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Lesson Plans / Units - Grade Four

 

MATH     READING/LANGUAGE ARTS     GEOMETRY     SCIENCE     SOCIAL STUDIES

 

Math

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Graphing with Stems-and-Leafs
Core Curriculum Objective(s)

Collect, organize, record, display and communicate data in charts, tables, stem-leaf graphs, and line and bar graphs with scale increments of one or greater than one. 
Construct, read, interpret, analyze, and write conclusions based on data (e.g., bar, line circle and stem-leaf graph: tables; charts) with or without manipulatives.
Am I Seeing Double?
Core Curriculum Objective: Create designs which have one or more lines of symmetry.
Place Value
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Identify orally and in writing, the place value for each digit in a whole number expressed through millions.
Different Ways to Count
Curriculum Objective(s):  Connect number and numeration systems with other aspects of mathematics and other disciplines and relate the use and understanding of numeration systems to their world.
Graphing
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Collect, organize, record, display and communicate data in charts, tables, stem/leaf graphs and line and bar graphs with scale increments of one or greater than one.
A Shapely Activity
Core Curriculum Objective(s): 
Identify polygons based on the number of sides.
Connect geometry and spatial sense to other aspects of mathematics and to other disciplines.
Bases, Cones and Edible Things
Core Curriculum Objective: Investigate bases and sides of cones and cylinders using concrete representations.
Formulate and Measure Your Theme Park Passion
Core Curriculum Objective: Use measurements and formulas to solve real world and mathematical problems.
Music Favorites and Place Value
Core Curriculum Objective:   Find the product or quotient with decimals to hundredths, using concrete materials, drawings, calculators, and symbols.
Musical Whole Numbers
Core Curriculum Objective:   Identify and locate missing whole numbers on a given number line.

Reading/Language Arts

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Quotations
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Edit for punctuation through an understanding of how punctuation clarifies meaning (end marks, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, underlining), distinguish between correct and incorrect usage.

Monster Writings
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Write for sustained periods of time to develop confidence in communicating for different purposes (to tell, to describe, to inform or explain, to persuade, to learn to record personal feelings, to entertain others. Demonstrate active listening skills and respond appropriately and accurately to oral information.

Sentence Twister
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Edit for fragments and run-on sentences distinguishing between clearly written sentences and sentences that contain errors in expression or construction.

What Happens Next?
Core Curriculum Objective: Sequence events and/or steps in a process using dramatizations, retelling, pictures, charts, media.

Listening to Gather Evidence in a Reading Selection
Core Curriculum Objective:   Listen effectively to obtain evidence to support decisions when making judgements.
Here Ye!  Here Ye!  Read All About It!
Curriculum Objective: Demonstrate comprehension of text/selection by writing about what is read.
Prediction Using On-Line Stories!
Core Curriculum Objective: Make, confirm, and revise predictions based upon analysis of title, pictures, subtitles and other available information.
Fretful Over Fast Food
Core Curriculum Objective: Make judgments using evidence to support decisions in writing.
Humpty Dumpty: The Whole Story
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Students will use a chart to develop and organize content.
Students will be able to incorporate compositional elements in writing. 
Science Summaries are the Bomb!
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Students will demonstrate comprehension of a text selection by writing about what is read.
Intrigued with Yo-Yos!
Core Curriculum Objective:  Use the writing process to record information accurately and to research and report information.
Minibeasts and Reading Strategies
Core Curriculum Objective: Use context clues, sentence structure and phonetic cues to identify words.
Where Will You Go?
Curriculum Objective:  Locate, interpret, use or apply information contained in a: schedule, atlas, calendar, encyclopedia, and multi-media and technology based resources.
Geometry

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Fun With Right, Acute, and Obtuse Angles
Curriculum Objective:  Identify and draw examples of right, acute, and obtuse angles with/without real world context.
Symmetry in Shapes and Everyday Objects
Curriculum Objective: Identify and/or draw lines of symmetry in a given object or representation.
Symmetrical Designs with Pretzels and Marshmallows
Curriculum Objective: Create designs which have one or more lines of symmetry.
Science Top
String Telephones and Musical Straws
S.C. Science Standard: Investigate and compare the different pitches of sound produced by changing the size, tension, or amount of the vibrating material.
Star Frames
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Explore characteristics of stars (brightness, color, and constellations).
Plant Needs
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Investigate the relationship between the basic needs of different organisms and whether or not a particular environment meets those needs.
Help! Someone Has Destroyed my Home!
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Describe changes in the environment caused by humans.
Insulators and Conductors
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Students will predict and test various materials to identify conductors and insulators.
Close to Home
Core Curriculum Objective(s):  Identify the characteristics of different environments, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, deserts, and in polar, temperate and tropical regions.
Its Electric!
Core Curriculum Objective: Demonstrate and distinguish between static and current electricity.
Let There Be Light!
Core Curriculum Objective: Investigate and describe ways that light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed by an object.
Time for all Ages
Core Curriculum Objective: Research and compare the technology humans have used to measure time through out history.
Electric Gameboards
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Design and construct a model of an object using electricity (toy that moves, lights up, or makes a sound).

Social Studies

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From Claws to Jaws:  Atlantic Regions of the United States
Core Curriculum Objective(s):   
Locate, identify, and describe major cities, states, continents, and bodies of water in relation to South Carolina and the Southeastern region. (5SSG-3);  
Locate and identify three regions of the United States.  (5SSG-2)
Interpret a map using symbols.  (5SSG-2)
Use cardinal and intermediate directions for locating places on a map or globe within the United States regions.  (5SSG-2)
Identify factors that help influence the growth and development of a city, manufacturing area, resort, or transportation system within the United States regions.  (5SSG-4)
Locate and describe characteristics, major landforms, and major bodies of water within the United States using a map or globe.  (5SSG-5)
Describe and compare features of climate, natural vegetation, and resources in various regions of the United States.  (5SSG-5)
Identify and analyze the story elements.  (4-AL-5)
Locate, interpret, use, and apply information contained in multi-media and technology based resources.  (4-AR-3)
Write a report.  (4-AR-4)