4th Grade Curriculum

Here's a brief overview of the topics we will study this year by subject.

READING

• Interpreting Characters- Fiction
• Nonfiction
• Reading History
• Historical Fiction Bookclubs

​SCIENCE

• Earth's Materials: Rocks and Minerals
• Robotics
• ​Focus on Energy

WRITING

• Arc of the Story- Fictional Narrative
• Boxes and Bullets- Personal Essay
• Literary Essay
• Informational Text
• Cursive
• Typing

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Mapping Skills
• Regions of the United States
• Canada and Mexico
• Immigration and Migration
• Civil Rights Movement

MATH

• Place Value, Addition and Subtraction
• Patterns, Multiplication and Division
• Estimation and Partial Products
• Perimeter and Area
• Division
• Fractions
• Operations with Fractions
• Fractions and Decimals
• Measurement Conversions
• Naming and Constructing Geometric Figures
• Symmetry

WORD STUDY

• Words Their Way
• Word Sorts
• Word of the Week Vocabulary

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS

• Responsive Classroom
• Learning Buddies