Grade 4 Scope and Sequence
Scope and Sequence Grade 4 Technology
The scope and sequence listed below are the recommended Instructional Technology units to teach. Connections to the Grade 4 content area scope and sequence are included. Be sure to check with your fourth grade team to align with classroom instruction as needed.
| Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Community Building | Digital Citizen | Computational Thinker | Digital Citizen |
| Unit 2 | Empowered Learner - Keyboarding | Computational Thinker | Computational Thinker Cornerstone Task | Digital Citizen Cornerstone Task |
| Unit 3 | Artificial Intelligence | Empowered Learner - Tech Skills Checklist | Artificial Intelligence | Empowered Learner - Tech Skills Checklist |
| Unit 4 | Digital Citizen |
Last Updated: 8/13/2024
Quarter 1
Outcomes:
Community Building:
- Share that classrooms are a community
- Identify that each and every individual contributes to the classroom community
- Identify norms for respectful, trusting, and safe engagement in the community
- Define equity and how it looks, sounds, and feels in our community
Empowered Learner - Keyboarding:
- Develop an understanding of appropriate keyboarding positions
- Students demonstrate their understanding of AI concepts and their application in real-world contexts.
- Lesson: What is AI and Machine Learning?
- Students will understand the role of data in AI and how AI systems learn from data.
- Lesson: How is AI Trained?
- Explain the information that students put online impacts others and how others perceive them
- Lesson: Who Are You Online?
- Describe the characteristics of netiquette and how it applies to online communication.
- Lesson: Technology Choices - Netiquette
Last Updated: 8/13/2024
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade 4 students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 1. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- Virtual Learning Cycle 1 Lessons
- Welcome to Technology
- Getting to Know You
- Digital Bootcamp
- G-Suite Overview
- Typing Agent Introduction
- Chromebook CareLinks to an external site.Also included in Grade 3 Lessons
- How to take care of your Chromebook Google Sheets (Links to an external site.).
- Kindness Choice boardLinks to an external site.Also included in Grade 3 Lessons
- Wixie Activity (Links to an external site.) - Good for when new students are joining. Promotes SEL.
- Profile PhotosLinks to an external site.Also included in Grade 3 Lessons
- Includes a PPT, Video directions and a Discussion
- Intro to WeVideo
- Students will tell about themselves using a variety of features in WeVideo. This is a prep lesson for a future research lesson.
Last Updated: 8/22/2021
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade 4. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Disease Prevention
- Reading - Working Together
- Week 4 Lesson 4 Day 5 - Web Quest: Chesapeake Bay Research Links
- Science - Energy
- Lessons 10&11 - Brief research and presentation of renewable and nonrenewable resources
- Lessons 12-16 - Windmill/wind turbine design and testing
- Social Studies - The First People
- Writing - Writing Community, Writing Process, Personal Narrative
Quarter 2
Outcomes:
- Generate solutions for dealing with cyberbullying.
- Lesson: Cyberbullying
- Identify strategies for creating strong, secure passwords and its importance in cybersecurity
- Lesson: Creating Strong Passwords
- Identify how the elements of coding is used to create new solutions to existing problems
- Lesson: Starting from Scratch
- Refine code to improve upon an existing code
- Lesson: Building a Maze Game
- Break down a problem into smaller manageable parts and identify key information
- Lesson: Debugging the Code for a Maze
Empowered Learner - Technology Skills Checklist:
- Demonstrate growth towards proficiency in Grade 4 technology skills across all content areas
Last Updated: 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade 4 students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 2. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- ScreenTime - Also included in Grade 3 lessons
- Wixie activity Links to an external site. to learn about balance of screentime/devices and real life play
- Skills: text-boxes, drawing, goal-setting
- Book Review - Also included in Grade 3 lessons
- listen to choice of books and post recommendation in discussion post
- Skills: participating in online discussions
Last Updated: 10/13/2021
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade 4. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention
- Reading - The One and Only Ivan, Actions Speak Louder Than Words
- Performance Task - Create a poster to advertise the movie for The One and Only Ivan, including information about the main characters
- Science - Waves
- Lesson 6 - use of three online simulations to observe relationship between the changing properties of a wave and the motion of an object
- Lesson 8 - use of Audacity, brief reference to Morse Code
- Lesson 9-12 - code design and testing
- Lesson 13 - introduction to binary code
- Social Studies - Early Settlements
- Writing - Personal Narrative, Fiction
Quarter 3
Outcomes:
- Use patterns and trends in data to inform decisions
- Lesson: If/Then/Else Questions
Computational Thinker: Cornerstone Task
- Students will discuss current AI trends and consider the ethical implications.
- Lesson: Bias in Artificial Intelligence
- Students will create AI-generated art projects and analyze the intersection of AI and creativity.
- Lesson: Character AI
Last Updated: 8/13/2024
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade 4 students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 3. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed.
- St. Patrick's Day Webquest - Also included in Grade 3 lessons
- Research and answer questions using a Wixie Template Links to an external site.. (Remixed Template Links to an external site. for Special Education Students)
- Skills: Research
- Extraordinaire Design Studio - Also included in Grade 3 lessons
- Work through the EDP process by creating a music player for an Extraordinaire
- Spring Magnetic Poetry
- Create Spring themed poems using words provided in Google Slides Links to an external site.
- Skills: copy/paste and click/drag
- Virtual Field Trip: Colonial Williamsburg
- Explore the Colonial Williamsburg, VA as a virtual field trip using Google Slides Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.) and Wixie template Links to an external site.
Last Updated 2/21/2022
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade 4. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Nutrition & Fitness
- Reading - Historical Fiction
- Performance Task - Create a presentation that demonstrates an understanding of a historical event while emphasizing the different perspectives of the people involved.
- Science - Earth's Systems: Shaping the Earth
- Lesson 9 - Analysis of maps to compare locations of volcano, earthquake, moutain and sea floor features
- Lesson 10-14 - Design and test Earthquake resistant structures
- Social Studies - Colonial Life
- Writing - Informational Expository Nonfiction, Functional Writing, Short Debate Speech
Quarter 4
Outcomes:
- Identify offline and online responsibilities
- Lesson: Talking Safely Online
- Select appropriate technology tools to give credit to others when sharing work on the Internet
- Lesson: How to Cite a Source
Digital Citizen: Cornerstone Task
Empowered Learner - Technology Skills Checklist:
- Demonstrate proficiency in Grade 4 technology skills across all content areas
Last Updated: 8/26/2022
Additional Technology Lessons:
Below are lessons created by HCPSS Technology teachers for use with Grade 4 students. These lessons are supplemental lessons and are not required. Lessons listed can be taught at any time, but are recommended for Quarter 4. These lessons were created for asynchronous/synchronous instruction. Modifications may be needed
- Citing Sources - Follow Up
- After teaching the lesson on Citing Sources this gives the students the opportunity to put what they learned into practice. Students can choose to use WIXIE Links to an external site. or Google Slides Links to an external site. to collect information and CITE the sources using the "Cite" buttons from the Mackin Via databases
- Skills: Digital Citizenship, Research, Citations
- Code a Mars Helicopter Game
Links to an external site.
- Create a Scratch video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter. Lesson and resources are created by NASA. (Scratch game with backgrounds and helicopter uploaded: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/503080227 Links to an external site. )
- Skills: Computational Thinking
- Kaiju (Giant Monsters) - Also included in Grade 3 Lessons
- Day 1: Students will create a Kaiju (Giant Monster) in Wixie and complete fun information about it. Day 2: Students will transfer their monster to Scratch and code some actions.
- Template Links: Wixie Kaiju Information Links to an external site., Wixie Monster Templates Links to an external site., Google Doc with Monster Ideas Links to an external site.
- Skills: Coding and Wixie
- Earth Day
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Links to an external site. - (Links to an external siteS (Links to an external site.SStidStudents will learn why humans can only live on Earth, why we celebrate Earth Day and a brief history, Vocabulary activities (crossword and word search) and jigsaw puzzles. Easy to modify for intermediate grade levels.
- Getting Ready for the Summer - Also included in Grade K -3 Lessons
- Students watch a BrainPOP to review Internet Safety, then play a Kahoot game to review Chromebook care. Finally, they complete a Wixie to share thoughts on summer.
- Skills: BrainPop, Kahoot, Wixie
- Chromebook Care for Summer - Also included in Grade K-3 Lessons
- Video covering caring for the Chromebook over the summer. Consider expanding teaching students how to organize bookmarks and clean out old ones and create a tech tip bookmark folder as part of their lesson.
- Skills: browser updates, refresh/reset procedures, tech support info.
Last Updated 4/8/2022
Curriculum Connections:
Below are the units of study for each content area in Grade 4. Lessons that are designed for collaboration with technology have been included.
- Health - Nutrition & Fitness (Cont'd)
- Reading - Traditional Literature: Myths and other traditional literature from different cultures
- Science - Structure, Function, & Information
- Social Studies - Maryland in Business
- Writing - Opinion Writing, Poetry, Writing Community
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