FOURTH GRADE
Grade Level Expectations

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MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Number and Operations

Student will be able to understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems

1. Read, write and compare numbers
2. Represent and use rational numbers    
3. Compose and decompose numbers
4. Classify and describe numeric relationships

Student will be able to understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another  

1. Represent operations
2. Apply properties of operations

Student will be able to compute fluently and make reasonable estimates

1. Describe or represent mental strategies
2. Develop and demonstrate fluency
3. Compute problems
4. Estimate and justify solutions    

Algebraic Relationships

Student will be able to understand patterns, relations and functions

1. Recognize and extend patterns
2. Create and analyze patterns

Student will be able to represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols

1. represent mathematical situations
2. describe and use mathematical manipulations

Student will be able to use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships

Student will be able to analyze change in various contexts

Geometric and Spatial Relationships

Student will be able to analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three- dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships

1. Describe and use geometric relationships
2. Compose and decompose shapes

Student will be able to specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems

Student will be able to apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

1. Use transformations on objects
2. Use symmetry    

Student will be able to use visualization, spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve problems  

1. Recognize and draw three-dimensional representations    

Measurement

Student will be able to understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems and processes of measurement

1. Determine unit of measurement
2. Identify equivalent measures
3. Tell and use units of time
4. Count and compute money

Student will be able to apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements

1. Use standard of non-standard measurement
2. Use angle measurement
3. Apply geometric measurements

Data and Probability

Student will be able to formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize and display relevant data to answer them

1. formulate questions                            
2. represent and interpret data                    

Student will be able to select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data

Student will be able to develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data

COMMUNICATION ARTS - READING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process  

Phonics - Apply decoding strategies to independently "problem-solve" unknown words when reading & when needed

Fluency - Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy and expression adjusting reading rate to difficulty and type of text

Vocabulary - Develop vocabulary through text, using

1. root words  
2. synonyms and antonyms
3. context clues
4. glossary
5. dictionary, with assistance  

Pre-Reading - apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension  

1. access prior knowledge
2. preview
3. predict
4. set a purpose for reading

During reading, utilize strategies to

1. determine meaning of unknown words
2. monitor comprehension
3. question the text
4. infer
5. visualize
6. paraphrase
7. summarize

Post-Reading - apply post-reading skills to comprehend  text:

1. identify cause and effect
2. make predictions
3. question to clarify
4. reflect
5. analyze
6. draw conclusions
7. summarize
8. paraphrase

Making Connections - identify and explain relevant connections between

1. text ideas ---information and  relationships in various fiction and non-fiction works (text to text)
2. text ideas and own experiences (text to self)
3. text ideas and the world by demonstrating an  awareness that literature reflects a culture and historic time frame (text to world)

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry & drama from a variety of cultures and times.

Text Features - locate and

1. apply information in title, table of contents and glossary  
2. recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama in grade-level text  

Literary Techniques - explain examples of sensory details and figurative language in text

Literary Elements - use details from text to

1. make inferences about setting, character traits, problem and solution and story events
2. compare and contrast various elements
3. identify author's purpose  

Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times

Text Features -apply information in illustrations, title, chapter headings, table of contents, glossary, charts, diagrams, graphs, glossary, captions  and maps to comprehend text

Literary Techniques - explain examples of sensory details within the context of nonfiction text

Text Structures - use details from text to  

1. explain main idea and supporting details
2. identify and organize a sequence of events
3. identify cause and effect  
4. draw conclusions
5. compare and contrast texts
6. make predictions
7. make inferences
8. distinguish between fact and opinion
9. identify and explain author's purpose   

Understanding Directions

1. Read and follow three- and four-step directions to complete a task
2. Read and follow multi-step directions to complete a task

COMMUNICATION ARTS - WRITING CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

Apply a writing process in composing text

Writing Concepts - follow a writing process to

1. independently use a simple pre-writing strategy
2. generate a draft
3. continually reread and revise work for audience and purpose, ideas and content, organization and sentence structure, and word choice
4. continually edit conventions
5. publish writing

Compose well-developed text  

Audience & Purpose - compose text showing awareness of audience in a format appropriate to audience and purpose  

Ideas & Contents - compose text with

1. a clear controlling idea
2. relevant details /examples,( without assistance)

Organization & Sentence Structure - compose text with

1. a beginning, middle, and end
2. a logical sequence of events
3. sentence variety  

Word Choice - compose text using words that are

1. specific, accurate, and suited to the topic
2. sensory detail

Conventions - in written text  

1. capitalize holidays, names of counties and countries
2. use commas in a series, and between city and state
3. use apostrophe in contractions and singular possessives, with assistance
4. correctly use verbs that agree with compound subject, and conjunctions
5. use standard spelling and classroom resources and dictionary to edit for correct spelling

Write effectively in various forms and types of writing  

Forms/Types/Modes of Writing - Compose a variety of texts, using narrative, descriptive, expository, and/or persuasive features selecting and using an appropriate format