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Grade 1 Math Unit 4

In this unit students will learn to tell time to the hour and half-hour using analog and digital clocks. The students will learn to identify coins and their values and to use the cent (¢) sign. The students will count combinations of dimes and pennies within 100 cents. The students also learn to measure and compare lengths using standards and nonstandard measuring tools. The students will organize, represent and interpret data, including asking and answering questions and comparing amounts across categories.

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Grade 6 ELA Unit 3

Building on their learning from the previous unit, students will continue their work with theme, and dive deeply into multiple short stories to compare and contrast themes and their development in each. Students will also work on the diction level to analyze the impact that specific words have on the development of the plot and theme of each story. Students will utilize a variety of formats to respond to teacher and student- generated questions about each text.

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Grade 4 ELA Unit 4

Through the use of mentor texts, students will analyze fictional story elements. Students will write an organized realistic fiction piece applying appropriate use of fictional story elements. 

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Grade 5 ELA Unit 4

Students will identify and analyze story elements and how they are used to develop a fictional text. They will use the knowledge that they have acquired to help them write their own personal narratives.  

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Kindergarten ELA Unit 4

UPDATED FOR 2021-22: I am a Reader and Writer empowers students with emergent and beginning literacy skills. This unit is an exploration of the inquiry process, with a focus on informational text. This unit should be paired with the Reading Foundations units which focus on print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition and building fluency. It is essential that these skills are not taught in isolation, but applied within students reading and writing.

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Grade 4 Social Studies Unit 4

There are different levels of government within the United States and New York State. In this unit, students will study the fact that there are different levels of government within the United States and New York State and that the government of New York State establishes rights, freedoms, and responsibilities for its citizens. Students will learn about post-revolution times, the establishment of a federal government, and the New York State Constitution. 

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Grade 3 Math Unit 4

In this unit students will deepen their understanding of 2-D shapes by considering area and perimeter. They will focus on rectangles and how to find their area and perimeter. They will relate area to multiplication and addition. The students will develop arrays of unit squares to solve area and perimeter problems.

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Grade 7 ELA Unit 4

Students will craft a research project that includes information from multiple reliable sources. Throughout their project, students apply their knowledge of identifying and evaluating an author’s argument in informational texts, as well as their ability to determine relevant, sufficient evidence. Students will take part in ample group discussion throughout the entire research process, and will present their findings to their peers.

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Grade 2 Social Studies Unit 4

In this unit, students will identify how continuities and changes over time can help people understand historical developments. Students will examine and interpret evidence such as maps, population charts, photographs, newspapers, biographies, artifacts, and other historical materials to look at changes over time in communities. In addition, students will investigate cause and effect relationships in their community.

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Grade 4 Math Unit 4

UPDATED FOR 2021-22: Students will build on their work in third grade classifying triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons.  Students will differentiate between acute, obtuse, and right angles, as well as parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines.  Students will be able to classify triangles as acute, obtuse, or right, and quadrilaterals as parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, rhombi, or squares.  Students will also consider symmetry.