COURSE
DESCRIPTION for GRADE 4
English
4 Course
# ENG04
Fourth Grade Language Arts consists of reading, spelling,
grammar, and writing. Some science concepts are integrated
into reading, and some basic math skills are practiced
in spelling. Students continue to engage in skill
lessons to develop reading fluency and comprehension.
They read a variety of genres including chapter books,
tall tales, fables, poetry, folk tales, and informational
articles. In each lesson, students complete a journal
entry and learn to use a rubric for journal writing.
Students use the writing process and engage in a variety
of writing applications.
Math
4 Course
# MATH04
In fourth grade math, students will investigate the
base-ten number system by reading, writing, representing,
comparing and rounding whole numbers and decimals;
demonstrate fluency in computations with whole numbers
using 1 and 2 digit numbers; develop strategies for
performing computations mentally; and generate equivalent
forms of fractions and decimals to estimate, add,
and subtract decimals and fractions with like denominators.
Students will count money and make change; examine
prime and composite numbers; make simple measurement
conversions of units; solve multi-step problems; and
develop strategies to find perimeter, area, and volume.
In geometry, students will investigate, classify,
and model plane figures and solids. They will plot
locations in the first quadrant of a coordinate system
and make transformations of slides, flips, and turns;
use words, tables, and graphs to analyze patterns
and relationships to make predictions and solve problems;
represent unknowns as variables in equations and inequalities
and relate how change in one variable affects the
value of a related variable. Students will gather
and organize data in tables, charts, and graphs and
make predictions based on interpretations and appropriate
display of data; use mode, median, and range to describe
the characteristics of data; conduct simple probability
experiments and make predictions of possible outcomes
ordering events as impossible, unlikely, equal, likely,
and certain-to-happen; and make lists to display all
possible combinations of different sets of items.
Social
Studies 4 Course
# SS04
The state of residence is the focus for fourth grade.
Students learn about the geography, history, government
and economy of their state. They learn about issues
and ways that citizens participate in their states
government. Students develop their research skills
through individual and group activities.
Science
4 Course
# SCI04
Fourth-graders continue to safely conduct investigations,
choose appropriate tools, measure, collect, formulate
conclusions and communicate findings. They draw inferences
from simple experiments and study the physical and
chemical changes of matter. Properties of materials
and the discovery of new materials formed by combining
two or more materials are explored. Students expand
the study of life cycles of plants by examining characteristics,
growth and functions. Students gather information
on the weather and its patterns and how weather impacts
the Earth's surface, land, air and water. They explore
how utilizing technology affects human lives and how
technology and inventions change to meet people's
needs.
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