Fourth Grade

2011-2012
Reading Math Science/

With Words

Six Traits

Activities
Types of
Message
Thinking

Working

Parts of
Morning

Writing
Speech

Anchor
Genres
Skills
Investigations Social
Math
Studies
Aug 15 SN, V Unit 5 Soil and Rocks
Fossils

Expository Writing, Persuasive Writing, Personal Narratives

Number Bond Cards, Bean Problem Solving, Reader’s Response Logs, Free Writing, RAFT, 4-6-8,
Aug. 22 SN, V Landmarks & Large
Marvelous Monday, Tangled Tuesday, Wacky Wednesday, Thinking Thursday, Fabulous Friday Landforms
Numbers

Conventions, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Voice, Organization, Ideas, Writer’s Workshop
Aug. 29 SN, V

Word Wall, Nifty Thrifty 50, Spelling Words, Making Words, What Looks Right? Guess the
Weathering
Sept. 6 ADJ +, -, Number System, $ Human Activity
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Estimation, Problem Solving, Spiral Review

Evaluate, Infer, Visualize, Question, Summarize, Predict, Connect, First 21 days of SSR
4 days Scientific Method
Sept. 12 ADJ Read and Create a
Map
Sept 19 ADJ Unit 1 Four Regions of MO
Magazines, Newspapers, Nonfiction, Biographies, Fantasy, Historical, Realistic

(Cities, Rivers,
Sept. 26 ADV Factors, Multiples,
Regions,
Arrays, Mult. Div. Surrounding
States)
Oct. 3 ADV Scientific Methods
Testable
Oct. 10 ADV Unit 2
Questions/Hypothe
4 ½ days Describing the Shape sis
Oct. 17 P, OP of Data European
P/T Conf. Data Analysis and Prob. Exploration,
Settlements in MO,
Oct. 24 P, OP
Contributions of
4 days
African and Native
Americans
Covered Word, Word Sorts, Wordo, Sparkle

Oct. 31 P, OP Unit 3 Ecosystems, Animal

and Plant
Nov 7 CONJ Multiple Towers and
Adaptations, Food

Think-Tac-Toe, Independent Projects

4 days Division Stories Webs
Nov. 14 CONJ Mult. And Div.
Nov. 21 CONJ
2 days
Nov. 28 INT Unit 4
Dec. 5 INT Size, Shape, and Scientific Inquiry

Dec. 12 INT Symmetry Benchmark Testing

Dec. 19 PPA, 2-D Measurement

3 days PNA
Jan. 4 Principles of
Continue
Parts of

3 days constitutional
Speech

Democracy
Jan. 9
Jan 17 Governing Systems
 Fourth Grade
2011-2012
4 days
Jan. 23
Jan. 30 Unit6 Mass, Volume,
Physical Properties,
Feb. 6
Mixtures, Solutions
Fraction Cards and Electricity/Circuits
Feb. 13
Decimal Squares
P/T Conf
Fractions and Decimals
4 days
Feb. 21
4 days
Feb. 27 Famous Missourians

Mar. 5
4 days
Mar. 19 Force and Motion

Mar. 26 M.A.P. Testing??

Apr. 2 Lewis and Clark

4 days Westward
Apr. 9 Expansion
Apr. 16 Unit 7 Science Inquiry
Apr. 23 Moving Between Solids Project
Apr. 30 and Silhouettes
May 7

May 14
4-day
week