By the end of fourth grade, students are expected to transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” mastering multi-digit multiplication/division, and understanding fractions. Key skills include writing structured essays, multiplying/dividing large numbers, understanding area/perimeter, analyzing informational text, and demonstrating independence in organizing projects.
Reading and Language Arts
- Reading: Read grade-level texts with fluency and comprehension, summarize, identify the main idea, and explain themes in fiction and non-fiction.
- Writing: Write well-organized paragraphs and essays (informative, opinion, and narrative) with introduction, supporting details, and conclusion.
- Grammar & Language: Utilize proper punctuation (commas, quotation marks), possessives, and understand subject-verb agreement.
- Vocabulary: Understand figurative language, including idioms, synonyms, and antonyms.
Mathematics
- Operations: Fluently multiply/divide within 12×12, and multiply/divide multi-digit whole numbers using strategies like long division.
- Fractions & Decimals: Compare, add, and subtract fractions with like denominators, understand equivalent fractions, and introduce decimal notation.
- Measurement & Geometry: Measure angles, calculate perimeter and area, and convert units of measurement.
- Word Problems: Solve multi-step, real-world problems using all four operations.
Science & Social Studies
- Science: Understand energy transfer (renewable vs. non-renewable), weathering and erosion, and basic, foundational concepts of life, earth, and physical science.
- Social Studies: Study local state history, geography (maps of North America), and Native American civilizations,