adaptations

b) organization of communities

c) flow of energy through food webs

d) habitats and niches

e) life cycles

f) influence of human activity on ecosystems

Math

This quarter we will be focusing on the following skills: fractions, decimals, and measurement. Problem solving continues throughout each chapter. We will also be reviewing past concepts as well to ensure mastery over time.

The math SOL’s covered this quarter are:

• 4.2: The student will identify and compare fractions and mixed numbers using concrete objects and pictures, represent equivalent fractions.

• 4.3 The student will compare the numerical value of fractions having denominators of 12 or less

• 4.9 a & c: The student will solve problems involving addition and subtraction with fractions having like and unlike denominators of 12 or less , using concrete materials, pictorial representations, paper and pencil, mental computation, calculators, and estimation.

• 4.2c: relate fractions to decimals, using concrete objects.

• 4.4: Read, write, represent, and identify decimals expressed through thousandths, including rounding and comparing.

4.9 b & c: Add and subtract decimals through thousandths using concrete materials, pictorials, paper and pencil.

• 4.10: Estimate and measure weight and mass using actual measuring devices, and describe the results in US Customary and metric units. Identify equivalent measurements in US Customary and metric units, as well as estimate conversions.

• 4.12: Estimate and measure liquid volume using actual measuring devices in metric and US Customary units. Identify equivalent measurements in US Customary and metric units, as well as estimate conversions.

• 4.11: Estimate and measure length using actual measuring devices in metric and US Customary units. Identify equivalent measurements in US Customary and metric units, as well as estimate conversions.

• 4.13: Identify and describe situations representing the use of area and perimeter.

Social Sciences

This quarter students will be focusing on electing our Nation’s first President and expanding west. Material will include the troubles within our country as our nation becomes divided and The Civil War begins. We will then discuss Reconstruction and civil rights as well as expansion and growth including new transportation and how it affects towns in Virginia. State and local government and tourism will be discussed as well.

The SOL’s to be covered this quarter are the following:

• 4.5b The student will demonstrate the role of Virginia in the American Revolution by identifying the various roles played by Virginians in the Revolutionary War era, with emphasis on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.

• 4.5 c The student will demonstrate the role in the American Revolution by identifying the importance of the American victory at Yorktown.

• 4.6 a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation by explaining why George is called the “Father of Our Country” and James Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution.”

• 4.6 b The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation by identifying the ideas of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson as expressed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statue for religious freedom.

• 4.10 a The student will demonstrate knowledge of government, geography, and economics by identifying the three branches of Virginia government and the function of each.

• 4.6 c The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation by explaining the influence of geography on the migration of Virginians into western territories.

• 4.7 a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues that divided our nation and led to the Civil War by identifying the events and differences between northern and southern states that divided Virginians and led to secession, war, and the creation of West Virginia.

• 4.7 b The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues that divided our nation and led to the Civil War by describing Virginia’s role in the war, including identifying major battles that took place in Virginia.

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