Project Plans

Reading

 4.1.4.3 Describe a literary element in detail, drawing on specific details from literary text. 

Writing

4.2.5.1  Write to inform or explain, organizing and presenting ideas clearly, using precise, domain-specific vocabulary and a variety of text structures, and including an introduction and conclusion on skills from previous years

Science

4L.4.1.1.1 Construct or support an argument that traits can be influenced by different environments. (P: 7, CC: 2, CI: LS3) 

4L.4.2.1.2 Obtain information from various media sources to determine that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.**  (P: 8, CC: 1, CI: LS3) 

Value-Added

Questioner:  Generate questions using the Question Formulation Technique

Creator:  Use technology or physical materials to create a representation of an idea

Creator:  Use Thinking Maps to represent ideas.

Music

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

Physical Education

Reflect on personal behaviors in physical activity and identify the impact on self and others

Multilingual Learners

Interpret scientific explanations

Construct scientific arguments