Grade+4

**Grade 4**  **Unit: Discovering Connecticut**  **Purposes:**

 **Description:** Students will begin to learn about Connecticut's geography, climate, landforms, historical sites and events, famous people, recreation, and resources by comparing Connecticut with other states. Students will use print and online resources, interviews with students from other states, a variety of maps, and 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional graphic organizers to learn about and compare states. The culminating product will be a visual presentation that shows their understanding of how Connecticut and another state are similar and different.

Desired Results

CT Grade Level Expectations

 * Connecticut Mastery Test Objectives**


 * **Understandings** || **Essential Questions** ||


 * **Knowledge:**

//The student will know...// || **Skills:**

//The students will be able to...// ||


 * Content Vocabulary ||

Assessment Evidence
 * **Performance Tasks** || **Formative Assessments** ||

Learning Plan
 * Resources**

Skype Webcam


 * **Anchor Activities** ||
 * **1. What makes Connecticut unique?** Students write clues about the features of Connecticut, using print and online resources.They organize the information into a graphic organizer. ||  ||
 * **2. Connecticut Maps Students** learn about Connecticut through a variety of maps, landform, population, product, and region maps. ||  ||
 * 3. Longitude and Latitude ||  ||
 * **3. Mystery State Skype Calls** Students ask a classroom from another state questions about their state, with the purpose of using the clues to identify the mystery state callers. They also use the information that they have learned about Connecticut to provide clues that help answer questions that the other class asks. ||  ||
 * **4. In what ways are Connecticut and another state similar and different?** In what ways are they different? Students use the information gathered in their graphic organizers to create a visual presentation. The presentation shows how Connecticut and one other state compare. ||  ||