Fourth Grade
Language Arts
- Reading: read, comprehend, and appreciate a variety of written materials
- Writing: will write narrative, expository, and persuasive selections, as well as poetry, using the writing process
- Listening: listen and respond to verbal presentations
- Speaking: use spoken language to communicate ideas and information and to ask and answer questions
- Convention/Structure: use standard English to write complete sentences and use the editing process
- Spelling: learn correct spelling through word lists and editing
Mathematics
- Number sense: Identify the value of numbers and apply estimation skills
- Geometry: Label and describe properties of geometric shapes
- Measurement: Use metric and customary units for length, area, volume, and weight measurement
- Operations and computation: Use all operations, focusing on multiplication for problem solving
- Patterns and relationships: Find patterns in numbers, shapes, and operations
- Probability and statistics: Make and use graphs and predict probabilities
Science
- Content: participate in hands-on activities in the following areas:
- Astronomy: planets
- Earth Science: rocks and minerals
- Health: circulatory and respiratory systems
- Life Science: environmental factors
- Physical Science: mystery powders
- Skills:
- predict
- observe
- collect and record data
- interpret
- classify
- draw conclusions
Social Studies
- Content: study the five regions of the United States and the state of Illinois
- Skills: use maps, develop citizenship, and conduct research