Bilangino+Summary+RI

This unit’s central theme is Rhode Island and is developmentally appropriate for fourth grade students because it introduces basic math, social students, literacy, and science skills. Students will learn about Rhode Island, its symbols, the state flower (the violet), and how to construct a bar graphs based upon their finding in science. > >
 * Summary of Unit Plan **
 * The goals of this unit include; **
 * Students will gain knowledge about the state of Rhode Island and demonstrate their understanding by writing a complete paragraph about what they learned.
 * Students will observe the Rhode Island state flower, (the violet), by investigating and recording what a flower needs to grow.
 * Students will graph the Rhode Island state flower's height as it grows using a bar graph.
 * Students will generate knowledge about Rhode Island's past and present by studying the state's symbols.
 * The Grade Level Expectations and standard used in this unit are: **

==· //W–4–1 Students demonstrate command of the structures of sentences, paragraphs, and text by…// == ==o W–4–1.2 __Using the paragraph form: indenting, main idea, supporting details__ (State)  == = = =· W–4–2 In response to literary or informational text, students show understanding of plot/ideas/concepts by… = =o W–4–2.2 __Summarizing ideas__ = =· // W –4– 8 //// In informational writing (reports and procedures only), students demonstrate use of a range of elaboration strategies by …// = =o W – 4 – 8.1 Including __facts__ and details relevant to focus/__controlling idea__ (State) = · ** // LS1 (3-4)-2 Students demonstrate understanding of structure and function-survival requirements by… //  ** o  LS1-(3-4)-2a Observing that plants need water, air, food, light, and __space__ to grow and __reproduce__.

M(DSP)–4–1 **Interprets a given representation** (line plots, tables, bar graphs, pictographs, or circle graphs) to answer questions related to the data, to analyze the data to formulate or justify conclusions, to make predictions, or to solve problems. M(DSP)–4–3 **Organizes and displays data** using tables, line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs to answer questions related to the data, to analyze the data to formulate or justify conclusions, to make predictions, or to solve problems.
 * ||  || ** HP 2 (3-4) –1 **
 * Students connect the past with the present by… **
 * a. investigating and explaining the origin, name, or significance of local and Rhode Island geographic and human-made features ** ||