Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Mililani MaukaMililani Mauka ElementaryElementary SchoolSchool

Grade 4Grade 4

Curriculum for 2005 - 2006Curriculum for 2005 - 2006

Language Arts

First Semester

Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies

Reading Response• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Critical Thinking

Writing• Composing Process• Conventions and Skills

-Traits of Writing

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Second Semester

Reading Comprehension Process• Reading Strategies

Reading Response• Theme and Author’s Message• Personal Connections• Critical Thinking

Writing• Composing Process• Conventions and Skills

Oral Communication• Discussion & Presentation• Critical Listening• Delivery

Mathematics

First SemesterData Analysis

• Questions• Creating Graphs

Numbers and Operations• Place Value• Rounding• Ordering & Comparing Numbers• Money• Review of Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers

First Semester (cont.)

Algebra• Expressions

Geometry and Spatial Sense• Solids and Plane Figures• Symmetry• Transformations• Perimeter, Area, Volume

Second Semester

Number and Operations• Fractions• Decimals

Metric Measurement• Length• Volume/Capacity• Temperature

Probability and Statistics• Predicting Outcomes

Science

First Semester

Earth Science: Geology• Study of the land and processes

that willaffect the land

Life Science: Plants and Animals• Study of organisms and how they

adapted to their environment• Cell structure

Second SemesterPhysical Science

• Electricity• Chemistry

Space Science• Relation of sun-moon-earth• Force of gravity

Social Studies

First Semester

Political Science• Rules

Cultural Anthropology• Beliefs, values and practices of the

ancient Hawaiian culture

Historical Understanding• Life in ancient Hawai`i

Geography• Human effects on the land

Second Semester

Political Science• Roles and responsibilities of the

ancient Hawaiians

Cultural Anthropology• Changes in the Hawaiian culture

Historical Understanding• Early Migration• Hawaiian Monarchy

Economics• Ahupua`a System

Field Trips and

Activities

First Semester

1. MGF Presentation: Geology of Hawai`i2. Bike Education3. Pu`u Ualaka`a State Park Field Trip4. Ko`olaupoko Bus Tour Field Trip5. MGF Presentation: Wetland and Waterbirds of

Hawai`i5. James Campbell Wildlife Refuge Field Trip6. MGF Presentation: Native Hawaiian Plants &

Animals

Second Semester

1. Canoe Project2. Bishop Museum Field Trip3. `Iolani Palace Field Trip4. `Ohia Play Field Trip5. Ku`u Home Kula`iwi (taro patch) Field Trip6. Kamehameha Schools Presentation: `Ike

Pono7. May Day-May 12, 2006