Fourth Grade Social Studies

I. PEOPLE, PLACES, AND ENVIRONMENTS
(Culture/Geography)

A. People
1. Explain how people are influenced by, adapt to, and alter their environment, including agricultural efforts, housing, occupations, industries, transportation methods, and communication.
C. Environment
1. Locate, describe, and compare the physical characteristics of regions in the United States (e.g., landforms, bodies of water, vegetation, climate, climatic regions, spatial distribution, and resources).

IV. PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONSUMPTION (ECONOMICS)

A. Identify examples of making economic choices based on a region's natural resources, and explain what is given up when making those choices.

Fourth Grade Language Arts

III. INFORMATION AND RESEARCH
Students read widely to acquire knowledge, conduct research, and organize information.

B. Use guide words to locate words in dictionaries and topics in encyclopedias.
C. Use and interpret charts, maps, graphs, schedules, directions, and diagrams.
G. Locate, organize and synthesize information from a variety of print and nonprint and technological resources (e.g., dictionaries, reference books, atlases, magazines, informational text, thesaurus, and technology/Internet).
H. Compile information into written reports or summaries.

V. WRITING

The student will:

A. Use a writing process to develop and refine composition skills.
B. Communicate through a variety of written forms and for various audiences and purposes (to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to instruct, to describe).
4. Friendly and business letters, 'thank you' notes, and invitations.

VIII. VISUAL LITERACY/LITERARY RESPONSE

The student will:

B. Use electronic media to access information from various sources including dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas, and Internet.
G. Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and graphs.

NPS Technology
Scope & Sequence Objectives
(Numbers correlate to the Scope and Sequence matrix)

44, 48, 62, 94, 96

1. Open Microsoft Publisher 98. (Start>Common Programs>Publisher)
   
   
2. Click on "Start using Publisher now."
   
   
3. Make sure you are on the Publications by Wizard tab section.
   
   
   
   
4. Under Wizards click on Postcards and then on We've Moved.
   
   
   

5. Choose a template by clicking on a postcard, then click on the Start Wizard button.
   
   
   

6. Use the Postcard Wizard on the left side of the screen and the Next, Back, and Finish buttons to set up your document. Click on the Hide Wizard button to view your postcard on the whole screen.
   
   

7. Save your postcard according to your teacher's directions.
   

8. Click in a text box and type to change the message, or click in a text box and then use the menu items Edit>Cut to remove a text box or graphic. Select text and change the size, font type, style, and color under the Format>Font menu items.
   

9. Double click on a graphic (or use menu items Insert>Picture>Clip Art) to change or add graphics.
   
   

10. When in the Clip Art Gallery click on the Find... button and type in the name of the state or type of clip art you want. Click on Find Now. Select the graphic and click on Insert (or just doubleclick on the graphic).
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

11. Click one time on the graphic and resize it by clicking and dragging on the "handles" (small black squares with two-way arrow), and move the graphic by clicking and dragging when the moving van with the four-way arrow is showing. Text boxes can be moved and resized also.
    
    
    
    

12. Save and Print your postcard.