Reading Objectives

Priority

4.14  Classifies and categorizes words into sets and groups with common characteristics.

Essential

4.15  Follows written directions.

Essential

4.17  Reads for a variety of purposes in different kinds of texts.

Essential

4.18    *Applies phonetic strategies to read by:  Using initial consonant substitution in rhyming words and word families; Using beginning, medial, and ending consonants to orally decode words; Using short, long, and “r” controlled vowel sounds to orally decode words; Using consonant blends, digraphs, and diphthongs to orally decode words

Essential

4.19    Uses word order and sentence structure to read. (Syntax – “Does it sound right?”)

Essential

4.20    Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships by using context clues, word meanings, and prior knowledge in reading. (Semantics – “Does it make sense?”)

Essential

4.24  Recognizes EXPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.

Essential

4.25  Recognizes IMPLICIT main ideas, details, sequence of events, cause-effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction.

Essential

4.26  Identifies the main characters.

Essential

4.27   Identifies characters’ actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.

Essential

4.28  Draws conclusions, makes predictions, compares/contrasts, and makes generalizations.

Essential

4.30  Distinguishes between fact and opinion.

Essential

4.32  Recognizes and reads compound words, contractions, possessives, and words containing the suffixes “ing,” “ed,” “s,” and “es.”

Essential

4.33  Uses knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes in word recognition.

Essential

4.34  Uses knowledge of  synonyms, antonyms, and homophones when reading.

Essential

4.47  Responds appropriately to questions about author’s purpose, techniques, character development, and plot structure.

Essential

4.49  Identifies literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama).

Essential

4.50  Distinguishes between fact and opinion.

Essential

4.51  Recognizes cultural diversity represented in literature.

Essential

4.13  Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.

Important

4.16  Reads a variety of materials for information and pleasure.

Important

4.31  Demonstrates comprehension when reading a variety of literary forms (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama).

Important

4.21    Increases existing sight vocabulary (instant recognition).

Important

4.22  Integrates language structure (syntax), meaning clues (semantics), phonetic strategies, and sight vocabulary when reading orally and silently.

Important

4.23  Reads with fluency and expression.

Important

4.29  Reads for understanding and rereads as needed for clarification, self-correction, and further comprehension.

Important

4.46  Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about literature.

Important

4.48  Demonstrates an interest in various types of self-selected literature through daily reading.

Important

4.45  Experiences traditional and contemporary literature through a variety of media.

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Language Objectives

Priority

4.52  Uses alphabetical order to locate information.

Essential

4.53  Uses abridged dictionaries to identify appropriate word meanings and correct spellings.

Essential

4.54  Uses guide words to locate information.

Essential

4.55  Determines appropriate resource to answer specific questions.

Essential

4.56  Uses call numbers to locate information in the media center.

Essential

4.57  Uses book parts, including title page, table of contents, index, and glossary as information sources.

Essential

4.58     Uses research process by: Choosing topic; Formulating questions; Identifying key words; Selecting sources; Skimming; Paraphrasing; Taking notes; Organizing; Presenting

Essential

4.59  Uses various sources (e.g., periodicals, audiovisuals, software, encyclopedias) for information.

Essential

4.62  Uses the media center and available technology as sources of information and pleasure.

Essential

4.63  Applies standard rules of capitalization.

Essential

4.64  Applies standard rules of punctuation.

Essential

4.65  Spells frequently used words correctly and applies common spelling rules.

Essential

4.67    Identifies at least five parts of speech, including: Nouns; Adjectives; Verbs; Adverbs; Pronouns

Essential

4.68    Identifies the parts of a sentence in various sentence patterns: Subjects (simple and compound); Predicates (simple and compound); Modifiers

Essential

4.69  Forms singular, plural, and possessive nouns.

Essential

4.70  Identifies principal parts and tenses of regular and irregular verbs.

Essential

4.71  Identifies types of pronouns: subject, object, and possessive.

Essential

4.72  Writes simple and compound sentences, and avoids fragments and run-on sentences.

Essential

4.73    Applies standard conventions of American English in: Subject-verb agreement; Cases of personal pronouns; Principal parts of verbs; Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

Essential

4.66  Identifies the types of sentences according to purpose: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.

Important

4.60    Uses a study technique:
PQRST – (preview, question, read, study test)
SQ3R – (survey, question, read, review, report)
PQ4R – (preview, question, research, read, review, report)
4R – (research, read, review, report)

Compact

4.61  Develops a simple outline from a short selection.

Compact

Writing Objectives

Priority

4.36  Uses correct spellings for frequently used sight vocabulary.

Essential

4.37  Uses learned phonetic strategies to spell correctly.

Essential

4.39  Writes selections (compositions) of three or more paragraphs about a topic.

Essential

4.41    Writes in a variety of genres to produce paragraphs and compositions:  Personal narratives; Imaginative stories; Responses to literature; Content area pieces; Correspondence (including writing letters and addressing envelopes).

Essential

4.42  Applies correct principles of grammar, parts of speech, usage, and mechanics.

Essential

4.43   Communicates ideas by using the writing process:
PREWRITING: Generates ideas
DRAFTING: Focuses on topic; Uses prewriting ideas to complete first draft
REVISING: Expands use of descriptive words; Improves sequence; Adds variety of sentence types; Organizes writing to include a clear beginning, middle, and ending
EDITING:  Begins each sentence and proper noun with a capital letter; Uses correct spelling; Uses appropriate punctuation; Uses complete sentences
PUBLISHING: Shares writing with others

Essential

4.35  Uses examples from literature to create individual and group stories.

Important

4.38    Writes legibly: Correctly forms letters and numbers; Correctly spaces words and sentences.

Important

4.40  Writes about self-selected topics.

Important

4.46  Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions about literature.

Important

4.44  Uses available technology to assist in writing.

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Objective

Priority

4.6  Responds to literal, inferential, and evaluative questions on orally presented material.

Essential

4.3  Follows multiple oral directions.

Important

4.4  Recalls, interprets, and summarizes information presented orally.

Important

4.10  Determines the literal and figurative meaning of words.

Important

4.11  Determines the meaning of a word based on how it is used in an orally presented sentence.

Important

4.12  Uses grade/age appropriate standard American English when communicating orally.

Important

4.7  Increases vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge.

Important

4.1  Adapts or changes oral language to fit the situation by following the rules of conversation with peers and adults.

Compact

4.2  Listens and responds to a variety of literary forms.

Compact

4.5  Uses oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain.

Compact

4.8  Communicates effectively when using descriptive language, relating experiences, and retelling stories read, heard, or viewed.

Compact

4.9  Uses increasingly complex sentence structures in oral communication.

Compact

Unit/Theme

Standard

Priority

Inquiry, Process Skills, and Problem Solving

4.1 Asks questions, makes inferences and predictions, uses estimation and measurement, uses evidence to construct explanations, makes sketches and diagrams to explain ideas, organizes data into tables and charts for interpretation, reads and interprets various types of graphs, formulates simple hypotheses, identifies and controls a limited number of variables, and designs a simple experiment.

Essential

Reference Skills

4.2 Uses encyclopedias, science reference magazines, books and other media to obtain information related to science concepts.

Essential

Safety

4.3 Identifies and practices accepted safety procedures in manipulating science materials and equipment.

Essential

Activities/Tools

4.4 Actively engages in the learning process via hands-on/minds-on science activities and experiences. Uses appropriate tools to collect and analyze data and solve problems.

Essential

Magnetism and Electricity

4.6 Demonstrates the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Shows evidence of the interaction between magnetism and current electricity (such as making a simple electromagnet).

Essential

Magnetism and Electricity

4.8 Distinguishes between static and current electricity. Produces and identifies examples of static and current electricity such as static cling and complete circuits.

Essential

Magnetism and Electricity

4.9 Demonstrates differences between open-closed circuits and parallel-series circuits. Constructs examples of open and closed circuits and parallel and series circuits with differing numbers of batteries and bulbs.

Essential

Magnetism and Electricity

4.5 Demonstrates how a compass can be used to find direction. Shows how magnetism is used to create a compass and how compasses tell direction.

Important

Magnetism and Electricity

4.7 Investigates materials that do or do not conduct electricity. Tests a variety of materials to determine conductors and insulators.

Important

Magnetism and Electricity

4.10 Recognizes sources and illustrates transmission and safe use of electricity. Describes electrical sources to include chemical (battery), mechanical (generator) and light (photoelectric cell). Constructs examples of open and closed circuits using a variety of designs. Tests materials to determine conductors and nonconductors (insulators).

Important

Magnetism and Electricity

4.11 Measures use of household electricity, describes safe use of electricity and how electricity impacts today's life. Reads accurately a meter used to measure the electricity used by a household. Surveys home and school to investigate evidence of and suggest corrective measures for any safety hazards, such as frayed cords, overloaded outlets or circuits and electrical appliances near water. Describes what a day would be like without electricity.

Compact

Sound

4.13 Defines sound and identifies its properties. Observes that sound is produced by vibrations.

Essential

Sound

4.15 Investigates the relationship between attributes of waves and qualities of sound. Connects attributes of waves (wavelength and frequency) to attributes of sound (pitch, intensity).

Essential

Sound

4.14 Discovers that sound varies in pitch, intensity and quality. Produces sounds that vary as to: high, low or loud, soft, and produces sounds that differ in tone.

Important

Sound

4.16 Describes how we hear sounds. Describes how the outer, middle and inner ear transmit vibrations to the brain.

Important

Sound

4.12 Describes sources of sounds and how sounds move through different kinds of matter. Compares how different sounds move through air, water, rock and similar materials.

Compact

Sound

4.17 Recognizes technological devices that produce sound (loudspeakers, bullhorns) or help humans hear better (hearing aid, stethoscope).

Compact

Light and Color

4.20 Predicts changes in shadow length and direction in relation to light source and motion (constructs a sundial or shadow stick).

Compact

Light and Color

4.22 Describes the technological procedures/devices that use light. Selects a topic and uses a variety of media resources to investigate selected topics (laser, optical fiber technology, or infrared devices).

Compact

Light and Color

4.18 Demonstrates how light travels and can be separated into a visible spectrum. Produces a rainbow using a prism, water or oil (refraction).

Essential

Light and Color

4.19 Investigates the characteristics of light, its movement and its action with objects. Demonstrates how to use mirrors to control direction of light (reflection). Manipulates mirrors to demonstrate and measure directions of light beams, angle of incidence and angle of reflection. Observes the refractive behavior of light using lenses (concave and convex), microscopes and telescopes. Distinguishes between transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Essential

Light and Color

4.21 Investigates the relationship of light, color and heat absorption. Makes comparisons of heat absorption based on color of objects (such as clothing or construction paper).

Important

Cycles of Matter and Flow of Energy

4.24 Identifies how matter and energy do or do not cycle in a ecosystem. Describes how matter cycles in a ecosystem (nutrients, producers, consumers and decomposers) but energy must always be added.

Essential

Cycles of Matter and Flow of Energy

4.25 Discusses causes and possible solutions for pollution. Identifies types of pollution, such as air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution, and discusses how overpopulation contributes to pollution. Formulates ideas for solutions to existing pollution problems.

Essential

Cycles of Matter and Flow of Energy

4.26 Discusses the importance of recycling and identifies examples of recycled products. Identifies and collects examples of materials that can be reused or recycled and those that cannot. Shows examples of products and materials that are biodegradable and those that are nonbiodegradable.

Compact

Weather and Climate

4.27 Investigates how the sun's rays striking the Earth causes the seasons. Explores how the tilt of the Earth changes the angle of the sun's rays and causes the seasons.

Essential

Weather and Climate

4.28 Demonstrates and describes the water cycle and the role of evaporation, precipitation and condensation. Examines the process of change as it relates to water in the atmosphere.

Essential

Weather and Climate

4.29 Uses weather instruments to collect data and measure factors (such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, wind speed and direction).

Essential

Weather and Climate

4.30 Interprets simple weather maps and charts and makes forecasts. Identifies pressure systems, fronts and other features from maps and charts; uses this information to develop forecast.

Important

Weather and Climate

4.31 Differentiates between weather and climate and identifies Earth's climate zones.

Important

Weather and Climate

4.32 Discusses the effects humans have on weather and climate and vice versa. Describes the climatic effects of removal of tropical rain forest; burning of fossil fuels; seeding of clouds; use of fluorocarbons and emissions from internal combustion engines.

Important

Space: Astronomy

4.34 Compares and contrasts the Earth and other planets of our solar system. Constructs a model of the earth/moon system and the solar system. Observes a model of the solar system and describes characteristics of the sun and planets.

Essential

Space: Astronomy

4.37 Uses models to relate the movement of the Earth and tilt of the axis to the seasons. Observes through a model the angle of sunlight as it relates to seasonal changes.

Essential

Space: Astronomy

4.35 Illustrates the relative size and distance of planets in our solar systems. Constructs a scale model of the sun and its nine planets.

Important

Space: Astronomy

4.36 Compares characteristics (size, portion, composition) of celestial bodies such as stars, planets, comets, moons and meteors.

Important

Space: Astronomy

4.38 Identifies different technological devices and resources that help us study the universe. Investigates how telescopes, satellites sensors and online resources help us understand our universe.

Important

Unit/Theme

Standard

Priority

Map and Globes

4.7 Distinguishes between political and physical maps: devises maps to show when states were admitted to the union. (3)

Essential

Map and Globes

4.54 Examines a map’s content and title to determine its purpose.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.55 Determine the type map needed for a specific purpose.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.56 Compares maps and make inferences from them.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.57 Uses map keys to interpret a variety of maps.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.58 Combines scale and direction to locate features on a map/globe.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.59 Uses grid systems, cardinal and intermediate directions to determine specific locations.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.60 Explains that a map scale compares a map distance with at real distance on the earth.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.61 Uses map scale to measure distance between two places.

Essential

Map and Globes

4.62 Uses map keys to differentiate between natural and cultural features on the earth’s surface.

Essential

Regions

4.5 Identifies and describes different types of regions found within the United States that can be categorized according to climatic, physical, political, cultural and economic. (1)

Essential

Regions

4.6 Identifies physical regions within the United States and describes major physical features of each region. (2)

Essential

Geography: Human, Environment Interaction

4.8 Describes the impact of climate and physical environment on the lifestyles of American Indians
-Plains
-Eastern Woodlands
-Southwestern, and
-Pacific Northwest. (4) 

Essential

Exploration to Colonization

4.12 Compares and contrasts early colonial settlements in the New England, Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies -climate, physical features, settlers’ country of origin, settlers’ motivations, forms of government, and use of natural resources. (8)

Essential

Exploration to Colonization

4.13 Describes the settlement in Georgia led by Oglethorpe. (9)

Essential

Exploration to Colonization

4.14 Classifies the original thirteen colonies by regions (New England, Middle Atlantic and Southern). (10)

Essential

Exploration to Colonization

4.9 Identifies the areas explored, reasons for and results of early explorations by Marco Polo. (5)

Important

Exploration to Colonization

4.10 Compares and contrasts the explorations of France, Spain, England and Portugal during the 15th-17th centuries
Areas explored
Motivation behind explorations
Obstacles encountered, and accomplishments.(7)

Important

Exploration to Colonization

4.11Describes the impact of early Spanish explorers on native populations in Georgia.(6)

Compact

Expansion

4.16 Describes the impact of Daniel Boone,  the Wilderness Trail, and the Ohio river on westward expansion.(24)

Important

Expansion

4.15 Describes how the French and Indian War resulted in expansion of United States Territory. (11)

Important

A Nation Is Born

4.17 Identifies the sources of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution (e.g., smuggling, taxation without representation, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, and Boston Massacre). (12)

Essential

A Nation Is Born

4.19 Distinguishes between loyalists and the patriots. (14)

Essential

A Nation Is Born

4.20 Describes the contributions of the individuals in the American Revolution including Colonial and British men, women, and minorities (e.g., George Washington, King George III, Lord North, Cornwallis, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Thomas Pain, Molly Pitcher, Crispus Attucks, LaFayette, Nancy Hart, and Benedict Arnold). (17)

Essential

A Nation Is Born

4.21 Identifies and analyzes key events of the Revolutionary War including Paul Revere’s Ride, Lexington and Concord, Valley Forge, and Yorktown. (15)

Essential

A Nation Is Born

4.22 Explains the major ideas in the Declaration of Independence. (16)

Essential

A Nation Is Born

4.18 Compares and contrasts different lifestyles in the colonies during the 18th century from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants and slaves. (13)

Important

A Nation Is Born

4.23 Explains Georgia’s participation in the Revolutionary War.

Important

The Young Nation

4.25 Describes major events of the War of 1812 including the writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” and of the Creeks and the Cherokees in Georgia.(22)

Compact

History or the Constitution

4.1 Identifies the structure of government as described in the Constitution. (20)

Essential

History of the Constitution

4.2 Describes the need for the Bill of Rights and describes the major individual freedoms it guarantees (e.g., Speech, Religion, Press and Assembly). (21)

Essential

History of the Constitution

4.24 Explains and analyzes challenges faced by the new United States government, with emphasis on the writing of a new Constitution in 1787 and the struggles over the ratification and the addition of a Bill of Rights. (19)

Essential

Westward Expansion

4.26 Explains the social and economic impacts of technology on society during the 18th and 19th centuries (e.g., cotton gin, McCormick, steamboat, trains, looms, spinning ginny, and telegraph).(26)

Important

Civil War

4.27 Identifies causes, key events, and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction with the emphasis on :
-Economic and philosophical differences between the North and South (e.g., states’ rights trade imbalance, and slavery)
-Major leaders on both sides of the war (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Tubman)
-Critical developments in the war (e.g., fort Sumter, the Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman’s  March to the Sea, and Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox)
-Life on the battlefield and on the homefront
-The effects of the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Amendments to the Constitution, and
-The impact of Reconstruction policies on the South (e.g., government, education, and the economy). (28) 

Essential

Information Processing

4.32 Arranges time-related events into chronological order, using timelines when feasible.

Essential

Information Processing

4.35Organizes information into useable and efficient forms, e.g.,graphs, charts, tables, outlines.

Essential

Problem Solving

4.40 Identifies and states a problem related to topic under study.

Essential

Problem Solving

4.41Suggests alternative solutions to a problem.

Essential

Time and Chronology

4.49 Uses calendar to find dates of special events and determine length of time of events.

Essential

Time and Chronology

4.53 Relates sequence and chronology in personal experiences.

Essential

Information Processing

4.29 Gathers information through reading, listening ,observing and surveying.

Important

Information Processing

4.30 Locates and utilizes information form a variety of sources, e.g., books, newspapers, atlases, glossary, photographs, laser-disks, computer software, others

Important

Information Processing

4.31 Uses features of books to gather information, e.g., table of contents, index, glossary, appendix, bibliography.

Important

Information Processing

4.33 Determines sequences of events and identifies cause and effect relationship.

Important

Information Processing

4.34 Analyzes and interprets pictographs, circle graphs, bar graphs, diagrams and photographs to answer selected questions at varying levels of difficulty.

Important

Information Processing

4.36 Selects and discusses the main idea from a reading passage or listening activity.

Important

Information Processing

4.37 Distinguishes between fiction and non-fiction stories.

Important

Information Processing

4.38 Makes predictions and comparisons based on factual information.

Important

Information Processing

4.39 Analyzes information  from two or more sources for agreements, contradictions, facts, and opinions.

Important

Problem Solving

4.42 Decides which data would be necessary to support or disapprove hypotheses.

Important

Problem Solving

4.43 Chooses a solution to a problem after supplying the evidence.

Important

Time and Chronology

4.50 Describes the relation between rotation of the earth and day and night.

Important

Time and Chronology

4.52 Uses indefinite time concepts, such as long ago, before, after.

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Culture

4.28 Describes and illustrates how periods in history were reflected through music, art and literature. (27)

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Civic Participation

4.44 Follows established rules.

Compact

Civic Participation

4.45 Shows respect toward others.

Compact

Civic Participation

4.46 Works in a group, following set rules of procedure to complete an assigned task.

Compact

Civic Participation

4.47 Identifies and uses alternative methods of conflict resolution.

Compact

Civic Participation

4.48Participates in planning for effective civic action; demonstrating effective civic actions.

Compact

Time and Chronology

4.51 Uses definite time concepts, e.g., seconds, minutes, yesterday.

Compact

Citizenship

4.3 Identifies the words of the first verse of “The Star Spangled Banner” and recognizes it as the National Anthem. (23)

Compact

Specialization and Interdependence

4.4 Demonstrates how unequal distribution of limited resources leads to specialization among individuals and regions of the United States.(25)

Compact