Ms. Deatcher’s 4th Grade Class
Syllabus
*** Units will be taught as the Science Kits arrive***Syllabus
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 WritingReading/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.Writing
Math
Place ValueMultiplication and DivisionAlgebraic ThinkingFractions and DecimalsOperations with FractionsGeometryMeasurement and Data AnalysisMath
Science
AstronomyClassification of OrganismsOrganisms and Their EnvironmentsWeatherElectricity and MagnetismLightScience
Social Studies
The First AmericansExploration of the New WorldColonial AmericaConflict in the ColoniesAmerican RevolutionForming a New GovernmentWestward ExpansionSocial Studies
The Civil War