4th grade Instructional Guide

McGraw Hill Unit 4: Information Processing & Living Things

GRADE4 SCIENCE

Module 1: Structures and Functions of Living Things Lesson 1: Structures and Functions of Plants Lesson 2: Structures and Functions of Animals

Module 2: Information Processing and Transfer

Lesson 1: Information Processing in Animals Lesson 2: The Role of Animal’s Eyes Lesson 3: Information Transfer

● Central Nervous System ● Brain

● Coding

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION Skill Building

● Utilize ACT (Access Complex Text) and EL Support in Curriculum ● Make connections each day to the phenomenon. ● Explicitly teach the CER model to students for explaining phenomenon. ● Utilize the Leveled Library for additional background reading about content. ● Utilize the STEM career connections and other activities found in the Elaborate portion of the lesson.

Extension

MATERIALS NEEDED

● Phenomena Posters ● Vocabulary Cards ● Safety goggles ● Plastic containers ● Peagravel ● Colored gravel ● SandPaper ● Blindfold ● Hand Lens ● Sand

● Tongue depressors ● Forks ● Tweezers ● Colored pencils ● Mirrors ● White paper

● Flashlights ● Protractors ● Variety of classroom objects (paperclips, pencils, paper clips, etc.) ● Paper for foldable

● Water ● Cups ● Index cards

WONDERS CONNECTIONS

ENVISION CONNECTIONS