Cicero School District 99
Grade 4 ReadyGEN Unit 3 Curriculum Guide
Unit
Module
Essential Questions
Enduring Understandings
Goals
3
A
Exploring
Impact and
Effect
How do readers use both
literary and
informational texts to
increase their
understanding of a
topic?
Readers understand that
different types of texts can
be used to analyze similiar
topics and ideas.
Readers will analyze
both literary and
informational texts on
the same topic.
3
B
Exploring
Impact and
Effect
How do readers draw
inferences from and
anaylze text to develop
understanding?
Priority CCSS
RI.4.9 Integrate
information from
two texts on the
same topic in
order to write or
Learners understand that Learners will understand speak about the
science is a newer method that the ways in which
subject
of explaining natural
people explain natural
knowledgeably.
phenomena.
phenomena have
changed over time.
Readers undestand that
specific strategies can be
used to help them
understand what they
need.
Learners understand the
effects of changes in
nature on both the
enviroment and people.
Readers will quote a text
directly when drawing
inferences from and
analyzing the text.
RI.4.1 Refer to
details and
examples in a text
when explaining
what the text says
Learners will understand explicitly and
the effects of changes to when drawing
the Earth's surface.
inferences from
the text.
Assessments
Text Set
Resources
Performance-Based
Assessment:
Students will analyze
two of the texts they
have read in this
module – Earthquakes
and Quakes!
After reading both of
these texts students
will use the
information learned
to write a response
explaining the impact
of earthquakes on
human beings. Cite
evidence from both of
these texts.
Anchor Text-Anatomy of a
Volcanic Eruption
Teacher's Guide Multiiple Meaning
pages 1-12
Words
Supporting Texts- A Tsunami
Unfolds
Implementation Suffixes ian, ist, ism
Guide Unit 3
pages 78
Latin roots aqua, dict
Text Collection-Escape from
Pompeii
Scaffolded
Prefixes im, in
Strategies
Sleuth-"The Layering Effect", Handbook pages
"Rocking It"
89-109
Poetry-"Instructions for
Online
Earth's Dishwasher" "Natural Resources
Disasters" "Islands"
Optional-Performance- Anchor Text-Anatomy of a
Based Asseessment: Volcanic Eruption
Students will choose a
natural event to
Supporting Texts- A Tsunami
research. They will
Unfolds
write a news report
that explains the
Text Collection-Escape from
effects of the natural Pompeii
event on both living
things and Earth
Sleuth-"The Layering Effect",
(pages 392-393).
"Rocking It"
OptionalFoundational Skills
Check Progress
Foundational Skills
Teacher's Guide Greek and Latin
pages 200-211 prefixes trans, tele
Implementation Greek prefixes
Guide Unit 3
amphi, anti
page 79
Synonyms, Antonyms
Scaffolded
Strategies
Words from French
Handbook pages
110-129
Suffixes ous, able,
ible
"Living with Lava", "Center of Online
the Earth" "Mount Saint
Resources
Helens Washington"
End-of Unit
Assessment
TG=Teacher's
Guide
SSH-Scaffolded
Strategies
Handbook