mililani mauka elementary school grade 4 curriculum for 2005 - 2006
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Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool
Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool
Grade 4Grade 4
Curriculum for 2005 - 2006Curriculum for 2005 - 2006
Language Arts
First Semester
Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies
Reading Response• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Critical Thinking
Writing• Composing Process• Conventions and Skills
-Traits of Writing
Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery
Second Semester
Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies
Reading Response• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Critical Thinking
Writing• Composing Process• Conventions and Skills
Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery
Mathematics
First SemesterData Analysis
• Questions• Creating Graphs
Numbers and Operations• Place Value• Rounding• Ordering & Comparing Numbers• Money• Review of Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers
First Semester (cont.)
Algebra• Expressions
Geometry and Spatial Sense• Solids and Plane Figures• Symmetry• Transformations• Perimeter, Area, Volume
Second Semester
Number and Operations• Fractions• Decimals
Metric Measurement• Length• Volume/Capacity• Temperature
Probability and Statistics• Predicting Outcomes
Science
First Semester
Earth Science: Geology• Study of the land and processes
that willaffect the land
Life Science: Plants and Animals• Study of organisms and how they
adapted to their environment• Cell structure
Second SemesterPhysical Science
• Electricity• Chemistry
Space Science• Relation of sun-moon-earth• Force of gravity
Social Studies
First Semester
Political Science• Rules
Cultural Anthropology• Beliefs, values and practices of the
ancient Hawaiian culture
Historical Understanding• Life in ancient Hawai`i
Geography• Human effects on the land
Second Semester
Political Science• Roles and responsibilities of the
ancient Hawaiians
Cultural Anthropology• Changes in the Hawaiian culture
Historical Understanding• Early Migration• Hawaiian Monarchy
Economics• Ahupua`a System
Field Trips and
Activities
First Semester
1. MGF Presentation: Geology of Hawai`i2. Bike Education3. Pu`u Ualaka`a State Park Field Trip4. Ko`olaupoko Bus Tour Field Trip5. MGF Presentation: Wetland and Waterbirds of
Hawai`i5. James Campbell Wildlife Refuge Field Trip6. MGF Presentation: Native Hawaiian Plants &
Animals
Second Semester
1. Canoe Project2. Bishop Museum Field Trip3. `Iolani Palace Field Trip4. `Ohia Play Field Trip5. Ku`u Home Kula`iwi (taro patch) Field Trip6. Kamehameha Schools Presentation: `Ike
Pono7. May Day-May 12, 2006