Fourth Grade

In the Fourth Grade Project Arrow Advanced Academic Program, students will independently be able to use their learning to engage with literature in a way that leads to self-knowledge, personal growth, and a positive, useful relationship with society.

Students will study generalizations of change and systems. Emphasis is placed on literary analysis and interpretation, linguistic competency, listening and oral communication skills, reasoning skills, and concept development aligned to fifth Grade Common Core Standards. Students read and respond to advanced reading selections and multimedia to reason through situations, think critically about content matter, and focus on making connections to overarching issues, themes, and concepts centering on the interdisciplinary concepts of change and conflict.

Students examine how the literary elements of theme, plot, structure, setting, symbolism, and point-of-view enhance and reflect meaning in text. Students engage in this process using the Taba, literature, vocabulary, reasoning, and research models. This process seeks to elevate students’ understanding of themselves, others, and the world.

Fourth Grade Project Arrow students will also investigate and study the system of language, its structures, and its functions.

ELA Quarter 1 : Essential Understandings

Concept Specific

1. Life is a journey where relationships and conflict with others cause us to grow as human beings.
2. Conflict signals that a problem exists and compels a response.
3. A generalization is a broad conclusion drawn from specific examples. (CU)
4. Two types of conflict exist: Internal (Human vs. Self) and External (Human vs Human, Human vs Nature, Human vs Society). (CU)

ELA Quarter 2: Essential Understandings

Concept Specific

1. The past shapes who we are, what we believe, how we behave, and what we value.
2. Historical events may provide information that would be useful with current life-experiences (CU)

ELA Quarter 3: Essential Understandings

Concept Specific

1. There are different ways of knowing the world: scientific, historical, and social.
2. One can learn about the world through science, history and through social interactions. (CU)
3. Information from various texts contribute to an individual understanding of the world. (CU)

ELA Quarter 4: Essential Understandings

Concept Specific

1. Creativity is a vital component of life, which opens the world to new ways of understanding.
2. Individuals strive to come up with new ideas and insights; they apply creative thinking strategies to problem solving.
3. Authors use imaginative and creative elements to enhance innovative themes in literature (CU)