Lessons

Reading

4.1.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text; summarize the text.

Writing

4.2.6.1  Write to create, developing literary elements including character, setting, conflict, and resolution with detail in a variety of literary forms (e.g. poetry, stories, plays).

4.2.6.2  Describe sensory detail in written narratives, poetry or other creative text.

4.2.7.1  Ask relevant questions to guide inquiry.

Science

4E.1.2.1.1  Make observations and measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by the forces of water, ice, wind, or vegetation.* (P:  3, CC: 2, CI: ESS2) 

4E.1.2.1.2 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to improve a model or prototype to prevent erosion.* (P: 3, CC: 2, CI: ESS2, ETS1; ETS2) 

4E.3.2.1 1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. (P: 6, CC: 1, CI: ESS1) 

4E.3.2.2.1 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.* (P: 6, CC: 2, CI: ESS3, ETS1) 

Value-Added

Collaborator:  Contribute to citizen science and/or service-learning projects

Collaborator:  Seek out multiple perspectives during inquiry

Communicator:  Share ideas with audiences outside the school

Problem-Solver:  Integrate ideas from different curricular areas to answer questions and solve problems

Problem-Solver:  Use an inquiry process to answer questions and solve problems.

Music

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance

Physical Education

Maintain balance on different bases of support combining levels and shapes on an apparatus 

Multilingual Learners

Interpret scientific explanations

Construct scientific explanations