Reading and Language Arts CSOs

• RLA.4.1.10    determine a purpose for reading across the curriculum.
• RLA.4.1.12    compare self to text in making connections between characters or simple events in a literary work with people and events in one’s own and other cultures.
• RLA.4.2.1    use conventions of print (e.g., legibility; uniformity in all written work).
• RLA.4.2.3    use proper paragraph form in written composition (e.g., indent the first word of a paragraph; use topic sentence; recognize a paragraph as a group of sentences about one main idea; use an introductory and concluding paragraph; write at least two related paragraphs).
• RLA.4.2.4    use strategies to gather and record information for research topics (e.g., notes- maps - charts - graphs - tables; summarize - paraphrase - describe in narrative form; gather direct quotes).
• RLA.4.2.6    use strategies to compile information into written reports or summaries (e.g., incorporate notes into a finished product; include simple facts - details - explanations - examples; draw conclusions from relationships and patterns that emerge from data of different sources; use appropriate visual aids and media).
• RLA.4.2.7    use conventions of spelling in written composition (e.g., spell high frequency words; spell commonly misspelled words from appropriate grade level list; use dictionary and other resources to spell words; use syllable constructions to spell words; use vowel combinations for correct spelling; use contractions - compound words - roots - suffixes - prefixes in spelling).
• RLA.4.2.8    use conventions of capitalization in written composition (e.g., titles of people; proper nouns such as towns - cities - counties - countries - names of streets - holidays; first word of a direct quote; heading - salutation - closing of a letter).
• RLA.4.2.9    use conventions of punctuation in written composition (e.g., use colons in business letter salutations; use quotation marks in the title of poems - songs - chapters; underline book titles).
• RLA.4.2.10    use a variety of sentence structure correctly in writing (e.g., simple - compound - complex sentences; avoid sentence run-ons and fragments). 
• RLA.4.2.11     use the mechanics of grammar in written composition (e.g., avoid double negatives; correct verb tenses; use conjunctions - interjections - prepositions; correct subject verb agreement with regular and irregular verbs).

Social Studies CSOs

• SS.4.1.2    work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.
• SS.4.1.4    describe forms of diversity in early American society, giving examples of the strengths/contributions of each (e.g., indentured servants, slaves, colonists, plantation owners, Native Americans, merchants  
• SS.4.1.5    describe the qualities of responsible leadership by individuals and in groups.   
• SS.4.5.3    identify major leaders and events from America’s colonization through the Revolutionary War.  
• SS.4.5.11   describe factors that led to the colonists’ break with Great Britain and research major events of the Revolutionary War (e.g., Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, Yorktown)  
• SS.4.5.12    describe language, stories, music, folk tales, and artistic creations as expressions of culture that influenced the behaviors of people in colonial America

Technology CSOs

• TEC.4.2.1    identify the need for acceptable use policies (AUP)
• TEC 4.3.1    use a word processing program to create and format a document (e.g. paragraph, tabs, justification, margins) and review cut and paste, spell check and text formatting.
• TEC 4.5.2    explore grade level appropriate search engines as tools to locate information electronically.