Grade and Subject: 4th Grade Literacy and Social Studies

UGs
Introductory
Performance(s)
Guided Inquiry
Performance(s)
Culminating
Performance(s)
Skill Strands
[ ] 1.
[ ] 2.
[ ] 3.
[ ] 4.
[X] Major Focus

evidence
(Students
develop
definitions,
quotations, etc.)

different

Understanding
Performances

4. What can I do
with evidence?
(Students will be
able to use
technology to
produce and
publish writing as
well as to
interact and collaborate with others.)

Sequence of
Understanding
Performances

Critical Thinkers
3. What makes
strong?
will be able to
the topic with facts,
concrete details,

Unit-Long
Understanding
Goals

2. What are
types of evidence?

Generative Unit
Topic

1. What does it mean to be a critical thinker?

2. Why is it important to think about things from multiple perspectives?
3. How can you use evidence to solve problems?
4. How can thinking critically create change?

1. Why might evidence differ?

(Compare or contrast a firsthand
and secondhand
account of
the same topic.)

Overarching
Understanding
Goals

Ongoing Assessments