Fourth Grade Curriculum

Fourth Grade Curriculum

Language Arts:

• revise and edit own writing

• edit own work for spelling and mechanics

• read chapter books fluently

• draw conclusions from text

• identify elements of story in text

• read a variety of genres

• infer meaning of unknown vocabulary

• monitor own comprehension while reading

Math:

• use place value to represent whole numbers

• solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and beginning division problems

• identify and describe geometric figures

• understand and develop spatial reasoning

• describe and compare fractions

• measure length, area, and temperature

• measure capacity, weight, and volume

• use place value to represent decimals

• add and subtract decimals

Science:

• question, observe, experiment

• active investigations

• creation of science notebooks/journals

• use of engineering design process

• Earth Science Core Ideas: Soils, Rocks and Landforms

• Life Science Core Ideas: Environments

• Physical Science Core Ideas: Energy

• STEM/STEAM explorations

Social Studies:

• explore the experiences of immigrants

• identify and discuss characteristics of an economy, including the impact of inventions

• explore regions of United States

• identify and discuss key documents in U.S. History

• discuss the effect of the Holocaust

• distinguish roles of the three branches of government

• use maps and globes to identify geographic features of the world