Mr. Cavender
4th Grade
Curriculum Includes:
Social Studies
• Maps
• Regions of the United States -- Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, West, Southwest
• Colorado History
Science
• Water Kit
• Human Body - muscles, tendons, bones
• Food Webs and Food Chains -- Owls and dissect an owl pellet
• Chemical Testing
Math
• Place Value
• Estimation and Money
• Problem Solving Strategies
• Addition and Subtraction - regrouping
• Multiplication and Division
• Geometry
• Measuring
• Probability, Ratios, Graphing
• Fractions and Decimals
English
• Writing--Six Trait and Step Up
• Parts of Speech
• Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays
• Poetry
• Descriptive, Narrative, Persuasive, Informative, and Report Writing
• Outlining and note taking skills
• Reference Skills
Reading, Spelling
• Basal and Novel Studies and Skills
• Book Reports - Accelerated Reader
• Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Comprehension Skills (inference, main idea, conflict resolution, character development,
setting, plot, sequence, questioning, connecting, predicting, visalizing)
• Spelling
Writing
• Step-up to Writing
• 6-Trait Writing
• Narrative and Expository
• Parts of Speech
• Sentences, Paragraphs, and Essays
• Poetry
• Outlining and Note-taking Skills
• Reference Skills
• DOL/Analogies
• Figurative Language (simile, mataphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia)
Field Trips
• Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway
• Royal Gorge
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