Fourth+Grade

=**Fourth Grade Media Standards **=

=English/Language Arts=

//Critical Component: When responding to visual and oral texts and media (e.g., television, radio, film productions, and electronic media) the student:// a. Demonstrates an awareness of the presence of the media in the daily lives of most people. b. Evaluates the role of media in focusing attention and informing an opinion. c. Judges the extent to which the media provides a source of entertainment as well as a source of information. //Critical Component: When delivering or responding to presentations, the student// a. Shapes infomation to achieve a particular purpose and to appeal to the interests and background knowledge of audience members. b. Uses notes, multimedia, or other memory aids to structure the presentation.
 * ELA4LSV2 The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information, persuade others, and express and understand ideas.**

//Critical Component: For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:// a. Locates facts that answer the reader's questions. b. Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g. paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary). c. Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations). h. Distringuishes fact from opinion or fiction.
 * ELA4R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts**.


 * ELA4R2** The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.

a. Reads a vairety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language. b. Determines the meaning of unknown words using their context. c. Identifies the meaning of common root words to determine the meaning of unfamilirar words. d. Determines meanings of words and alternate word choices using a dictionary of thesaurus. e. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases. g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g. puns, jokes, palindromes). h. Recognizes and uses words with multiple meanings (e.g. sentence, school, hard) and determines which meaning is intended from the context of the sentence. i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms: antonym, synonym, and homophone.
 * ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing**. The student

a. Acknowledges information from sources. b. Locates information in reference texts by using organizational features (i.e. prefaces, appendices, index, glossary, and table of contents). c. Uses various reference materials (i.e. dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers, and key words). d. Demonstrates basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology (e.g. software, memory, disk drive, hard drive).
 * ELA4W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The student**

=Math=


 * M4D1** Students will gather, organize, and display data according to the situation and will compare related features.

=Social Studies=

SS4G2 The student will describe how physical systems affect human systems.**
 * SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important physical and man-made features in the United States.

**Grade Map and Globe Skills** GOAL: The student will use maps to retrieve social studies information.

6. use map key/legend to acquire information from, historical, physical, political, resource, product and economic maps (master) 7. use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events (master) 8. draw conclusions and make generalizations based on information from maps (master) 9. use latitude and longitude to determine location (use content to develop) 10. use graphic scales to determine distances on a map (introduce) 11. compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities (introduce) 12. compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and /or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations (introduce) =Science=  a. Keep records of investigations and observations and do not alter the records later. b. Carefully distinguish observations from ideas and speculation about those observations.
 * S4CS1. Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.**

d. Locate scientific information in reference books, back issues of newspapers and magazines, CD-ROMs, and computer databases.
 * S4CS5. Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.**

a. Support statements with facts found in books, articles, and databases, and identify the sources used. b. Identify when comparisons might not be fair because some conditions are different. =**Other Media Skills**=
 * S4CS6. Students will question scientific claims and arguments effectively.**
 * Use the Big6 as an information search process model
 * Use alphabetical order to locate information.
 * Locate media resources using Dewey Decimal System.
 * Independently locate and select a book based on personal interest.
 * Use guide words in dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. as aids for ifnding information.
 * Use GALILEO for basic information searches.
 * Use parts of book (cover, spine, title page, copyright, dedication, table of contents, glossary, index, appendix, bibliography) as information sources.
 * Define basic elements found in literature (main idea, sequence, cause and effect, character, setting).
 * Locate a book using online catalog (searches by title, author, keyword, subject and Boolean searches).
 * Select and evaluate print and non-print resources.
 * Use various sources (periodicals, software, encyclopedias, atlases, thesauri, multimedia and Internet resources, newspaper and other reference resources) to answer information questions.
 * Select and evaluate print and non-print resources.
 * Take notes from resources using skimming, identifying keywords and paraphrasing to avoid plaigiarism.
 * Cite bibliographic information (include title, author, copyright dates, page number).
 * Produce final product from research such as paragraph, poster, model, etc. using a research process.
 * Recognize appropriate uses of information and information technology.
 * Use basic research techniques with teacher guidance.
 * Demonstrate ethical and legal use of technology and information.
 * Use telecommunication tools and online resources to communicate with others, gather information, and expresss ideas.