Quarter 2 Standards
Math
Unit 4: Develop Multiplication & Division Strategies NC.4.NBT.5, NC.4.NBT.6, NC.4.MD.3, NC.4.OA.3 Unit 5: Extend the understanding of Fractions NC.4.NF.1, NC.4.NF.2 Quarterly Benchmark Assessment & Review Social Studies Geography & Environmental Literacy 4.G.1 Understand how human, environmental, and technological factors affect the growth and development of North Carolina 4.G.1.1 Summarize changes that have occurred in North Carolina since statehood (population growth, transportation, communication, landscape). 4.G.1.2 Explain the impact that human activity has on the availability of natural resources in North Carolina. 4.G.1.3 Exemplify the interactions of various peoples, places and cultures in terms of adaptation and modification of the environment. 4.G.1.4 Explain the impact of technology (communication, transportation, inventions, etc.) on North Carolina’s citizens, past and presenT Science Life in Changing Habitats 4.L.1 Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats. 4.L.1.1 Give examples of changes in an organism’s environment that are beneficial to it and some that are harmful. 4.L.1.2 Explain how animals meet their needs by using behaviors in response to information received from the environment. 4.L.1.3 Explain how humans can adapt their behavior to live in changing habitats (e.g., recycling wastes, establishing rain gardens, planting trees and shrubs to prevent flooding and erosion). 4.L.1.4 Explain how differences among animals of the same population sometimes give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing in changing habitats. |
Language Arts
Quarter 2 Learning Targets Module 2 Animal Defense Mechanisms Guiding Questions and Big Ideas
CCS Standards Assessed: ■RRL.4.10, RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.10, W.4.5, W.4.7, W.4.8, SL.4.1, SL.4.1a, SL.4.1b, SL.4.1c, SL.4.2, SL.4.6, L.4.4, L.4.4a, L.4.4b, L.4.4c Assessments and Performance Task ■ Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Reading about Caterpillars, Answering questions and Determining the Main Ideas (RL.4.2, RL.4.4, RL.4.7) ■ End of Unit 1 Assessment: Answering Questions and Summarizing Texts about Animal Defense Mechanisms (RL.4.1, RL.4.2, SL.4.2) Unit 2: Writing to Inform CCS Standards Assessed ■ RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.9, RI.4.10, W.4.2, W.4.2a, W.4.2b, W.4.2d, W.4.2e, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.4.7, W.4.8, W.4.9, W.4.9b, SL.4.1, SL.4.1b, L.4.1, L.4.1c, L.4.2, L.4.2a, L.4.2c, L.4.2d, L.4.3, L.4.3a, L.4.3c, L.4.4, L.4.6 Assessments and Performance Task ■ Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Reading and Researching the Defense Mechanisms of the Pufferfish (RI 4.1, RI 4.2,W.4.7 and W.4.8) ■ End of Unit 2 Assessment: Writing an Informative Text about Pufferfish Defense Mechanisms (RI.4.9, W.4.2a, W.4.2b, W.4.2d, W.4.2e, W.4.4, W.4.7, W.4.8, 4.9b, L.4.2a, L.4.2c, L.4.2d and L.4.3a) Unit 3: Writing to Entertain: Overcoming Learning Challenges -Reading CCS Standards Assessed ■ RL.4.10, RI.4.9, RI.4.10, W.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.3a, W.4.3b, W.4.3c, W.4.3d, W.4.3e, W.4.4, W.4.5, W.4.6, W.4.7, W.4.8, W.4.9, W.4.9b, W.4.10, SL.4.1, SL.4.1b, L.4.1, L.4.1d, L.4.2, L.4.2a, L.4.2b, L.4.2d, L.4.3, L.4.3a, L.4.3b, L.4.3c, L.4.6 Assessments and Performance Task ■ Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: PLanning for and Drafting an Introduction for the Choose Your Own Adventure Animal Defenses Narrative (W.4.3a W.4.3d and W.4.4) ■ End of Unit 3 Assessment: Writing Choice #2 of the Choose Your Own Adventure Animal Defense Mechanisms Narrative (W.4.3b, W.4.3c, W.4.3d, W.4.3e, W.4.2a, and W.4.4) ■ Final Performance Task: Choose your Own Adventure Animal Defense Mechanisms Narrative (RI.4.9, W.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.7, W.4.8, and W.4.9b) |