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4th Grade Classroom Guide and Course Catalog

Fourth grade students will receive instruction in Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. Science, History, Art, Physical Education, Music and World Language will be based on the California Content Standards. Coursework will consist of teacher assigned lessons using the K12 curriculum together with teacher-created instructional activities, and other learning activities as deemed appropriate for each student to achieve his/her academic potential. CAVA adheres to the minimum daily instructional time requirements recommended by the State of California (see attendance and activity below). However, increased daily instructional time may be necessary to meet the individual needs of each student. All instructional time must be entered as attendance in the Online School management tools as well as be supported by work produced by the student and evaluated by the teacher.

Overview This Classroom Guide includes an outline of the grade level learning objectives as well our classroom expectations, the behavior expected from all of CAVA students, and what you can expect from your CAVA teacher. Each school day, you will log in to the online school, complete both online and offline lessons assigned by your teacher, attend assigned Class Connect sessions and submit requested work to your teacher. *Students with documented Individualized Education Plans (IEP) are given appropriate accommodations as specified in the IEP. Please feel free to contact me or contact the school’s Special Education department for more information. **Please refer to the 2019-2020 Parent-Student Handbook for your school to familiarize yourself with additional school-wide information, policies and procedures.

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Attendance and Activity............................................................ Page 2 Live Instruction.......................................................................... Page 2 Q1 Assignment Path.................................................................. Page 3

Q2 Assignment Path.................................................................. Page 4 Q3 Assignment Path................................................................... Page 6 Q4 Assignment Path................................................................... Page 7 Daily Student Responsibilities.................................................... Page 9 Course Catalog and Overviews.................................................... Page 10 Report Card Standards............................................................... Page 11

Attendance and Activity Students are expected to log in to the On-Line School and complete assigned work daily. While the length of time that students spend working on assignments may vary, the expectation is that students will actively participate in at least 4-6

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hours of academic instruction each school day with specific minimal requirements for Math, English Language Arts (ELA), and Physical Education, as follows: • Math: 60 minutes daily, not including supplemental instruction (enrichment, remediation, etc.) • ELA: 120 minutes daily, not including supplemental instruction (enrichment, remediation, etc.) • P. E.: 20 minutes daily • History: As assigned by your teacher (approximately 120-180 minutes per week) • Science: As assigned by your teacher (approximately 120-180 minutes per week) • Electives: As assigned by your teacher (approximately 60-90 minutes per week)

Live Instruction

CAVA offers students many opportunities for learning. One such opportunity comes in the form of live instruction. Live instruction is assigned to students in all grade levels and is provided by a credentialed CAVA teacher. This is in conjunction with the instructional support that is being provided by the student’s Learning Coach. Each student’s individual schedule may vary depending on grade, assessment scores, teacher assignment, etc. The live synchronous instruction covers the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA), Math, and Science. The remaining courses and times in which live instruction will be offered will be determined by each student’s homeroom teacher.

Fourth Grade Assignment Path - Quarter 1 Below is the standards-based path your teacher has created for your student. These are the lessons your child will be completing in Quarter 1. Primary resources for individualizing quarterly assignments are teacher assessment of students’ instructional needs and skill levels via formal and informal assessments, work evaluations, observations, etc.

Math Course: Summit Math 4

Learning Path Unit Lessons Content

Standards-Based Path

1 1-12 Whole Number Sense

2 1-9 Multiplication with Fractions

3 1-13 Equivalent Fractions and Comparison

4 1-9 Angles and Their Measurement

5 1-2 Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers

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Language Arts Course: Summit ELA 4



1 1-13 Cinderella Around the World

2 1-15 Emoji, Pisa, Birds, Oh My!

3 1-10 Mystery!

4 1-7 Frontiers of Flight

Other Send an email all about you to your teacher. Read for pleasure 20 minutes each day – magazine, comic, recipe

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Summit State History: California



CA 1-10 CA State History – Use the Grolier’s Encyclopedia Quick Link on the OLS

Other Create a diorama about something special you learned about California

History Course: Summit History 4



1 1-3 Finding Your Way Around the World (Maps/Globes)

2 1-9 Intro to the Modern World: Scientific Revolution

3 1-15 Two Democratic Revolutions: American and French

4 1-3 Latin American Revolutions

Other In your history journal, draw an illustration depicting the 3 branches of government.

Science Course: Summit Science 4 NG



1 1-6 Plant and Animal Interactions

2 1-10 The Human Body

3 1-1 Classification of Invertebrates

Other Create your Science Notebook and be prepared to share your lab results with your teacher.

Art Course: Summit Art 4



1 1-5 The Building Blocks of Art; Self-Portrait

2 1-10 Art and Science Symmetry and Detail

3 1-3 The Romantics and Realists

Other Create an Art Portfolio.

Music Course: Spotlight on Music Grade 4



N/A No OLS Lesson Watch the Introductory Video

N/A No OLS Lesson Review the Music Reference Guide

1 1-13 Spotlight on Music

Other Complete Music Studio Unit 1, Section 4, Lesson 1: Songs of our Country Complete Music Studio Unit 2, Lessons 1 and 2: Hispanic Heritage and Harvest

Spotlight on Music: Students will spend the first two weeks of school becoming familiar with the course, Spotlight on Music. A recommended pacing: Week 1

Students and LCs watch the Introductory Video and take notes Week 2

Students and LCs will review the Music Reference Guide and spend time becoming familiar with the structure of the course.

Week 3

Students will begin the Music Studio lessons and activities outlined in the OLS as Unit 1.

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Physical Education: Student is assigned 200 minutes of physical activity every 10 school days. PE activities must be “conducive to health and vigor of body and mind.” Logs of specific PE activities will be collected each learning period by your teacher. Incomplete Lessons: All incomplete lessons assigned previously must be completed by the end of the semester. Students are provided their Assignment Path in their Classroom Guide and Course Catalog and must ensure that all required assignments have been completed by October 24, 2019.





5 3-17 Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers

6 1-15 Multiplication by a 1-Digit Number

7 1-12 Multiplication of Two-2 Digit Numbers

8 1-3 Mid-Year Test Other www.xtramath.org Track and master your basic math facts

Language Arts Course: Summit English Language Arts 4



4 8-15 Frontiers of Flight

5 1-18 Pax

6 1-14 Childhood Classics

7 1-3 Mid-Year Test

8 1-2 Quilting Bee

Other Create a movie poster to go along with your Informational essay









4 4-6 Latin American Revolutions

5 1-11 The Industrial Revolution

6 1-13 The Growth of Nations

7 1-2 Age of Imperialism

Other Choose a movie version of one of Dickens’ famous novels and write a short movie review.

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3 3-8 Classification of Invertebrates

4 1-7 Chemistry of Solutions

5 1-5 Motion and Forces

Other Study more at www.neok12.com – watch a video and play a game




3 4-6 The Romantics and Realists

4 1-10 Impressionists: Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Cezanne

5 1-5 Color/Shape/Patterns: Matisse, Picasso & More

Other Make a photo collage of your artwork and send it to your teacher.




1 14-16 Spotlight on Music

2 1-10 Musical Messages and Musical Journeys

3 1-8 Happy Go Lucky

Other Complete Music Studio Optional Activities: Unit 2, Section 4, Lesson 2: Harvest Unit 2, Section 4, Lesson 3: Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival Unit 2, Section 4, Lesson 4: Halloween Unit 2, Section 4, Lesson 5: Thanksgiving Unit 3, Section 4, Lesson 1: Seasonal Songs Unit 3, Section 4, Lesson 2: Hanukkah Unit 3, Section 4, Lesson 3: Las Posadas Unit 3, Section 4, Lesson 4: Christmas

Physical Education: Student is assigned 200 minutes of physical activity every 10 school days. PE activities must be “conducive to health and vigor of body and mind.” Logs of specific PE activities will be collected each learning period by your teacher. Incomplete Lessons: All incomplete lessons assigned previously must be completed by the end of the semester. Students are provided their Assignment Path in their Classroom Guide and Course Catalog and must ensure that all required assignments have been completed by January 17, 2019.





9 1-8 Division by a 1-Digit Divisor Without Remainders

10 1-12 Division by a 1-Digit Divisor with Remainders

11 1-9 Decimal Notation

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12 1-14 Measurement Units

13 1-2 Problem Solving Involving Measurements Other https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-

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8 3-13 Quilting Bee

9 1-18 Choice Reading Project

10 1-16 Men and Women of Character

Other Create a diorama based on your choice reading project and share with your classmates









7 3-6 Age of Imperialism

8 1-11 Can Do! An Age of Breakthroughs and Enterprise

9 1-12 Mostly Hard Times: War, Roaring 20s, The Depression

10 1 World War II

Other Present your research project to your class and teacher




5 6-9 Motion and Forces

6 1-5 Energy

7 1-7 Electricity and Magnetism

8 1-3 Rocks and Minerals

Other Watch a Mystery Science Video and tell your teacher about it




5 6-10 Breaking the Mold (cont.)

6 1-8 Modern Views of the Man-Made World

7 1-5 Modern Views of the Natural World





3 10-11 Happy Go Lucky

4 1-8, 10-11 Musical Discoveries

5 1-8 One Musical Planet

Other Complete Music Studio Optional Activities – Perform a song for an audience

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Physical Education: Student is assigned 200 minutes of physical activity every 10 school days. PE activities must be “conducive to health and vigor of body and mind.” Logs of specific PE activities will be collected each learning period by your teacher. Incomplete Lessons: All incomplete lessons assigned during the first semester must be completed by the end of quarter three. Students are provided their Assignment Path in their Classroom Guide and Course Catalog and must ensure that all required assignments have been completed by March 31, 2019.





13 3-18 Problem Solving Involving Measurements

14 1-13 Operations with Larger Numbers

15 1-11 Geometric Relationships

16 1-3 End-of-Year Project

17 1-2 End-of-Year Test Other Great sites for learning and practice: www.khanacademy.org ,

www.learnzillion.com Practice for SBAC State Testing: http://www.caaspp.org/practice-and-training/




11 1-16 Healthy and Safe

12 1-13 Underwater Adventures

13 1-14 Life Choices

14 1-2 End-of=Year Test

Other Plan, write out, and direct a video presentation on how kids can stay healthy and safe





Other Create a diorama presenting something special you learned about California




10 2-9 WWII

11 1-12 Rebuilding a Better World

CA 1-10 CA State History

Other Interview someone about their ideas of rebuilding a better world


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8 4-9 Rocks and Minerals

9 1-5 Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

10 1-7 Fossils and Geologic Time

Other Learn more about these topics by visiting: http://www.neok12.com/




7 6-12 Harlem Renaissance (cont.)

8 1-11 What’s New?





5 9-10 One Musical Planet

6 1-9 A Time to Dream, A Time to Sing

7 1-3 Don’t Let the Music Stop

Other Complete Music Studio Optional Activities – Perform a song for an audience

Physical Education: Student is assigned 200 minutes of physical activity every 10 school days. PE activities must be “conducive to health and vigor of body and mind.” Logs of specific PE activities will be collected each learning period by your teacher. Incomplete Lessons: All incomplete lessons assigned previously must be completed by the end of the semester. Students are provided their Assignment Path in their Classroom Guide and Course Catalog and must ensure that all required assignments have been completed by June 12, 2020.

Daily Student Responsibilities Each school day brings new opportunities for learning! As with all opportunities, there are responsibilities. At CAVA, each student learns to develop into an independent and responsible learner. Some of your daily responsibilities include: Check your child’s Online School (OLS) for teacher required lessons as well as required Class Connect sessions.

Log in to the Online School Access your core curriculum lessons Attend Class Connect sessions Check school announcements

Complete all assigned lessons and assignments (both graded and non-graded) as indicated on your Assignment Path before the end of the day.

Submit all assignments as requested by your teacher via File Sharing, email, mail, etc. as designated by your teacher.

Check email for communication from your teacher/school and respond within 48 hours.

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4th Grade Course Catalog and Overviews Math 4 Summit is designed to support true depth of knowledge required by today’s standards. With rich content to form conceptual understanding and enough practice to support mastery, including time built-in for individualized independent practice, games, and offline practice, Summit Math 4 includes the tools and technology that students need to succeed in a blended learning environment. Summit Math 4 focuses on expanding understanding of operations with whole numbers, developing a greater understanding of fractions, discovering decimals and their relationship to fractions, and exploring geometric figures.

ELA 4 Summit provides a well-balanced approach to literacy that connects reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling into one integrated program. Dedicated time for keyboarding practice is also included. The course is made up of 12 units. Each unit contains workshops that center on one major focus (reading, writing, or word study) for instruction and reinforcement of big ideas. In reading workshops, students read independently in a variety of genres and formats—fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, and magazines—before exploring each text through various activities. In writing workshops, students analyze model writing samples and then work through the writing process to develop original compositions of their own. They learn about grammar, usage, and mechanics and apply those skills as they revise and proofread their work. In word study workshops, students grow their vocabulary by learning the meanings of groups of conceptually related words. Students also learn to focus on spelling patterns that are necessary to be fluent, proficient readers, writers, and spellers. Summit History 4 Concluding their investigation (spanning grades 1-4) into history from the Stone Age to the Space Age, fourth grade students turn to the study of the modern world. They will:

Learn about the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution and meet Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin.

Become familiar with James Madison and American constitutional government, as well as Napoleon in France.

Learn about various revolutions in Latin America. See how great changes—nationalism, industrialism, and imperialism —shaped, and sometimes shattered, the

modern world, leading to the two world wars.

Study many inventors and innovators who achieved great advances in communication, transportation, medicine, and government.

Summit Science 4 NG Students develop scientific reasoning and perform hands on experiments in Earth, Life, and Physical Sciences. They construct an electromagnet, identify minerals according to their properties, use chromatography to separate liquids, and assemble food webs. Students will explore topics such as:

The Interdependence of Life—producers, consumers, and decomposers; food webs

Animal and Plant Interactions—populations; competition; predators and prey; symbiosis; animal behavior Invertebrates—sponges; worms; mollusks; arthropods; echinoderms

Chemistry—mixtures vs. solutions; distillation, evaporation, and chromatography Forces and Fluids— pressure; forces in flight; density; buoyancy

Human Body—nervous system (senses, reflexes, nerves, and brain); endocrine system (hormones, glands, growth, and digestion)

Electricity and Magnetism—charges; magnets; static electricity; currents and circuits; electromagnetism

Rocks and Minerals—Earth's interior; crystals; minerals; rock cycle; plate tectonics; volcanoes, earthquakes

The Fossil Record and the History of Life—types of fossils; the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras

Summit Art 4 Following the time line of the K12 History program, fourth grade Art lessons introduce students to the artists, cultures, and great works of art and architecture from French and American Revolutions through modern times. Students will:

Study and create artworks in various media, including portraits, quilts, sculpture, collage, and more.

Investigate the arts of the United States, Europe, Japan, Mexico, and Africa.

Learn about Impressionism, Cubism, Art Nouveau, Regionalism, and more. Create artworks inspired by works they learn about, using many materials and techniques—after studying sculptures

and paintings of ballerinas by Edgar Degas, students create their own clay sculptures of a figure in action, and, inspired by works of Grandma Moses, they create winter landscapes demonstrating the illusion of space.

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Spotlight on Music Grade 4 Get ready to travel the world through music as students explore and build foundational music skills with Spotlight on Music. This hands-on music course offers a variety of learning activities that include singing, dancing, virtual instruments, listening maps, authentic sound recordings with famous past and present artists, a player that allows students to customize key signatures, tempo, and lyrical highlighting, and playing the recorder. Six units in the course are organized into three sections: Spotlight on Concepts, Spotlight on Music Reading, and Spotlight on Celebrations. Students learn about these musical elements: duration, pitch, design, tone color, expressive qualities and cultural context, while exploring music from all over the world. Students also learn to read music and explore beat, meter, rhythm, melody, harmony, tonality, texture, form, tone color, dynamics, tempo, articulation, style, and music background. Students apply the music skills they are learning while performing seasonal and celebratory songs. Middlebury World Languages: The language courses provide alignment to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Audio lessons, animated stories, scaffolded practice activities, drop and drag activities, embedded culture videos all prepare students for final speaking assessments in the following languages:

Spanish I and II

French I and II

German I

Chinese I

4th Grade Report Card Standards These are the standards your child will be assessed on this year based on the Common Core State Standards

CCSS # Language Arts

Reading: Literature (RL)

RL.4.1 - RL.4.2 Analyzes text to determine key ideas and details and summarize

RL.4.6 Compares and contrasts points of view including first and third person narrations.

R.L.4.9 Compares and contrasts similar themes, characters and plots

Reading: Informational Text (RI)

RI.4.1 -RI.4.2 Analyzes text to determine key ideas and details and summarize

RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts including what happened and why using specific information from the text

RI.4.9 Uses information from two texts, on the same topic, to write or speak about a specific subject

Reading: Foundational Skills (RF)

RF.4.3 Knows and applies phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text

RF.4.4 Reads grade level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension

Writing (W) W.4.1 Creates opinion pieces

W.4.2 Creates informative/explanatory texts

W.4.3 Creates narratives

W.4.5 Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, and editing

Speaking & Listening (SL)

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SL.4.1 Participates in collaborative conversations about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups

SL.4.4 Plans and delivers an informative/explanatory presentation on a topic

Language (L)

L.4.1 Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

L.4.2 Demonstrates command of conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

L.4.3

Use knowledge of language when writing, reading, speaking, or listening to choose words and punctuation for effect and observe differences between informal speaking and formal writing

L.4.4 Determines or clarifies the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases

L.4.6 Acquires and uses accurately grade-appropriate vocabulary

CCSS # Mathematics

4.OA.A.1-3 Uses the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems

4.OA.B.4 Gains familiarity with factors and multipliers

4.OA.C.5 Generates and analyzes patterns

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

4.NBT.A.1-3 Generalizes place-value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers

4.NBT.B.4-6 Uses place-value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

Fractions (NF)

4.NF.A.1-2 Extends understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering

4.NF.B.3-4 Builds fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers

4.NF.C.5-7 Understands decimal notation for fractions, and compares decimal fractions

Measurement/Data (MD)

4.MD.A.1-3 Solves problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit

4.MD.B.4 Represents and interprets data

4.MD.C.5-7 Geometric measurement: understands concepts of angles and measures angles

Geometry (G)

4.G.A.1-3 Draws and identifies lines and angles, and classifies shapes by properties of their lines and angles

CCSS # Science (S)

S.4.1 Understands the principals of electricity and magnetism and some applications in everyday life.

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S.4.2-4.3

Demonstrates understanding of the types of plants and animals that inhabit different biomes, the food chain, relationships between organisms, inter-dependence, and environmental impact.

S.4.4-4.5 Identifies and differentiates between the properties of rocks and minerals and weathering processes including waves, wind, water and ice.

S.4.6 Makes careful measurements, identify and correct errors, make predictions based on observation, prior knowledge, and logic, and gather/analyze data.

CCSS # History (H)

H.4.1 Demonstrates understanding of physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California.

H.4.2

Describes the social, political, cultural, and economic life and interactions among people of CA from the pre-Columbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho periods.

H.4.3

Explains the economic, social, and political life in CA including the Gold Rush.

H.4.4

Explains how CA became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the transformation of the CA economy and its political and cultural development.

H.4.5

Understands the structures, function, and powers of local, state, and federal governments as described in the U.S. Constitution.

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