Tuesday, September 16, 2014

4th Grade Units of Study



Grade 4
Reading Street Unit Theme
Math
Social Studies
Science
Writing
Health, Tech, ?
Discovery-New people and places
Multiplication and division- 3 units total
Vermont History
Abenaki
Early settlers

Energy
Electricity: transfer, collision, speed, circuits, solar
Personal narrative
We Care: lessons 1,2,3
Value of Teamwork
Data analysis
Vt Contribution to US Heritage
Agriculture, tourism
Waves
Wave properties, light, sound/ patterns, wire and wave
Opinion/argument writing
Alcohol, Tobacco and other drugs
Lessons 1-3
Patterns in Nature
2-D geometry and measurement
World History
perspectives of different cultures
indigenous cultures
Animals & Plants
Internal & external structure
Sense
Information processing
Procedure writing
Personal Hygiene
Lessons 1-3
Is there and explanation for everything?
Addition, subtraction and the number system


Earth in Universe
Fossils, rock layers
Response to literature

What makes an adventure?
Fractions and Decimals

Earth Systems
Weather & erosion, plate tectonics, topographic features
Just so story:  alliteration, repetition, figurative language

What does it take to achieve our goals and dreams?
Patterns, functions, and change

Earth & Human
Natural resources: energy & fuel
Impact on humans



Visit from Fenel Pierre

Fenel Pierre sharing with students about Haiti.

Students eagerly asking questions at the end of Fenel's presentation.