Fourth Grade Expectations
Upon entering fourth grade students should be able to:
General:
- Write in cursive
- Write a complete heading on paper
- Follow simple directions (up to 3 steps)
- Remember to take materials home to do work
- Ability to use Executive Functioning
Language Arts:
- Read 60 words in a minute with comprehension.
- Identify a sentence and write a complete sentence.
- Write in paragraphs.
- Know how to indent at the beginning of a paragraph.
- Be trained to reread what they write to identify errors and make revisions/editing.
- Identify and use topic sentences and details correctly.
- Use a basic story map to create a fictional story.
- Identify characters, setting, problem and solution while reading and writing.
Math:
- Memorize their multiplication tables.
- Understand fact families.
- Understand the plan for solving number stories.
- Understand how to collect and organize data.
- Understand measurement (metric/standard).
- Add/subtract using 3 digits.
Science:
- Show knowledge of the scientific method.
- Understand how to read diagrams, charts, and tables.
- Identify habitats.
- Distinguish between mammals, reptiles, and insects.
- Show knowledge of the life cycles of plants and animals.
Social Studies:
- Show knowledge of the names and locations of continents.
- Show knowledge of the names and locations of oceans.
- Show knowledge of the different types of communities.
- Show knowledge of basic U.S. history (Pilgrims, Native Americans, Famous Americans).
- Differentiate between a city, county, state, country, and continent.
- Show knowledge of basic map skills (compass rose, key or legend, map scale, how to give directions from one place to another)