Library Six Weeks At-A-Glance
Grade 4 Unit 2 Theme: Making a Difference Essential Question: How do people make a difference in their communities? IC OC: Interactions OI: Don’t Mess with Texas
Literary Elements/
Study Skills /
Writing
Write Source / OI Guiding Questions / 2nd six weeks OI:
Don’t Mess with Texas /
My Brother Martin
by Christine King Ferris
Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
WK THEME
Civil Rights /
Main Selection
Literary Nonfiction/ Biography
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / McGraw-Hill Texas Treasures TE,
p. 263 I,J
TERMS
Word processor
Thesaurus
Spell check
MEDIA LITERACY Truth in advertising
‘loaded words’
‘bandwagon’
Techniques; images, graphics and sound
IC Lessons - Mission Possible! MM
Google Earth
IC Lesson –Trouble Brews in Texas
Wordle
www.Wordle.net
/
Strategy
Monitor Comprehension
Skill
Author’s Purpose
Spiral Review
Sequence / Word Parts: Prefixes and Suffixes / Surveys /
Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics:
Personal Narrative Writing: Narrative Paragraph (Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing); Personal Narrative (Model)
Skills: Verbs / Guiding Questions:
How can interactions be both positive and negative?
How do interactions shape settlements?
In what ways are the Earth’s resources dependent on interactions? / MIND MISSIONS
Safe Spaniards
Impressive empresarios
SCIENCE
Investigation & Reasoning Skills
Organisms & environment
Producers: plants, photosynthesis,
carbon dioxide
Consumers—dependent upon other
organisms for food
How ecosystems affect food webs (and interactions affect natural resources)
Earth & space
Renewable, Non-renewable resources
(rocks, minerals, fossil fuels --coal, oil,
natural gas)
conservation, natural resources
Plano “Live Green”
Plants / photosynthesis
SOCIAL STUDIES
TX history—Spanish missions to
Republic of TX
José de Escandon.
Mission, presidio
Spain and Mexico
(differences in colonial gov’t)
Six Flags over TX
Contributions of Individuals:
Empresarios of TX, Stephen F. Austin
Martin de Leon
Settlement Patterns in TX
Economic factors of settlement
Geography tools – latitude, longitude
Geography Awareness Week- Nov 11-17
Oct 19 Poster Contest Registration
Declare Your Interdependence!
Veterans Day Nov. 12
Mighty Jackie; the Strike-out Queen
by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by
C.F. Payne
WK THEME
Inspiring Women / Main Selection
Literary Nonfiction/ Bio
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Poetry / Strategy
Monitor Comprehension
Skill
Author’s Purpose
Spiral Review
Compare and Contrast / Context Clues: Description / Stanzas, Line Break, Meter, and Rhyme /
Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics: Personal Narrative Writing: Narrative Writing Prewriting, Drafting)
Skills: Review Skills Based on Students' Needs
Making a Splash
Time For Kids
Informational
WK THEME
Facing Challenges / Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository / Strategy
Monitor Comprehension
Skill
Main Ideas and Details
Spiral Review
Author’s Purpose /
Idioms /
Using Parts of a Book /
Write Source
Writing/Grammar-Mechanics:
Personal Narrative Writing: Narrative Writing (Revising)
Skills: Punctuating Dialogue, Interjections, Sentence Variety
Wild Horses
by Cris Peterson
photos by Alvis Ubitis
WK THEME
Saving Animals
/
Main Selection
Informational Text/ Expository
Paired Selection
Literary Text/ Folktale / IC “I Wonder”
(instead of poster?) Glogster http://edu.Glogster.com
PowerPoint
Write Source exercise --writing a book review /
Strategy
Analyze Text Structure.
Skill
Cause and Effect
Spiral Review
Main Idea and Details / Context Clues: Paragraph Clues / Hyperbole and Metaphor /
Write Source
Personal Narrative Writing: Narrative Writing (Editing, Publishing); Personal Narrative Across the Curriculum
Skills: Verb Tenses, Pronouns, Commas / IC “I Wonder”:
Social Studies
* Research and create a poster detailing the 5 Spanish missions of Old San Antonio
*Create a drawing of your own Spanish mission
* Create a PowerPoint presentation outlining pros and cons of each TX colony to make a home
* Design your own colony (rules and opportunities)
* Investigate a topic of your choice
Science
* Investigate a topic of your choice
* Create a graphic that displays environmental problems in your community, state, nation or world
* How would you solve moving citizens to become “Green?”
* Why do leaves turn colors? What does it indicate about photosynthesis?
*Identify causes of loss of habitat for plants /animals
* How do you stand on the conservation of natural resources?
* Is soil a renewable or nonrenewable natural resource
Mystic Horse
by Paul Goble
WK THEME
Courage /
Main Selection
Literary Text/ Legend
Paired Selection
Informational Text/ Expository /
Strategy
Analyze Story Structure
Skill: Sequence
Spiral Review
Cause and Effect /
Dictionary: Homophones /
Charts /
Write Source:
Personal Narrative Writing: Narrative Writing for the Texas Assessment
Skills: Review Skills Based on Students' Needs
Review Week
WK THEME
Review and Assess /
Show What You
Know
Biography, Drama / Review/Assess
Author’s Purpose
Main Idea and Details
Cause/Effect
Sequence /
Review/Assess
(See Above) /
Review / Assess
(SEE above) / Write Source:
Response to Texts: Response Paragraph (Model, Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing); Writing a Book Review (Model, Prewriting, Drafting)
Skills: Capitalization, Adjectives
McGraw–Hill Treasures, TE Grade 4; Plano ISD Elementary ELA Planner, IC Planner, Write Source