Pacing Chart - Fourth Grade

Marking Period Literacy Social Studies Science
September - November
Where do we live? How do living things interact?
Shoeshine Girl

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Building Choice (see list below table)

Family & Community Life: 6.4 4A1-A2

Geography: 6.4 4B7, 6.6 4A1-A6, 6.6 4B1, 6.6 4B3, 6.6 4C1

(Chapters 1-3: NJ USA, Maps, Globes, Graphs)

Optional Title: Nicky Fifths Garden State Adventure

Life Processes: 5.5 4A1-A3, 5.5 4C1
(Lessons 4-7, 9-14)

Organisms & Environment: 5.5 4A1, 5.8 4A1-A2
(Lessons 3, 4 & 7)

Non-Fiction Titles:
Flowers, Trees & Other Plants
Outside and Inside Trees
Monarchs
Summer of Fire

November - January
What
was NJ like long ago? How do moving objects interact?
The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Because of Winn Dixie

Building Choice

NJ History: 6.4 4A3-A6, 6.4 4B1-B4

(Chapters 4-10: NJ USA)

Optional Title: Immigrant Kids

Motion: 5.7 4A1-A2, 5.4 4A1, 5.4 4B1, 5.4 4C1-C3
(Lessons 5-6, 11-14, 17, projects and supplements)

Non-Fiction Titles:
Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up?

January - March
How does our government work? How does electric energy work?
Stone Fox

Sarah Plain and Tall

Building Choice

State & Nation: 6.4 4B6, 6.4 4B8

Civics: 6.2 4C1-C4

Economics & Society: 6.5 4B2

(Chapters 11-15: NJ USA)

Electricity: 5.7 4A2, 5.7 4B1 - B3, 5.10 4A1, 5.10 4B1
(Lessons 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, project 2 in EM, supplemental lessons 1-4, 7, 12-16)

Non-Fiction Titles:
Electricity
Heat, Lights, and Action

March - June
Why is it important to learn about other cultures and countries? What is chemistry?
Charlotte's Web

Building Choice

International Education: 6.2 4E2-E11

Current Events, www.epals.com, www.timeforkids.com

Optional Title: People Around the World

Chemistry:
5.6 4A1-A4, 5.6 4B1

Recommended Title: Simply Chemistry, Evan Moor, Gr. 4

(supplements, activities, experiments)

Building Choice Books: Bicycle Rider, Clue in Code, Sidewalk Story, Staying Nine, There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom, Class President, Kid in the Red Jacket, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Owl Moon