1

Water Cycle

Weather

Meteorology

Community

Safety

2

Durham Water Treatment Plant

Compassion

3

Plant Spinach

4

Latitude &

Longitude

Geography Terms

Maps

Tryon Creek Park

Field, Forest, & Stream

5

Geology

Rocks/Minerals

Let’s Talk Teeth

6

Attentiveness

Plant Garlic

7

Crystals

Science Fair

Europe In the Middle Ages

Magness Tree Farm

8

9

The Digestive System

10

Gentleness

11

Food Bank

12

End of 1^st Term

13

Europe In the Middle Ages

Virtue

14

Medieval

Feast

No Smoking

15

Self Control

16

(Heritage Project)

American Revolution

17

States of Matter

Atoms

Library

It’s My Body

18

19

Electricity

(Heritage Project)

American Revolution

20

21

Be Cool,
Keep Cool

22

Wildlife Refuge

Oregon Ag Lessons

23

24

Stay Drug Free

End of 2^nd Term

25

American Revolution

Oregon Ag Lessons

26

Hero Night

27

28

Geology

Earth’s Layers

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Mountains

Constitution

All About AIDS

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31

Oregon Trail

Ag Fest

32

Hearing

Machine

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34

Stauffer Will

Farm

35

Exercise

36

Tree Identification

Willamette

Jet Boat

Camp

Week

Magness Tree Farm

Service Learning

1

Spelling lessons will be daily and the speed we go will be based on the student’s abilities. We use the spelling lists from the Riggs level II Manual and writing frequency words.

Unit 1

Parts of Speech

Writing lessons will be ongoing throughout the year. Writing assignments will be across the curriculum. Writing lessons will
consist of lessons from the Institute for Excellence in Writing combined with the Six plus One Traits of Writing...

Ideas

Organization

Sentence Fluency

Voice

Conventions

Word Choice

Presentation

Jr. Great Book selections will be picked and selected throughout the year to
correspond with other
subjects we are learning.

Students will be
required to have a DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) book of their choosing at their reading level,
and approved by me.
These are to be chapter books.

Each month students will turn in a RAH (Reading at Home) form and complete Reading Responses and Book Reports as assigned.

Reader’s Theaters that
correlate with Core
Knowledge studies will
also be used.

Students will have a sayings and phrase book which they will work on throughout the year…

Poetry will be worked on in a poetry journal throughout the year.

2

Sleepy Hollow

3

4

5

6

7

Unit 2

Subjects/Predicates

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Fragment Sentences

Run-on Sentences

King Arthur

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9

10

11

12

End of Term 1

13

Unit 3

Possesive Nouns

Contractions

Helping Verbs

Contractions as
Helping Verbs

Daily Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Passages will be given regularly.

Reading Strategies will be taught throughout the year to correspond with Common Core Standards

Robin Hood

14

15

16

17

Unit 4

Comma Rules

18

Robinson Crusoe

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21

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Unit 5

Sentence Combining

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Rip Van Winkle

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25

Unit 6

Capitalization

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27

28

Treasure Island

29

Unit 7

Suffixes and Prefixes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Words

Abbreviations

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32

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Unit 8

Parentheses

A -vs- An

Double Negatives

Underline -vs- Quotation Marks

Exclamation Points

Pollyanna

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35

36

Camp

Week

Week

Unit

Source/Subject of Writing

Notes

¶

Stylistic Techniques

1

I

II

Water Cycle

Model KWO

Model Oral – 2 students do for class

Retell at home for practice

2

I

II

Crystals Are Everywhere

Model KWO

Model Oral

4 students come in front of class each to practice

Writing on own – with editing help

1

ly

3

I

II

Uses of Crystals

Start together and students do the KWO and writing on their own. Have some practice oral in front of class

Students can begin to write paragraphs on their own

1or

2

ly

4

More Crystal paragraphs

Start together and students do the KWO and writing on their own. Have some practice oral in front of class

Combine these first 3-5 paragraphs together into one report for science fair.

1

or

2

ly, adj

5

Finish Crystal Research Reports

Take 3-5 paragraphs above and have kids give oral reports for a grade. Then they can write it up in parts to present at the science fair

5 & 6

1 ½

weeks

III

Little Red Hen

Introduce Story Sequence

Model KWO

Model Oral

Model writing paragraph – Do together

3

ly, adj

6 & 7

1 ½

weeks

III

Pecos Bill

Model KWO

Model Oral - – 4 students do for class each day

Writing on own – with editing help

3.

ly, adj,

7 & 8

1 ½

weeks

III

Dog and His Shadow

Maybe use a Core Literature Story??

Start together and students do the KWO and writing on their own. Oral practice in front of class – 4 students a day

May leave this out if not enough time

3

ly, adj, v

u

8

Work on Stylistic Techniques

Introduce sentence openers and banned words. Ban simple words like…

good, bad, big, small, said

ly, adj, v, cl

uvw

9

IV

Latitude and Longitude

Model KWO

Model Oral – 4 students practice each day in front of class

Model writing paragraph

1

ly, adj, v

u

10

IV

Core Biography

Benjamin Banneker

Model KWO

Model Oral – 4 students practice each day in front of class

Writing on own

Benjamin Banneker (published almanac; reproduced plans to build Washington, D.C. entirely from memory)

1

ly, adj, v, cl

uv

11

IV

Charlemagne

Chapter 5, pg 54

Pearson HistoryText

Start together and students do the KWO and writing on their own. Have some practice oral in front of class – 4 students a day

Leave out if not enough time…

1

ly, adj, v, cl

uv

12

Stylistic Techniques & Banned Words

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwx

13

VII

Our 4^th Grade Classroom

Writing from prompts and pulling ideas out of our brain. Asking critical questions to come up with ideas.

Write KWO, composition together as a class

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvw

14

VII

Coat of Arms

Students use Coat of Arms packets, Design their coat of arms using symbols to represent themselves and then write 1-2 paragraphs on why they choose those symbols.

2

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvw

15

V

Cinderella

Model KWO

Model Oral – 2 students do for class

Model writing paragraph – Do together

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

16

V

??

Find an art picture or picture to go along with Core Literature – Robin Hood??

Model KWO

Model Oral

4 students come in front of class

Writing on own – with editing help

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

17

VI

Douglas Fir

Model KWO for multiple sources

Model fused outline

Model Oral – 4 students do for class each day

Model writing paragraph – Do together

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

Heritage Project – Students will be given a project outline before Winter Break and writing will be done as an at home project.

Give a checklist for their report along with rubric. Also, do a heritage “suitcase” and oral report for Heritage fair. Students will give oral reports in class after winter break.

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

18

VI

Oregon Grape

Model KWO for multiple sources

Model fused outline

Oral – 2 students do for class

Students write paragraph on own

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

Hero Report – Students will begin their biographies in January and will begin writing their essays in Feb.

Students need to be reading a biography to prepare for writing this report.

19

VI

Western Meadowlark

Students write own KWO and fused outlines

Oral Practice – 4 students a day

Students write own paragraph

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

20

VI

What We Are Made Of

Get Oregonized Ch. 7

Get students thinking a talking out Oregon Ag. Write 2 paragraphs. Use introductory statement and concluding statement in addition to TS and Clincher. SUPER TS & SUPER CLINCHE (See lesson plans)

2

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

21

VII

Writing from a prompt

“How to …”

Use this composition to introduce transitions.

Students pick a subject on “How to do …” and write their own KWO and paragraphs. 4 students a day practice oral speaking in front of class.

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwxp

22

VII

Writing from a prompt

Students choose topic

Using questions to think critically and come up with their own ideas.

1

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

23

VI

Hero Report

Students write about their hero and do their own KWO and report. 4 students a day practice oral speaking with their KWO.

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

24

VI

Hero Report

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

25

VI

Oral Reports on Hero

Help students practice and write their note cards from their KWO.

26

IV

Circle book paragraphs for Revolution books on Crossing the Delaware, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, & Yorktown

Students use source and write their own paragraphs on each subject. Will be assigned as homework if not finished in class.

4

27

VIII

Douglas Fir, Oregon Grape, Western Meadowlark

Use these previous paragraphs for the 3 middle paragraphs.

Write introduction and concluding paragraph to make 5 paragraphs.

5

ly, adj, v, cl, be

uvwx

28

Stylistic Techniques & Banned Words

For advanced students teach decorations

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwxyzp

29

VI

George Washington

2 paragraphs – Compare and Contrast – 1^st paragraph about qualities of George Washington – 2^nd paragraph how they will try to work on developing those character traits in themselves

2

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwx

30

IX

Robinson Crusoe or Treasure Island

Write a critique after reading the book together

Students will also be writing 1^st person narratives as journal entries during the Reading/Literature unit study of Robinson Crusoe

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwx

31

VII

Review writing from prompts

Students pick prompt – Use state writing prompts

Students write own paragraphs

2

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwxy

32

Mother’s Day Poetry

Use sample poems from past years. 5 stanzas with ABCB pattern for each stanza. Each stanza has 4 lines.

33

IV

Core Biographies – Assign different bios and students give oral reports.

Core Knowledge bios are …

Elizabeth Blackwell(first female to graduate from medical school in the United States)

Charles Drew (pioneered work in blood research, blood transfusions, and the development

of blood banks)

Michael Faraday(chemist and physicist whose work led to the development of the electric motor and electric generator)

2

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwxy

34

VI

Source from Oregon Trail Unit

Review using multiple sources –write a bibliography –

3

ly, adj, v, cl, be, ww

uvwxyzp

35

VIII

Source?

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