Grade 4 Curriculum Highlights
Math
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Place Value: thousands, millions, compare and order, expanded/standard form
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Addition and Subtraction Concepts: addition and subtraction of multidigit numbers up to 1,000,000; subtraction with regrouping
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Multiplication: multiply by one-digit numbers, multiply by two-digit numbers, multiply with regrouping, multiply three to four digit numbers
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Division: one-digit quotients, two-digit quotients, three-digit quotients, larger numbers in division, order of operations, finding the mean
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Measurement: measure with inches, measure with metric units, customary units of capacity/weight, temperature, time, elapsed time
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Statistics and Probability: pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, line plots, circle graphs, probability
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Fractions: write fractions, fractions on a number line, equivalent fractions, LCM, GCF, add/subtract fractions (like and unlike denominators), improper fractions, add/subtract mixed numbers
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Geometry: points, lines, and line segments, rays and angles, parallel and perpendicular lines, circles, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles, slides/flips/turns of an object
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Perimeter and Area: perimeter formulas, area formulas, solid figures with perimeter/area
Reading/Literature
Fiction
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Draw inferences from a text
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Identify theme
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Summarize a text
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Describe a character, setting or event from the story
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Identify story elements (characters, setting, theme, plot, conflict, resolution)
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Use predictions
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Compare and contrast stories with the same theme
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Use text-to-text connections, text-to-self connections, text-to-world connections
Non-Fiction
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Comprehension of a variety of leveled biography, autobiography, historical books
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Report on a topic or text
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Pull important facts as supporting details from an informational text and summarize main ideas
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Interpret information using graphs and maps to bring clarity to the text
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Use evidence to support points in a text
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Compare and contrast information from two texts on the same topic
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Explain how reasons and evidence support points in a text
Language Arts
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Apply word analysis skills and phonics to decode words
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Decipher unfamiliar words by identifying the root word
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Determine the difference between fact and opinion
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Write informational text using facts and details
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Write a narrative using descriptive details and conclusion
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Write a persuasive paragraph stating opinion, listing supporting details, and drawing a conclusion
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Describe a character and its traits
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Use the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing) to strengthen writing
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Use adverbs, adjectives, and transition words to enhance writing
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Present a play with multiple speaking parts
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Conventions of standard English/grammar
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Identify similes and metaphors in a text and interpret their meanings
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Provide antonyms and synonyms to given words
Spelling
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Demonstrate the command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling words
Handwriting
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Cursive alphabet
Social Studies
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Geography: regions, states, capitals, counties, major cities, landforms, location, rivers, lakes, natural resources, climate, weather, map skills
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Government: laws, branches of government, House of Representatives, Senate, legislator, governor, judicial system, political parties, current events
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Economy: major industries in CT, goods and services in CT, supply and demand, imports and exports, taxes
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History and Culture: CT Native Americans, European colonists in CT, state cultures (food, events, and religions), state symbols and influential people
Science
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Forces and simple machines
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Matter, energy and electricity
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Water cycle and weather
Religion
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God’s goodness discovered in creation
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The Ten Commandments
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The Lord’s prayer
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Jesus, our role model
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The Beautitudes
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The Mysteries of the Rosary