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Gerald M. Parmenter Elementary School

Grade 4 Curriculum
What we learn about in Fourth Grade......


Student Responsibilities

  • Follows classroom rules and routines
  • Practices self-control
  • Uses appropriate problem-solving strategies in social situations
  • Uses time constructively
  • Interacts and works cooperatively with peers
  • Demonstrates cooperative attitude with adults
  • Respects the rights and property of others
  • Completes class work on time
  • Completes and returns homework on time
  • Follows oral directions
  • Follows written directions
  • Takes responsibility for own actions
  • Works well independently
  • Listens attentively
  • Demonstrates organizational skills
  • Sustains attention to work over a period of time


English Language Arts

    Language
    • Communicates effectively in oral presentations
    • Contributes to class discussion
    • Understands and uses new vocabulary
    • Identifies adjectives, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs

    Reading and Literature
    • Reads with comprehension
    • Reads fluently and accurately
    • Identifies characteristics of different genres
    • Identifies topic, main idea, and supporting details
    • Summarizes main idea with supporting details

    Composition
    • Uses legible cursive writing in daily work
    • Writes with clear focus, coherent organization, and sufficient details
    • Revises writing to show improvement
    • Uses knowledge of mechanics, usage, and sentence structure when writing and editing
    • Applies spelling skills in writing
    • Conducts and reports research


Mathematics

    Number Sense and Operations
    • Knows multiplication/division facts through 12X12
    • Identifies decimal equivalents of common fractions
    • Multiplies up to 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
    • Divides with a single-digit divisor with remainder
    • Rounds whole numbers through 100,000
    • Identifies fractions on a 0 to 1 number line

    Patterns, Functions, Algebra
    • Determines the value of variables in equations
    • Creates symbolic and numeric patterns

    Geometry
    • Uses appropriate terms to identify angles
    • Defines and differentiates quadrilaterals

    Measurement
    • Uses customary and metric units of measure
    • Determines area and perimeter
    • Computes elapsed time

    Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability
    • Collects, organizes, displays, and analyzes data
    • Represents and differentiates outcomes in probability

    Applies to All Standards
    • Applies problem-solving strategies
    • Communicates mathematical reasoning effectively


Science

    Organizes, predicts, and communicates the concepts of:
    • Weather
    • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Heredity

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Updated: August 25, 2005  



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