Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.5.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• classify living things.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit A - Chapter 1, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin – Independent Science Books

• Classification by Holly Wallace

• Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on earth by Rochelle Strauss

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 1, Lesson 2

• A World of Microorganisms – MacMillan/ McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4- pgs. 2-3, 5, 10-19, 22-23, 34-35

• Scott Foresman Science – Leveled Readers

• Classifying Plants and Animals

• Plant and Animal Classification

• www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell/

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

5.5.4-C-1

5.5.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• explore the plant kingdom.

• classify plants.

• describe how plants reproduce.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit A - Chapter 1, Lesson 2

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 1, Lessons 3, 4

• Incredible Life Cycles – MacMillan/ McGraw Hill

• Life Cycles by Holly Wallace – MacMillan/ McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4- pgs. UA2, UA3, 7-9, 14-16, 26-29, 42-43, 47-53, 415

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – How Plants Grow and Change

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

Students will be able to:

• explain the systems of the human body.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 2, Lessons 1, 2, 3

• Houghton Mifflin Independent Readers

• Guts: Our Digestive System by Seymour Simon

• The Respiratory System by Patricia Murphy

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 4, Lessons, 4, 5

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. UA2, UA3, 138-139, 142-155, 415

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers

• Systems of the Human Body

• The Body’s Systems

• Fight Infection

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/livingsystems/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-B-2

5.5.4-C-1

Students will be able to:

• explain animal life cycles.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit A - Chapter 3, Lessons 2, 3

• Houghton Mifflin Independent Science Books

• Incredible Life Cycles by Tim Knight

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 2, Lesson 4

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 12-13, 24-29, 32-33, 120-121

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/structuresof life/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

Students will be able to:

• describe the responses/ adaptations of living things for their environment.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit A – Chapter 1, Lessons 1, 2

• Houghton Mifflin – Independent Science Books

• Seeds, Stems and Stamen: The Way Plants Fit Into Their World by Simon Goodman

• Mimicry and Camouflage by Mary Hoff

• Scott Foresman Science- Grade 4 – Chapter 2

• Scott Foresman – Leveled Readers – Weird Plants

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

Students will be able to:

• define and explain the parts of ecosystems.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 5, Lessons 1, 2

• Houghton Mifflin Independent Science Books

• Cave Creatures by Dr. Hoyt-Goldsmith

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 3, Lessons 1, 2

• Caves – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Barrier Islands – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Caves: A World of Their Own – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 3

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Ecosystems

• Eco Systems by Jim Pipe

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/environments/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• describe the roles of living things in an ecosystem (food chains, food webs, pyramid, etc.).

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit B – Chapter 5, Lesson 3; Chapter 6, Lessons 1, 2

• Houghton Mifflin – Independent Science Books

• Life In a Wetland by Melissa Stewart

• Life In a Deciduous Forest by Dianne MacMillan

• Life In a Cave by Tony Allman

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 3, Lesson 3

• Hidden Food Webs – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4- pgs. 60, 74-77, 84-89, 91-95, 106-107

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Life in An Ecosystem

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Pond Life

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

Students will be able to:

• describe adaptations of living things to their environments.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 7, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Science Books

• Wild Adaptations by Maggie Bidger

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 4, Lessons 1, 2

• Desert Animals and Plants – MacMillan/ McGraw Hill

• Survival and Change by Steve Parker

• How Do Animals Adapt by Bobbie Kalman

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.5.4-A-3

Students will be able to:

• describe/explain changes in an ecosystem and the consequences of the changes.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 7, Lessons 2, 3

• MacMillan /McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 4, Lesson 3

• Endangered Species – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Scott – Grade 4 – pgs. 118-119, 121, 242-245

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers

• Changes in Ecosystems

• Ecosystem Changes

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.8.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• identify and describe the physical makeup of the Earth.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 –Chapter 8

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 5, Lesson 1

• www.simplyscience.com/earthlinks.html#earthfourth

• http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/earthmaterials/index.html

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/landforms/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.8.4-C-1

5.8.4-C2

Students will be able to:

• describe forces that shape the earth.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lessons 2, 3

• Houghton Mifflin – Leveled Independent Readers

• Flash Flood! by Mary Wright

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 5, Lessons 2, 3, 4

• El Nino – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Glaciers – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• What’s Happening to the Beach – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – Chapters 6, 7, 9 – pgs. 118-123, UB1, UB4, 259, 262-273, 94, 308-311

• Scott Foresman – Leveled Readers

• Water and Weather On Earth

• Hurricanes and Tornadoes

• Severe Storms

• www.simplyscience.com/earthlinks.html#earthfourth

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.8.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• explore rocks and minerals.

• explain the rock cycle.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin – Leveled Independent Science Books

• Famous Rocks by Ann Mansk

• Rocks by Alice K. Flanigan

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look–Grade 4–Chapter 6, Lesson 1

• Rocks – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. UB2, UB3, 236, 239-251, 282-283, 291, 288-294

• Scott Foresman – Leveled Readers – Minerals and Rocks

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.8.4-A-2

5.8.4-A-3

5.10.4-A-1

5.10.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• manage the Earth’s resources.

• define a renewable resource.

• define a non-renewable resource.

• conserve resources.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 9, Lessons 1, 2, 3

• Houghton Mifflin – Leveled Independent Science Books

• Soil by Christian Ditchfield

• Conservation and Natural Resources by Jackie Ball

• Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share by Molly Bang

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 6, Lessons 2, 3, 4, 5

• Endangered Species – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 56-65, 80-81, 89, 104, 118-119, 121, 124-127, 199, 242-245, 282-283, 288-291, 292-297

• Scott Foresman – Leveled Readers

• Using Natural Resources

• Resources

• Wind Power

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.8.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• explain the relationship between air, the Earth’s atmosphere and weather.

• measure weather.

• define the properties of air.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 –Unit D – Chapter 10, Lessons 1, 3

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 7, Lesson 1

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 188-191, 195, 524

• Scott Foresman Science – Leveled Readers – Hurricanes and Tornadoes

• Eye Witness: Weather by Brian Cosgrove

• Simple Weather Experiments with Everyday Materials by Muriel Mandell

• Ranger Rick’s Nature Scope: Wild About Weather

• USA Today: The Weather Book

• The Amateur Meteorologist: Explorations and Investigations by H. Michael Mogil and Barbara G. Mevine

• Weather and Climate by Barbara Taylor

• A Unit About Weather by Bob DeWeese and Jo Ellen Moore

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.8.4-B-4

5.8.4-B-5

5.8.4-B-6

Students will be able to:

• explain the stages in the water cycle.

• relate the water cycle and the weather.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit D – Chapter 10, Lesson 2

• Houghton Mifflin Science- Leveled Independent Readers – Water Cycle by Christian Ditchfield

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill - Science: A Closer Look – Chapter 7, Lesson 2

• Scott Foresman Science – pgs. 179, 180, 183, 186-187, 191-193, 199-201, 216, 264

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Water and Weather on Earth

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/waterplanet/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.1.4-A-2

5.3.4-B-1

5.3.4-B-2

5.4.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• track weather.

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look - Grade 4 – Chapter 7, Lesson 3

• Scott Foresman Science- Chapter 6

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Weather and Currents

• Eye Witness: Weather by Brian Cosgrove

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.3.4-C-1

5.8.4-B-3

Students will be able to:

• define climate and the factors that affect climate.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit D – Chapter 10, Lesson 4

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 7, Lesson 4

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 190-191, 194-195, 202-203, 210-211, 220-221, 224, 226-229

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observation

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.9.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• explore the sun and earth and concepts related to them.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 –Unit D – Chapter 11, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin - Leveled Independent Readers

• Earth – Our Planet in Space by Seymour Simon.

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lesson 1

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 495-499, 502-505, 508-509

• http://ww.bbc.co.uk/science/space

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/sun/moonandstars/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.9.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• identify/label plants in the solar system.

• describe planets in the solar system.

• Houghton Mifflin Science- Grade 4 – Chapter 11, Lesson 2

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Readers

• Next Stop Neptune by A. Jenkins

• Don’t Know Much About Space by Kenneth C. Davis

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lesson 3

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.9.4-A-2

5.9.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• explain how the Earth and the moon move.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 11, Lesson 3

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lesson 2

• Scott Foresman Science – pgs. 490-491, 498-503, 524-525

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Eclipse

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.9.4-C-1

5.9.4-D-1

5.9.4-D-2

Students will be able to:

• define and explain information related to galaxies and constellations.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit D – Chapter 11, Lesson 4

• Houghton Mifflin – Leveled Independent Science Readers – Space Animals by Anne Mansk

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 8, Lesson 4

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – UD1-UD4, pgs. 490-491, 496, 500-507, 524-525, 529-533, 535-536

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.6.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• describe matter.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 –Unit E – Chapter 12, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin - Leveled Independent Science Books

• Fifteen Facts about Atoms by Beverly Dietz

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 9, Lesson 1

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – All About Elements

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – What’s the Matter?

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 7-9, 47, 152, 158-159, 236, 250-251, 286

• http://www.chemicalelements.com

• www.simplyscience.com/physicallinks.html#physicalfourth

• Matter by Lee Macleod and Sharon Vale

• Solids, Liquids and Gases: From Air to Stone by Carol Ballard

• Matter and Materials by Clive Gifford

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.6.4-A-2

Students will be able to:

• measure matter.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit E – Chapter 12, Lesson 2

• Houghton Mifflin – Leveled Independent Science Books

• I Can Measure an Elephant by Logan Everett

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 9, ,Lesson 2

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 200-201, 320-321, 334-335, 360-361

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Lighter Than Air

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.6.5-A-3

Students will be able to:

• define and explain the chemical properties of matter.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit E – Chapter 12, Lesson 3

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Science Books:

• Solids, Liquids and Gases by Darlene R. Stille

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – pgs. 179, 183-187, 191-193, 200-201, 264, 292, 320-321, 334-335

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Matters and Properties

• http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matterinfo.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.6.4-A-3

5.6.4-A-4

Students will be able to:

• explain the physical changes of matter.

• explain the chemical changes of matter.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit E – Chapter 13, Lesson 1

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 10, Lesson 1

• Solids, Liquids and Gases by John Frandon

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.6.5-B-1

Students will be able to:

• define and describe mixtures.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 13, Lesson 3

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 10, Lesson 2

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 328-330, 336-339, 355

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/mixturesandsolutions/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.6.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• define and describe compounds.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit E – Chapter 13

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 10, Lesson 3

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.7.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• define and describe motion.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 –Unit F – Chapter 16, Lesson 1

• MacMillan/ McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look –Grade 4 – Chapter 11, Lesson 1

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 214, 218, 224, 434-435, 441-444, 484-487

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Objects in Motion

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-A-1

5.7.5-A-2

Students will be able to:

• explain the forces involved in changing motion.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit F – Chapter 16, Lesson 2

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 11, Lesson 2

• Experiments with Friction by Salvatore Tucci

• http://www.nj.gov/education/pep/frameworks/science/574.al.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-B-3

Students will be able to:

• explain how simple machines work.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit F – Chapter 16, Lesson 3

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Books

• Rube Goldberg’s Machines by Elaine Lu

• Experiments with Simple Machines by Salvatore Tucci

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 –Chapter 11, Lesson 4

• Levers in Our Lives – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Machines – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 376-381, 386-389, 394-395, 402-403, 417, 426-427, 548

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers – Using Simple Machines

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/leversandpulleys/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-A-1

Students will be able to:

• define energy.

• describe different kinds of energy.

• describe how energy changes form.

• explore energy conservation.

• Houghton Mifflin Science- Grade 4 – Unit 4 – Chapter 4, Lesson 1

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Science Books

• Energy by John Farnden

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 11, Lesson 3

• Sources of Energy – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• http://www.energywhiz.com/index.htm

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-B-2

Students will be able to:

• define and explore light.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit F – Chapter 14, Lesson 2

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 12, Lesson 3

• Lights and White Nights – MacMillan/ McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 346-347, 358, 402-403, 416-427, 520, 548

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers

• Sound and Light

• Light and Sound Waves

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• explore sound and various ways of producing sound.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit F – Chapter 14, Lesson 3

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Science Books

• Sound by Darlene Stille

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 12, Lesson 2

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 389, 404, 410-415

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers

• Sound and Light

• Light and Sound Waves

• Sound Science by Ella Kaner

• Rubber Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass by Alex Sabbeth

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/physicsof sound/index.html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-B-1

Students will be able to:

• explore heat and thermal energy.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Unit F – Chapter 14, Lesson 4

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 12, Lesson 1

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 346-347, 351-359, 499, 520

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers:

• Energy from Heat

• How Hot?

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/solarenergy/index.html

• www.nj.gov/education/njpep/frameworks/science/5.7.461-168-html

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• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-A-2

Students will be able to:

• explore electricity.

• Houghton Mifflin Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 15, Lessons 1, 2

• Houghton Mifflin Leveled Independent Science Books

• How Did the Lights Go Out? By Lisa Eisenberg

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 12, Lesson 4

• It’s Electric – MacMillan/McGraw Hill

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – pgs. 268, 372, 375-377, 382-389, 394-395, 441-447, 498, 521

• Awesome Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism by Michael Dispezio

• http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static.htm

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations

5.7.4-A-2

Students will be able to:

• relate forces and magnetism.

• MacMillan/McGraw Hill – Science: A Closer Look – Grade 4 – Chapter 12, Lesson 5

• Scott Foresman Science – Grade 4 – Chapter 13

• Scott Foresman Leveled Readers:

• Electricity and Magnetism

• Electricity and Magnetic Power

• Magnetism: From Pole to Pole by Christopher Cooper

• www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/magnetismandelectricity/index.htm

• www.nj.gov/education/njpep/frameworks/science/5.7.4a2-166/html

• Written Expression (journals, quizzes, tests)

• Expressive Language (class discussions, class presentations

• Graphic Organizers (bar graphs, pie charts, time lines, charts, graphs, maps)

• Projects, Cooperative Groups (experiments, dioramas, models, cut and paste, terrariums, constructions of scientific instruments, posters, sorting activities

• Field Trips

• Teacher Observations