SALTA 4th grade

4 th Grade Scope and Sequence

Unit 2: October 4-November 19 Recommended days: 28

ELA Writing DWSBA #1: October 4 -22

Allotted Days: 33

Unit 2 Theme: Teamwork

Big Question What is the value of teamwork?

Writing Focus

Report Card Learning Targets

DWSBA: OPINION OCT 4-22

Writing to Sources OPINION

• 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 opinion pieces using organized reasons supported by facts and details • Use technology to produce and publish writing

Additional writing resources found in Google Team Drive

• Use context clues, affixes, and roots to determine the meaning of vocabulary words and phrases • Read grade level text fluently with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression to support comprehension

Unit Planning BEGIN by using Reading Standards

Question of the Week

Text Aligned Reading Standards

Main Selection

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.4.1 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.4.3 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.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

How can we learn to appreciate the talent of others?

Week 1

What Jo Did?

Week 2 How can we work together to achieve a goal?

Word Origins

Week 3

What can teams accomplish?

Scene Two

Week 4 How can people and animals work as a team?

Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses

What is the job of the President of the United States

Week 5

So You Want to be President

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

Flexible Days