Fourth Grade Level Expectations
What should your child learn in fourth grade?
RELIGION EXPECTATIONS
At the end of Fourth Grade the students will
- Learn
the beliefs of a people as explained by the Catholic Church.
- Share
the stories of saints and people of faith who have come before us and have
shown us how to live as Christians.
- Learn
the celebration of a people as lived out in our Liturgical year.
Current Curriculum: Faith First RCL
(2000)
Prayer and Practices:
- Review
previous prayers: Sign of the
Cross, The Lords Prayer, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Grace Before Meals, Grace After Meals, Guardian Angel, Apostle Creed,
-
Reinforce the Rosary
-
Reinforce the Beatitudes
-
Reinforce Stations of the Cross
- Be introduced to the Nicene Creed
- Be introduced to Hail Holy Queen
- Be introduced to the Ten Commandments
- Be introduced to the Corporal Works of Mercy
Scripture:
- Learn
that Bible is the heart of Christian Life
- Learn
about the organization of the Bible
- Learn
the three elements of scripture: Bible Background, Reading the Word of God and understanding the word of God
- God
Speaks to us during the Liturgy of the Word through the Bible
- The
readings we listen to at Mass are from the Old Testament and The New
Testament
Morality:
- We are
God’s children
- Respect
God, respect others and respect God’s creation
- We are
responsible for the choices we make and the actions we take
- Share
in God’s life
Doctrine:
The Students will learn about the four pillars of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church:
- What
Catholics believe
- How
Catholics live
- How
Catholics worship
- How
Catholics pray
Liturgy/Sacraments
- 1.
- The
students will be introduced to and reinforced to the Sacraments, learn
that sacraments re celebrations of
Jesus’ love and presence in our lives (Sacraments of Baptism,
Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation)
Church
- The
students will learn that the Church is the people of God
- The
Church is the community of Jesus’ followers
- We
become members of the Church at Baptism
- We
participate in the life of the Church through the sacraments of
Reconciliation and the Eucharist
- The
Church gathers at Mass to celebrate the life of Jesus with us
Peace and Justice
- The
students will be reminded that we are called to lead just and peaceful
lives
- Understand
that we make good and bad choices and we are responsible for the choices
we make
- Learn
how to show we care for others
Service/ Christian
Witness
- Students
will learn about the responsibility to spread the word of God to others
- Proved
the students opportunities to perform Christian service and witness by
participating in school-wide community services
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GRADE 4 LANGUAGE ART EXPECTATIONS
READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING
Current Textbooks: Treasures (McGraw- Hill) Language Arts (McGraw-Hill 2001) Spelling Connections (Zaner-bloser 2004) Handwriting (Zaner-
Bloser 1999)
By the end of the fourth grade
year students should learn to
READING
Word Analysis,
Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary
·
Recognize basic
features of reading
·
Recognize letter
patterns and translate them into spoken language using phonics, syllabication,
and word parts
·
Read narrative
and expository text aloud with grade appropriate fluency and accuracy
·
Apply knowledge
of word origins, derivations, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms to determine the
meaning of words and phrases
·
Use knowledge of
root words to determine the meaning of unknown words within a passage.
·
Read fluently and
accurately
·
Use vocabulary
strategies for context clues, unfamiliar words and figurative language
·
Relate words and
concepts (denotation and connotation)
Reading Comprehension
·
Use Pre-reading
strategies (preview, activate prior knowledge and set purposes
·
Use comprehension
monitoring strategies (ask questions, paraphrase, visualize, adjust reading
rate, use decoding and vocabulary strategies)
·
Use comprehension
strategies (make inferences, confirm or revise predictions, analyze story
elements) (character, plot, setting, narrative or characters point of view,
tone, mood, theme, style)
·
Recognize
literary genres (narrative, expository, fiction, nonfiction)
·
Use Comprehension
strategies to Organize information ( main idea, supporting details, cause and
effect, problem and solution, sequence of events, steps in a process, compare
and contrast and use illustrations
Photos,
headings, subheadings, maps, captions, and diagrams.
·
Use comprehension
strategies to Evaluate ideas( distinguish between important and unimportant
information, make judgments and decisions, distinguish between fantasy and
reality, evaluate fact and opinion, evaluate fact and nonfact)
·
Use Comprehension
Strategies to Synthesize Ideas
(Summarize,
make, confirm or revise predictions, draw conclusions, form generalizations)
·
Use Comprehension
Strategies to Evaluate Authors purpose
·
Use Comprehension
Strategies to Generate and Apply Ideas
(reflect and respond
to literature and extend meaning)
Literary Response and
Analysis
·
Compare and
contrast plots, settings, and characters by different authors
·
Change endings to
stories
Integrating Technology
·
Use technology
that enhances literacy development
·
To use web-based
programs, where appropriate
writing
WRITING STRATEGIES
·
Use the writing
process ( pre-write, develops a draft, revise, publish)
·
Use ideas with
organization
·
Use word choice
and conventions
·
Fluently read and
present
HANDWRITING
·
Learn the
vocabulary and conventions of cursive writing
·
Write fluidly and
legibly in cursive, lower and uppercase letters
wRITING APPLICATIONS (gENRES
AND THEIR CHARATERISTICS)
·
Write Personal
Narrative, Comparative, Persuasive, informative, Expository, Explanatory, friendly
letters and stories
·
Write Book
reports
·
Create
multiple-paragraph compositions
·
Use story maps
·
Step by step
directions
·
Directions to a
place
·
Develop
beginning, middle and end
·
Details to
describe a picture
·
Use a Sequence
chart
Integrating Technology
·
To use computer
software to develop and extend writing skills
WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
·
Use simple and
compound sentences in writing and speaking
·
Combine short,
related sentences with adjective, adverbs, and prepositional phrases
·
To understand
that a sentence is a complete thought
·
Write sentences
that are statements, questions, commands and exclamations
·
To use subjects
and predicates in sentences
·
To combine
sentences: compound subjects
·
Declarative,
interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
GRAMMAR
·
Nouns, verbs, irregular
verbs, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs
·
Verb tenses –
present, past, future
·
Conjunctions in
writing and speaking
·
Contractions with
not, with pronouns and verbs
·
Articles: a, an,
the,
·
Subjects and
Predicates
PUNCTUATION AND
CAPITALIZATION
·
punctuates
sentences correctly using capital letters and end marks
·
uses commas in a
series, in names of places
·
capitalize proper
nouns
·
Use correct
letter punctuation
·
Write
abbreviations correctly
·
Use apostrophes
correctly in possessives and contractions
·
Use quotation
marks correctly
SPELLING
·
Short vowel sound
a, i, o, e, u
·
Vowel diphthongs Ou, oi, ew, oo
·
Vowel consonant e
·
Long vowel sound a,
e, i, o, u
·
Consonant sounds
sh, ch,
·
Consonant sounds
/k/, /s/, /j/
·
Final /el/, /en/,
/er/
·
Vowel /o/
·
Prefixes pre-,
re-, post-, co-, dis-, im-, in-, non-, un-,
·
Prefixes bi-, mid-,
semi-, tri-,
·
Suffixes –er,
-est, -ed, -ing, -or, -er, -ist, -ty, -ity, -ness, -ment, -ive
·
r-controlled
vowel: /ur/, /ar/, /or/, /ir/,
·
Homophones
·
Double consonants
·
Double consonants
+ y
·
Compound words
·
Plurals
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Listening and Speaking Strategies
·
Participates in
oral language experiences
·
Listens and responds
·
Listen
attentively and respectfully
·
Follows
multi-step directions
·
Speaks loud and
clear
·
Asks thoughtful
questions and respond to relevant questions with appropriate elaboration in
oral settings
·
Summarize major
ideas and supporting evidence presented in spoken messages and formal
presentations
Speaking Applications (Genres)
·
Recite prayers
and poems
·
Make narrative
presentations
·
Make
informational presentations
·
Present stories
and to retell stories, including characters, setting and plot
·
Report on topics
with supportive facts and details
·
Participate in
choral speaking and read alouds
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Math Expectations
4Th Grade
Current Curriculum –
California Mathematics
Scott Foresman - 2001
At the end of Fourth grade the students will:
- Read
and write whole numbers in the millions; round whole numbers through the
millions to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, or hundred
thousand.
Decided when a rounded solution is
called for and explain why such a solution may be appropriate.
- Explain
different interpretations of fractions; write tenths and hundredth in
decimal and fraction notations; know fractions represented by drawing
parts of a figure and using a number line.
- Use
concepts of negative numbers on a number line and in temperature, identify
fractions on a number line.
- Estimate
and compute the sum or difference of whole numbers and positive decimals
to two places; round two-place decimals to one decimal or the nearest
whole number.
- Demonstrate
an understanding of, and the ability to use, standard algorithms for the
addition, subtraction, multiplying and dividing of multidigit numbers.
- Solve
problems involving multiplication and division of multidigit numbers by
two digit numbers.
- Know
how to factor small whole numbers and know prime numbers.
- Use
letters, boxes, or other symbols to stand for any number in simple
expressions or equations.
- Use
parentheses to indicate which operations to perform first when writing
expressions containing more than two terms and different operations.
- Understand
equations that use x and y variables; and interpret formulas.
- Know
and understand that equals multiplied by equals are equal.
- Measure
the area of rectangular shapes by using appropriate units such as
centimeter, square meter, square kilometer, yard, or square mile.
Recognize area and perimeter of
squares and rectangles; understand and use formulas to find the area of more
complex figures by dividing into basic shapes.
- Draw
points corresponding to linear relationships on graph paper; understand
that the length of a horizontal line segment or a vertical line segment
equals the difference of the x and y coordinates.
- Identify
lines that are parallel or perpendicular, identify the radius and diameter
of a circle, identify congruent figures and figures that have bilateral
and rotational symmetry.
- Know
the definitions of a right angle, an acute angle, an obtuse angle.
Understand that 90, 180, 270 and 360 degrees are associated, respectively,
with ¼, ½, ¾ and full turns.
- Visualize,
describe, and make models of geometric solids (prisms, pyramids) in terms
of number and shape of faces, edges, and vertices; interpret two and three
dimensional objects.
- Know
the definitions of different triangles and different quadrilaterals.
- Formulate
survey questions; systematically collect and represent data on a number
line; and coordinate graphs, tables, and charts; identify the mode for
sets of data, and the mode, median for numerical data sets.
- Represent
all possible outcomes for a simple probability situation in an organized
way; express outcomes of experimental probability situations verbally and
numerically.
- Analyze
problems by identifying relationships, distinguishing relevant from
irrelevant information. Determine when and how to break a problem into
simpler parts.
*In the process of aligning with Common Core Standards