RI.4

RI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

77 Lesson(s)

The Fossil Mind Map Unfolds

4th Grade Science » Unit: Fossils

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

After students watch a short clip and read an article about fossils, students organize their new understanding by creating a mind map through an app.

Standards:

RI.1.4 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 3-LS4-1 4-ESS1-1

Favorites (19)

Resources (15)

Reflections (2)

Learning About Geotechnical Engineering Through Literature

4th Grade Science » Unit: Weathering

Mary Ellen Kanthack

Genoa City, WI

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

In this literature study, students travel to a community situated on the Karnali River. This river creates a need for an engineering solution to a serious problem!

Standards:

RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.7 3-ESS3-1 SP1 SP6 SP8

Favorites (6)

Resources (18)

Reflections (2)

Ruby Bridges - A Firsthand Account

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Ruby Bridges

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

In this lesson, we will read and understand the story "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. We will then order to compare and contrast this first hand account with the secondhand account of "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Cole which we read in the previ

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.3 RI.4.6 RI.4.9

Favorites (21)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

A Close Read of Letters Home from Yosemite

4th Grade ELA » Unit: This Land is Our Land

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will discuss the beauty and importance of Yosemite National Park during a close read.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.5 SL.4.1

Favorites (18)

Resources (12)

Reflections (1)

Saving Endangered Animals Debate

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Endangered Animals

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students explore the pros and cons of saving endangered animals through a debate.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.8 W.4.1b W.4.2b W.4.8 SL.4.1 RI.5.9

Favorites (29)

Resources (16)

Reflections (2)

Are Elephants Headed for Extinction

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Endangered Animals

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students identify contributing factors to the threat of survival of African elephants.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.7

Favorites (21)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

Rosa Parks

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Civil Rights as a Global Issue

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will gain an understanding of why Rosa Parks is considered the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.9 SL.4.1 SL.4.2 SL.4.3

Favorites (17)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

Were You There? Did You Write It Down?

4th grade ELA » Unit: September 11th - We Can't Forget - They Don't Remember

Jody Barnes

Columbus, OH

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources is a skill that students need to understand to effectively evaluate information.

Standards:

RL.4.6 RI.4.3 RI.4.6

Favorites (15)

Resources (17)

Reflections (1)

An Examination of Causes and Effects of Rising Sea Levels Around the World

4th Grade ELA » Unit: The Weather and Climate Around Us

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students read a Scholastic News article, "Deep Trouble," to examine the causes and effects of rising sea levels around the world.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.9 W.4.1 W.4.2 W.4.4 W.4.6 SL.4.1

Favorites (26)

Resources (25)

Reflections (3)

The Dress Code Debate

4th Grade ELA » Unit: A Different Perspective

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students use a close read and research to debate about whether or not students should have a dress code.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.8 RI.4.9 SL.4.1 SL.4.1a SL.4.1b SL.4.1c SL.4.1d

Favorites (13)

Resources (25)

Reflections (4)

Eye of the Storm Close Read

4th Grade ELA » Unit: The Weather and Climate Around Us

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will examine the effects of Hurricane Andrew through a close read.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.9 W.4.1 W.4.2 W.4.4 W.4.6 SL.4.1

Favorites (12)

Resources (16)

Reflections (1)

Close Read: My Brother Martin - Key Ideas and Details

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Close Read - My Brother Martin

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

This is day 1 of a close read unit on the book "My Brother Martin" by Christine King Farris. This first day, we will focus on the key ideas and details of the story. We will really get to know the story.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3

Favorites (7)

Resources (18)

Reflections (1)

Bats a CLOSE Reading

4th Grade ELA » Unit: CLOSE Readings

Ellen Herman

Flagstaff, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Common Core and CLOSE reading practices are designed to make more analytic and comprehensive readers. This reading centers around an article on bats. A fun subject so close to Halloween.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4

Favorites (7)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Had a Dream

4th Grade ELA » Unit: Civil Rights as a Global Issue

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will evaluate the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech to our nation.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 SL.4.1 SL.4.2 SL.4.3

Favorites (6)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

Constructed Response Assessment on Weather and Climate

4th Grade ELA » Unit: The Weather and Climate Around Us

Monica Brown

Memphis, TN

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students will write to explain the weather and climate we experience in the world around us.

Standards:

RI.4.1 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.4 RI.4.5 RI.4.9 W.4.1 W.4.2 W.4.4 W.4.6 SL.4.1

Favorites (4)

Resources (10)

Reflections (1)

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Kindergarten

Counting & Cardinality

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

First Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Second Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Third Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Numbers & Operations-Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fourth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fifth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement & Data

Geometry

Sixth Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Seventh Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Eighth Grade

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Functions

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

HS Number & Quantity

The Real Number System

Quantities

The Complex Number System

Vector & Matrix Quantities

HS Algebra

Seeing Structure in Expressions

Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Expressions

Creating Equations*

Reasoning with Equations & Inequalities

HS Functions

Interpreting Functions

Building Functions

Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models*

Trigonometric Functions

HS Geometry

Congruence

Similarity, Right Triangles, & Trigonometry

Circles

Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations

Geometric Measurement & Dimension

Modeling with Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data

Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusions

Conditional Probability & the Rules of Probability

Using Probability to Make Decisions

Kindergarten

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

First Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Second Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Third Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fourth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fifth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Sixth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Seventh Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eighth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Ninth and Tenth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Kindergarten

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

First grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Second grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Third Grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fourth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fifth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Middle School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

High School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

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Reading: Informational Text

RI.4

RI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

The Fossil Mind Map Unfolds

After students watch a short clip and read an article about fossils, students organize their new understanding by creating a mind map through an app.

Learning About Geotechnical Engineering Through Literature

In this literature study, students travel to a community situated on the Karnali River. This river creates a need for an engineering solution to a serious problem!

Ruby Bridges - A Firsthand Account

In this lesson, we will read and understand the story "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. We will then order to compare and contrast this first hand account with the secondhand account of "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Cole which we read in the previ

A Close Read of Letters Home from Yosemite

Students will discuss the beauty and importance of Yosemite National Park during a close read.

Saving Endangered Animals Debate

Students explore the pros and cons of saving endangered animals through a debate.

Are Elephants Headed for Extinction

Students identify contributing factors to the threat of survival of African elephants.

Rosa Parks

Students will gain an understanding of why Rosa Parks is considered the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.

Were You There? Did You Write It Down?

Understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources is a skill that students need to understand to effectively evaluate information.

An Examination of Causes and Effects of Rising Sea Levels Around the World

Students read a Scholastic News article, "Deep Trouble," to examine the causes and effects of rising sea levels around the world.

The Dress Code Debate

Students use a close read and research to debate about whether or not students should have a dress code.

Eye of the Storm Close Read

Students will examine the effects of Hurricane Andrew through a close read.

Close Read: My Brother Martin - Key Ideas and Details

This is day 1 of a close read unit on the book "My Brother Martin" by Christine King Farris. This first day, we will focus on the key ideas and details of the story. We will really get to know the story.

Bats a CLOSE Reading

Common Core and CLOSE reading practices are designed to make more analytic and comprehensive readers. This reading centers around an article on bats. A fun subject so close to Halloween.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Had a Dream

Students will evaluate the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech to our nation.

Constructed Response Assessment on Weather and Climate

Students will write to explain the weather and climate we experience in the world around us.

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Eighth Grade

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HS Algebra

HS Functions

HS Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

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