Unit 9 Overview

Unit Length: 18 Days Anchor Text: Inspiration and Ingenuity: American Innovation (Read-Aloud), ReadWorks, Trade Books Text Type: Informational Lexile: 710L-1190L

By Amplify Classroom

4th Grade

CKLA

Unit Summary This unit explores several important yet lesser-known innovators from American history. As students embark on a journey to understand the stories and impact of these American innovators, they build their knowledge of patents, prototypes, and the cycle of innovation. The lessons foster critical thinking skills through student engagement with informational texts about the innovators, their inventions, and their lasting contributions. Throughout the unit, students analyze nonfiction texts, identify key ideas, and recognize supporting details. This unit concludes with Student Performance Assessment 3 to help determine whether students are adequately prepared for Grade 5 ELA instruction. Overall Learning Outcomes • Identify main ideas and supporting details in informational texts • Compare and contrast inventors and innovators • Ask and answer relevant questions • Make text-based inferences • Generate questions based on prior knowledge and gathered information • Synthesize details across texts to demonstrate comprehension • Demonstrate understanding of themes within a text • Identify and cite primary and secondary sources • Research and gather information from relevant sources • Draft, revise, and publish an informational research paper • Present research findings using diverse formats • Student Performance Assessment