FOURTH GRADE CURRICULUM
(Kdg - 5th Grade Curriculum .pdf)

Language Arts
Reading/Literature
• Strategies used by good readers: purpose for reading, prior knowledge, SQRR, phonics, structural analysis, KWL
• Comprehension strategies: rereading, predicting, sequencing, cause/effect, drawing conclusions, generalizing, story mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing
• Story elements: topic, main idea, point of view, character, plot, setting, problem, solution
• Literary techniques: dialogue, introductions, conclusions
• Literature circles 
• Types of literature: fantasy, adventure, tall tale, biography, newspaper, poetry, legends
• Strategies for reading informational text: fact vs. opinion, outlining, taking notes, graphic organizer, glossary
• Types of informational text: textbooks, letters, diaries, directions, procedures, magazines

Language
• Weekly spelling tests
• Grade-appropriate mechanics: quotation marks, commas, apostrophes, colons/semicolons, capitalization proper nouns and titles.
• Grade-appropriate grammar: compound sentences, subject/verb agreement, simple and complete subjects and predicates, nouns/pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, adverbs, adjectives
• Vocabulary: analogies, categorizing, classifying
• Reference skills: alphabetical order, multiple meanings, parts of speech in a dictionary; glossary, thesaurus

Writing
• Prewriting and drafting strategies: brainstorming, webbing, theme expansion, choosing and narrowing, audience and purpose, clustering and patterning
• Revising and editing strategies: fluency, attitude, audience, purpose, organization, word choice, sentence construction, indenting/paragraphs, titles, maintaining point of view
• Proofreading and publishing strategies: correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation; grade appropriate grammar and usage
• Types of writing: personal narrative, friendly letter, story, descriptive paragraph, persuasive paragraph, how to paragraph
• Research skills: dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, almanacs, periodicals, newspapers, internet
• 6 + 1 Traits of Writing
Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word choice, Sentence fluency, Conventions

Penmanship
• Legible cursive writing

Speaking and Listening
• Directions: follows four-step and generates three-step
• Listening: takes turns, raises hand, focuses on speaker, avoids interrupting, asks appropriate questions, asks for clarification
• Expressing ideas orally: clarity, volume, eye contact, staying on topic, sequencing thoughts, standard English, correct grammar, personal voice, pauses and gestures, visual aids
• Public Speaking: poems, role-playing, skits and plays, presentation of personal writing, informal interviewing, choral reading, short presentations with visuals, book Talks
• Group participation: plans collaboratively, stays on task, performs assigned role

Social Studies
History
• Michigan history beyond statehood

Civic
• Human rights
• Roles of citizens
• Government
• Constitutions
• Core democratic values

Geography
• State/regional maps
•Physical regions
• Cultural regions
• Climatic regions
• Landforms
• Types of maps
• Migration/immigration

Economics
• Opportunity cost
• Partnerships
• Corporations
• Market economy
• Import /export
• Banking systems
• Natural, human, capital resources

Science
Science City
• Microscopes and magnification
• Chemistry, matter and interactions
• Examining nutrition • Ecosystems and adaptations
• Light and optics • Forms of energy

IB Units
• Who we are: Beliefs & values/government
• Where we are in place & time: Regions
• How we express ourselves: Cultural influence on literature
• How the world works: Scientific method
• How we organize ourselves: Markets
• Sharing the planet: Ecosystems

Technology
• Word processing,
• Spreadsheets and databases
• Telecommunications and PowerPoint presentations
• Internet research and search engines
• MS Word • Internet ethics

Math
Numbers
• Nine digit numbers
• Expanded notation through 1,000,000
• Place value within a decimal number
• Fractions and mixed numbers and their equivalent decimals
• Ordering fractional numbers on a number line
• Percent equivalent to a given simple fractions
• Rounding whole numbers up to six digits
• Pre-Algebra concepts

Operations, Relations, and Number Systems
• Instant recall of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• Sums and differences of five-digit numbers
• Multi-digit multiplication
• Division with one-digit divisors and four-digit dividends
• Equivalent fractions
• Sums and differences of decimal numbers

Measurement and Reference Frames
• Converting units of measure
• Telling time to the second
• Reading and drawing simple maps using coordinates

Geometry and Spatial Relations
• Perimeter and area of a polygon
• Congruent shapes
• Flips, slides, turns of geometric figures
• Points, edges, vertices, angles, radii, centers, intersections
• Protractors
• Logical/Analytical thinking and problem solving