Ms. Deatcher’s 4th Grade Class

Syllabus

*** Units will be taught as the Science Kits arrive***

Reading/Writing

Unit 1 – Building a Reading Life/Narrative WritingUnit 2 – Closely Reading Complex Texts/Opinion Writing (Personal/Persuasive Essays)Unit 3 – Comparing/Contrasting: Tackling Complex Text/Informal Writing

Writing

Unit 4 – Learning Through Reading/Informational Writing (History Comes to Life)Unit 5 – Reading and Text-based Evidence/Testing as a Genre –Unit 6 – Testing as a Genre (Reading)/Opinion Writing (Persuasive Essays)Unit 7 – Developing Identities as Nonfiction Readers/Narrative Writing – The Literary Essay.

Math

Place ValueMultiplication and DivisionAlgebraic ThinkingFractions and DecimalsOperations with FractionsGeometryMeasurement and Data Analysis

Science

AstronomyClassification of OrganismsOrganisms and Their EnvironmentsWeatherElectricity and MagnetismLight

Social Studies

The First AmericansExploration of the New WorldColonial AmericaConflict in the ColoniesAmerican RevolutionForming a New GovernmentWestward Expansion

The Civil War