Fourth Grade Curriculum

•Language Arts•Math•Science•Social Studies

Language ArtsReading, Writing, Listening,

Speaking• Reading - a balance

of informational and literary texts

• Skills - compare/contrast, point of view, theme, summarizing, context clues, making inferences, main idea, text structure

• Vocabulary• Writing - opinion

pieces, informative texts, narratives

• Use of textual evidence to inform or make an argument

• Listening• Speaking

Math• Operations and

Algebraic Thinking(factors, multiples,

patterns)

• Number and Operations

(place value, arrays, area models)

• Fractions(operations, decimals)

• Measurement and Data

(area, perimeter, protractors, line plots)

• Geometry(lines, symmetry)

WORD PROBLEMS

Science• Classifying

plants• Parts of a plant• Animal classes• Structural and

behavioral adaptations

• Life cycles• Simple machines• Water cycle• Magnets• Conductors and

insulators

Social Studies• Focus on New

York State• Map skills• First New Yorkers• Native Americans

• European explorers

• Colonial times• American

Revolution• Civil War

NYS Test Datesfor Grade 4

•ELA - April 1, 2, and 3

•Math - April 30, May 1 and 2

•Science - May 27 - 29 and June 2