Academic Vocabulary:
Mythology is the rich collection of traditional tales from cultures all over the world. Many myths date back to ancient times. They are stories about how the world was created and why certain things happen. Opposing is the act of resisting or combating Patterns of events is the expected ways things happen. Theme refers to the central meaning, message, or idea in a literary text that the author wants to communicate. Theme is never stated explicitly, but must be inferred by the reader from the evidence in the text. Quest is a long or arduous ( requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring) search for something.
Reading: RL 4.9 — Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
Writing: W.4.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/ or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. c. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Math: 4.MD.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale. Ability to use visual aids with conversion of measurement. S Knowledge of systems of measurement, fractions, decimals, and equivalent units of measure.
Science:LS1: How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce? LS2: How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions
Social studies:Identify questions that historians ask in examining the past in Michigan (e.g., What happened? When did it happen? Who was involved? How and why did it happen?). See also 4-H3.0. 4 – G1.0.1 Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States (e.g., Where is it? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?). 4 – E1.0.1: Identify questions economists ask in examining the United States (e.g., What is produced? How is it produced? How much is produced? Who gets what is produced? What role does the government play in the economy?).
