Fourth Grade Curriculum Map 2014 – 2015

Timing of instruction in the following topics/subjects may vary from teacher to teacher due to material availability or student needs.

Science / Social Studies / Writing / Reading / Math / Field Trips/ Other
1st Quarter/ 9 Weeks / Science Tools (on-going) 4.1
Ecosystems and Adaptations 4.5
(3 Weeks Hicks & Sams)
Plants
(3Weeks Shifflett & Canalichio)
Force, Motion, and Energy 4.2
(4 weeks/ Shifflett & Canalichio)
Weather 4.6
(3.5 weeks/ Shifflett & Canalichio) / VA Geography
VS 2a, b, c
(4 weeks/Sams & Hicks)
American Indians
VS 2d, e, f, g
(3 weeks/Sams & Hicks) / Writing Cohesively and Editing 4.7 and 4.8 (on-going)
Letter Home Journals/
Informational Writing
(on-going)
The Writing Community
(3 weeks)
The Writing Process
(4 weeks)
Personal Narrative
(5 weeks) / Name Research Project 4.9 (homerooms)
(2 weeks)
Communication, Vocabulary, and Research 4.3, 4.4, 4.9 (on-going)
QRIs
Realistic Fiction 4.5 (on-going)
Informational Reading
4.6 (on-going)
Historical Fiction (Readers’ Theater)
4.6
Reading Skills: Finding Main Idea, Recalling Facts and Details, Understanding Sequence, Recognizing Cause and Effect, Comparing and Contrasting, Making Predictions / Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction
4.1, 4.16, 4.4abd
Multiplication and Division 4.4abcd, 4.5a, 4.16 / Michie Tavern and Carter Mountain Orchard
Thursday
Oct 16th
2nd Quarter/ 9 Weeks / Frontier Culture Museum
November
VIP Day
Tuesday, November 25
3rd Quarter/ 9 Weeks / Electricity 4.3
(4 weeks/
Shifflett)
The Sun, Moon, and Earth 4.7
(3.5 weeks/Shifflett & Canalichio )
Mars landers (in homerooms) / Jamestown Settlement
VS 3
(4 weeks Hicks & Sams)
Life in the Virginia colony
VS 4
(3.5 week Hicks & Sams) / Expository Nonfiction
(6 weeks)
Informational Writing –
Biographies
(3 weeks) / Biography 4.6
Reading Skills:
Finding Word Meaning in Context, Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences, Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion, Identifying Author’s Purpose, Interpreting Figurative Language, Summarizing / Fractions and Decimals
4.2, 4.3abd, 4.5 abcd
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra 4.15, 4.16
Probability 4.13
Geometry 4.10, 4.11, 4.12
Measurement (in ELT rotations with teachers) 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9
Elapsed Time
Review for SOLs / Lyrics Alive March 24-26
4th Quarter/ 9 Weeks / Writing Prompt
(3 weeks)
Lyrics Alive songwriting
(1 week)
Poetry 4.7
(3 weeks) / Poetry 4.5
Review Reading Skills / Camp Albemarle overnight
Thursday, May7– Friday, May 8
Water Treatment
Facility
SOL tests (reading and math)

Fourth grade ties our classroom read alouds to our academic and social curriculum. Some of the stories include: Flush, Blood on the River, The City of Ember, Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer, Grandpa’s Mountain, The Green Book, and Shiloh.