Grade+4

=April= Reading: NF summarizing, media messages, drawing conclusions and making inferences Writing: grammar, citing sources Math: Measurement conversions (capacity, length), actual measurement, elapsed time Science: Structures of the Earth, Blue Money (Rivers research project) - Fossils, Layers of Earth, Tectonic Plates and Boundaries =FEB.= Reading: NF and F summaries, important information to support the main idea Writing: Citing sources, persuasive writing piece Math: Fractions and decimals Science: Oceans, Structures of the Earth = = =JAN.= Reading: Main Idea and supporting Details, Summaring NF Writing: Quarter 2 writing sample - fiction Math: Division?? Science: Scientific method, Habitats, Adaptations

=DEC.= Reading: NF text structures, Author's purpose, context clues, NF Drawing conclusions/making inferences Writing: Transition words, adjectives, adverbs, construct questions about a topic Math: GCF/LCM, associative property, decimals Science: Earth's Resources, Watersheds, Virginia's Rivers = = =Nov.= Reading: Drawing conclusions/inferencing, nonfiction text structures, cause/effect in nonfiction Writing: Sensory words/figurative language Math: Computation/Estimation with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Science: Finish Weather, start Earth's Resources = = = = =OCT.= Reading: Author's Purpose, Main Idea, Theme Writing: synonyms, antonyms Math: Polygons/Geometry Science: Finish Earth, Moon, Sun, Start Weather

= = =Sept.= Reading: Predictions, Story Elements, Summarizing, Identifying new info in NF texts Writing: Basic sentence parts, homophones, subject-verb agreement Math: Reading and writing whole numbers, rounding, odd/even, patterns Science: Earth, Moon, Su