4th Grade Curriculum

Willard School / 2016-2017

Marking
Period

Fall

Reading/Lang Arts
*Reading Workshop:
-Unit 1
Reading Life
-Unit 2
Following Characters into
Meaning
-Unit 3
Nonfiction Expository

Social Studies
Americas
Regions
*Map Skills
*Latitude,
Longitude
*The Northeast
U.S.

* Spelling
Words Their Way
*Writing Workshop
- Personal Narrative
-Informational Non-Fiction (Feature Article)
*Reading Workshop:
-Unit 4
Author Study Book Clubs
- Unit 5
Biography Book Clubs

Winter

* Spelling
Words Their Way
*Writing Workshop
-Authors Study (Fiction)
- Personal Essay

Math
Unit 1
Place Value,
Estimation,Addition,
Subtraction, Length
Measurement,
Geometry Intro
Unit 2
Multiplication, Area,
Time Measure,
Geometry
Unit 3
Fractions, Decimals

Americas
Regions
*The Midwest
U.S.
*Living Wax
Museum of
Famous
Americans

Unit 4
Multi-Digit
Multiplication,
Volume
Measurement,
Area formulas
Unit 5
Operations with
Fractions &
Decimals, Data
Graphing, Symmetry

Science

Earth
Materials
(Minor)
Electricity/
Magnetism
(Vick)
Human Body
(Sebaggala)

Earth
Materials
(Vick)
Human Body
(Minor)
Electricity &
Magnetism
(Sebaggala)

Unit 6
Division, Weight
Measurement, Angle
Measurement

Spring

*Reading Workshop:
- Unit 6 Traditional Tales Book
Clubs
- Unit 7 Fantasy
- Unit 8 Poetry

Americas
Regions
*The Southwest
U.S.

Unit 7
Liquid
Measurement,
Fraction
Multiplication,
Unit 8
Angle Measure,
Fraction Application,
Symmetry,
Equivalent numbers

*Writing Workshop
-Opinion Writing
- Non Fiction /Travel
Article
Some Useful Internet Information for Mr.Minors Class:

Earth
Materials
(Sebaggala)
Electricity &
Magnetism
(Minor)
Human Body
(Vick)
Bridges

* http://mrjminor.weebly.com -This is my Willard class web site. You can find out about homework, homework
expectations, and special projects. All of my newsletters will also be there. There are links to both
Everyday Math and Longmans Dictionary. Your childs Everyday Math login name and password should be
glued into the first page of their assignment books.
* You can view all of your childs writing on the Google docs website. Go to Google Chrome, then enter
docs.district65.net in the address field. This will take you to the District 65/Google Apps login page. Your
childrens login name and passcode is the same as what they use for school laptops, and should be glued
into the front page of their assignment books.