SALTA 4th grade

4th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 3: November 22-January 21 Recommended Days: 26

ELA Writing DWSBA # 2: Jan 31-Feb 11

Allotted Days: 30

Unit 3 Theme: Patterns in Nature

Big Question How are people and nature connected?

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

DWSBA: INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY Jan 31-Feb 11

Writing to Sources INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY

• Engage effectively in conversations by coming prepared, following discussion rules, building upon other’s ideas, asking for clarification, and summarize key ideas • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding referring to the text and drawing inferences • Identify and summarize the main idea and key details • Recognize the structure (e.g., sequence, dialogue, charts) • Write informational texts to convey ideas with supporting details, quotations, and specific vocabulary • Use grammar skills when writing or speaking • Recognize and apply grade-level phonics in multisyllable words

Additional writing resources found in Google Team Drive

Unit Planning BEGIN by using Reading Standards

Question of the Week

Text Aligned Reading Standards

Main Selection

RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears. RI.4.8 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g. opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text RL.4.9 Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g. opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures. Flexible days can be used at any time within a unit for the purpose of: 1) Extending time on a standard(s) 2) Reviewing, extending, or frontloading 3) Incorporating performance tasks

The Man Who Named the Clouds

Week 1

What is the value of looking at patterns in nature?

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

What patterns in nature guide the lives of animals? How have people explained the pattern of day and night? How do weather patterns affect our lives?

Adelina’s Whales

How Night Came from the Sea Eye of the Storm

Week 5

What causes changes in nature?

Paul Bunyan

Flexible Days