What Will Fourth Graders Learn This Year? 

English 

• Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
• Journal writing several times a week
• Daily practice of writing skills using Daily Oral Language
• Essay writing- Narratives, Research, Persuasive, Informative
• Improving public speaking through demonstrations, sharing their writing

Social Studies

• Studying the five regions of the United States and their geography, environment, culture, and history
• Learning about the state of Illinois
• Learning the 50 states and capitals (not all at once!)
• Projects on various time periods in U.S. history

Reading

• Reading various stories that deal with an overall theme, including famous Americans, how living things adapt to their surroundings, how people have made progress throughout history, how to work out problems.
• Continually working on fluency and comprehension by practicing reading skills

Spelling

• Weekly spelling lists that include words from the reading series and a few challenging words as well
• Pretests are usually on Wednesdays and final tests on Fridays
• Daily practice of spelling words through the workbook pages and spelling games

Science

• Topics that include both life science and physical science
• Animals, Matter, Magnetism and Electricity, Weather, The Human Body Systems, Earth’s Land and Resources
• Regular experiments that offer a “hands-on” chance to learn
• Group work that encourages cooperation

Math

• The Basics- addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• An extension of the operations- double digit multiplication, long division
• Working with larger numbers
• How to become great problem solvers
• Measuring money, time, length, capacity
• Graphing and Data
• Geometry
• Applying math to real life situations every day!