Fourth Grade Curriculum Guide

LANGUAGE ARTS

  • Reading comprehension strategies
  • Relate ideas, organize information
  • Summarize and draw conclusions
  • Figurative and literal language
  • Specialized vocabulary
  • Completing forms
  • Alphabetizing
  • Reference sources
  • Types of sentences
  • Singular and plural nouns
  • Verb Tenses
  • Descriptive adjectives
  • Parts of speech
  • Capitalization
  • Sentence combining
  • Narrative and expository writing
  • Persuasive writing
  • Listening strategies
  • Development of stories

MATHEMATICS

  • Counting, reading, writing and renaming numbers through millions
  • Forms of numbers- standard, word and expanded
  • Place value relationships and patterns
  • Estimation and mental math strategies
  • Adding and subtracting numbers with 4 or more digits
  • Time and data graphing
  • Multiplication by a multi-digit number
  • Inverse operations
  • Division by 1 and 2 digit divisors
  • Addition and subtraction of fractions
  • Decimal place value
  • Addition and subtraction of decimals
  • Plane and solid figures
  • Standard and metric measurement
  • Word problem solving
  • Solving algebraic equations
  • Square, square root
  • Math enrichment

RELIGION

  • Jesus leads us to happiness
  • The Beatitudes
  • Corporal Works of Mercy
  • Spiritual Works of Mercy

RELIGION

  • The Ten Commandments
  • Parts of the Mass
  • The Seven Sacraments
  • Liturgical seasons
  • Community outreach
  • Altar Serving
  • Weekly Mass participation
  • Grade level Mass presentation

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • Legend, scale, compass
  • Longitude and latitude on maps
  • Physical, political and specific purpose maps
  • Continents and oceans
  • Bar, line, circle graphs
  • Timelines
  • North America and Florida
  • Bodies of water and landforms
  • The role of government and it branches
  • The U.S. and Florida’s terrain, climate, products, agriculture and industry
  • Florida’s statehood
  • Current events
  • Black history

SCIENCE

  • Scientific skills to observe, classify, measure, infer, predict, interpret data and hypothesize
  • Importance of natural resources
  • Weathering, erosion deposition of rocks and minerals
  • Pollution
  • Properties of matter
  • Classifying living things
  • Magnetism and electricity
  • Weather and climate

ART

  • The art program will encompass all five standards building on each with different grade level expectations (using age appropriate vocabulary).
  • Skills and Techniques – The student understands and applies media, techniques and processes.
  • Creation and Communications – The students creates and communicates using elements of art and the principles of design.
  • Cultural and Historical Connections – The student understands the visual arts in relation to history and culture.
  • Aesthetic and Critical Analysis – The student evaluates various works of art
  • Application to Life – The student makes connections between art and the real world

SPANISH

  • Daily conversation
  • Introduction to Hispanic culture
  • Benefits of knowing Spanish
  • Pronunciations, writing and grammar
  • Spanish songs
  • Vocabulary and expressions per monthly theme

LIBRARY

  • Introduce students to a diverse collection of Children’s Literature and authors
  • Foster working knowledge of library resources
  • Experience a variety of media

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

  • Focus on cooperative learning, enhanced fitness and refinement of basic movement
  • Knows various techniques for throwing, catching, and striking different objects
  • Understands that games consist of people, boundaries, equipment, purpose, and rules

COMPUTER

  • Keyboarding skills – Typing Time
  • Internet safety and procedures
  • Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Cross curricular games including math, language arts, social studies and science. Software examples include Carmen San Diego and Millionaire.