2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 1 (9/13)
Reporting Period 1
August 19
August 26
September 2
Subject
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Reading Textbook
Theme 1: Journeys
Read: HM “Akiak” pgs.
26-51
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 52
Theme 1: Journeys
Read: HM “Grandfather’s
Journey” pgs. 60-75
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 76
Theme 1: Journeys
Read: HM “Finding the
Titanic” pgs. 80-101
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 102
Theme 1: Journeys
Read: HM “By the Shores of
Silver Lake” pgs. 108-127
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 128
PB pgs. 1-22
PB pgs. 23-37
PB pgs. 38-52
PB pgs. 53-67, 69-73
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Take Selection Test
D6W Unit 1: Ideas
Week 1 “Choosing a
Strong Idea”
D6W Unit 1: Ideas
Week 2 “Writing a Topic
Sentence and Supporting
Details”
D6W Unit 1: Ideas
Week 3 “Developing
Character, Setting, and Plot
Ideas”
D6W Unit 1: Ideas
Week 4 “Elaborating on
Ideas and Details”
Days 1-5 pgs. 8-12
Days 1-5 pgs. 13-17
Days 1-5 pgs. 18-22
D6TWTE pgs. 16-17
D6TWTE pgs. 22-23
D6TWTE pgs. 28-29
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional Reading
(Sept. 2 Holiday)
September 9
Days 1-5 pgs. 3-7
D6TWTE pgs. 10-11
ZB pgs 6-13
ZB pgs. 14-18
ZB pgs. 19-22
Abigail Takes the Wheel – Avi
The Singing Man – Medearis
ZB pgs. 23-27
Over the Top of the World – Steger
Schedule and take the STAR Renaissance reading assessment with your resource
teacher sometime during RP1 2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 1
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
August 19
Week 1
Chapter 1 – Place Value &
Number Sense
Lessons 1.1 – 1.4 pgs. 1630
(place value through hundred
thousands/millions, problem
solving, compare whole
numbers)
August 26
Week 2
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 31
Lessons 1.5 – 1.7 pgs. 32-41
(order whole numbers, round
whole numbers, problem
solving) Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
(Sept. 2 Holiday)
Week 3
Chapter 1 Study
Guide/Review pgs. 44-48
Chapter 1 Test pg. 49
CA Standards Practice pgs.
50-51
Chapter 2 - Addition &
Subtraction Lesson 2.1 pgs.
55-57
Science
September 2
September 9
Week 4
End of RP 1 (9/13)
Lessons 2.2 – 2.6 pgs. 58-75
(estimate sums & differences,
problem-solving: estimate or
exact answer, add numbers, midchapter check, subtract numbers,
problem solving: choose a
strategy) (add properties & sub rules)
Introductory Unit
Getting Ready for Science
Introduce Unit and Using
Textbook
Getting Ready for Science
Read: L1 What Are
Investigation Tools? pgs. 211
Getting Ready for Science
Read: L2 What Are
Investigation Skills? pgs. 1425
Getting Ready for Science
Read: L3 How Do Scientists
Use Graphs? pgs. 28-35
Complete: SCS pgs. viiviii
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 12
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 26
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
36
SCS pgs. 1-4
SCS pgs. 5-8
SCS pgs. 9-12
Ch 1 California’s
Geography
Read: L2 The Regions of
California pgs. 18-27; L3
Climate and Vegetation pgs.
28-33
Ch 1 California’s
Geography
Read: L4 Where
Californians Live pgs. 34-39;
L5 Life in California pgs. 4047
Ch 2 California’s Indians
Read: L1 The First
Californians pgs. 52-61; L2 The
Northern Coastal Region pgs.
62-67
Complete: HPB pgs. 1-3
Complete: HPB pgs. 4-6
Complete: HPB pgs. 7-12
Take: Chapter 1 Test AP
pgs. 3-6
MCG: Lesson 1 Picture
This
MCG: Lesson 2 Maps and
Pictures
CC-High Sierra
Unit 1 The Land and
Early People
Ch 1 California’s
Geography
Read: L1 California’s
Location pgs. 12-17
Complete: HPB pgs. 13-16
MCG: Lesson 3 Maps and
Globes
Schedule and take the STAR Renaissance math assessment with your resource teacher
sometime during RP1 2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 2 (10/11)
Reporting Period 2
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
Subject
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Reading Textbook
Theme 1: Journeys
Read: HM “The Case of
the Earthenware Pig” pgs.
136-143 and “The Sticks of
Truth” pgs. 144-147
Literature Unit:
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Literature Unit:
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Literature Unit:
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Narrative
Writing
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Narrative
Writing
D6W Unit 2: Organization
Week 1 “Sequencing”
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
PB pgs. 75-78
Take Selection Test
TST- Journeys pgs. 3-25
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional Reading
D6W Unit 1: Ideas
Week 5 “Keeping Your
Focus”
Days 1-5 pgs. 23-27
Days 1-5 pgs. 28-32
D6TWTE pgs. 34-35
D6TWTE pgs. 40-41
ZB pgs. 28-32
ZB pgs. 33-37
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush – dePaola
ZB pgs. 38-42
ZB pgs. 43-47
Esperanza Rising-Munoz-Ryan
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 2
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
September 16
Week 5
Lesson 2.7 pgs. 78-81
(subtracting across zero)
Chapter 2 Study
Guide/Review pgs. 82-86
Chapter 2 Test pg. 87
CA Standards Practice pgs.
88-89
Chapter 3- Algebra: Use
Addition & Subtraction
Lesson 3-1 pgs. 93-95
(addition & subtraction
expressions)
Getting Ready for Science
Read: L4 What Is The
Scientific Method? pgs. 3845
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 46, Wrap-Up & Review
pgs. 50-51.
SCS pgs. 13-16
Take: Intro Unit Test
AG pgs. 12-15
Ch 2 California’s Indians
Read: L3 The Southern
Coastal Region pgs. 68-75;
L4 The Northern Central
Valley and Mountains pgs.
76-83
Complete: HPB pgs. 17-20
MCG: Lesson 4 Cardinal
Directions
CC – Nat. Am. Of Northern CA
September 23
Week 6
Lessons 3.2 -3.6 pgs. 98113 (solve equations
mentally, problem-solving:
missing & extra
information, find a rule,
mid-chapter check,
problem-solving: choose a
strategy, balanced
equations)
September 30
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L1 What is Static
Electricity? pgs. 52-63
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 64
SCS pgs. 17-20
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L2 What Makes A
Circuit pgs. 68-79
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 80
SCS pgs. 21-28
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L3 What Are Magnetic
Poles? pgs. 82-91
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
92
SCS pgs. 29-32
KDM Electricity
Ch 2 California’s Indians
Read: L5 The Desert
Region pgs. 84-89
Complete: HPB pgs. 21-24
Take: Chapter 2 Test AP
pgs. 7-10
Complete: Unit Review
pgs. 94-95
Take: Unit 1 Test AP
pgs. 11-16
Unit 2 Early California
Ch 3 Exploration & Early
Settlements
Read: L1 Explorers Come to
CA pgs. 106-117; L2
Newcomers to Alta CA pgs.
118-123
Complete: HPB pgs. 25-28
MCG: Lesson 5
Intermediate Directions
Ch 3 Exploration & Early
Settlements Read: L3 Other
Kinds of Settlements pgs. 126133; L4 Newcomers to Alta CA
pgs. 134-141
Complete: HPB pgs. 29-35
Take: Chapter 3 Test AP
pgs. 23-26
CC – Missions
Week 7
Ch. 3 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 116-120
Chapter 3 Test pg. 121
CA Standards Practice pgs.
122-123
October 7
Week 8 End of RP 2 (10/11)
Lessons 4.3 – 4-6 pgs. 134-149
(problem-solving: make a
table, line plots, mid-chapter
check, bar & double bar graphs,
problem-solving: choose a
strategy)
Chapter 4- Statistics: Data
& Graphs
Lessons 4.1 – 4.2 pgs. 127133 (collect & organize data,
find mode, median, &
outliers)
2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 3 (11/8)
Reporting Period 3
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
Subject
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Reading Textbook
Literature Unit:
Island of the Blue
Dolphins
Theme 2: American Stories Theme 2: American Stories Theme 2: American Stories
Read: HM “Tomas and the
Read: HM “Tanya’s
Read: HM “Boss of the
Library Lady” pgs. 156-175
Reunion” pgs. 184-211
Plains” pgs. 216-239
Read novel and complete
activities in literature
unit.
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 176
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 212
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 240
PB pgs. 79-98
PB pgs. 99-113
PB pgs. 114-128
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Take Selection Test
D6W Unit 2:
Organization
Week 2 “Grouping
Together Ideas and Details”
Days 1-5 pgs. 33-37
D6TWTE pgs. 46-47
D6W Unit 2: Organization
Week 3 “Describing Things
by Position”
Days 1-5 pgs. 38-42
D6TWTE pgs. 52-53
D6W Unit 2: Organization
Week 4 “Grouping by How
Things Are Alike or Different
Days 1-5 pgs. 43-47
D6TWTE pgs. 58-59
D6W Unit 2: Organization
Week 5 “Choosing Which
Way to Organize Your
Writing”
Days 1-5 pgs. 48-52
D6TWTE pgs. 64-65
ZB pgs. 48-52
ZB pgs. 53-57
ZB pgs. 58-63
ZB pgs. 64-67
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional Reading
I Am Rosa Parks –Parks and Haskins
Sarah, Plain and Tall – Maclachlan
In Search of the Grand Canyon - Fraser
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 3
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
October 14
Week 9
Lessons 4.7 – 4-8 pgs. 150159 (interpret line graphs,
extend, analyze graphs)
Ch. 4 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 160-166
Chapter 4 Test pg. 167
CA Standards Practice pgs.
168–169
October 28
Week 11
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 191
Lessons 5.6–5.9 pgs. 194-202
(multiply with 11 & 12,
problem solving: choose a
strategy, multiply three
numbers, factors and
multiples)
November 4
Week 12 End of RP 3 (11/8)
Lessons 5.10 pgs. 208211(prime & composite
numbers)
Ch. 5 Study Guide/Review pgs.
212-218
Chapter 5 Test pg. 219
CA Standards Practice pgs.
220-221
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L4 How Can You
Detect a Magnetic Field?
pgs. 94-103
October 21
Week 10
Chapter 5- Multiplication
& Division Facts
Lessons 5.1 – 5.5 pgs. 175190 (relate mult/division,
mult/division properties,
mult/division facts through
5, problem-solving: choose
an operation,
multiply/divide facts
through 10)
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L5 What Makes an
Electromagnetic? pgs. 106113
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L6 How Are
Electromagnets Used? pgs.
116-127
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Read: L7 How Is Electrical
Energy Used? pgs. 130-141
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 104
SCS pgs. 33-36
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 114
SCS pgs. 37-40
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 128
SCS pgs. 41-44
Ch 4 Mexican Rule in
California
Read: L1 Mexico Wins Its
Freedom pgs. 146-153; L2
Rise of the Rancho Economy
pgs. 156-163
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
142
SCS pgs. 45-48
Ch 4 Mexican Rule in
California
Read: L3 Life on the Ranchos
pgs. 164-169; 172-173
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Native American Project Packet
Choose one Native American tribe of California to research
and demonstrate what you’ve learned through a project.
Complete: HPB pgs. 36-41
Complete: HPB pgs. 42-46
Take: Chapter 4 Test
AP pgs. 27-30
Complete: Unit Review pgs.
174-175
Take: Unit 2 Test
AP pgs. 31-36
MCG: Lesson 6 Location
New Places
MCG: Lesson 7 Using a Map
Key
2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 4 November 11
November 18
November 25
Subject
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Reading Textbook
Literature Unit:
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing
Literature Unit:
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing
Literature Unit:
Tales of a Fourth Grade
Nothing
Read novel and complete
activities in literature
unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Theme 2: American Stories
Read: HM “A Very
Important Day” pgs. 246-269
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 270
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 4 (12/6)
December 2
PB pgs. 129-143; 145-149
Take Selection Test
TST – American Stories pgs.
27-48
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional
Reading
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Summary
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Summary
ZB pgs. 68-72
Patty Reed’s Doll – Laurgaard
D6W Unit 3: Word Choice
Week 1 “Writing About
Action”
Days 1-5 pgs. 53-57
D6W Unit 3: Word Choice
Week 2 “Using Descriptive
Language”
Days 1-5 pgs. 58-62
D6TWTE pgs. 70-71
D6TWTE pgs. 76-77
ZB pgs. 73-77
ZB pgs. 78-82
The Mystery on the California Mission Trail - Marsh
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 4
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
November 11
Week 13
Chapter 6 -Algebra: Use
Multiplication And Division
Lessons 6.1–6.4
pages 225-238
(multiplication/division
expressions, problemsolving: work backward,
order of operations, solve
equations mentally)
November 18
Week 14
Lessons 6.5–6.7
pgs. 240-251 (problemsolving: choose a strategy,
algebra: find a rule,
balanced equations)
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Unit 1 Electricity &
Magnetism
Unit Wrap-Up
Read: pgs. 144-147
Complete: Unit Review
pgs. 148-149
Take: Unit 1 Test
AG pgs. 38-41
Unit 3 The Road to
Statehood
Ch 5 California Here We
Come!
Read: L1 Americans Move
West pgs. 186-195
Week 15
Ch. 6 Study guide/Review
pgs. 252-256
Chapter 6 Test pg. 257
CA Standards Practice pgs.
258-259
Chapter 7 - Multiply by
One-Digit Numbers
Lessons 7.1–7.2 pgs. 263-257
(multiples of 10, 100, &
1,000, problem-solving:
reasonable answers)
Mid-Chapter check pg. 239
Science
November 25
Unit 2 Energy for Life and
Growth
Read: L1 What are
Producers and Consumers?
pgs. 150-161
Unit 2 Energy for Life and Growth
Read: L2 What Are Decomposers? pgs. 166-175
Complete: Lesson Review pg. 176
SCS pgs. 53-56
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 162
SCS pgs. 49-52
Ch 5 California Here We
Come!
Read: L2 Trails to
California pgs. 198-203
Ch 5 California Here We
Come!
Read: L3 Americans in
California pgs. 206-211
Ch 5 California Here We
Come!
Read: L4 The MexicanAmerican War pgs. 212-217
Complete: HPB pgs. 50-52
Complete: HPB pgs. 53
Complete: HPB pgs. 54-58
Take: Chapter 5 Test
AP pgs. 43-46
MCG: Lesson 9 Land and
Water
MCG: Lesson 10
Highlands & Lowlands
MCG: Lesson 11 Using a
Map Grid
MCG: Lesson 12 Looking
Over the World
Complete: HPB pgs. 47-49
CC – Statehood
MCG: Lesson 8 Color on a
Map
December 2
Week 16
End of RP 4 (12/6)
Lessons 7.3–7.6 pgs. 268-281
(use rounding to estimate
products, multiply two-digit
numbers, mid-chapter check,
problem solving: choose a
strategy, multiply multi-digit
numbers)
MCG: Lesson 13 Special
Lines on a Map
2013-2014
GRADE 4
December 16
Subject
Week 17
Week 18
Reading Textbook
Theme 3: That’s
Amazing
Read: HM “The Stranger”
pgs. 299-317
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 318
Theme 3: That’s Amazing
Read: HM “Cendrillon”
pgs. 326-353
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 354
PB pgs. 153-174
PB pgs. 175-189
Take Selection Test
Take Selection Test
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
D6W Unit 3: Word
Choice
Week 3 “Using Figurative
Language”
Days 1-5 pgs. 63-67
D6W Unit 3: Word Choice
Week 4 “Choosing Words for
Your Audience”
Days 1-5 pgs. 68-72
D6TWTE pgs. 82-83
D6TWTE pgs. 16-17
ZB pgs 83-87
ZB pgs. 88-93
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional Reading
The Story of the Milky Way – Bruchac and Ross
Little Oh - Melmed
END OF REPORTING PERIOS 5 (1/10)
December 23-January 3
January 6
HOLIDAY
CHRISTMAS VACATION
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 5 December 9
Week 19
Theme 3: That’s Amazing
Read: HM “Heat Wave!”
pgs. 358-377
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 378
PB pgs. 190-204, 205-209
Take Selection Test
TST – That’s Amazing pgs.
49-69
D6W Unit 3: Word Choice
Week 5 “Getting the
Reader’s Attention”
Days 1-5 pgs. 73-77
D6TWTE pgs. 94-95
The Red Thief - Steig
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 5
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
December 16
Week 18
Lessons 8.2–8.5 pgs. 302317 (estimate products,
problem-solving strategy:
act it out, explore, multiply
two-digit numbers, midchapter check, multiply
three-digit by two-digit
numbers)
Chapter 8- Multiply by
Two-Digit Numbers
Lesson 8.1 pgs. 299-301
(multiply by tens)
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Unit 2 Energy for Life and Growth
Read: L3 What Are Food Chains and Food Webs? pgs.
180-187
Complete: Lesson Review pg. 188
SCS pgs. 57-60
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Mission Report and Project
Choose a Mission to
research. Write a report and
create a project.
Mission Report and Project
Choose a Mission to
research. Write a report and
create a project.
December 23-January 3
HOLIDAY
CHRISTMAS VACATION
December 9
Week 17
Lesson 7.7 pgs. 284-287
(multiply across zeros)
Ch. 7 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 288-292
Chapter 7 Test pg. 293
CA Standards Practice pgs.
294-295
January 6
Week 19 End of RP 5 (1/10)
Lessons 8.6–8.7 pgs. 320-324
(problem-solving: choose a
strategy, multiply greater
numbers)
Ch. 8 Study Guide/Review pgs.
326-330
Chapter 8 Test pg. 331
CA Standards Practice pgs.
332-333
NO ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK
Mission Report and Project
Choose a Mission to research.
Write a report and create a
project
2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 6 January 13
January 20
January 27
Subject
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Reading Textbook
Literature Unit:
By the Great Horn Spoon
Literature Unit:
By the Great Horn Spoon
Literature Unit:
By the Great Horn Spoon
Literature Unit:
By the Great Horn Spoon
Read novel and complete
activities in literature
unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Response to
Literature
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Response to
Literature
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Summary
Extra Practice Pages
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Narrative
Writing
Extra Practice Pages
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Additional
Reading
Magic Tree House – Tonight on the Titanic – Osborne
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 6 (2/7)
February 3
POLAR The Titanic Bear - Spedde
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 6
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
January 13
Week 20
Chapter 9 -Divide by OneDigit Numbers
January 20
Week 21
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 351
Lessons 9.5-9.7 pgs. 352361 (two-digit quotients,
problem-solving: choose a
strategy, three-digit
quotients)
Lessons 9.1–9.4 pgs. 339350 (division with
remainders, divide multiples
of 10, 100, and 1,000,
problem-solving: guess and
check, estimate quotients)
Science
Unit 2 Energy for Life and
Growth
Unit Wrap-Up
Things Compete for Resources? Read: pgs. 202-207
pgs. 190-199
Complete: pgs. 204-205
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 200
Take: Unit 2 Test
SCS pgs. 61-64
AG pgs. 58-61
Ch 6 Statehood for
Ch 6 Statehood for
California
California
Read: L1 The Gold Rush
Read: L3 California
pgs. 224-235; L2 The Effects Becomes A State pgs. 246of the Gold Rush pgs. 236257
243
Complete: HPB pgs. 64-70
Take: Chapter 6 Test
AP pgs. 47-50
Complete: HPB pgs. 59-63 Complete: Unit 3 Review
pgs. 262-263
Take: Unit 3 Test
AP pgs. 51-56
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Unit 2 Energy for Life and
Growth
Read: L4 How Do Living
MCG: Lesson 14 Using
Scale on a Map
Take: Units 1-3
Summative Test
AP pgs. 61-66
January 27
Week 22
Lessons 9.8.9-9 pgs. 362-371
(quotients with zeros, divide
greater numbers)
Ch. 9 Study Guide/Review
pgs.372-378
Chapter 9 Test pg. 379
CA Standards Practice pgs.
380-381
February 3
Week 23
End of RP 6 (2/7)
Lessons 10.1–10.5 pgs. 385400 (solid figures, plane
figures, problem-solving: look
for a pattern, lines, line
segments, & rays, angles)
Unit 3 Ecosystems
Read: L1 What Makes Up
an Ecosystem? pgs. 208-219
Unit 3 Ecosystems
Read: L2 What Affects
Survival? pgs. 222-235
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 220
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
236
SCS pgs. 65-68
Unit 4 Growth and
Development
Ch 7 Transportation &
Communication
Read: L1 Links to the East
pgs. 274-285; L2 Building
the Transcontinental Railroad
pgs. 286-293
SCS pgs. 69-72
Ch 7 Transportation &
Communication
Read: L3 Rails Across
California pgs. 294-299; L4 An
Agricultural Power pgs. 300307
Complete: HPB pgs. 71-73
Complete: HPB pgs. 74-82
CC – Water
Take: Chapter 7 Test
AP pgs. 69-72
MCG: Lesson 15 Finding
Distance
MCG: Lesson 16 Highway
Maps
2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 7 February 10
February 17
February 24
Subject
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Reading Textbook
Theme 4: Problem Solvers
Read: HM “My Name is Maria Isabel” pgs. 390-407
Complete: HM Responding pg. 408
Theme 4: Problem Solvers
Read: HM “Marven of the
Great North Woods” pgs.
414-441
Theme 4: Problem Solvers
Read: HM “The Last
Dragon” pgs. 450-479
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 444
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 480
PB pgs. 233-247
PB pgs. 248-262
Take Selection Test
Take Selection Test
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 7 (3/7)
March 3
PB pgs. 211-232
Take Selection Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Writing Task: Response to
Literature
Extra Practice Pages
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Choose the writing task you
student needs the most
practice on.
Writing Test Preparation
Packet
Choose the writing task you
student needs the most
practice on.
TST – Problem Solvers pgs.
71-93
D6W Unit 4: Sentence
Fluency
Week 1 “Revising Run-on
Sentences”
Days 1-5 pgs. 78-82
D6TWTE pgs. 100-101
Zaner Bloser (ZB)
Additional Reading
First Flight – Shea
West Side Kids: The Pet Sitters – Schecter
Schedule and take the STAR Renaissance reading assessment with your resource
teacher sometime during RP7. 2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 7
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
February 10
Week 24
Mid-Chapter check pg. 401
Lessons 10.6 – 10.8 pgs.
402-413
(Choose a strategy, triangles,
quadrilaterals, game time)
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Unit 3 Ecosystems
Read: L3 What Is
Interdependence? pgs. 238249
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 250
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
February 17
Week 25
Lesson 10.9 pgs. 414-417
(parts of a circle)
Ch. 10 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 418-424
Chapter 10 Test pg. 425
CA Standards Practice pgs.
426-427
Unit 3 Ecosystems
Read: L4 What Are
Microorganisms? pgs. 252261
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 262
SCS pgs. 73-76
Ch 8 A Growing Economy
Read: L1 Immigration and
Migration pgs. 312-321
SCS pgs. 77-80
Ch 8 A Growing Economy
Read: L2 Southern
California Grows pgs. 322329
Complete: HPB pgs. 83-84
Complete: HPB pgs. 85-86
February 24
Week 26
Ch. 11- Geometry &
Measurement
Lessons 11.1-11.3 pgs. 431440 (congruent figures,
symmetry, perimeter)
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 441
Lesson 11.4 pgs. 442-443
(problem-solving strategy)
March 3
Week 27
End of RP 7 (3/7)
Lessons 11.5-11.7 pgs. 444-465
(area, problem solving: choose
a strategy, area of complex
figures)
Ch. 11 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 458-462
Chapter 11 Test pg. 463
Unit 3 Ecosystems
Unit Wrap-Up
Read: pgs. 264-265
Unit 4 Rocks and Minerals
Read: L1 How Are Minerals
Identified? pgs. 268-281
Complete: Unit 3 Review
pgs. 266-267
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
280
Take: Unit 3 Test AG
pgs. 81-88
Ch 8 A Growing Economy
Read: L3 Changes in
Northern California pgs. 330335
SCS pgs. 89-92
Unit 5 Progress as a State
Ch 9 Growing and Changing
Read: L1 Into a New Century
pgs. 354-367
Take: Chapter 8 Test
AP pgs. 73-76
Complete: HPB pgs. 93-94
Complete: HPB pgs. 87-92
MCG: Lesson 17 Using
Highway Maps
MCG: Lesson 18 Reading a
Political Map
MCG: Lesson 19 Regions
of the United States
MCG: Lesson 20 Regions
of Canada
Complete: Unit 4 Review
pgs. 342-343
Take: Unit 4 Test
AP pgs. 77-82
MCG: Lesson 21 Reading a
State Map
MCG: Lesson 22 Reading
Special Maps
Schedule and take the STAR Renaissance math assessment with your resource teacher
sometime during RP7. 2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 8 March 10
March 17
March 24
Subject
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31
Reading Textbook
Theme 4
Problem Solvers
Literature Unit:
Bunnicula
Literature Unit:
Bunnicula
Theme 5: Heroes
Read: HM “Sing to the
Stars” pgs. 486-507
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Read novel and complete
activities in literature unit.
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 8 (4/4)
March 31
Read: HM “Happy B-Day
Dr King” pgs. 532-549
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 508
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 550
PB pgs. 263-277; 279-283
PB pgs. 285-308
Take Selection Test
Take Selection Test
Resource Teacher will administer Star Renaissance Tests for Reading & Math in Reporting Period 8 Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
D6W Unit 4
Sentence Fluency
Week 2 “Combining
Sentences with
Conjunctions”
D6W Unit 4: Sentence
Fluency
Week 3 “More Ways to
Combine Sentences”
Days 1-5 pgs. 88-92
D6TWTE pgs. 112-113
D6W Unit 4: Sentence
Fluency
Week 4 “Beginning
Sentences in Different Ways
Days 1-5 pgs. 93-97
D6TWTE pgs. 118-119
D6W Unit 4: Sentence
Fluency
Week 5 “Writing a Smooth
Paragraph”
Days 1-5 pgs. 98-102
D6TWTE pgs. 124-125
Complete: Days 1-5
pages 83-87
D6TWTE pgs. 106-107
Additional Reading
Who Stole The Wizard of Oz ? – Avi
The Wreck of the Ethie – Hyland
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 8
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
March 10
Week 28
CA Standards Practice pgs.
464-465
Ch 12- Algebra & Graphing
Lessons 12.1-12.3 pgs. 469478 (negative numbers, find
points on a grid, graph
ordered pairs)
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 479
March 17
Week 29
Lessons 12.4 –12.7 pgs.
482-495 (use logical
reasoning, functions, graph
functions, choose a strategy)
Ch. 12 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 496-500
Week 30
Chapter 12 Test pg. 501
CA Standards Practice pgs.
502-503
Unit 4 Rocks and Minerals Unit 4 Rocks and Minerals
Read: L3 What Is the
Unit Wrap-Up
Rock Cycle? pgs. 300-309
Read: pgs. 312-315
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 298
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 310
Complete: Unit 4 Review
pgs. 316-317
SCS pgs. 89-92
SCS pgs. 93-96
Take: Unit 4 Test
AG pgs. 96-99
Ch 9 Growing and
Changing
Read: L3 California and
World War II pgs. 378-385
Complete: HPB pgs. 99103
Ch 10 Into Modern Times
Read: L1 Changes After
World War II pgs. 392-397
Complete: HPB pgs. 104107
KDM Rocks
Ch 9 Growing and
Changing
Read: L2 Hard Times for
Californians pgs. 368-375
Complete: HPB pgs. 95-98
MCG: Lesson 23 Reading a
Time Zone Map
MCG: Lesson 24
Comparing Maps
March 31
Week 31 End of RP 8 (4/4)
Lessons 13.4-13.6 pgs. 518(equivalent fractions, midchapter check, simplest form,
choose a strategy)
Chapter 13 -Fractions
Lessons 13.1-1-13.3 pgs.
507-515 (parts of a whole,
parts of a set, draw a picture)
Unit 4 Rocks and Minerals
Read: L2 How Are Rocks
Identified? pgs. 284-297
Take: Chapter 9 Test
pgs. 89-93
March 24
Unit 5 Waves, Wind, Water,
and Ice
Read: L1 What Causes
Changes to Earth’s Surface?
pgs. 318-329
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
330
SCS pgs. 97-100
Ch 10 Into Modern Times
Read: L2 Rights for All
Californians pgs. 400-405
Complete: HPB pgs. 108-109
CC – California in World
AP War II
MCG: Lesson 25 Tracing a
Route
MCG: Lesson 26 Reading
Pictographs
2013-2014
GRADE 4
April 14
April 21
Subject
Week 32
HOLIDAY
Week 33
Reading Textbook
Theme 5: Heroes
Theme 5: Heroes
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
Read: HM “Gloria
Estefan” pgs. 558-576
Read: HM “Lou Gehrig:
The Luckiest Man” pgs. 582602
PB pgs. 309-323
Take Selection Test
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Additional Reading
D6W Unit 5: Voice
Week 1 “Examining
Different Writing Voices”
Days 1-5 pgs. 103-107
D6TWTE pgs. 130-131
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 9 (5/2)
April 28
Week 34
STAR TESTING
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 578
EASTER VACATION
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 9 April 7
End of RP 9 (5/2)
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 604
PB pgs. 324-344
Take Selection Test
TST – Heroes pgs. 95-114
D6W Unit 5: Voice
Week 2 “Using Your Voice
to Persuade”
Days 1-5 pgs. 108-112
D6TWTE pgs. 136-137
Mrs. Mack – Polacco
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 9
Subject
Math
Macmillan McGrawHill
Complete: Lesson Review
pg. 342
SCS pgs. 101-104
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Ch 10 Into Modern Times
Read: L3 A Diverse State
pgs. 406-413
Complete: HPB pgs. 110114
Take: Chapter 10 Test
AP pgs. 93-96
Complete: Unit 5 Review
pgs. 414-415
Take: Unit 5 Test
AP pgs. 97-102
April 21
April 28
Week 34
End of RP 9 (5/2)
Chapter 14- Decimals
Lessons 14.1-14.4 pgs. 557-568
(tenths & hundredths, relate
mixed numbers & decimals,
make a model, compare and
order decimals)
Mid-Chapter Check pg. 569
Week 33
STAR TESTING
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
EASTER VACATION
Science
April 7
April 14
Week 32
HOLIDAY
Lessons 13.7-13.9 pgs. 528541 (compare & order
fractions, add/sub like
fractions, mixed numbers)
Ch. 13 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 542-548
Chapter 13 Test pg. 549
CA Standards Practice pgs.
550-551
Unit 5 Waves, Wind,
Water, and Ice
Read: L2 What Causes
Weathering? pgs. 332-341
Unit 5 Waves, Wind, Water,
and Ice
Read: L3 How Does Moving
Water Shape the Land? pgs.
346-353
Complete: Lesson Review pg.
354
SCS pgs. 105-108
Unit 6 California Today and
Tomorrow
Ch 11 The Golden State
Read: L1 A Modern Economy
pgs. 426-435; L2 A State of the
Arts pgs. 438-445
Complete: HPB pgs. 115-119
CC – California Through Artist
Eyes
CC – I Love Hollywood
2013-2014
GRADE 4
NEXT APPOINTMENT:
Reporting Period 10 May 5
May 12
May 19
Subject
Week 35
Week 36
Week 37 STAR Testing
Reading Textbook
Theme 6: Nature
Read: HM “Salmon
Summer” pgs. 632-647
Complete: HM
Responding pg. 648
Theme 6: Nature
Read: HM “Wildfires” pgs.
658-681
Complete: HM Responding
pg. 682
Theme 6: Nature
Read: HM “Skylark” pgs. 686-703
Houghton Mifflin (HM)
Practice Book (PB)
Selection Tests
Theme Skills Test (TST)
END OF REPORTING PERIOD 10 (5/30)
May 26
Week 38 End of RP 10 (5/30)
Complete: HM Responding pg. 704
PB pgs. 384-403
PB pgs. 345-368
PB pgs. 369-383
Take Selection Test
Take Selection Test
Take Selection Test
TST – Nature pgs. 115-135
Writing
Daily 6-Trait Writing
(D6W)
Daily 6-Trait Writing
Teacher’s Edition
(D6TWTE)
Writing Test
Preparation Packet
(WP)
Additional Reading
D6W Unit 5: Voice
Week 3 “Writing from
Different Points of View”
Days 1-5 pgs. 113-117
D6TWTE pgs. 142-143
D6W Unit 5: Voice
Week 4 “Using Voice in
Poetry”
Days 1-5 pgs. 118-122
D6TWTE pgs. 148-149
Snowshoe Thompson – Levinson
D6W Unit 5: Voice
Week 5 “Developing Your
Own Voice”
Days 1-5 pgs. 123-127
D6WTE pgs. 154-155
No Assignment This Week 
Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend – San Souci
Water Hole: Life in a Rescued Tropical Forest – Mallory
2013-2014
GRADE 4
Reporting Period 10 May 5
Subject
Week 35
Lessons 14.5-L14.7 pgs.
Math
Macmillan McGraw570-580 (choose a strategy,
Hill
fractions & decimal
equivalents, decimals
fractions, & mixed numbers)
Ch. 14 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 582-586
Ch. 14 Test pg. 587
CA Standards Practice pgs.
588-589
**Take STAR Renaissance
Math with Resource Teacher
Science
Harcourt
Content Support (SCS)
Assess. Guide (AG)
Kids Discover
Magazine (KDM)
Social Studies
Harcourt Reflections
Homework Practice.
Book (HPB)
Assess Program (AP)
CA. Chronicles (CC)
Maps, Charts, Graphs
(MCG)
Unit 5 Waves, Wind,
Water, and Ice
Unit Wrap-Up
Read: 356-359
Complete: Unit 5 Review
pgs. 360-361
Take: Unit 5 Test
AG pgs. 114-117
Ch 11 The Golden State
Read: L3 Education in
California pgs. 446-449; L4
Overcoming Challenges pgs.
450-455
Complete: HPB pgs. 120126
Take: Chapter 11 Test AP
pgs. 109-112
MCG:
MCG:
Lesson 27 Reading Bar Graphs
Lesson 28 Reading Line Graphs
May 12
Week 36
Chapter 15- Decimals:
Addition & Subtraction
Lessons 15.1-15.6 pgs. 593619 (round decimals,
estimate decimal sums &
differences, work backward,
add decimals, mid-chapter
check, choose a strategy,
subtract decimals
Ch. 15 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 620-624
Chapter 15 Test pg. 625
CA Standards Practice pgs.
626-627
Take: Introductory-Unit 5
Summative Assessments
AG pgs. 122-137
Ch 12 Californians and
Government
Read: L1 A Plan for
Government pgs. 462-469;
L2 California State
Government pgs. 470-477
Complete: HPB pgs. 127131
MCG: Lesson 29 Reading
Circle Graphs
MCG: Lesson 30 Reading
a Chart
May 19
Week 37
Chapter 16- Probability
Lessons 16.1-L16.5 pgs. 631651 (probability & outcome,
probability & fractions, make
an organized list, find
probability, mid-chapter
check, choose a strategy)
May 26
Week 38 End of RP 10 (5/30)
Lessons 16.6 pgs. 652-655 (tree
diagrams)
Ch. 16 Study Guide/Review
pgs. 656-660
Chapter 16 Test pg. 661
CA Standards Practice pgs.
662-663
Health Handbook pgs. R1R7
*Corresponding Activity
Packet
Health Handbook pgs. R8R15
*Corresponding Activity
Packet
Ch 12 Californians and Government
Read: L3 Local Governments pgs. 480-487-491
Complete: HPB pgs. 132-138
Take: Chapter 12 Test
AP pgs. 113-116
Complete: Unit 6 Review pgs. 496-497
Take: Unit 6 Test
AP pgs. 117-122
Take: Units 4-6 Summative Test
AP pgs. 127-132