Millard Hawk Elementary

Scope And Sequence For Our 4th Grade Friends

Orientation – Week 1 and 2 September 5-13 

Library Citizenship – Nerdy Birdy

September 13-20

Be AWESOME- internet safety

September 20 – October 14

Poetry in Action

October 15 – November 12

Biographies and Autobigraphies

November 12 – 20

Evaluating Resources and Citing Sources

December 2 – 20

State Research -Google Slide

January 4 – 21

Flipgrid and our Artist Portraits

January 23

Text Structures 

Steve Jenkins work

What Do You Do with a Tail  Like This?

Feburary 

Inventions

Genres of the Library

Kahoots

Catalog (Destiny)

Basic print and digital resources

Dewey Decimal System (10 main Categories)

SEARCH resources

Special Reference books (ex. Ency of Animals)

Basic Online search techniques

Introduce research process

Graphic Organizers (Kidspiration,Inspiration)

Developing Research Questions

Selection and organization of relevant information

Note taking (in support of regular classroom instruction)

Paraphrasing

Summarizing text

Critical reading

Works Consulted format

Plagiarism

Oral and or written presentation of research (classroom or library)

Authors

Genre (non-fiction, informational text)

Self-selection of appropriate materials

Use Multi-media presentation tools

Fourth Grade Objectives

• Student will know school district policies related to accessing and using sources.
• Student will be able to recognize organizational tools.
• Student will be able to identify information to determine the relevance to the topic.
• Student will be able to identify the effect of the copyright date on the value of the information.
• Student will be able to assess for gaps in information gathered.
• Student will be able to construct new knowledge based on information gathered.
• Student will be able to work collaboratively and cooperatively in an inquiry process.
• Student will be able to evaluate whether the information need was met.
• Student will be able to effectively share information.
• Student will be able to assess the quality of their work.
• Student will know there are methods to use in order to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• Student will know that there are different literary genres.
• Student will know there are different book awards in childrenʼs literature.
• Student will know authors and illustrators have different styles and create in different genres.
• Student will be able to choose books they will enjoy on an appropriate reading level.
• Student will recognize mystery, science fiction, short stories, fable and myth when they read one of these genres.
• Student will be able identify books that have won an award and he will be able to discuss what makes the books worthy of an award.
• Student will understand what a call number is and why it is important.
• Student will follow the norms and procedures that are in place in the library such as for check in and check out.
• Student will locate fiction books using the authorʼs last name.
• Student will begin to sort and locate books to the first decimal number in the Dewey Decimal System.
• Student will be able to choose a just right book.
• Student will be able to write a call number down and find the book independently.