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E	E4.5.1 Write narratives (stories) that: -include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience. -provide a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience. -use concrete sensory details.	E4.5.3 Write informational reports that: -ask a central question about an issue or situation. -include facts and details for focus. -use more than one source of information, including speakers, books, newspapers, media sources, and online information.	E4.5.6 Write for different purposes (information, persuasion) and to a specific audience or person.	E4.6.3 Create interesting sentences by using words that describe, explain, or provide additional details and connections, such as adjectives, adverbs, appositives, participial phrases, prepositional phrases, and conjunctions.	E4.7.12 Make informational presentations that: -focus on one main topic. -include facts and details that help listeners focus. -incorporate more than one source of information (including speakers, books, newspapers, television broadcasts, radio reports, or Web sites).
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4	1.1 Observe & describe that scientific investigations generally work the same way in different places.	2.1 Judge whether measurements & computations of quantities, such as length, area, volume, weight, or time, are reasonable. M4.2.11 Know and use strategies for estimating results of any whole-number computations. M4.2.12 Use mental arithmetic to add or subtract numbers rounded to hundreds or thousands. M4.7.7 Know and use appropriate methods for estimating results of whole-number computations. M4.7.8 Make precise calculations and check the validity of the results in the context of the problem. M.7.9 Decide whether a solution is reasonable in the context of the original situation.	3.1 Observe & report that the moon can be seen sometimes at night and sometimes during the day.	4.1 Investigate, such as by using microscopes, to see that living things are made mostly of cells.	5.1 Explain that the meaning of numerals in many-digit numbers depends on their positions.	6.1 Demonstrate that in an object consisting of many parts, the parts usually influence or interact with one another.
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4	1.2 Recognize & describe that results of scientific investigations are seldom exactly the same. If differences occur, such as large variation in the measurement of plant growth, propose reasons for why these differences exist, using recorded information about investigations.	2.2 State the purpose, orally or in writing, of each step in a computation. M4.7.5 Express solutions clearly and logically by using the appropriate mathematical terms and notation. Support solutions with evidence in both verbal and symbolic work. E4.2.7 Follow multiple-step instructions in a basic technical manual. E4.7.4 Give precise directions and instructions.	3.2 Begin to investigate & explain that air is a substance that surrounds us & takes up space, & whose movements we feel as wind.	4.2 Investigate, observe, & describe that insects & various other organisms depend on dead plant & animal material for food.	5.2 Explain that in some situations, “0" means none of something, but in others it may be just the label of some point on a scale. M4.3.8 Plot and label whole numbers on a number line up to 100. Estimate positions on the number line.	6.2 Show that something may not work as well, or at all, if a part of it is missing, broken, worn out, mismatched, or incorrectly connected.
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4	1.3 Explain that clear communication is an essential part of doing science since it enables scientists to inform others about their work, to expose their ideas to evaluation by other scientists, & to allow scientists to stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world. E.7.12 Make informational presentations that: -focus on one main topic. -include facts and details that help listeners focus. -incorporate more than one source of information (including speakers, books, newspapers, television broadcasts, radio reports, or Web sites).	2.3 Make simple & safe electrical connections with various plugs, sockets, & terminals.	3.3 Identify salt as the major difference between fresh & ocean waters.	4.3 Observe/describe that organisms interact with one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, & seed dispersal.	5.3 Illustrate how length can be thought of as unit lengths joined together, area as a collection of unit squares, & volume as a set of unit cubes. M4.5.1 Measure length to the nearest quarter-inch, eighth-inch, and millimeter. M4.5.5 Estimate and calculate the area of rectangular shapes using appropriate units, such as square centimeter (cm^2), square meter (m^2), square inch (in^2), or square yard (yd^2). M4.5.7 Find areas of shapes by dividing them into basic shapes such as rectangles. M4.5.8 Use volume and capacity as different ways of measuring the space inside a shape.	6.3 Recognize/describe how changes made to a model can help predict how the real thing can be altered.
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4	1.4 Describe how people all over the world have taken part in scientific investigation for many centuries.	2.4 Use numerical data to describe & compare objects & events. M4.7.4 Use a variety of methods, such as words, numbers, symbols, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, tools, and models to solve problems, justify arguments, and make conjectures.	3.4 Describe some of the effects of oceans on climate.	4.4 Observe/describe that some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive & grow.	5.4 Demonstrate how graphical displays of numbers may make it possible to spot patterns that are not otherwise obvious, such as comparative size & trends. M4.6.2 Interpret data graphs to answer questions about a situation.	6.4 Observe/describe that some features of things may stay the same even when other features change.
4	1.5 Demonstrate how measuring instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, & cameras, can be used to gather accurate information for making scientific comparisons of objects & events. Note that measuring instruments, such as rulers, can also be used for designing & constructing things that will work properly. M4.5.1 Measure length to the nearest quarter-inch, eighth-inch, and millimeter.	2.5 Write descriptions of investigations, using observations & other evidence as support for explanations.	3.5 Describe how waves, wind, water, & glacial ice shape & reshape Earth’s land surface by the erosion of rock & soil in some areas & depositing them in other areas.	4.5 Observe/explain that most plants produce far more seeds than those that actually grow into new plants.	5.5 Explain how reasoning can be distorted by strong feelings.
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4	1.6 Explain that even a good design may fail even though steps are taken ahead of time to reduce the likelihood of failure.	2.6 Support statements with facts found in print & electronic media, identify the sources used, & expect others to do the same. E4.4.5 Quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them appropriately. E4.4.6 Locate information in reference texts by using organizational features, such as prefaces and appendixes. E4.4.7 Use multiple reference materials and online information (the Internet) as aids to writing.	3.6 Recognize & describe that rock is composed of different combinations of minerals.	4.6 Explain how in all environments, organisms are growing, dying, & decaying, & new organisms are being produced by the old ones.
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4	1.7 Discuss & give examples of how technology, such as computers & medicines, has improved the lives of many people, although the benefits are not equally available to all. H.4.4.4. describe how technology has increased the fast food business and how the level of consumption has increased (serving sizes are bigger and we are eating more meals through fast food).	2.7 Identify better reasons for believing something than “Everybody knows that ...” or “I just know,” & discount such reasons when given by others. E4.2.6 Distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion in informational text.	3.7 Explain that smaller rocks come from the breakage & weathering of bedrock & larger rocks & that soil is made partly from weathered rock, partly from plant remains, & also contains many living organisms.	4.7 Describe that human beings have made tools & machines, such as x-rays, microscopes, & computers, to sense & do things that they could not otherwise sense or do at all, or as quickly, or as well.
4	1.8 Recognize &explain that any invention may lead to other inventions.		3.8 Explain that the rotation of Earth on its axis every 24 hours produces the night-and-day cycle.	4.8 Know/explain that artifacts & preserved remains provide some evidence of the physical characteristics & possible behavior of human beings who lived a very long time ago.
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4	1.9 Explain how some products & materials are easier to recycle than others.		3.9 Draw or correctly select drawings of shadows & their direction & length at different times of day.	4.9 Explain that food provides energy & materials for growth & repair of body parts. Recognize that vitamins & minerals, present in small amounts in foods, are essential to keep everything working well. Further understand that as people grow up, the amounts & kinds of food & exercise needed by the body may change. H.4.1.1. Recognize the importance of cleanliness, sleep, balance diet and good dental hygiene for growth and development. H.4.1.5. Describe how growth and development occur at different rates for body parts. The effects of heredity on growth and development. H.4.1.9. Explain that weight is related to the amount of food that goes in (diet) and how much you burn off (exercise)
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4			3.10 Demonstrate that the mass of a whole object is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts.	4.10 Explain that if germs are able to get inside the body, they may keep it from working properly. Understand that for defense against germs, the human body has tears, saliva, skin, some blood cells, & stomach secretions. Also note that a healthy body can fight most germs that invade it. Recognize, however, that there are some germs that interfere with the body's defenses. H.4.7.1 Demonstrate the ability to express information and ideas about health issues (communicable and non-communicable diseases) and how our bodies protect itself.
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4			3.11 Investigate, observe, & explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.	4.11 Explain that there are some diseases that human beings can only catch once. Explain that there are many diseases that can be prevented by vaccinations, so that people do not catch them even once. H.4.7.1 Demonstrate the ability to express information and ideas about health issues (communicable and non-communicable diseases) and how our bodies protect itself.
4			3.12 Investigate, observe, & explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as one’s hands rubbing together.
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