4th Grade

Grade 4-English Language Arts (ELA)

Fourth graders grow their literacy and writing learning throughout the year by engaging in hands-on, team-building inquiry projects. There is a deep emphasis on fluency in reading and deeper comprehension of texts. Our classroom communities work to continue building skills that are purposeful and necessary to meet grade level benchmarks, and lead the way on the road towards academic and worldly success.

Literacy skills taught in 4th grade include:

Referring and locating details in a text and explaining in your own words what it says

Using text features (charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, and illustrations) to understand non-fiction texts

Making inferences

Writing detailed bit by bit summaries that focus on the theme or central idea

Interpreting others’ points of view in a variety of genres

Describing story elements such as setting, plot, characters, etc.

Identifying the differences between character traits and feelings/emotions

Pulling out text evidence to support the what and why of a story

Writing skills taught in 4th grade include:

Gathering ideas and information to produce narrative, opinion, and informative pieces

Identifying what structure goes with each type of writing I aim to produce

Produce writing that helps the reader create a mental image of the scene and/or characters

Creating dialogue between characters using correct punctuation to show characters’ response to situations

Producing writing that shows what is happening instead of telling

Creating an annotated bibliography of sources

Grade 4-Mathematics

Fourth graders will apply the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to solve problems. Through the use of movement, games, manipulatives and technology, students use their knowledge to expand on previously taught skills and experiences. All students are given the opportunity to have access to grade level curriculum as well as practice developing skills.

Math skills taught in 4th grade include:

Adding and subtracting multi digit numbers

Place value & Rounding to the millions

Comparing numbers to the millions

Multiply and divide up to 4 digits using different methods

Use properties to show relationships between place value and multiplication

Identify patterns

Area and perimeter in the real world

Solving word problems using taught strategies

Substituting values

Evaluating number sentences

Metric units and for liquid, volume and mass