Grade 4

Description of Fourth Grade Courses Art Communication Arts and Reading Health and Physical Education Mathematics Science Social Studies Technology Education Computer Education Library Skills Art draws using a variety of art material, and topics from other subject areas, and reflecting a diversity of cultures paints with emphasis on mixing colors and media makes functional posters (on safety, health, and other matters) featuring well spaced and legible letters Communication Arts and Reading recites and listens to poetry representing diverse cultures reads stories that reflect a variety of cultural backgrounds expands his or her vocabulary in all content areas by using clues in the text, own experience or knowledge, and the dictionary develops more comprehensions skills (e.g. finding details; analyzing character; predicting; finding similarities and differences; drawing conclusions; and interpreting symbols, maps, charts, and graphs) increases vocabulary by reading and writing Health and Physical Education identifies physical fitness activities such as stretching, abdominal curls, and aerobic skills, which benefit particular games and sports discusses the importance of good nutrition and non-addictive habits for a healthy lifestyle improves and combines skills in bouncing, catching, shooting, kicking, striking, and dribbling performs square and folk/ethnic dances that reflect a variety of cultures understands that people should refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and knows that alcoholic beverages may not be served to minors Mathematics uses bar graphs and line graphs to show quantity uses a calculator explains what "factor", "multiple", "prime," and "composite" mean investigates circumference and diameter relationships adds and subtracts fractions with unlike denominators (1/2 + 2/3 = ?; 3/4 - 1/8 = ?) Science solves scientific problems by measuring, estimating, classifying, and predicting identifies and classifies rocks and minerals according to their properties, and countries of origin identifies and explains the differences among the members of the Solar System understands the relationship between Earth and moon identifies and recognized the properties and characteristics of plants, seeds, flowers, and their countries of origin understands the life cycle of a butterfly Social Studies understands the role that New York City had played in the history of the U.S. values and appreciates the many different cultural groups that have influenced the development of our local community understands how people from various cultural groups explored what is now the U.S. understands how people from various cultural groups settled and developed the original 13 colonies and the impact this settlement had on Native American cultures begins to understand the U.S. Constitution and how it has shaped the history of our country uses maps to trace the geographical, political, social, and economic growth of the U.S. Computer Education identifies different kinds of computers uses appropriate function keys understands the parts of the computer uses simple desktop publishing word processing programs to develop language and writing skills names, saves, and prints documents using word processing, desktop publishing, and graphics software Library Skills studies history by reading biographies and historical fiction learns how to skim pring materials to find names, dates, phrases, facts, or ideas understands and locates broad classification such as biographies, fiction, etc., through the Dewey Decimal System