Fourth Grade

 

(A glimpse into the fourth grade curriculum)

Integrated Language Arts

Reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and literature are all included in the integrated language arts (I.L.A) program.

         Pupils are encouraged to provide a written response to what they read in whole group, dialogue group, and independent reading.  Content is stressed as students explain their answers, make connections to text or personal experience, and defend by providing the supporting details.  The conventions of writing are also a vital part of our language arts program.

Reading

Harcourt Brace Link Grade 4

Students will acquire strategies to use before, during, and after reading a selection.  Some of the objectives for 4^th grade include:

•  select a variety of text to read for pleasure.

•  connect literature experience to real world experience

• formulate and convey attitudes about varied cultures through a variety of literature

• use and internalize the Formula III word recognition system

• demonstrate an understanding of the structure and organization of       narrative, expository, and functional texts

• read to comprehend and interpret the writer's intent

Writing

            Students will write to inform through reports, simple forms, and business letters; to persuade through letters, commercials, and ads; and to express personal ideas by writing imaginative stories, poems, dramas, friendly letters, and thank you notes.

            The conventions of writing will be addressed as students implement the aspects of the writing process

• Students will learn to pre-write (generate ideas), draft, revise and  proofread what they have written.  They will also learn post-writing (sharing products with others) and evaluation of their work, as well as the work of others.

Math

Everyday Math Center

Everyday Math Resources by Unit

Everyday Math Algorithms

 

 

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Unit 2	Using Numbers & Organizing Data Parent Resource
Lesson	2.1	A Visit to Washington, D.C.
	2.2	Many Names for Numbers
	2.3	Place Value in Whole Numbers
	2.4	Place Value with a Calculator
	2.5	Organizing and Displaying Data
	2.6	The Median
	2.7	Addition of Multidigit Numbers
	2.8	Displaying Data with a Bar Graph
	2.9	Subtraction of Multidigit Numbers
	2.10	Unit 2 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 3	Multiplication & Division; Number Sentences & Algebra Parent Resource
Lesson	3.1	Multiplication Facts *0 and *1 *2 *3 and *4 *5 , * 9 and *10 *6 and *8 *7
	3.2	Multiplication Facts Practice
	3.3	More Multiplication Facts
	3.4	Multiplication, and Division, and Fractions
	3.5	World Tour: Flying to Africa
	3.6	Finding Air Distances
	3.7	A Guide for Solving Number Stories
	3.8	True or False Number Sentences
	3.9	Parentheses in Number Sentences
	3.10	Open Sentences
	3.11	Logic Problems
	3.12	Unit 3 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 4	Decimals & Their Uses Parent Resource
Lesson	4.1	Decimals: Review of Basic Concepts
	4.2	Comparing and Ordering Decimals
	4.3	Estimating with Decimals
	4.4	Decimal Addition and Subtraction
	4.5	Decimals in Money
	4.6	Thousandths
	4.7	Metric Units of Length
	4.8	Personal References for Metric Length
	4.9	Measuring in Millimeters
	4.10	Decimal Place Value
	4.11	Unit 4 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 5	Big Numbers, Estimation, and Computation Parent Resource
Lesson	5.1	Extended Multiplication Facts
	5.2	Multiplication Wrestling
	5.3	Estimating Sums
	5.4	Estimating Products
	5.5	The Partial-Products Algorithm for Multiplication (Part 1)
	5.6	The Partial-Products Algorithm for Multiplication (Part 2)
	5.7	Lattice Multiplication  more Lattice Multiplication Lattice practice
	5.8	Big Numbers
	5.9	Powers of 10
	5.10	Rounding and Reporting Large Numbers
	5.11	World Tour: Traveling to Europe
	5.12	Unit 5 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 6	Division; Map Reference Frames; Measures of Angles
Lesson	6.1	A Multiples Strategy for Division
	6.2	The Partial-Quotients Division Algorithms
	6.3	Multiplication and Division Number Stories
	6.4	Expressing and Interpreting Remainders
	6.5	Rectangular Coordinate Grids for Maps
	6.6	Rotations and Angles
	6.7	Using a Circle Protractor
	6.8	The Half-Circle Protractor
	6.9	The Global Grid System
	6.10	Latitude and Longitude
	6.11	Unit 6 Review and Assessment

 

 

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Unit 7	Fractions and Their Uses; Chance and Probability
Lesson	7.1	Review of Basic Fraction Concepts
	7.2	Fractions of Sets
	7.3	Pattern-Block Fractions
	7.4	Fraction Addition and Subtraction
	7.5	Clock Fractions
	7.6	Many Names for Fractions
	7.7	Equivalent Fractions
	7.8	Fractions and Decimals
	7.9	Comparing Fractions
	7.10	The ONE for Fractions
	7.11	Probability, Fractions, and Spinners
	7.12	A Cube-Drop Experiment
	7.13	Unit 7 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 8	Perimeter and Area
Lesson	8.1	Kitchen Layouts and Perimeter
	8.2	Scale Drawings
	8.3	Area
	8.4	What is the Area of My Skin?
	8.5	Formula for the Area of a Rectangle
	8.6	Formula for the Area of a Parallelogram
	8.7	Formula for the Area of a Triangle
	8.8	Geographical Area Measurements
	8.9	Unit 8 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 9	Percents
Lesson	9.1	Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
	9.2	Converting "Easy" Fractions to Decimals and Percents
	9.3	Using a Calculator to Convert Fractions to Decimals
	9.4	Using a Calculator to Convert Fractions to Percents
	9.5	Conversions among Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
	9.6	Comparing the Results of a Survey
	9.7	Comparing Population Data
	9.8	Multiplication of Decimals
	9.9	Division of Decimals
	9.10	Unit 9 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 10	Reflections and Symmetry
Lesson	10.1	Explorations with a Transparent Mirror
	10.2	Finding Lines of Reflections
	10.3	Properties of Reflections
	10.4	Line Symmetry
	10.5	Frieze Patterns
	10.6	Positive and Negative Numbers
	10.7	Unit 10 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 11	3-D Shapes, Weight, Volume, and Capacity
Lesson	11.1	Weight
	11.2	Geometric Solids
	11.3	Constructing Geometric Solids
	11.4	A Volume Exploration
	11.5	A Formula for the Volume of Rectangular Prisms
	11.6	Subtraction of Positive and Negative Numbers
	11.7	Capactiy and Weight
	11.8	Unit 11 Review and Assessment

 

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Unit 12	Rates
Lesson	12.1	Introducing Rates
	12.2	Solving Rate Problems
	12.3	Converting between Rates
	12.4	Comparison Shopping: Part 1
	12.5	Comparison Shopping: Part 2
	12.6	World Tour Wrap-Up
	12.7	Unit 12 Review and Assessment

 

Social Studies

Science

            A hands on, co-op approach, where students are required to communicate ideas, observe results, classify objects, record data, formulate hypotheses, and draw conclusions.  While viewing themselves as scientists, the students will examine the basis for recycling, rocks and minerals, chemical and physical changes and animal adaptations.

Spelling

            The Scott Foresman spelling program consists of word lists with a variety of activities to go with each lesson.  Each lesson also has five "enrichment" words, which are optional.

Homework

 

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