4th grade

Religion

Continue to develop devotion to Mary and to the saints in their personal prayer life. Spread the Gospel message by joyfully sharing our faith and our practices with others. Demonstrate etiquette and reverence while actively participating in liturgical celebration.

Mathematics

Developing understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication, and developing understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends

• fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers

• geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties, such as having parallel sides, perpendicular sides, particular angle measures, and symmetry

• problem solving

• measurement and conversion

• mathematical vocabulary

Social Studies

Focus on the study of society and relationship of individual members within society.

• geographical regions of the United States

• gain an understanding of the physical characteristics, features, natural resources, history, and climate of these regions

• basics of democracy —local, state, and national governments

Reading / Language Arts

• know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

• main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details

• interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears

• author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text

• integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably

• read and comprehend informational texts, including religion, history/social studies, science, and technical texts, appropriately complex for the individual student

• know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

Science

Learn through observing, predicting, questioning, and explaining.

• trial and error experiments study of plants and animals

• internal and external structures to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction

• sensory function as it relates to brain processing and response to information

• natural energy and fuel speed and energy

• conversion of energy from one form to another

• amplitude and wavelength light reflection