SALTA 4th grade

4 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 6: April 25 – May 26 Recommended Days: 24 Allotted Days: 24

Unit 6 Theme: Reaching for Goals

Big Question What does it take to achieve our goals and dreams

Writing Focus

Reporting Standards

Optional Review OPINION & NARRATIVE

Writing to Sources

• Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding referring to the text and drawing inferences • Recognize the structure (e.g., sequence, dialogue, charts) • Write informational texts to convey ideas with supporting details, quotations, and specific vocabulary • Use technology to produce and publish writing • Use grammar skills when writing or speaking • Read grade level text fluently with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension

INFORMATIVE/ EXPLANATORY

Additional writing resources found in Google Team Drive

Unit Planning BEGIN with Reading Standards

Question of the Week

Text Aligned Reading Standards

Main Selection

RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably 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. RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize 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 RL4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g. casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a 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.

Week 1

How can words change people’s lives?

My Brother Martin

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals?

Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path How Tia Lola Came to Stay

How can one person’s view of the world affect others? When do people choose to make sacrifices?

A Gift from the Heart

The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon

Week 5

How do the achievements of others influence our dreams?