Grade 4 Full-Time Advanced Academic Program Progress Report Alignments
Information for Parents and Guardians
This document identifies the Program of Studies (POS) content that aligns to each progress report standard, with noted extensions for students receiving Advanced Academic services. The left-hand column indicates the grade level POS, and the right-hand column notes the intended POS extension. Students receiving advanced math will be instructed at the grade level above POS, which is noted in this document. Health, art, music, physical education, and world languages are instructed using the grade level POS.
Language Arts
Listens and speaks for specific purposes
4th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Present accurate directions to individuals and small groups
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Participate in group discussions as a listener and a speaker in seminars
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Develop listening/oral communication skills
Contribute to group discussions across content areas
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Participate in group discussions as a listener and a speaker in seminars
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Articulate understanding of a reading to a partner
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State the main ideas or themes of the story
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Engage in a dialogue about the meaning of a selection
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Develop listening/oral communication skills
Seek ideas and opinions of others
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Ask clarifying questions and take notes when listening to a speaker
Use evidence to support opinions
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Develop skills of argument formulation in persuasive communication
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Support opinions with examples and details
Use correct language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
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Use specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
Communicate new ideas to others
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Make informative and persuasive oral presentations using purposeful structure and visuals
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Develop listening/oral communication skills
Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with diverse teams
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Participate in group discussions as a listener and speaker in seminars
Demonstrate the ability to work independently
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Develop skills of argument formulation in persuasive communication
- Support opinions with examples and details
- Make informative and persuasive oral presentations using purposeful structure and visuals
- Use specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
Use subject-related information and vocabulary
- Use specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
- Use reference books to determine meaning, pronunciation and origin of words
- Know the type of information found in various reference materials including atlases, dictionaries, and websites
- Select appropriate resources to find answers to questions about a topic
Listen to and record information
- Ask clarifying questions and take notes when listening to a speaker
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Organize information for clarity
- Organize information using charts, diagrams, and timelines
Use language and style appropriate for audience
- Use specific vocabulary to communicate ideas
Differentiate among auditory, visual and written media messages
Identify the characteristics of various media messages
Locates and uses information from a variety of sources
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Use word reference materials, including the glossary, dictionary, etc
- Use reference books to determine meaning, pronunciation, and origins of words
Construct questions about a topic
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Collect information from multiple resources
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
- Know the type of information found in various reference materials including atlases, dictionaries, and websites
- Select appropriate resources to find answers to questions about a topic
Use technology as a tool to organize, evaluate, and communicate
- Organize information using charts, diagrams, and timelines
Give credit to sources used in research
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Understand the difference between plagiarism and using own words
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Reads with accuracy and fluency
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Read with fluency and accuracy
- Use a variety of word recognition skills
- Increase number of known words
Reads with understanding
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Use context to clarify meanings of unfamiliar words
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Use the words around an unknown word to figure out its meaning
Use knowledge of roots, affixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homophones
- Use text, word parts, knowledge of stems and word origins to figure out unfamiliar words
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Increase vocabulary development by applying the knowledge of Greek and Latin stems to the English language
Develop vocabulary by listening to and reading a variety of texts
Use vocabulary from other content areas
Explain the author’s purpose
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Describe how the language, setting, etc. contribute to purpose
Identify the main idea
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Summarize supporting details
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Provide a sequence of events, procedures, and/or activities that occur in the text.
Identify the problem and solution
- Use a variety of strategies including determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Describe the relationship between text and previously read materials
Identify sensory words
Draw conclusions/make inferences about text
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
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Draw consequences and implications from text for application in the real world
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Create generalizations about the story/text based on categories
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Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Make, confirm, or revise predictions
Identify cause and effect relationships
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Understand cause and effect and its relationship to consequences and implications within a text
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Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
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Monitor reading and know what to do when understanding in not occurring
Use text structures to predict and categorize information
- Identify and use text features such as headings, formats, charts, and diagrams
Formulate questions that might be answered in the selection
- Create and answer questions about a topic
Explain the author’s purpose
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Identify the main idea
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Summarize supporting details
- Understand classification of details to make generalizations within text
- Provide details, examples and illustrations from written text
- State the setting or context for the story by place and time
Draw conclusions and make simple inferences using text as support
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Draw consequences and implications from text for application in the real world
- Create generalizations about the story/text based on categories
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Understand the concept of change in the language arts
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Distinguish between cause and effect
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Understand cause and effect and its relationship to consequences and implications within a text
Distinguish between fact and opinion
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
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Understand classification of details to make generalizations within text
Use prior knowledge and build additional background knowledge
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Understand the concept of change to analyze literature
Identify new information gained from reading
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Understand the concept of change to analyze literature
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
- Monitor reading and know what to do when understanding in not occurring
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Writes with purpose, clarity, and expression
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Identify intended audience
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
Focus on one aspect of a topic
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
Use a variety of prewriting strategies
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
Organize writing to convey a central idea
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
- Use description, details, and examples
- Reflect individuality through word choice and style
- Develop persuasive writing skills
Recognize different modes of writing have different organization
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Synthesize author techniques to improve or create a new piece of writing
Write a clear topic sentence focusing on the main idea
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Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
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Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Write two or more related paragraphs on the same topic
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Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
Use transition words for sentence variety
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Vary sentence type, length and order to maximize the written message
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Use descriptive details and examples
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Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Utilize elements of style, including word choice, sentence variation
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Vary sentence type, length and order to maximize the written message
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Use descriptive details and examples
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Reflect individuality through word choice and style
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Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Revise writing for clarity using specific vocabulary and information
- Revise based on peer review, teacher feedback and self evaluation by adding, deleting, and changing information to improve writing
- Synthesize author techniques to improve or create a new piece of writing
Include supporting details that elaborate the main idea
- Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
Edits for usage and mechanics in own writing
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Use subject- verb agreement
- Develop linguistic competency
Include prepositional phrase
- Develop linguistic competency
Eliminate double negatives
- Develop linguistic competency
Use noun-pronoun agreement
- Develop linguistic competency
Use commas in series, dates, and addresses
Incorporate adjectives and adverbs
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Develop linguistic competency
Use correct spelling for frequently used words
Use singular possessives
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Develop linguistic competency
Understand and use the editing process
Develop handwriting
4 th Grade: Social Studies
Explains how the people and events of the past have influenced the present
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Interpret artifacts & source documents to understand events in history
- Apply skills of historical analysis and interpretation to primary and secondary sources of information
Determine cause and effect relationships (as related to history)
- Apply abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Compare and contrast historical event
- Use primary and secondary sources to compare and contrast historical events
Draw conclusions and make generalizations (as related to history)
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ideas, assumptions
Make connections between past and present
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ideas, assumptions
- Understand and describes contributions to American history by individuals from diverse backgrounds
- Understand and appreciates the influence of individual experiences, societal values and traditions on historical perspectives
Sequence events in Virginia history
Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives
- Use primary and secondary sources to interpret historical perspectives
Evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing (as related to history)
- Evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing through seminars and debate
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Organize/synthesize information on Virginia history in variety of ways
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Participate in debates about historical contributions
Describe how archaeologists found new info at Werowocomoco & Jamestown
Explain the reasons for English colonization
- Understand the colonial period in Virginia and Colonial America with emphasis on political, economic and social systems that define the early English settlements
Identify importance of the arrival of Africans & women to Jamestown
- Identify key figures in American history and their influence
Describe hardships Jamestown settlers faced & changes for survival
- Identify importance of Jamestown
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Describe interactions between the English settlers & native peoples
- Compare and contrast the settlers and Native Americans’ interactions with the environment
Describe the influence of prominent English people
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Describe how Colonial Virginia reflected the cultures of all residents
- Understand the colonial period in Virginia and Colonial America with emphasis on political, economic and social systems that define the early English settlements
Identify the various roles of Virginians in the Revolutionary War Era
- Analyze the causes and circumstances surrounding the growing hostility between Virginia and Great Britain
Identify key events in Virginia during the American Revolution
- Explain the cause and effect relationship of key events during the American Revolution
Explain phrases referring to George Washington and James Madison
Identify events and differences between Northern and Southern states
- Explain the cause and effect relationship of key events during the Civil War era
Describe Virginia's role in the Civil War including the major battles
- Evaluate the cause and effect relationship from the major battles from the Civil War
Describe the varied roles played by Virginians during the Civil War
- Identify key figures in American history and their influence
Identify the impact of Virginians - Woodrow Wilson & George Marshall
- Identify key figures in American history and their influence
Identify VA citizens who made political/social/economic contributions
- Identify key figures in American history and their influence
Describe the history of the people of Fairfax County
- Describe how human systems change over time based on the needs, resources, and circumstances
Reads maps and understands the impact of geography on culture
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Analyze & interpret maps to explain relationships to historical events
Locate Virginia and its bordering states on maps of the U.S.
Locate and describe Virginia's five regions
Locate/identify water features important to early history of Virginia
- Develop an understanding of how physical and human characteristics defined daily life in early Virginia history
Locate three American Indian language groups on a map of Virginia
Describe how American Indians adapted to their climate and environment
- Investigate Native Americans’ interactions with the environment
Identify and locate the current state-recognized tribes
Describe how geography influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown
- Describe how survival is influenced by adaptations from the environment
Explain reasons for the relocation of Virginia's capital
Explain the influence of geography on the migration of Virginians
- Develop an understanding of how physical and human characteristics define migration for Virginians
Describe and locate past events in the history of Fairfax County
Recognizes the structure of government and the relationship between rules, laws and becoming a good citizen
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Determine cause and effect relationships (as related to civics)
- Develop an understanding of the concept of systems and of structure, function, and pattern as key system elements
Draw conclusions and make generalizations (as related to civics)
Evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing (as related to civics)
Identify importance of the Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Identify importance of the General Assembly (1619)
Identify reasons why colonies went to war with Great Britain
Identify the ideas of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson
- Identify the implications of the ideas of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson
Identify the effects of segregation and “Jim Crow” on life in Virginia
Identify the events linked to desegregation and massive resistance
Identify the three branches of Virginia government & function of each
- Analyze the three branches of Virginia government and the function of each
Analyze economic and governmental features of Fairfax County
Understands economic concepts and the impact of economics on culture
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Explain the importance of agriculture and its influence on slavery
Describe how money, barter and credit were used in the Virginia colony
- Describe how producers have used natural, human and capital resources in the past and present
Describe everyday life in colonial Virginia
Identify the effects of reconstruction on life in Virginia
- Explain the cause and effect relationship of reconstruction
Describe importance of railroads, new industries & growth of cities
Describe the economic/social transition from a rural society to urban
Describe the major products & industries of Virginia's five regions
Explain advances in transportation, communications and technology
- Describe how economic need can lead to the advancement in transportation and communication systems
Analyze economic and governmental features of Fairfax County
Mathematics
Extensions in Mathematics:
• Build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving
• Solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts
• Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems
• Monitor and reflect on the process of mathematics problem solving
• Make and investigate mathematical conjectures
• Develop and evaluate mathematical arguments
• Organize and consolidate mathematical thinking through communication
• Communicate mathematical thinking coherently to teachers and peers
• Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others
• Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely
• Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas
• Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics
• Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
• Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems
• Use representations to model and interpret mathematical phenomena
Represents numbers accurately and demonstrates an understanding of number relationships
4 th Grade AAP POS
Round decimals to nearest whole number, tenth, or hundredth
Recognize/name fractions in equivalent decimal form and vice versa
Compare and order a given set of decimals and fractions
Identify and describe characteristics of prime and composite numbers
Identify and describe characteristics of even and odd numbers
Computes numbers with fluency and makes reasonable estimates
4 th Grade AAP POS
Create and solve problems involving operations with whole numbers
Find sum/difference/product/quotient involving decimals
Create & solve practical problems involving decimals
Solve problems with addition/subtraction of fractions/mixed numbers
Evaluate whole number expressions using order of operations
Measures with accuracy and makes reasonable estimates of measurements
4 th Grade AAP POS
Find perimeter, area, and volume in standard units of measure
Differentiate among perimeter, area, and volume
Identify equivalent measurements within the metric system
Estimate and then measure to solve problems
Choose an appropriate unit of measure for a given situation
Identify & describe diameter/radius/chord/circumference of a circle
Determine an amount of elapsed time in hours and minutes
Measure right, acute, obtuse, and straight angles
Analyzes characteristics and properties of geometric figures and demonstrates an understanding of spatial relationships
4 th Grade AAP POS
Classify angles as right, acute, obtuse, or straight
Classify triangles by angles and by sides
Develop definitions of specified plane figures
Investigate/describe results of combining/subdividing plane figures
Uses data to describe, interpret, and predict events
4 th Grade AAP POS
Predict the likelihood of an outcome of a simple event
Represent probability as a number between 0 and 1, inclusive
Collect, organize, display, and interpret data
Describe mean as fair share
Find the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data
Describe the range of a set of data as a measure of variation
Represents situations and mathematical relationships using algebraic symbols
4 th Grade AAP POS
Describe/express the relationship found in a number pattern
Investigate and describe the concept of variable
Write an open sentence to represent a mathematical relationship
Model one-step linear equations in one variable
Create a problem situation based on a given open sentence
Investigate and recognize the distributive property
4 th Grade: Science
Investigates & demonstrates understanding of the natural world in a systematic way like a scientist & applies these skills & knowledge to solve problems.
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Understand observations, conclusions, inferences and predictions
- Analyze experimental data as appropriate
- Transfer knowledge to make predictions about similar problems
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim/issue
- Formulate multiple perspectives about a given issue
- Make inferences based on evidence
Classify and arrange objects/events according to characteristics
Select appropriate instruments to measure length, volume, mass, and temperature
- Collect, record, and report data using appropriate metric measures
Select and use appropriate instruments to measure elapsed time
Make predictions and inferences & draw conclusions based on data
- Make predictions using data from picture, bar, and basic line graphs
- Analyze experimental data as appropriate
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim issue
- Predict the impact of multiple solutions to the given problem within each system
Identify independent and dependent variables
Identify constants in an experimental situation
- Define which variables must be held constant in an experiment
Develop hypotheses based on cause and effect relationships
- Formulate multiple perspectives about a given issue
- Make inferences based on evidence
Collect, record, analyze & display data using bar & basic line graphs
- Make predictions using data from picture, bar, and basic line graphs
- Analyze experimental data as appropriate
- Draw implications for action based on the available data
Recognize contradictory/unusual numerical data in experimental results
- Draw implications for action based on the available data
Communicate data with graphs, pictures, written statements, numbers
- Articulate enhanced understanding of the scientific area to others
Construct models to clarify, demonstrate, and solve
Use current applications to reinforce science concepts
- Transfer knowledge to make predictions about similar problems
- Draw implications for action based on the available data
- Describe how scientists study and track hurricanes
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of physical science including matter, force, motion, & energy.*
The overarching extension for the physical science unit is to acquire significant content knowledge through the course of solving an interdisciplinary, real-world problem.
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Understand that motion is described by an object's direction and speed
Understand that changes in motion are related to force and mass
Understand that friction is a force that opposes motion
Understand that moving objects have kinetic energy
Investigate and understand conductors and insulators
Investigate and understand basic circuits (open/closed, parallel/series)
- Investigate the behavior of electrical circuits and the nature of electricity and its generation
- Describe the flow of electricity in circuit
- Read and create simple circuit designs
- Determine whether a circuit is complete or incomplete, either by reading a diagram or by devising a method by which to test the circuit directly
Investigate and understand static electricity
Understand that electrical energy can be transformed into light and motion, and to produce heat
Investigate and understand simple electromagnets and magnetism
Describe historical contributions in understanding electricity
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of life science including life processes and living systems
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Understand the structures of typical plants and the function of each structure
Understand processes and structures involved with plant reproduction
Investigate and understand photosynthesis
Understand that adaptations allow plants to meet life needs and respond to environment
Investigate and understand plant and animal adaptations
Understand the organization of populations, communities, and ecosystems
- Demonstrate how given systems interact with each other
- Assess how systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances
- Analyze the interactions of various system components with each other and the input into the system
Investigate and understand the flow of energy through food webs
- Analyze a problem system and certain related systems
Investigate and understand habitats and niches
- Analyze a problem system and certain related systems
- Assess how systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances
- Analyze the interactions of various system components with each other and the input into the system
Understand changes in an organism’s niche at stages in the life cycles
Understand the influence of human activity on ecosystems
- Analyze a problem system and certain related systems
- Demonstrate how given systems interact with each other
- Assess how systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances
- Analyze the interactions of various system components with each other and the input into the system
Understand that Virginia has a great variety of animals and plants
Demonstrates understanding of Earth’s patterns, cycles, changes, & Earth/Space systems
4 th Grade POS
AAP 4 th Grade Extensions
Investigate and understand weather phenomena
Understand weather measurements and meteorological tools
- Collect and interpret weather data in the community
Understand use of weather measurements/phenomena to make predictions
- Investigate how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence weather
Investigate and understand the planets in the solar system
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Understand the dynamic system of earth and space
Understand the order of the planets in the solar system
Understand the relative sizes of the planets
Understand the motions of the Earth, moon and sun
- Investigate the interdependent nature of the Earth, moon and sun
Understand the causes for the Earth's seasons
- Investigate the cyclical nature of seasons
Understand the causes for the phases of the moon
- Understand the dynamic system of earth and space
Understand characteristics of the Earth, moon and sun
- Understand how energy gets from the sun to the Earth
- Explain the effect of erosion on the environment
- Describe events that occur during the process of erosion
Understand historical contributions to the Earth-Moon-Sun system
- Recognize human contributions to Earth’s resources
- Recognize the difference between greenhouse effect and global warming
Understand that Virginia has many watersheds and water resources
Understand that Virginia has minerals, rocks, ores and energy sources
Recognize that Virginia has a great variety of forests, soil and land