4th grade

• Course Overview

English

• Read with a higher level of fluency and expression
• Utilize root words, prefixes, suffixes, and context clues to analyze unfamiliar words
• Apply comprehension strategies to literary and expository texts
• Identify and describe the theme of a story, as well as retell story elements with details
• Formulate multiple paragraph pieces that focus on a specific purpose or audience
• Write chronological pieces, pieces focusing on cause and effect, and pieces that draw from personal experience
• Spell frequently used words correctly

Math

• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Understanding place value
• Solving problems with decimal points
• Memorizing math facts with the help of fact families
• Creating a number sentence or equation from a word problem
• Finding perimeter and area of a shape by counting units
• Understanding both the traditional and metric systems