Grade 4 Literacy Lessons

Your students will learn about the American innovators who have shaped our world. Through these free lessons, they'll build their knowledge on the invention process, and become inventors themselves!

Grades: 4th Grade

• Inspiration and Ingenuity: American Innovation

  Discover how innovation shapes the world—and how students can shape it too. This research-focused unit highlights American innovators from a wide range of backgrounds and explores the invention process. Read the Teacher Guide in the unit overview to help you prepare! Want to learn more about Amplify CKLA? Explore the curriculum here.

• Unit 9 Overview
• Invention and Innovation
• Entrepreneurs as Innovators
• Inventions Used in Daily Life
• A Light Bulb Moment
• The Innovation Cycle
• Ideas that Keep Growing
• Innovators in Music
• Innovators in the Medical Field
• Science and Technology Innovators
• Engineering and Math Innovators
• Researching for an Informative Essay
• Planning an Informative Essay
• Drafting an Informative Essay
• Revising and Editing an Informative Essay
• Publishing an Informative Essay
• Innovation Presentation