The document outlines the curriculum and events for grade 4 at Curriculum Coffee for the 2012-2013 school year. It includes details on Reader's and Writer's Workshop with mini lessons, guided reading, and writing units. It also describes the science curriculum covering topics like electricity, structures of life, and earth materials. Key events are noted like a cultural week, assessments, and a science showcase.

1. Curriculum Coffee
Grade 4
2012-2013

2. Reader’s and Writer’s
Workshop
• Skill and strategy mini • Skill and strategy mini
lessons, guided reading, lessons, writing process
interactive read aloud,
word study &vocab, silent • Personal narrative, realistic
reading fiction, persuasive essay,
expository, historical fiction,
• Characters, non-fiction poetry, literary essay,
research, historical fiction, informational writing,
informational reading, text memoir
interpretation

3. Science and Math
• Foss Kits for inquiry and • Math Investigations
discovery; and science
journals to record and • Factors and Arrays
analyze data
• Shapes of Data
• Earth Materials
• Division
• Structures of Life
• Size, shape, symmetry
• Electricity
• Landmark numbers
• Fractions and decimals
• Solids and silhouettes

4. Grade level expectations
• Homework
• Communication
• Monthly newsletter
• Progress reports
• Report cards

5. Events
• Cultural week and international food fair
• DRA
• ISA
• MAPS
• Field trip
• Science showcase