ELA
Grade 4 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Think It Through
Read Aloud
How can a challenge
bring out our best?
(fable: “The Crow and the
Pitcher”)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
A:
O:
E:
B:
Title: “The Princess and
the Pea”
Short Text: “The Dragon
Problem”
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or
Revise Predictions
Weekly Concept:
Clever Ideas
Genre: Fairy Tale
Lexile: 740L
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Genre: Fairy Tale
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Sequence
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot:
Sequence
Main Selections
Genre: Fairy Tale
Main Selection
Genre: Fairy Tale
Title: The Princess and
the Pizza
Titles:
A: Clever Puss
O: Jack and the Extreme Stalk
E: Jack and the Extreme Stalk
B: Charming Ella
Essential Question:
Where do good ideas
come from?
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Sequence
Lexile: 780L
Paired Selection
Genre: Fable
Title: “Tomás and His
Sons”
Lexile: 650L
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connections
of Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
brainstorm, flattened,
frantically, gracious,
muttered, official, original,
stale
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Specific
Vocabulary; Prior
Knowledge; Sentence
Structure; Organization;
Connection of Ideas;
Genre
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Short Vowels
Intonation
Structural Analysis: Word
Inflectional Endings
Titles:
A: “Rabbit and the Well”
O: “Stone Soup”
E: “Stone Soup”
B: “Ivana and the Ogre”
Research
Writing Trait: Ideas: Descriptive Details
Research and Inquiry
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Project: Interview a
Classmate
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Dragon Problem”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
sequence, descriptive
details
Product: List of Ideas
Literature Anthology:
The Princess and the Pizza, “Tomás
and His Sons”
Grammar Skill: Sentences
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Synonyms
Grammar Mechanics: Sentence
Punctuation
Build Vocabulary:
humble, surveying,
processions, clung,
snipped, wail, escorted,
paced, fragrance,
scrumptious, generous
Paired Selection
Genre: Folktale
Writing
Unit 1 Writing Focus: Narrative Text
Unit 1 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Personal Narrative
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Week 1
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Lexiles:
A: 530L
O: 750L
E: 430L
B: 860L
Week 2
Short Text: “Say
Something”
Short Text: “The Talent
Show”
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or
Revise Predictions
Weekly Concept:
Think of Others
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Lexile: 620L
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot:
Problem and Solution
Essential Question:
How do your actions
affect others?
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Experts,
Incorporated
Lexile: 730L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Speaking Out to
Stop Bullying”
Lexile: 800L
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles:
A: The Dream Team
O: Rosa’s Garden
E: Rosa’s Garden
B: Saving Grasshopper
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Titles:
A: “Making a Difference”
O: “Fresh from the City”
E: “Fresh from the City”
B: “Backyard Bird Habitats”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Connection of Ideas
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Purpose;
Sentence Structure;
Organization; Connection
of Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
accountable,
advise, desperately,
hesitated, humiliated,
inspiration, self-esteem,
uncomfortably
Additional Acadmeic
Vocabulary: dialogue,
prediction
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Idioms
Build Vocabulary:
profession, blushed,
shifted, snorted, tone,
hyphenated
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long a
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Expression and Rate
Writing Trait: Ideas: Focus on an Event
Research and Inquiry
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Project: Research the
Effects of Human Actions
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Talent Show”
Literature Anthology:
Experts, Incorporated, “Speaking Out
to Stop Bullying”
Product: Chart
Grammar Skill: Subjects and
Predicates
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuate
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Lexiles:
A: 530L
O: 710L
E: 540L
B: 810L
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ELA
Grade 4 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Think It Through
Read Aloud
How can a challenge
bring out our best?
(fable: “The Crow and the
Pitcher”)
Week 3
Weekly Concept:
Take Action
Title: “Avalanche!”
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Reread
Essential Question:
How do people respond
to natural disasters?
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Text: “A World of
Change”
Lexile: 790L
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Text Features: Diagrams;
Headings
Connect to Science:
Make observations on
effects of weathering.
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Compare and Contrast
Skill: Text Structure: Compare
and Contrast
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: Earthquakes
Titles:
A: Changing Landscapes
O: Changing Landscapes
E: Changing Landscapes
B: Changing Landscapes
Lexile: 870L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Tornado”
Lexile: 950L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Purpose
Vocabulary Words:
alter, collapse, crisis,
destruction, hazard,
severe, substantial,
unpredictable
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long e
Accuracy
Structural Analysis:
Plurals
Writing Trait: Ideas: Supporting Details
Research and Inquiry
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Project: Research How
to Prepare for a Natural
Disaster
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“A World of Change”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
headings, diagrams
Product: Poster
Literature Anthology:
Earthquakes, “Tornado”
Grammar Skill: Compound Sentences
Additional Domain
Words: volcanic,
volcanoes, inland, air
masses
Paired Selection
Genre: Expository
Research
Unit 1 Writing Focus: Narrative Text
Unit 1 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Personal Narrative
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Genre;
Connection of Ideas;
Specific Vocabulary
Writing
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuating
Compound Sentences
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: MultipleMeaning Words
Titles:
A: “Students Save Wetlands”
O: “Students Save Wetlands”
E: “Students Save Wetlands”
B: “Students Save Wetlands”
Build Vocabulary:
enormous, precursor,
engulfed, flexible, debris
Lexiles:
A: 670L
O: 840L
E: 740L
B: 920L
Week 4
Short Text: “Look Out
Below!”
Short Text: “The Big
Race”
Weekly Concept:
Ideas in Motion
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Lexile: 690L
Essential Question:
How can science help
you understand how
things work?
Connect to Science:
Relate speed to energy
of an object.
Strategy: Reread
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Text Features: Headings;
Speech Balloons
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Skill: Text Structure: Cause
and Effect
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Title: A Crash Course
in Forces and Motion
with Max Axiom, Super
Scientist
Lexile: 630L
Paired Selection
Genre: Science Fiction
Title: “The Box-Zip
Project”
Lexile: 620L
Titles:
A: George’s Giant Wheel
O: George’s Giant Wheel
E: George’s Giant Wheel
B: George’s Giant Wheel
Paired Selections
Genre: Science Fiction
Titles:
A: “3001: A Space Mystery”
O: “3001: A Space Mystery”
E: “3001: A Space Mystery”
B: “3001: A Space Mystery”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Organization
Literature Anthology:
Organization; Purpose;
Connection of Ideas;
Genre; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
accelerate, advantage,
capabilities, friction,
gravity, identity, inquiry,
thrilling
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: realistic
friction, transitions
Additional Domain
Words: level, warp
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Definitions
and Restatements
Build Vocabulary:
destined, schooled, field,
physics
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long i
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Phrasing and Rate
Writing Trait:
Organization: Sequence
Write About the Text:
Informative Text
Research and Inquiry
Project: Research a Topic
Product: Visual Display
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Big Race”
Literature Anthology:
A Crash Course in Forces and Motion
with Max Axiom, Super Scientist, “The
Box-Zip Project”
Grammar Skill: Clauses and Complex
Sentences
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuate
Complex Sentences
Lexiles:
A: 550L
O: 810L
E: 610L
B: 910L
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ELA
Grade 4 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Think It Through
Read Aloud
How can a challenge
bring out our best?
(fable: “The Crow and the
Pitcher”)
Week 5
Weekly Concept:
Putting Ideas to Work
Essential Question:
How can starting a
business help others?
Connect to Social
Studies: Research an
important business in
your state.
Title: “Kids Can Help”
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Strategy: Reread
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Text: “Dollars and
Sense”
Lexile: 800L
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Text Features: Graph;
Headings
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Title: Kids in Business
Lexile: 790L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Procedural Text
Title: “Starting a
Successful Business”
Lexile: 770L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Organization
Vocabulary Words:
compassionate,
enterprise, exceptional,
funds, innovative process,
routine, undertaking
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Titles:
A: Start Small, Think Big
O: Start Small, Think Big
E: Start Small, Think Big
B: Start Small, Think Big
Paired Selection
Genre: Procedural Text
Titles:
A: “Spending and Saving”
O: “Spending and Saving”
E: “Spending and Saving”
B: “Spending and Saving”
Literature Anthology:
Specific Vocabulary;
Sentence Structure;
Connection of Ideas
Research
Unit 1 Writing Focus: Narrative Text
Unit 1 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Personal Narrative
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Main Selection
Genre: Persuasive Text
Writing
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: persuasive,
graphs
Additional Domain
Words:
entrepreneur, profit
Vocabulary Strategy:
Suffixes
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Long o
Structural Analysis:
Compound Words
Phrasing and Rate
Writing Trait: Sentence Fluency:
Sentence Length
Write About the Text: Opinion
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Dollars and Sense”
Research and Inquiry
Project: Research a
Famous Business Owner
Product: Poster
Literature Anthology: Kids in Business,
“Starting a Successful Business”
Grammar Skill: Run-On Sentences
Grammar Mechanics: Correcting
Fragments and Run-Ons
Lexile:
A: 660L
O: 780L
E: 710L
B: 890L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
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ELA
Grade 4 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Amazing Animals
Read Aloud
What can animals teach
us? (three limericks)
Week 1
Title: “The Coyote and
the Hen”
Weekly Concept:
Literary Lessons
Genre: Folktale
Essential Question:
What are some
messages in animal
stories?
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Text: “The
Fisherman and the Kaha
Bird”
Lexile: 800L
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
Skill: Theme
Genre: Folktale
Main Selection
Genre: Folktale
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Title: The Secret
Message
Skill: Theme
Lexile: 820L
Paired Selection
Genre: Fable
Connect to Science:
Describe how animals
receive information
through their senses.
Title: “The Fox and the
Goat”
Lexile: 790L
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre; Prior
Knowledge
Vocabulary Words:
attracted, dazzling, fabric,
greed, honest, requested,
soared, trudged
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Main Selections
Genre: Folktale
Titles:
A: The Cockroach and the Mouse
O: The Badger and the Fan
E: The Badger and the Fan
B: The Wings of the Butterfly
Literature Anthology:
Specific Vocabulary;
Genre; Sentence
Structure; Prior
Knowledge; Connection
of Ideas; Purpose;
Organization
Paired Selections
Genre: Fable
Titles:
A: “Fox and Crane”
O: “Fox and Cat”
E: “Fox and Cat”
B: “The Fox and the Crow”
Research
Unit 2 Writing Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 2 Writing Products: Explanatory
Essay; How-To
A: Approaching Level
O: On Level
E: ELL
B: Beyond Level
Skill: Theme
Writing
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Prefixes
Expression
Structural Analysis:
Inflectional Endings
Writing Trait: Organization: Strong
Openings
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Inquiry Space:
Informative Investigate:
Sharks
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Fisherman and the Kaha Bird”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
symbolism, theme
Literature Anthology:
The Secret Message, “The Fox and
the Goat”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Root Words
Build Vocabulary: domed,
longing, enchanted,
exotic, caravan, dunes,
purchases
Grammar Skill: Common and Proper
Nouns
Grammar Mechanics:
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Lexiles:
A: 600L
O: 530L
E: 720L
B: 770L
Week 2
Title: “A Grasshopper’s
Sad Tale”
Weekly Concept:
Animals in Fiction
Essential Question:
How do animal
characters change
familiar stories?
Short Text: “The Ant and
the Grasshopper”
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Genre: Dramatic Scene
Lexile: NP
Skill: Theme
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Genre: Drama
Main Selection
Genre: Drama
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Skill: Theme
Title: Ranita, The Frog
Princess
Lexile: NP
Paired Selection
Genre: Mystery
Title: “The Moonlight
Concert Mystery”
Lexile: 710L
Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Drama
Titles:
A: Saving the Green Bird
O: The Prince Who Could Fly
E: The Prince Who Could Fly
B: Behind the Secret Trapdoor
Paired Selections
Genre: Mystery
Titles:
A: “The Missing Pie Mystery”
O: “The Mystery of the Spotted
Dogs”
E: “The Mystery of the Spotted
Dogs”
B: “The Mystery of the Messy Room”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Purpose: Prior
Knowledge; Genre
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge; Genre;
Connection of Ideas;
Sentence Structure;
Organization
Vocabulary Words:
annoyed, attitude,
commotion, cranky,
familiar, frustrated, selfish,
specialty
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: drama, stage
directions
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Antonyms
Build Vocabulary:
bumbling, fetches,
scurry, muffles, famished,
stunned, shrieks,
stubbornly, smug, shrugs
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Digraphs
Structural Analysis:
Possessives
Intonation
Writing Trait: Voice: Informal Voice
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Ant and the Grasshopper”
Inquiry Space:
Informative Investigate:
Sharks
Literature Anthology:Ranita, The Frog
Princess, “The Moonlight Concert
Mystery”
Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural
Nouns
Grammar Mechanics:
Commas in a Series
Lexiles:
A: NP
O: NP
E: NP
B: NP
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Grade 4 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Amazing Animals
Read Aloud
What can animals teach
us? (three limericks)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Week 3
Title: “Return of the
Wolves”
Short Text: “Rescuing
Our Reef”
Weekly Concept:
Natural Connections
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Lexile: 810L
Connect to Science:
Explain how living
things affect the
physical characteristics
of their regions
Strategy: Summarize
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Text Features: Headings;
Flow Chart
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Summarize
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Title: The Buffalo Are
Back
Lexile: 800L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Energy in the
Ecosystem”
Lexile: 790L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Connection of Ideas
Vocabulary Words:
crumbled, droughts,
ecosystem, extinct,
flourished, fragile,
imbalance, ripples
Short Text: “Adaptations
at Work”
Short Text: “Animal
Adaptations”
Weekly Concept:
Adaptations
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Lexile: 850L
Essential Question:
What helps an animal
survive?
Connect to Science:
Plants and animals have
structures for growth
and survival.
Strategy: Summarize
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Main Selection
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Titles:
A: Saving San Francisco Bay
O: Saving San Francisco Bay
E: Saving San Francisco Bay
B: Saving San Francisco Bay
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Organization;
Specific Vocabulary;
Connection of Ideas;
Purpose
Titles:
A: “The Great Estuary Ecosystem”
O: “The Great Estuary Ecosystem”
E: “The Great Estuary Ecosystem”
B: “The Great Estuary Ecosystem”
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Text Features:
Photographs and
Captions; Headings
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Title: Spiders
Lexile: 820L
Paired Selection
Genre: Trickster Tale
Title: “Anansi and the
Birds”
Lexile: 740L
Main Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Extreme Animals
O: Extreme Animals
E: Extreme Animals
B: Extreme Animals
Paired Selections
Genre: Trickster Tale
Titles:
A: “Hare and the Water”
O: “Hare and the Water”
E: “Hare and the Water”
B: “Hare and the Water”
Lexiles:
A: 590L
O: 830L
E: 680L
B: 890L
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Writing
Research
Unit 2 Writing Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 2 Writing Products: Explanatory
Essay; How-To
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Three-Letter Blends
Accuracy
Structural Analysis:
Words Ending in -er and
-est
Writing Trait: Ideas: Supporting
Details
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Inquiry Space:
Informative Investigate:
Sharks
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Rescuing Our Reefs”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: flow chart,
topic
Literature Anthology:
The Buffalo Are Back, “Energy in the
Ecosystem”
Additional Domain
Words:
replanted, eroded,
preserve
Paired Selections:
Genre: Expository
Strategy: Summarize
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Fluency Skill
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Grammar Skill: Irregular Plural Nouns
Grammar Mechanics:
Correct Plural Forms
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Sentence
Clues
Build Vocabulary: wallow,
exotic, eons, swept,
withered, secluded,
longed, abandoned,
native
Lexiles:
A: 690L
O: 850L
E: 820L
B: 900L
Week 4
Phonics
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Prior
Knowledge
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Specific
Vocabulary; Genre;
Connection of Ideas;
Sentence Structure; Prior
Knowledge
Vocabulary Words:
camouflaged, dribbles,
extraordinary, poisonous,
pounce, predator, prey,
vibrations
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
captions, analyze
Additional Domain
Words:
spinnarets, pedipalps
Vocabulary Strategy:
Prefixes
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
r-Controlled Vowels /är/
and /ôr/
Structural Analysis:
Suffixes -ful and -less
Rate
Writing Trait: Organization:
Logical Order
Write About the Text:
Informative Text
Inquiry Space:
Informative Investigate:
Sharks
Write to Sources: Reading/Writing
Workshop:
“Animal Adaptations”
Literature Anthology:
Spiders, “Anansi and the Birds”
Grammar Skill: Possessive Nouns
Grammar Mechanics: Apostrophes
Build Vocabulary: similar,
contains, armor, stressful,
fluffy, trails, nozzles,
substance, draped,
hedges
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ELA
Grade 4 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Amazing Animals
Read Aloud
What can animals teach
us? (three limericks)
Week 5
Title: Animal Haiku
Weekly Concept:
Animals All Around
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Essential Question:
How are writers inspired
by animals?
Genre: Haiku
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Texts: “Dog,” “The
Eagle,” “Chimpanzee,”
“Rat”
Lexile: NP
Genre: Lyric Poetry and
Haiku
Skill: Point of View
Literary Elements: Meter
and Rhyme
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selections
Genre: Lyric Poetry and
Haiku
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles: “The Sandpiper,”
“Bat,” “The Grasshopper
Springs,” “Fireflies at
Dusk”
Lexile: NP
Paired Selections
Genre: Lyric Poetry and
Haiku
Titles: “Fog”, “White Cat
Winter”
Lexile: NP
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Organization
Vocabulary Words:
brittle, creative,
descriptive, outstretched
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Specific
Vocabulary; Purpose
Poetry Terms:
metaphor, meter, rhyme,
simile
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Paired Selection
Genre: Poetry
Titles:
A: “Haiku”
O: “Haiku”
E: “Haiku”
B: “Haiku”
Research
Unit 2 Writing Focus: Informative Text
Unit 2 Writing Products: Explanatory
Essay; How-To
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Titles:
A: Putting on an Act
O: The Big One
E: The Big One
B: Dolphin Cove
Writing
Additional Academic
Vocabulary:
creative, haiku
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Similes and Metaphors
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Suffixes
Structural Analysis:
Contractions
Expression and Phrasing
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Precise
Language
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Inquiry Space:
Informative Investigate:
Sharks
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop: “Dog,”
“The Eagle,” “Chimpanzee,” “Rat”
Literature Anthology: “The Sandpiper,”
“Bat,” “The Grasshopper Springs,”
“Fireflies at Dusk,” “Fog”, “White Cat
Winter”
Grammar Skill: Combining Sentences
Grammar Mechanics: Phrases and
Interjections
Lexiles:
A: 620L
O: 690L
E: 530L
B: 780L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
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Grade 4 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
That’s the Spirit!
Read Aloud
How can you show
your community spirit?
(Song: “My Country ‘Tis
of Thee”)
Week 1
Title: “Samson’s Advice”
Weekly Concept:
Friendship
Strategy: Visualize
Genre: Fantasy
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Text: ”At the
Library”
Lexile: 800L
Genre: Fantasy
Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question:
How can you make new
friends feel welcome?
Skill: Point of View
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Main Selections
Genre: Fantasy
Title: The Cricket in Times
Square
Titles:
A: A New Bear in the Forest
O: Not from Around Here
E: Not from Around Here
B: Cara and the Sky Kingdom
Lexile: 780L
Paired Selection
Genre: Legend
Connect to Social
Studies: Find out
about first settlers and
explorers.
Title: “The Girl and the
Chenoo”
Lexile: 880L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Genre
Vocabulary Words:
acquaintance, cautiously,
complementary, jumble,
logical, scornfully,
scrounging, trustworthy,
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Paired Selections
Genre: Legend
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
r-Controlled Vowels er, ir,
and ur
Expression
Writing Trait: Sentence Fluency:
Transitions
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Structural Analysis:
Closed Syllables
Inquiry Space:
Opinion Take a Stand:
The Environment
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“At the Library”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: visualize,
expression
Literature Anthology:
The Cricket in Times Square, “The Girl
and the Chenoo”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Paragraph
Clues
Grammar Skill: Action Verbs
Grammar Mechanics: Titles
Build Vocabulary: darted,
scooted, wistfully, fates,
exclaimed, cramped,
shifted, forlornly,
crouching, frantic, silky,
refined, leery, venturing
Titles:
A: “The Beckoning Cat”
O: “Kintaro, Friend of the Animals”
E: “Kintaro, Friend of the Animals”
B: “Robin Hood’s Great Friend”
Research
Unit 3 Writing Focus: Opinion
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Products: Book
Review; Opinion Essay
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge;
Connection of Ideas;
Sentence Structure;
Specific Vocabulary;
Purpose
Writing
Lexiles:
A: 590L
O: 650L
E: 480L
B: 780L
Week 2
Title: ”Books”
Weekly Concept:
Helping the Community
Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question:
In what ways can you
help your community?
Genre: Historical Fiction
Short Text:
“Remembering Hurricane
Katrina”
Lexile: 800L
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Point of View
Connect to Science:
Understand where
resources come from
and how they affect the
environment.
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Aguinaldo
Titles:
A: Playground Buddy
O: Brick by Brick
E: Brick by Brick
B: Standing Guard
Lexile: 650L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Partaking in Public
Service”
Lexile: 770L
Paired Selections
Genre: Expository
Titles:
A: “Making a Difference”
O: “A Big Heart”
E: “A Big Heart”
B: “The Great Big Birthday Bash”
Lexiles:
A: 590L
O: 690L
E: 500L
B: 760L
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Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Genre
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge;
Sentence Structure;
Genre; Connection
of Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary; Organization
Vocabulary Words:
assigned, generosity,
gingerly, mature,
organizations, residents,
scattered, selective
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Words with Silent Letters
Structural Analysis: Open
Syllables
Expression
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Strong
Words
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: flashback,
inferences
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Remembering Hurricane Katrina”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Definitions
and Restatements
Literature Anthology:
Aguinaldo, “Partaking in Public
Service”
Build Vocabulary:
skip, rackety, polished,
corridor, helpings,
indigestion, clutching,
hovering, medley, vivid,
caressed, serenaded,
textures
Grammar Skill: Verb Tenses
Inquiry Space:
Opinion Take a Stand:
The Environment
Grammar Mechanics: Subject-Verb
Agreement
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Grade 4 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
That’s the Spirit!
Read Aloud
How can you show
your community spirit?
(Song: “My Country ‘Tis
of Thee”)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Week 3
Title: “Nelson Mandela:
Working for Freedom”
Short Text: “Judy’s
Appalachia”
Weekly Concept:
Liberty and Justice
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Lexile: 830L
Essential Question:
How can one person
make a difference?
Strategy: Reread
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Text Feature: Time line
Connect to Science:
Understand where
resources come from
and how they affect the
environment
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Skill: Author’s Point of View
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Title: Delivering Justice:
W.W. Law and the Fight
for Civil Rights
Lexile: 830L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Autobiography
Title: “Keeping Freedom
in the Family: Coming of
Age in the Civil Rights
Movement”
Lexile: 940L
Week 4
Short Text: “Bringing
Words to the Deaf”
Weekly Concept:
Powerful Words
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Essential Question:
How can words lead to
change?
Strategy: Reread
Short Text: “Words for
Change”
Lexile: 820L
Genre: Informational
Text: Biography
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Text Features: Captions;
Primary Sources
A:
O:
E:
B:
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Titles:
A: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor
O: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor
E: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor
B: Jacob Riis: Champion of the Poor
Title: “A New Birth of
Freedom”
Lexile: 1240L
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge;
Purpose; Connection
of Ideas; Specific
Vocabulary; Organization;
Sentence Structure;
Genre
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Titles:
A: Nellie Bly: Reporter for the
Underdog
O: Nellie Bly: Reporter for the
Underdog
E: Nellie Bly: Reporter for the
Underdog
B: Nellie Bly: Reporter for the
Underdog
Paired Selections
Genre: Expository
Titles:
A: “Around the World”
O: “Around the World”
E: “Around the World”
B: “Around the World”
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Soft c and g
Accuracy
Structural Analysis: Final
e Syllables
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge; Specific
Vocabulary; Sentence
Structure; Organization;
Connection of Ideas;
Purpose
Research
Literature Anthology:
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and
the Fight for Civil Rights, “Keeping
Freedom in the Family: Coming of Age
in the Civil Rights Movement”
Additional Domain
Words: sit-in, civil rights
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: biography,
author’s point of view
Additional Domain
Words: office, inaugural,
federal, Union
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin and Greek Suffixes
Build Vocabulary:
prowling, lanky, spin,
hideous, engaged,
humble, relations,
resolve, backwoods,
rebellion
Inquiry Space:
Opinion Take a Stand:
The Environment
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Judy’s Appalachia”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: time line,
evidence
Vocabulary Words:
address, divided,
haste, opposed, perish,
proclamation, shattered,
tension
Writing Trait: Ideas: Relevant
Evidence
Write About the Text: Opinion
Grammar Skill: Main and Helping
Verbs
Build Vocabulary:
lured, register, intended,
regardless, suited, trace,
staged, jeered, burly,
disciplined
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Purpose;
Connection of Ideas
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Focus: Opinion
Writing
Unit 3 Writing Products: Book
Review; Opinion Essay
Vocabulary Strategy:
Synonyms and Antonyms
Lexiles:
A: 610L
O: 790L
E: 650L
B: 870L
Skill: Author’s Point of View
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Speech
Vocabulary Words:
boycott, encouragement,
fulfill, injustice,
mistreated, protest,
qualified, registered,
Titles:
A: “The Fight for Equality”
O: “The Fight for Equality”
E: “The Fight for Equality”
B: “The Fight for Equality”
Strategy: Reread
Lexile: 780L
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Specific Vocabulary
Paired Selections
Genre: Biography
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Title: Abe’s Honest
Words: The Life of
Abraham Lincoln
Vocabulary Words
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Strategy: Reread
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuation in
Contraction
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Plurals
Structural Analysis:
Suffixes -ment, -ness,
-age, -ance, -ence
Expression
Writing Trait: Organization: Strong
Conclusions
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Inquiry Space:
Opinion Take a Stand:
The Environment
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Words for Change”
Literature Anthology:
Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of
Abraham Lincoln, “A New Birth of
Freedom”
Grammar Skill: Linking Verbs
Grammar Mechanics: Subject-Verb
Agreement
Lexiles:
A: 680L
O: 790L
E: 730L
B: 880L
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Grade 4 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
That’s the Spirit!
Read Aloud
How can you show your
community spirit? (Song:
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee”)
Week 5
Weekly Concept:
Feeding the World
Essential Question:
In what ways can
advances in science be
helpful or harmful?
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
A:
O:
E:
B:
Short Texts: “Food Fight”
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Lexile: 870L
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Skill: Author’s Point of View
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive Article
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Author’s Point of
View
Text Feature: Maps
Connect to Science:
Research a problem
before beginning a design
solution.
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Persuasive
Title: A New Kind of Corn
Lexile: 880L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Procedural
Title: “The Pick of the
Patch”
Lexile: 920L
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Connection of Ideas
Vocabulary Words:
advancements,
agriculture,
characteristics, concerns,
disagreed, inherit,
prevalent, resistance
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Main Selections
Genre: Persuasive Text
Titles:
A: The Battle Against Pests
O: The Battle Against Pests
E: The Battle Against Pests
B: The Battle Against Pests
Paired Selection
Genre: Poetry
Titles:
A: “Making an Organic Garden”
O:“Making an Organic Garden”
E: “Making an Organic Garden”
B: “Making an Organic Garden”
Literature Anthology:
Sentence Structure;
Specific Vocabulary
Writing
Research
Unit 3 Writing Focus: Opinion Writing
Unit 3 Writing Products: Book Review;
Opinion Essay
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Title: “All About Organic”
Strategy: Reread
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: book review,
audience
Additional Domain
Words: gourd
Vocabulary Strategy:
Greek Roots
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Compound Words
Structural Analysis:
Roots and Related Words
Rate
Writing Trait: Voice: Audience and
Purpose
Write About the Text: Opinion
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Food for Fight”
Inquiry Space:
Opinion
Take a Stand: The
Environment
Literature Anthology:
A New Kind of Corn, “The Pick of the
Patch”
Grammar Skill: Irregular Verbs
Grammar Mechanics: Correct Verb
Usage
Lexiles:
A: 750L
O: 880L
E: 770L
B: 910L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
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Big Idea:
Fact or Fiction?
Read Aloud
How do different writers
treat the same topic?
(Nursery Rhyme: “Star
Light, Star Bright”)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
Week 1
Title: “Speaking Out
Against Child Labor”
Short Text: “A World
Without Rules”
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Weekly Concept:
Our Government
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Lexile: 830L
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Essential Question:
Why do we need
government?
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Text Features: Boldface
Words; Pronunciations
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Title: See How They Run
Lexile: 870L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “The Birth of
American Democracy”
Lexile: 830L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Purpose
Vocabulary Words:
amendments,
commitment,
compromise, democracy,
eventually, legislation,
privilege, version
Skill: Text Structure: Cause and
Effect
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Titles:
A: A Day in the Senate
O: A Day in the Senate
E: A Day in the Senate
B: A Day in the Senate
Literature Anthology:
Connection of Ideas;
Sentence Structure;
Specific Vocabulary;
Organization; Purpose;
Prior Knowledge
Title: “Elephant Versus
Monkey”
Short Text: ”The
TimeSpecs 3000”
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Weekly Concept:
Leadership
Genre: Fantasy
Lexile: 910L
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Genre: Fantasy
Main Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Main Selections
Genre: Fantasy
Title: LaRue for Mayor
Titles:
A: Floozle Dreams
O: The Wolves of Yellowstone
E: The Wolves of Yellowstone
B: Krillville
Skill: Point of View
Connect to Social
Studies: Find out why
people run for public
office.
Lexile: 890L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Titles: “Bringing
Government Home:
Understanding State and
Local Government”
Lexile: 900L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: “The Job of a Governor”
O: “Who Wants to Be Mayor?”
E: “Who Wants to Be Mayor?”
B: “Running a Town”
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Inflectional Endings
Phrasing and Rate
Structural Analysis:
Vowel Team Syllables
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: opinion,
topic
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Specific
Vocabulary; Organization;
Prior Knowledge;
Sentence Structure;
Connection of Ideas;
Genre
Vocabulary Words:
accompanies, campaign,
governor, intend,
opponent, overwhelming,
tolerate, weary
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: character,
dialogue
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Idioms
Build Vocabulary:
prehistoric, conquering,
declared, appoints,
enforce, banned,
proclaiming
Writing Trait: Organization: Strong
Paragraphs
Inquiry Space: Narrative
Write About: Bullying
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“A World Without Rules”
Literature Anthology:
See How They Run, “The Birth of
American Democracy”
Grammar Skill: Pronouns and
Antecedents
Grammar Mechanics: Pronoun
Capitalization and Clarity
Build Vocabulary:
prehistoric, conquering,
declared, appoints,
enforce, banned,
proclaiming
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Connection of Ideas
Research
Write About the Text: Opinion
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin Roots
Titles:
A: “A New President Takes Office”
O: “A New President Takes Office”
E: “A New President Takes Office”
B: “A New President Takes Office”
Writing
Unit 4 Writing Focus: Narrative Text/
Poetry
Unit 4 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Poetry
Additional Domain
Words: ballots, tallies
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Week 2
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Fluency Skill
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Lexiles:
A: 680L
O: 820L
E: 800L
B: 890L
Essential Question:
Why do people run for
public office?
Phonics
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Inflectional Endings:
Changing y to i
Structural Analysis:
r-Controlled Vowel
Syllables
Phrasing and Expression
Writing Trait: Ideas: Develop
Character
Inquiry Space: Narrative
Write About: Bullying
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The TimeSpecs 3000
Literature Anthology:
LaRue for Mayor, “Bringing
Government Home: Understanding
State and Local Government”
Grammar Skill: Types of Pronouns
Grammar Mechanics: Subject and
Object Pronouns
Lexiles:
A: 670L
O: 740L
E: 610L
B: 810L
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Big Idea:
Fact or Fiction?
Read Aloud
How do different writers
treat the same topic?
(Nursery Rhyme: “Star
Light, Star Bright”)
Week 3
Title: “Good-bye Icebox!”
Weekly Concept:
Breakthroughs
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Short Text: “A Telephone
Mix-Up”
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Strategy: Make, Confirm, or Revise
Predictions
Lexile: 950L
Skill: Point of View
Skill: Point of View
Genre: Historical Fiction
Main Selection
Genre: Historical Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Moon Over Star
Titles:
A: Ron’s Radio
O: The Freedom Machine
E: The Freedom Machine
B: A Better Way
Strategy: Make, Confirm,
or Revise Predictions
Essential Question:
How do inventions and
technology affect your
life?
Skill: Point of View
Lexile: 860L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Connect to Science:
Develop solutions to
problems.
Title: “3 … 2 … 1 We Have
Spin-Off!”
Lexile: 900L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Organization
Vocabulary Words:
decade, directing,
engineering, gleaming,
scouted, squirmed,
technology, tinkering,
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Words with /ü/, /ū/, and /ů/
Expression
Writing Trait: Ideas: Develop Plot
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Structural Analysis:
Consonant + le Syllables
Inquiry Space: Narrative
Write About: Bullying
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“A Telephone Mix-Up”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: historical
fiction, third-person
Literature Anthology:
The Moon Over Star, “3 … 2 … 1 We
Have Spin-Off!”
Additional Domain
Words: launch, ignition
sequence, liftoff
Grammar Skill: Pronoun-Verb
Agreement
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuation in
Dialogue
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Synonyms
Titles:
A: “Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat”
O: “The Interstate Highway System”
E: “The Interstate Highway System”
B: “A History of Washing
Technology”
Research
Unit 4 Writing Focus: Narrative Text/
Poetry
Unit 4 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Poetry
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Sentence
Structure; Specific
Vocabulary; Prior
Knowledge; Connection
of Ideas; Purpose;
Organization
Writing
Build Vocabulary: bowed,
slipped, rumble, hollered,
pell-mell, tranquility,
pearly, bounding, harvest
Lexiles:
A: 620L
O: 690L
E: 540L
B: 790L
Week 4
Weekly Concept:
Wonders in the Sky
Essential Question:
How do you explain
what you see in the
sky?
Title: “Pictures in the Sky”
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Short Text: “Wonders of
the Night Sky”
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Lexile: 880L
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Skill: Text Structure:
Cause and Effect
Text Features: Diagrams;
Boldface Words;
Pronunciations
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: Why Does the Moon
Change Shape?
Lexile: 900L
Paired Selection
Genre: Myths
Titles:
“Why the Sun Travels
Across the Sky” (Helios);
“Why There Is Thunder
and Lightning” (Thor)
Lexile: 910L
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Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
Skill: Text Structure: Cause and
Effect
Main Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Stargazing
O: Stargazing
E: Stargazing
B: Stargazing
Paired Selections
Genre: Myth
Titles:
A: “Orion the Hunter”
O: “Orion the Hunter”
E: “Orion the Hunter”
B: “Orion the Hunter”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Organization
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Organization;
Specific Vocabulary;
Connection of Ideas; Prior
Knowledge
Vocabulary Words:
astronomer, crescent,
phases, rotates, series,
sliver, specific, telescope
Additional Academic
Words: pronunciation,
caption
Additional Domain
Words: asteroid, dwarf
planet, comet,
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Paragraph
Clues
Build Vocabulary: bodies,
boiling, gases, gradually,
original, exists
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Accuracy
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Figurative
Language
Inquiry Space: Narrative
Write About: Bullying
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Wonders of the Night Sky”
Literature Anthology:
Why Does the Moon Change Shape?,
“Why the Sun Travels Across the Sky”
(Helios); “Why There Is Thunder and
Lightning” (Thor)
Grammar Skill: Possessive Pronouns
Grammar Mechanics: Possessive
Nouns and Pronouns
Lexiles:
A: 650L
O: 450L
E: 360L
B: 860L
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Grade 4 • Unit 4 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Fact or Fiction?
Read Aloud
How do different writers
treat the same topic?
(Nursery Rhyme: “Star
Light, Star Bright”)
Week 5
Title: “Sam’s Box”
Weekly Concept:
Achievements
Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question:
How do writers look
at success in different
ways?
Genre: Narrative Poem
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Texts: “Sing to Me,”
“The Climb”
Lexile: NP
Genre: Narrative Poem
Skill: Theme
Literary Elements:
Stanza; Repetition
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Narrative Poem
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles: “Swimming to the
Rock,” “The Moondust
Footprint”
Titles:
A: Try, Try Again
O: The Math-lete
E: The Math-lete
B: The Final
Lexile: NP
Paired Selection
Genre: Narrative Poem
Titles: “Genius,” “Winner”
Lexile: NP
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Genre;
Vocabulary Words:
attain, dangling, hovering,
triumph
Literature Anthology:
Sentence Structure;
Orginization
Poetry Terms:
connotation, denotation,
repetition, stanza
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Titles:
A: “Sunlight Sparkling on
Chrome”
O: “Cross-Country Race”
E: “Cross-Country Race”
B: “Talent Show”
Research
Unit 4 Writing Focus: Narrative Text/
Poetry
Unit 4 Writing Products: Friendly
Letter; Poetry
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Paired Selection
Genre: Poetry
Writing
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: sensory,
stanza
Vocabulary Strategy:
Connotation and
Denotation
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Variant Vowel /ô/
Rate
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Sensory
Language
Inquiry Space: Narrative
Write About: Bullying
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Structural Analysis:
Frequently Confused
Words
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Sing to Me,” “The Climb”
Literature Anthology:
“Swimming to the Rock,” “The
Moondust Footprint,” “Genius,”
“Winner”
Grammar Skill: Pronouns and
Homophones
Grammar Mechanics: Contractions and
Possessives
Lexiles:
A: 600L
O: 740L
E: 510L
B: 800L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
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Grade 4 • Unit 5 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Figure It Out
Read Aloud
What helps you
understand the world
around you? (Myth:
“Persephone”)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Week 1
Title: “A Special Birthday
Hug”
Short Text: “Sadie’s
Game”
Weekly Concept:
Making It Happen
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Lexile: 850L
Strategy: Visualize
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question:
In what ways do people
show they care about
each other?
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Problem and
Solution
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot:
Problem and Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: Mama, I’ll Give You
the World
Lexile: 970L
Paired Selection
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Title: “What If It
Happened to You?”
Lexile: 890L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Specific Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
bouquet, emotion,
encircle, express, fussy,
portraits, sparkles, whirl
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Titles:
A: Saving Stolen Treasure
O: The Perfect Present
E: The Perfect Present
B: First Edition
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge;
Sentence Structure;
Connection of Ideas;
Organization; Specific
Vocabulary
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Closed Syllables
Expression
Structural Analysis: Latin
Prefixes
Titles:
A: “Miguel’s Amazing Shyness Cure”
O: “Fly Me to the Moon”
E: “Fly Me to the Moon”
B: “Magnolia Leaves”
Writing Trait: Organization: Strong
Openings
Project: Research an Aid
Organization
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Product: Poster
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Sadie’s Game”
Additional Academic
Words: foreshadowing,
metaphor
Literature Anthology:
Mama, I’ll Give You the World, “What If
It Happened to You?”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Similes and Metaphors
Grammar Skill: Adjectives
Build Vocabulary:
radiance, soother,
snippets, spare, twinkling
Paired Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Research
Unit 5 Writing Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 5 Writing Products: Expository
Letter; Research Report
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Writing
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuation
Lexiles:
A: 560L
O: 690L
E: 560L
B: 750L
Week 2
Title: “Horse-Tamer
Hattie Heads West”
Short Text: “My Big
Brother, Johnny Kaw”
Weekly Concept:
On the Move
Genre: Tall Tale
Lexile: 850L
Strategy: Visualize
Genre: Tall Tale
Essential Question:
What are some reasons
people moved west?
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Cause and Effect
Connect to Social
Studies: Explain why
people moved to the
West.
Strategy: Visualize
Strategy: Visualize
Skill: Character, Setting,
Plot: Cause and Effect
Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Cause
and Effect
Main Selection
Genre: Tall Tale
Main Selections
Genre: Tall Tale
Title: Apples to Oregon
Titles:
A: The Adventures of Sal Fink
O: The Great Man of Nebraska
E: The Great Man of Nebraska
B: The Tale of John Henry
Lexile: 840L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Bound: Settling the
American West”
Lexile: 830L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Connection of
Ideas; Genre
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Purpose; Specific
Vocabulary; Connection
of Ideas; Prior Knowledge
Vocabulary Words:
plunging, prospector,
scoffed, settlement,
shrivel, territories, topple,
withered
Additional Academic
Words hyperbole, tall tale
Vocabulary Strategy:
Homographs
Build Vocabulary: sturdy,
daring, fluttering, brow,
slinking, numb, swanky
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Open Syllables
Structural Analysis:
Irregular Plurals
Intonation and Phrasing
Writing Trait: Sentence Fluency: Vary
Sentence Types
Project: Map the Oregon
Trail
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Product: Map
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“My Big Brother, Johnny Kaw”
Literature Anthology:
Apples to Oregon, “Westward Bound:
Settling the American West”
Grammar Skill: Articles
Grammar Mechanics: Articles and
Demonstrative Adjectives
Titles:
A: “Traveling on the Mississippi”
O: “Westward Ho!”
E: “Westward Ho!”
B: “The Transcontinental Railroad”
Lexiles:
A: 650L
O: 730L
E: 650L
B: 800L
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Grade 4 • Unit 5 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Figure It Out
Read Aloud
What helps you
understand the world
around you? (Myth:
“Persephone”)
Week 3
Weekly Concept:
Inventions
Essential Question:
How can inventions
solve problems?
Title: “George
Washington Carver:
Scientist and Inventor”
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Strategy: Summarize
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Short Text: ”Stephanie
Kwolek: Inventor”
Lexile: 830L
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Problem and Solution
Text Features: Time
Lines; Photographs and
Captions
Connect to Science:
Understand that energy
can be transferred by
sound, light, heat and
electric currents.
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Summarize
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Problem and Solution
Skill: Text Structure: Problem and
Solution
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Biography
Main Selections
Genre: Biography
Title: How Ben Franklin
Stole the Lightning
Lexile: 970L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Energy Is
Everywhere!”
Lexile: 890L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Organization
Vocabulary Words: dizzy,
experiment, genuine,
hilarious, mischief,
nowadays, politician,
procedure
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Titles:
A: The Inventive Lewis Latimer
O: The Inventive Lewis Latimer
E: The Inventive Lewis Latimer
B: The Inventive Lewis Latimer
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Vowel Teams
Rate and Accuracy
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Additional Domain
Words: polymer, charted,
Gulf Stream
Project: Research an
Inventor
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Product: Online Report
Literature Anthology:
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning,
“Energy Is Everywhere!”
Additional Academic
Words: sources, transition
Grammar Skill: Adjectives That
Compare
Grammar Mechanics: Punctuation in
Letters
Build Vocabulary: tame,
brewing, celebrated,
cords, attract, shed,
handy
Titles:
A: “The Nature of Light”
O: “The Nature of Light”
E: “The Nature of Light”
B: “The Nature of Light”
Writing Trait: Sentence Fluency:
Transitions
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Greek Roots
Paired Selections
Genre: Expository
Research
Unit 5 Writing Focus: Informative
Text
Unit 5 Writing Products: Expository
Letter; Research Report
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Sentence
Structure; Organization;
Specific Vocabulary;
Connection of Ideas; Prior
Knowledge
Writing
Lexiles:
A: 630L
O: 800L
E: 710L
B: 900L
Week 4
Weekly Concept:
Zoom In
Essential Question:
What can you discover
when you look closely
at something?
Connect to Science:
Learn that waves can
be made in water when
the surface is disturbed.
Title: “Stick Like a Gecko”
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Summarize
Short Text: “Your World
Up Close”
Lexile: 860L
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Text Features:
Photographs and
Captions
Strategy: Summarize
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Skill: Text Structure: Sequence
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: A Drop of Water
Lexile: 870L
Paired Selection
Genre: Fantasy
Title: “The Incredible
Shrinking Potion”
Lexile: 980L
Main Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: Secrets of the Ice
O: Secrets of the Ice
E: Secrets of the Ice
B: Secrets of the Ice
Paired Selections
Genre: Fantasy
Titles:
A: “Super-vision”
O: “Super-vision”
E: “Super-vision”
B: “Super-vision”
Lexiles:
A: 650L
O: 850L
E: 780L
B: 900L
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Reading/Writing
Workshop: Specific
Vocabulary; Connection
of Ideas
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Organization;
Specific Vocabulary;
Sentence Structure;
Connection of Ideas;
Genre
Vocabulary Words:
cling, dissolves, gritty,
humid, magnify,
microscope, mingle,
typical
Additional Academic
Words: summarize,
formal voice
Additional Domain
Words: molecules,
particles, vapor
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues: Antonyms
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
r-Controlled Vowel
Syllables
Structural Analysis:
Frequently Misspelled
Words
Rate
Writing Trait: Voice: Formal Voice
Write About the Text: Opinion
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Your World Up Close”
Project: Research the
Hubble Space Telescope
Product: Illustrated
Summary
Literature Anthology:
A Drop of Water, “The Incredible
Shrinking Potion”
Grammar Skill: Comparing With More
and Most
Grammar Mechanics: Combining
Sentences
Build Vocabulary:
still, swirl, accumulate,
expands, coats, intricate,
clumps, vanish, evident,
spherical, replenishing,
roam
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Grade 4 • Unit 5 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Figure It Out
Read Aloud
What helps you
understand the world
around you? (Myth:
“Persephone”)
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Week 5
Title: “Pictures From Long
Ago”
Short Texts: “Where It All
Began”
Weekly Concept:
Digging Up the Past
Genre: Informational Text
Lexile: 930L
Strategy: Summarize
Genre: Informational Text:
Informational Article
Essential Question:
How can learning
about the past help you
understand the future?
Connect to Social
Studies: Describe the
Spanish exploration and
colonization of what is
now the United States.
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Text Features: Sidebar;
Map
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Skill: Summarize
Strategy: Summarize
Skill: Text Structure:
Sequence
Skill: Text Structure: Sequence
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Informational Article
Title: Rediscovering Our
Spanish Beginnings
Lexile: 940L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Informational Article
Title: “History’s
Mysteries”
Lexile: 890L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Sentence
Structure
Vocabulary Words:
archaeology, document,
era, evidence, expedition,
permanent, tremendous,
uncover
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Titles:
A: History Detectives
O: History Detectives
E: History Detective
B: History Detective
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text
Titles:
A: “Uncovering the Pas”
O: “Uncovering the Pas”
E: “Uncovering the Pas”
B: “Uncovering the Pas”
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge;
Purpose; Specific
Vocabulary
Research
Unit 5 Writing Focus: Informative Text
Unit 5 Writing Products: Expository
Letter; Research Report
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Main Selections
Genre: Informational Text
Writing
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: sidebar, text
structure
Additional Domain
Words: excavating
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Proverbs and Adages
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Consonant + le Syllables
Structural Analysis: Latin
Suffixes
Rate and Expression
Writing Trait: Organization: Strong
Conclusions
Project: Research the Job
of an Archaelogist
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Product: Poster
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Where It All Began”
Literature Anthology:
Rediscovering Our Spanish Beginnings,
“History’s Mysteries”
Grammar Skill: Comparing With Good
and Bad
Grammar Mechanics: Combining
Sentences
Lexiles:
A: 690L
O: 740L
E: 810L
B: 880L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
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Grade 4 • Unit 6 • Scope and Sequence
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
How can you build on
what came before?
(Chinese Proverb)
Week 1
Title: ”Reading the Sky”
Weekly Concept:
Old and New
Strategy: Reread
Genre: Historical Fiction
Short Text: “A Surprise
Reunion”
Lexile: 650L
Genre: Historical Fiction
Strategy: Reread
Essential Question:
How do traditions
connect people?
Skill: Theme
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selection
Genre: Historical Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Title: The Game of
Silence
Titles:
A: The Visit
O: Our Teacher, the Hero
E: Our Teacher, the Hero
B: Continuing On
Lexile: 900L
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “Native Americans:
Yesterday and Today”
Lexile: 900L
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Prior
Knowledge; Connection
of Ideas
Vocabulary Words:
ancestors, despised,
endurance, forfeit,
honor, intensity, irritating,
retreated
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Prior Knowledge; Specific
Vocabulary; Connection
of Ideas; Sentence
Structure; Genre
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Words with / n/
Rate and Accuracy
Structural Analysis:
Number Prefixes
Research
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Strong
Words
Project: Research a
Traditional Festival
Write About the Text: Narrative Text
Product: Research
Presentation
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“A Surprise Reunion”
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: strong
words, conclusion
Literature Anthology:
The Game of Silence, “Native
Americans: Yesterday and Today”
Vocabulary Strategy:
Connotation and
Denotation
Grammar Skill: Adverbs
Grammar Mechanics: Good vs. Well
Build Vocabulary: blurt,
scorch, deranged,
absurd, ladle, rangy,
ferocious, warily, coveted,
serene
Titles:
A: “Native American Boarding
School”
O: “The Life of Sarah Winnemucca”
E: “The Life of Sarah Winnemucca”
B: “Behind the Trail of Tears”
Writing
Unit 6 Writing Focus: Opinion Writing
Unit 6 Writing Products: Book
Review; Opinion Essay
e
Big Idea:
Past, Present, and
Future
Lexiles:
A: 620L
O: 700L
E: 600L
B: 790L
Week 2
Title: “Waiting for Battle
Orders”
Short Text: “Freedom at
Fort Mose”
Weekly Concept:
Notes from the Past
Genre: Historical Fiction
Lexile: 1000L
Essential Question:
Why is it important to
keep a record of the
past?
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Strategy: Reread
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Genre: Historical Fiction
Main Selection
Genre: Historical Fiction
Main Selections
Genre: Historical Fiction
Strategy: Reread
Title: Valley of the Moon
Skill: Theme
Lexile: 880L
Titles:
A: Mabuhay!
O: Nonna’s Recipes
E: Nonna’s Recipes
B: Song and Dance
Connect to Social
Studies: Describe daily
lives for people who
occupied missions
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Title: “One Nation, Many
Cultures”
Lexile: 1050L
Paired Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: “The Pensionado”
O: “Little Italy”
E: “Little Italy”
B: “In Search of a Better Life”
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Genre;
Connection of Ideas
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Organization;
Sentence Structure;
Connection of Ideas;
Prior Knowledge; Specific
Vocabulary; Genre
Vocabulary Words:
depicts, detested,
discarded, eldest,
ignored, obedience,
refuge, treacherous,
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: diary,
intonation
Vocabulary Strategy:
Homophones
Build Vocabulary:
resentment, headstrong,
ravaged, plot, bleak,
remnants, sparse,
treacherous, tolerant,
quills
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Homophones
Structural Analysis: Latin
Suffixes
Intonation
Writing Trait: Organization: Sequence
Write About Reading: Narrative Text
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Freedom at Fort Mose”
Project: Fictional Journal
Entry
Product: Journal Entry
Literature Anthology:
Valley of the Moon, “One Nation,
Many Cultures”
Grammar Skill: Comparing with
Adverbs
Grammar Mechanics: Review
Punctuation and Capitalization
Lexiles:
A: 580L
O: 740L
E: 510L
B: 780L
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Grade 4 • Unit 6 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Past, Present, and
Future
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Short Text: “The Great
Energy Debate”
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions
Lexile: 910L
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
How can you build on
what came before?
(Chinese Proverb)
Week 3
Title: “Light Through the
Ages”
Weekly Concept:
Resources
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Essential Question:
How have our energy
resources changed
over the years?
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions Summarize
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Text Features: Sidebars
Connect to Science:
Develop possible
solutions through
engineering design.
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Narrative Nonfiction
Title: Energy Island
Lexile: 840L
Paired Selection
Genre: Myths
Title: “The Gift of Fire”
(Prometheus); “Water vs.
Wisdom” (Poseidon and
Athena)
Lexile: 910L
Week 4
Weekly Concept:
Money Matters
Essential Question:
What has been the role
of money over time?
Connect to Social
Studies: Describe the
development of state
industries such as
commercial agriculture.
Title: “All About Money”
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
A:
O:
E:
B:
Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Main Selections
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Titles:
A: Planet Power
O: Planet Power
E: Planet Power
B: Planet Power
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Text Features: Headings;
Glossary
Title: The Big Picture of
Economics
Lexile: 970L
Paired Selection
Genre: Fiction: Folktale
Title: “The Miller’s Good
Luck”
Lexile: 830L
Main Selections
Genre: Informational Text: Expository
Titles:
A: The Bike Company
O: The Bike Company
E: The Bike Company
B: The Bike Company
Paired Selections
Genre: Folktale
Titles:
A: “The Shirt of Happiness”
O: “The Shirt of Happiness”
E: “The Shirt of Happiness”
B: “The Shirt of Happiness”
Lexiles:
A: 600L
O: 790L
E: 710L
B: 860L
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Literature Anthology:
Genre; Prior Knowledge;
Connection of Ideas;
Sentence Structure;
Specific Vocabulary;
Purpose
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Writing
Research
Unit 6 Writing Focus: Opinion Writing
Unit 6 Writing Products: Book
Review; Opinion Essay
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Prefixes
Expression
Structural Analysis:
Words from Mythology
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Transition
Words
Project: Research Energy
Sources
Write About the Text: Opinion
Product: Venn Diagram
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The Great Energy Debate”
Additional Domain
Words: resource,
nonrenwable energy
Literature Anthology:
Energy Island, “The Gift of Fire”
(Prometheus); “Water vs. Wisdom”
(Poseidon and Athena)
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: Venn
diagram, transition words
Grammar Skill: Negatives
Grammar Mechanics: Correcting
Double Negatives
Vocabulary Strategy:
Latin and Greek Prefixes
Build Vocabulary: ideal,
fiercer, secondhand,
invest, enormous, whizzes
Lexiles:
A: 700L
O: 850L
E: 770L
B: 920L
Lexile: 900L
Skill: Main Idea and Key
Details
Vocabulary Words:
coincidence,
consequences, consume,
converted, efficient,
incredible, installed,
renewable
Titles:
A: “Helios and Phaeton”
O: “Helios and Phaeton”
E: “Helios and Phaeton”
B: “Helios and Phaeton”
Strategy: Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Organization;
Genre
Paired Selections
Genre: Myth
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Main Selection
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Vocabulary Words
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Short Text: “The History
of Money”
Genre: Informational Text:
Expository
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Prior
Knowledge
Literature Anthology:
Genre; Specific
Vocabulary; Purpose;
Connection of Ideas
Vocabulary Words:
currency, economics,
entrepreneur, global,
invest, marketplace,
merchandise, transaction
Additional Domain
Words: scarcity,
opportunity cost
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: scanning,
skimming
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Proverbs and Adages
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Suffixes
Structural Analysis:
Greek and Latin Roots
Accuracy
Writing Trait: Word Choice: Content
Words
Project: Research World
Currencies
Write About the Text: Informative Text
Product: Research Board
Presentation
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“The History of Money”
Literature Anthology:
The Big Picture of Economics,”The
Miller’s Good Luck”
Grammar Skill: Prepositions
Grammar Mechanics: Review Using
Quotations
Build Vocabulary: selfsufficient, exchanged,
anxious, determined,
increase, product
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Grade 4 • Unit 6 • Scope and Sequence
Big Idea:
Past, Present, and
Future
Read Aloud
Reading/Writing
Workshop
Comprehension
How can you build on
what came before?
(Chinese Proverb)
Week 5
Title: “Papa’s Pastry
Shop,” “One Day”
Weekly Concept:
Finding My Place
Genre: Free Verse Poetry
Essential Question:
What shapes a person’s
identity?
Strategy: Reread
Short Texts: “Climbing
Blue Hill,” “My Name Is
Ivy,” “Collage”
Lexile: NP
Genre: Free Verse Poetry
Skill: Theme
Literary Elements:
Imagery; Personification
Literature
Anthology
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Leveled Reader
Main Selection,
Paired Selection
Skill: Theme
Skill: Theme
Main Selections
Genre: Free Verse Poetry
Main Selections
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Titles: “The Drum,”
“Birdfoot’s Grampa,” “My
Chinatown”
Paired Selections
Genre: Free Verse Poetry
Titles:
A: Hooked
O: Homesick for American
Samoa
E: Homesick for American
Samoa
B: Saving Snowdrop
Titles: “Growing Up,” “My
People”
Paired Selection
Genre: Poetry
Lexile: NP
Titles:
A: “Let’s Make Musi”
O: “Piecing It All Together”
E: “Piecing It All Together”
B: “I Can Do It!
Lexile: NP
A:
O:
E:
B:
Access Complex
Text (ACT)
Vocabulary Words
Reading/Writing
Workshop: Prior
Knowledge; Specific
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Words:
gobble, individuality, mist,
roots
Phonics
Fluency Skill
Research
Unit 6 Writing Focus: Opinion Writing
Unit 6 Writing Products: Book Review;
Opinion Essay
Approaching Level
On Level
ELL
Beyond Level
Literature Anthology:
Purpose; Prior Knowledge
Writing
Poetry Terms: free verse,
imagery, metaphor,
personification
Additional Academic
Vocabulary: meter,
supporting
Vocabulary Strategy:
Figurative Language:
Metaphors
Phonics/Spelling Skill:
Prefixes and Suffixes
Structural Analysis:
Words from Around the
World
Phrasing
Writing Trait: Ideas: Supporting Details
Write About the Text: Opinion
Write to Sources:
Reading/Writing Workshop:
“Climbing Blue Hill,” “My Name is Ivy,”
“Collage”
Literature Anthology:
“The Drum,” “Birdfoot’s Grampa,” “My
Chinatown,” “Growing Up,” “My People”
Project: Conduct Peer
Interviews
Product: Free Verse
Poem
Grammar Skill: Using Prepositions
Grammar Mechanics: Using Commas
with Phrases
Lexiles:
A: 620L
O: 740L
E: 570L
B: 810L
Week 6
Review and
Assessment
Not shown: Start Smart Introduction to Key Instructional Routines and Procedures.
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Scope &
Sequence
Unit
1
Growing in Jesus Christ
1God sent his only Son to us. • Jesus shows us how
to live. • Jesus Christ is our Savior. • The disciples
spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.
2Jesus trusted God his Father. • Jesus taught the
FAITH
STATEMENTS
FOR EACH
CHAPTER
Beatitudes. • Jesus taught about the Kingdom of
God. • Jesus’ disciples share his mission.
3God gives us the freedom to choose. • Sin leads
us away from God. • Sin can be things people do
or fail to do. • We are called to value and respect
all people.
4God calls us to be close to him • God gives us
the gift of conscience. • We form our conscience.
• We examine our conscience.
5Jesus tells us about God’s forgiveness and love.
• We receive God’s forgiveness in the Sacrament
of Penance and Reconciliation. • We celebrate the
Sacrament of Penance. • Reconciliation brings
peace and unity.
6Throughout the liturgical year we remember and
celebrate Jesus Christ.
7During the season of Ordinary Time, we celebrate
the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Unit
2
The Commandments Help Us
to Love God
8God calls his people. • The Ten Commandments are
God’s Laws for his people. • Jesus teaches us about
God’s Law. • Jesus teaches us to love one another.
9We believe in the one true God. • We honor the
one true God. • We love God above all things.
• We place our hope and trust in God.
0God’s name is holy. • We respect God’s name.
• We call upon God’s name. • We respect and
honor sacred places.
aGod gave us a special day to rest and to worship
him. • We keep the Lord’s Day holy by participating
in Sunday Mass. • The Lord’s Day is a day for rest
and relaxation. • We keep the Lord’s Day holy by
caring for the needs of others.
bThe Introductory Rites unite us and prepare us
for worship. • During the Liturgy of the Word, we
hear the Word of God. • During the Liturgy of the
Eucharist, we offer gifts of bread and wine and
receive the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. • In
the Concluding Rites we are sent to live as disciples of Jesus.
cIn Advent we prepare for the coming of the Lord.
dDuring the Christmas season we celebrate the Son
of God coming into the world.
CATECHISM OF
THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH
SCRIPTURE
AND THE
RITES OF THE
CHURCH
SAINTS AND
CATHOLIC
PROFILES;
FEASTS AND
DEVOTIONS
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387, 1850, 1853, 1878, 1776, 1777, 1785, 1454,
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John 1:29; 6:35; 8:12; 10:11; 11:25; 14:6–7; 11:41–
42; 20:21–23; 15:12
Matthew 4:10; 5:1–10, 12; 9:12; 7:12
Luke 17:20–21; 22:42; 10:30–34; 15:11–12, 14,
17–20; 15:4–7; 6:36
Galatians 3:26–28; 6:14, 16, 18
Psalms 139:1–3; 51:3, 4, 8, 12; 113:3; 25:4
1 Timothy 1:5
2 Corinthians 13:11
Rite of Penance
Revelation 22:20
The Roman Missal
Mark 6:50
Saint Rose Philippine
Duchesne
Saints Matthew, Apostle
and Evangelist
Saint Mark, Evangelist
Saint Luke, Evangelist
Saint John, Apostle and
Evangelist
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint John Vianney
Saint Thomas More
Dorothy Day
Oscar Romero
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception
Act of Contrition
The Liturgical Year
Ordinary Time
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Psalms 119:33–35; 86:10–12; 105:3; 113:3
Exodus 3:6–10; 13:21–22; 20:2–5; 3:14; 20:8
Isaiah 9:5; 60:1–4
Matthew 22:36–37, 39; 5:8; 6:21, 25–26; 21:12, 13;
5:7; 18:20; 2:1–12
John 13:34–35
Deuteronomy 6:4–5
Luke 1:30, 38; 4:1–8; 11:2; 22:19; 1:46–49
1 Corinthians 3:21–23; 11:23–26
Acts of the Apostles 2:42; 9:4
The Roman Missal
Revelation 21:4
Genesis 2:2–3
Saint Paul
Saint Brigid
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Saint Juan Diego
The Prophet Isaiah
Adoration of the Most
Blessed Sacrament
The Jesus Prayer
Veneration of the Saints
Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe
Holy Days of Obligation
Corporal Works of Mercy
Spiritual Works of Mercy
The Mass:
Liturgy of the Word
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Advent
Christmas
The Feast of the Epiphany
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Unit
3
The Commandments Help Us
to Love Others
eGod wants us to love and respect others. • In our
families we learn to love God and others. • In our
families we have the responsibility to love and
respect one another. • Citizens and leaders work
together for peace.
fHuman life is sacred. • The right to life is the
most basic human right. • We respect the gift of
life. • Promoting peace is a way to respect life.
gGod creates each person with the ability to show
and share love. • We are called to chastity.
• Friendships are one way we grow in love. • The
love between a husband and wife is very special.
hWe are called to act with justice. • We respect the
property of others. • God’s creation is meant for all
people. • We are called to help all people meet
their basic needs.
iGod teaches us what it means to be true. • We
are called to witness to the truth of our faith. • We
have a responsibility to tell the truth. • We have a
responsibility to respect the truth.
jLent is the season of preparation for Easter.
kThe Easter Triduum celebrates the joy of the cross.
Unit
4
We Are Called to Holiness
lFeelings are a gift from God. • God created us to
share love. • God calls us to be pure of heart. • The
virtue of modesty helps us to be pure of heart.
mWe are called to have generous hearts. • Jesus
taught us to trust in God above all things.
• Depending upon God brings happiness. • Jesus
teaches us that God’s law is love.
nJesus is our model of holiness. • We open our
hearts and minds in prayer. • The sacraments draw
us closer to God. • The Holy Spirit shares special
gifts with us.
oThe Church is a worldwide community. • We have
responsibilities as members of the Church. • We
celebrate the sacraments. • We have an active role
in the Church community.
pThe virtues of faith, hope, and love bring us
closer to God. • Mary is our model for virtue and
discipleship. • The Cardinal Virtues guide us. • We
are called to live a life of love.
qDuring the season of Easter, we celebrate the
Resurrection of Jesus.
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2547, 1970, 1698, 2766, 1123, 1831, 814, 2041,
2042, 2043, 1813, 967, 1805, 1825, 645
Luke 2:46–52; 3:11; 19:8
Matthew 8:4; 22:37, 39; 5:4, 21–22, 43–45; 6:11; 5:6;
5:10, 37; 7:12; 19:30; 1:18–21, 24
Exodus 20:12; 20:13; 20:14; 20:15; 20:16
Jeremiah 1:5
Psalms 139:14; 33:4; 119:89, 90, 142, 145
Deuteronomy 5:17
Genesis 1:27–28; 30–31
Isaiah 58:5–7; 43:20; 53:1, 10
James 2:15–17
John 18:37; 13:4–5
Acts of the Apostles 1:8
Sirach 19:6
The Roman Missal
Ezekiel 36:26–28
Matthew 3:16; 5:8; 9:25; 5:3, 17; 11:25; 18:20; 5:9,
16; 10:32–33
Mark 11:15
Luke 1:38; 12:15, 22–24; 22:42; 23:34; 10:16; 2:51
John 11:35; 11:41–42; 14:26; 16:13; 13:6–17; 21:1–14
Exodus 20:17
Romans 13:10; 5:5
Acts of the Apostles 20:33–35; 1:3–12; 2:1–4
Galatians 5:22–23
1 Corinthians 11:24; 13:13
Saint Edith Stein
Saint Vincent de Paul
Saint Louise de Marillac
Saint Charles Lwanaga
and the Uganda Martyrs
Saint Joseph
Saint John the Baptist
Frédéric Ozanam
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Saint Joseph’s Day
practices
Respect Life Sunday
National Prayer Vigil
for Life
Prayer of Saint Francis
Lent
The Easter Triduum
The Veneration of the
Cross
Saint Katharine Drexel
Saint Thérèse of the
Child Jesus
Blessed Pope John XXIII
Saint Teresa de los Andes
Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saints Isidore and Maria
Saint Monica
Saint Augustine
Mary, our model
Pope John Paul II
Saint Francis of Assisi
Sacramentals
Liturgy of the Hours
The Feast of the Ascension
The Feast of Pentecost
Go to www.webelieveweb.com for the
Scope and Sequence of the We Believe
with Project Disciple Program, K–6.
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Program Overview
Scope and Sequence
Grade K
Chapter 1 Motion
Chapter 1 Energy
What can energy do?
Grade 2
Chapter 1 Matter
What is matter?
Physical Science
What are position and motion?
Grade 1
Chapter 2 Living Things
How are living things alike and
different?
Chapter 2 Plants and Animals
How do plants, animals, and
people live in their habitat?
Life Science
What do plants and animals
need?
Chapter 2 Plants and Animals
Science,
Engineering, and
Technology
Earth Science
Chapter 3 Earth and Sky
What are Earth and the sky like?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 Solve Problems
How can you solve problems?
Chapter 3 Patterns in Space
Why is the sun important?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 The Design Process
How do you solve problems?
Chapter 3 Earth’s Materials
What is Earth made of?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 Technology and Tools
How do people solve problems?
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Grade 3
Chapter 1 Forces and Motion
What forces cause motion?
Chapter 2 Energy and Its Forms
How can energy change?
Grade 4
Chapter 1 Energy and Heat
How does energy cause change?
Chapter 2 Motion
How can motion be described and
measured?
Grade 5
Chapter 1 Properties of Matter
What are the properties of matter?
Chapter 2 Forces and Motion
What affects the motion of objects?
Chapter 3 Electricity
How is electrical energy
transferred and transformed?
Chapter 3 Plants
How do plants grow and change?
Chapter 4 Living Things
How do living things grow and
change?
Chapter 4 Plants and Animals
What do living organisms need to
survive?
Chapter 5 Ecosystems
How do living things interact with
their environments?
Chapter 3 Growth and Survival
How do plants and animals grow
and change?
Chapter 4 Ecosystems
How do living things interact with
their environments?
Chapter 5 Ecosystems
How do living things interact?
Chapter 6 Weather Patterns
How does weather change over
time?
Chapter 6 Earth’s Resources
How do Earth’s resources change?
Chapter 5 The Water Cycle and
Weather
How does water move through
the environment?
Chapter 6 Earth and Space
How do objects move in space?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 T
echnology and the
Design Process
How can technology affect
our lives?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 Technology and Design
How does technology affect
our lives?
Part 1 The Nature of Science
What is science?
Part 2 Design and Function
How does technology affect
our lives?
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4th Grade Social Studies
Textbook: Our Country’s Regions-MacMillan/McGraw-Hill
Social Studies in fourth grade works to prepare tomorrow’s citizens today.
Students will focus on the United States of America and its Regions while learning
about geography, economics, government, citizenship, culture and how science and
technology affect our society.
Introduction
The United States: Its Land and People
Unit 1: The Southwest
Chapter 1: Environment of the Southwest
Chapter 2: History and Economy of the Southwest
Unit 2: The Southeast
Chapter 3: Environment of the Southeast
Chapter 4: History and Economy of the Southeast
Unit 3: The Northeast
Chapter 5: Environment of the Northeast
Chapter 6: History and Economy of the Northeast
Unit 4: The Middle West
Chapter 7: Environment of the Middle West
Chapter 8: History and Economy of the Middle West
Unit 5: The Mountain States
Chapter 9: Environment of the Mountain States
Chapter 10: History and Economy of the Mountain States
Unit 6: The West
Chapter 11: Environment of the West
Chapter 12: History and Economy of the West