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Greene County Public Schools

4th Grade Pacing Guide Social Studies and Science 2014-2015 Quarter One

Bloom’s Taxonomy Abbreviations

R= Remember, U= Understand, Ap= Apply, An=Analyze, E=Evaluate, C=Create

Time/Dates/

Testing

Windows

SOL/Strand Objective/Content/Essential

Questions/ Cognitive Level

Vertical Alignment Vocabulary Cross-curricular

Connections

Ongoing

V.S. 1 Skills

Historical and Geographical Analysis

a. Identify and interpret artifacts and

primary and secondary source documents - R

b. Cause and effect relationships - U

c. Compare and contrast historical

events - An

d. Draw conclusions and make

generalizations - An

e. Make connections between past and

present - An

f. Sequence events in VA history - An

g. Interpret ideas and events from

different perspectives - Ap

h. Evaluate and discuss issues – E, U

i. Analyze and interpret maps - An

Identify Interpret Past and present Sequence Cause and effect Compare and contrast Draw conclusions Generalizations Historical perspectives Evaluate

analyze

Primary and secondary sources

Reader’s Theatre

ongoing

4.1 LA Contribute

to oral

discussions

August 19-

September

19

23 days

Benchmarks

8/26-9/12

V.S.2 The physical geography and Native

Peoples

Geography

a. Locate VA and its bordering states on

maps of the US - U

b. Locating and describing Virginia’s

Coastal Plain - U (Tidewater),Piedmont, Blue Ridge

Mountains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau

c. Locating and identifying water

features important to the early history of VA (Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River and Lake Drummond, and Dismal Swamp) - U

d. Locating 3 American Indian language

groups (Algonquian,

Siouan, and the Iroquoian) on a map of Virginia - U

e. Describing how American Indians

related to the climate and their environment to secure food, clothing, and shelter - R

f. Describing how archeologists have

recovered new material evidence at sites including Werowocomoco and Jamestown - R

g. Identifying and locating the current

state recognized tribes - R

American Indians North, South, East, and West Latitude & longitude Map skills Seasons Climate Landforms Water features Climate Environment Culture Geographical terms

Relative location, bordering, near, next to, Maryland, West VA, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Atlantic Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Fall Line, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Shore, Chesapeake Bay, James River, York River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River, Lake Drummond, Dismal Swamp, Christopher Columbus, George Washington Eastern Woodland Indians Algonquian (Powhatan) Tidewater Region Siouan Piedmont Region Iroquoian SW and Southern VA Artifacts Archeologist Werowocomoco Tidewater: Chickahominy Eastern Chickahominy Mattaponi Upper Mattaponi Nansemond Pamunkey Rappahannock Piedmont: Monacan Revised Jan 13 Tested 2015

Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)

Nottoway Tribe

Patawomeck

Reader’s Theatre

ongoing

4.1 LA Contribute

to oral

discussions

4.7 b LA Travel

Brochure

Science 4.9 The student will investigate and understand important Virginia natural resources.

Key concepts include a) watersheds and water resources; b) animals and plants; c) minerals, rocks, ores, and energy sources; and d) forests, soil, and land.

4.9

Natural

resources

human made

watershed

mineral

resources

coal

limestone

granite, sand,and

gravel

natural/culitivated

forests

V.S.3 Colonization & Conflict 1607 through the Amer.

Revolution

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent English settlement in America by

a. explaining the reasons for English

colonization - U

b. describing how geography influenced

the decision to settle at Jamestown - U

c. identifying the importance of the

charters of the VA Co. of London in establishing the Jamestown settlement - R

d. identifying the importance of the

General Assembly (1619) as the first representative legislative body in English America - R

e. identifying the importance of the

arrival of Africans and English women to the Jamestown settlement - R

f. describing the hardships faced by

settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival - R

g. describing the interactions between

the English settlers and the native peoples, including the contributions of Powhatan to

the survival of the settlers - R

Map skills Native groups Settlement Peninsula Colonization Colonies Culture Interaction between cultures Artifacts Primary and Secondary Source Documents Powhatans Government Africans Adaptations Native Americans

England, charters Economic venture VA Co. of London Stockholders, John Smith Starving time Disease, marsh Self-sustaining agriculture VA Assembly (1619) Burgesses Governor’s Council Governor 1620-the arrival of women (“Bride Ship”) Indentured Servant Slave

Tobacco, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan Virginia House of Burgesses legislative, English rights Portugal, Angola

“A Lion to

Guard Us”

By Clyde Robert

Bulla

(LA)

Settler Journaling

(LA)

Ongoing

Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic

4.1 Student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which

a) distinctions are made among observations, conclusions, inferences, and predictions; - An

b) objects or events are classified and arranged according to characteristics or properties; - An

c) appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure length, mass, volume, and temperature in metric units; - Ap

d) appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure elapsed time; - Ap

e) predictions and inferences are made, and conclusions are drawn based on data from a variety of sources; - An

f) independent and dependent variables are identified; - R

g) constants in an experimental situation are identified; - R

h) hypotheses are developed as

categorize cause and effect (if / then) graph natural events chronological temperature degrees centigrade thermometer volume liter / milliliter graduated cylinder, beaker length/centimeter ruler/ meter stick mass/gram/balance graphs (picture,

bar, line) models

observation variables constants, independent

and dependent variables

prediction hypothesis,

(plausible) inference conclusion analyze classify kilometers,

meters, centimeters,

millimeters liter, milliliter kilograms,

grams characteristics/

properties, elapsed time

(math 4.9), data (including

contradictory or unusual data)

cause and effect relationships; - C

i) data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and displayed using bar and basic line graphs; - E

j) numerical data that are contradictory or unusual in experimental results are recognized; - R

k) data are communicated with simple graphs, pictures, written statements, and numbers; -E

l) models are constructed to clarify explanations, demonstrate relationships, and solve needs; and - C

m) current applications are used to reinforce science concepts. – Ap

September

22-October

10

15 days

Earth Patterns,

Cycles, and Changes

4.7 The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system. Key concepts include

a) the planets in the solar system; - U

b) the order of the planets in the solar system; and – R, U

c) the relative sizes of the planets. - An

Scientific method (4.1)

8 planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Acrostic Poetry

Planet Glossary

and Book 4.4 C

(LA)

Planet description

4.8. f (LA)

October 13-

17 Review and Remediate

MAP Testing

10/13-10/24


4th Grade Pacing Guide Social Studies and Science 2014-2015 Quarter Two

Time/Dates/

Testing

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Vertical Alignment Vocabulary Cross-

curricular

Connections

October 20-

November 7

13 days

Earth Patterns, Cycles, and

Change

4.8 The student will Investigate the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun

a. Revolution and rotation - An b. Earth seasons/Moon phases

- An c. Size, position, age, and

makeup of the Earth, Moon, and Sun - An

d. Historical contributions - An

scientific method (4.1)

moon phases seasons day, month, year mile/kilometer

Fahrenheit/centigrade

satellite revolution rotation axis/axial tilt diameter waxing waning gibbous crescent solar eclipse lunar eclipse orbit gravity atmosphere ellipse Aristotle Ptolemy (earth centered) Copernicus Galileo (sun centered) terrestrial

NASA/Apollo

Acrostic Poetry

Planet Glossary

and Book 4.4 C

(LA)

Planet

description 4.8.

f (LA)

November

10- 25

12 days

Colonization & Conflict 1607 through the Amer.

Revolution

V.S. 4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of life in the Virginia colony by

a. explaining the importance of

agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery - U

b. describing how the culture of

colonial VA reflected the origins of European (English, Scots-Irish, German) immigrants, Africans, and American Indians - U

c. explaining the reasons for the

relocation of VA’s capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg to

Richmond - U

d. describing how money, barter, and

credit were used - R

e. describing everyday life in

colonial VA - R

Geography Agriculture Tobacco Labor Institution of Slavery Wealth Beliefs Customs Architecture Migration

Plantations, cash crop, Economy, immigrants Cultural landscape, adapt Germans, Scots-Irish (Shenandoah Valley), place names, Roanoke, Richmond Capital Money (not commonly used),

Barter, Credit, Debt, Saving

Content

Vocabulary 4.4

e. (LA)

Graphic

organizers

4.8 c. (LA)

Science-

Migration 4.5

a

December

1-12

10 days

Colonization and Conflict: 1607 through the Amer. Rev.

V.S. 5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the American Revolution by a. identifying the reasons why the colonists went to war with Great Britain, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. - R

b. identifying the various roles played

by whites, enslaved African Americans, free African Americans, and American Indians in the Revolutionary War era, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and James Lafayette - R

Economics Indentured Servants Slaves Labor Trade English Parliament Declaration of Independence George Washington Thomas Jefferson Parliament Taxes Liberty Patriots Enslaved Labor

Legal authority (England’s Parliament vs. the colonies) Tax, Stamp Act Taxation without representation Independence Declaration of Ind. Liberty, Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness patriots, loyalists, neutral, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Jack Jouett, James Lafayette, Patrick Henry Continental Army

4.5 J and G

cause and

effect (LA)

Journaling

c. identifying the importance of the

Battle of Great Bridge, the ride of Jack Jouett, and the American victory at Yorktown - R

Battle of Great Bridge Yorktown (Lord Cornwallis) Lord Cornwallis Treaty

December

15-19

5 days

Interrelationships in Earth/Space

Systems

4.6 The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted. Key concepts include

a) weather phenomena; - U b) weather measurements and

meteorological tools; and - U c) use of weather

measurements and weather phenomena to make weather predictions. - U


centigrade Fahrenheit water cycle precipitation scientific method

atmosphere troposphere

meteorology high/low air

pressure water cycle

precipitation

weather patterns weather maps barometer/air

pressure anemometer/wind

speed rain gauge/ precipitation thermometer/ temperature atmosphere troposphere meteorology meteorologist

high/low pressure

thermal energy warm/cold front

humidity rain, snow, sleet,

hail cirrus, cumulus,

stratus, cumulonimbus thunderstorm,

hurricane, tornado

Cloudy With a

Chance of

Meatballs

Pickles To

Pittsburgh

Math 4.13

Probability/

4.14 Graphing

Singular

Possessives 4.8

H (LA)

Fact and

Opinion 4.6 h

(LA)


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curricular

Connections

Continued

January 5-9

5 days

Interrelationships in Earth/Space

Systems

4.6 The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted. Key concepts include

a) weather phenomena; - U b) weather measurements and

meteorological tools; and - U c) use of weather

measurements and weather phenomena to make weather predictions. - U


centigrade Fahrenheit water cycle precipitation scientific method

atmosphere troposphere

meteorology high/low air

pressure water cycle

precipitation

weather patterns weather maps barometer/air

pressure anemometer/wind

speed rain gauge/ precipitation thermometer/ temperature atmosphere troposphere meteorology meteorologist

high/low pressure

thermal energy warm/cold front

humidity rain, snow, sleet,

hail cirrus, cumulus,

stratus, cumulonimbus thunderstorm,

hurricane, tornado

Cloudy With a

Chance of

Meatballs

Pickles To

Pittsburgh

Math 4.13

Probability/

4.14 Graphing

Singular

Possessives 4.8

H (LA)

Fact and

Opinion 4.6 h

(LA)

January

12-23

9 days

Force, Motion, and Energy

4.2 The student will investigate and understand characteristics and interactions of moving objects. Key concepts include

a) motion is described by an object’s direction and speed; - U

b) changes in motion are related to force and mass;

-U

c) friction is a force that opposes motion; and - U

d) moving objects have kinetic energy. - U


potential energy simple/compound

machines sources of energy

kinetic energy potential energy speed position force friction resistance

January 26-

Febraury 6

10 days

Political Growth and Western Expansion: 1781 to the

mid 1800s

V.S. 6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation by

a. Explaining why George

Washington is called the “Father of Our Country” and James Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution.” - U

b. Identify the ideas of George

Mason and Thomas Jefferson as expressed in the VA Declaration of Rights and the VA Statute for Religious Freedom - R

c. Explaining the influence of

geography on the migration of Virginians into western territories - U

Government Thomas Jefferson(entrepreneurial) Declaration of Independence George Washington

Constitutional Convention Compromise Constitution of the United States of America James Madison George Mason Freedom of religion Freedom of the press Frontier Appalachian Mountains Cumberland Gap

Science-

migration 4.5

a. Science

February 9-

March 6

17 days

Civil War and Postwar eras

V.S. 7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues that divided our nation and led to the Civil War by

a. identifying the events and

differences between northern and southern states that divided Virginians and led to secession, war,

and the creation of West VA - R

b. describing VA’s role in the war,

including identifying major battles that took place in VA - R

c. describing the roles played by

whites, enslaved African Americans, free African Americans, and American Indians - R

Underground Railroad Richmond Slave labor

Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, secession, Harper’s Ferry, US Armory (Arsenal), West Virginia, Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), Fredericksburg, rebellion, southern/agricultural, northern/industrial, ironclad ships, Monitor/Union, Merrimack/Confederate, Appomattox Courthouse

Cause and

effect 4.6 g

(LA)

Research 4.9

(LA)

Nonfiction test

features 4.6 a

(LA)

March

9-13

Review and Remediate


4th Grade Pacing Guide Social Studies and Science 2014-2015 Quarter Four

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Testing

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Questions/Cognitive Level


curricular

Connections

March

16-20

5 days

Civil War and Postwar eras

V.S. 8 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the reconstruction of VA following the Civil War by

a. identifying the effects of

Reconstruction on life in VA - R

b. identifying the effects of

segregation and “Jim Crow” on life in VA for whites, African Americans, and American Indians - R

c. describing the importance of

railroads, new industries, and the growth of cities to VA’s economic development - R

Economy, tobacco, railroads, industry, manufacturing

Reconstruction Freedmen’s Bureau, Jim Crow, sharecropping, segregation/ desegregation, discrimination, prejudice Tazewell, coal

Persuasive

posters

Patterns of

organization

4.7 e (LA)

Audience

awareness 4.7

a (LA)

March 23-

April 10

10 days

MAP

Testing

4/7-4/17

Virginia 1900 to the Present

V. S. 9 The student will demonstrate knowledge of twentieth- and twenty-first century VA by

a. describing the economic and social

transition from a rural, agricultural society to a more urban, industrialized society, including reasons people came to VA from other states and countries - R

b. identifying the impact of Virginians,

such as Woodrow Wilson and George C. Marshall on international events - R

c. identifying the social and political

events in VA linked to desegregation and Massive Resistance and their relationship to national history - R

d. identifying the political, social,

and/or economic contributions made by Maggie L. Walker, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Oliver W. Hill, Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., A. Linwood Holton, Jr., and L. Douglas Wilder - R

Governor laws

Rural/urban, Raw materials/finished products Agricultural products Manufactured products Industries Woodrow Wilson, George C. Marshall, Harry F. Byrd, Maggie L. Walker, Oliver W. Hill, Arthur R. Ashe Jr. A. Linwood Holton Jr., Civil Rights Movement, Massive Resistance, integration, Brown vs Board of Education, separate but Equal

Persuasive

posters

Patterns of

organization

4.7 e (LA)

Audience

awareness 4.7

a (LA)

April 13-17

5 days

V.S. 10 The student will demonstrate knowledge of government, geography, and economics by

a. identifying the three branches of VA

government and the function of each - R

b. describing the major products and

industries of VA’s five geographic regions - R

c. explaining how advances in

transportation, communications, and technology have contributed - U

Constitution Economics, Atlantic Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mtns., Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau Raw materials/finished products, goods and services

Branches of government Legislative–the General Assembly Senate House of Delegates Executive-Governor Judicial-Court System Coastal Plain – Products: seafood, peanuts Industries: shipbuilding, tourism, military bases Piedmont- Products: tobacco products, information technology Industries: federal and state government, farming, horse industry Blue Ridge Mtns.- Products: apples Industries: recreation, farming Valley and Ridge- Products: poultry, apples, dairy, beef Industries: farming Appalachian Plateau- Products: coal Industries: coal mining Exports

The products of Virginia’s 5 regions addressed in 1st nine weeks with geography.

April 20-24

5 days

Non-SOL

Tested

Benchmarks

4/20-4/24

Force, Motion, and Energy

4.3 The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of electricity. Key concepts include

a) conductors and insulators; - U b) basic circuits (open/ closed, parallel/series); - U c) static electricity; - U d) the ability of electrical en ergy to be transformed into heat , light, and mechanical energy; - U e) simple electromagnets and magnetism; and - U f) historical contributions - U in understanding electricity - U


solar energy fossil fuels

a) conductors and insulators;

b) basic circuits; c) static electricity; d) the ability of

electrical energy to be transformed into light and motion, and to produce heat;

e) simple electromagnets and magnetism; and

f) historical contributions in understanding electricity.

atoms electrons circuits conductor insulator resistance path series circuit parallel circuit open circuit closed circuit source switch magnetic field electromagnet permanent

magnet static electricity current electricity attract/repel poles generate wet cell battery dry cell battery

(symbols – and +)

thermal radiant mechanical Ben Franklin Thomas Edison Michael Faraday

May 4th-15th VA Studies Review

April 27-

May 1

5 days

4.4 The student will investigate and understand basic plant anatomy and life processes. Key concepts include

a) the structures of typical plants and the function of each structure; - U

b) processes and structures involved with plant reproduction; - U

c) photosynthesis; and - U d) adaptations allow plants to

satisfy life needs and respond to the environment.

-U


seasons natural resources soil nutrients

roots stems leaves flowers stamen stigma pistil sepal embryo ferns mosses spore seed pollination sunlight chlorophyll water carbon dioxide oxygen sugar photosynthesis dormancy response to

light/moisture

The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals, including humans, in an ecosystem interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Key concepts include

a) plant and animal adaptations; - U

b) organization of populations, communities, and ecosystems and how they interrelate; - U

c) flow of energy through food webs; - U

d) habitats and niches; - U e) changes in an organism’s

niche at various stages in its life cycle; and - U

f) influences of human activity on ecosystems. - U


seasons natural resources

Life cycle behavioral

adaptations-animals sounds

what they do structural and physical adaptations

food chain/web herbivore,

carnivore, omnivore producer,

consumer, decomposer hibernation migration camouflage instinct learned behavior

sources of energy niche, habitat, community environment,

ecosystem populations

May 4-8

5 days

Non-

Writing

SOL’s

5/11-5/29

Review and Remediate