• What will my child study in fourth grade?

    Math

    • Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
    • Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
      • Generate and analyze patterns
    • Generalize place value understanding for multidigit whole numbers.
    • Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
    • Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
    • Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.
    • Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions
    • Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller units
    • Represent and interpret data.
    • Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles
    • Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
    • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
    • Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
    • Construct viable arguments and crique the reasoning of others.
    • Model with mathematics.
    • Use appropriate tools strategically.

    Science

    • Observe, ask questions, and make predictions
    • Participate in planning and conducting investigations, and recording data
    • Organize and analyze data; compare to predictions.
    • Communicate results of investigations
    • Identify individual and cultural contributions to scientific knowledge
    • Understand how science is a process for generating knowledge
    • Describe the interactions between human populations, natural hazards, and the environment
    • Understand the impact of technology
    • Understand that basic structures in plants and animals serve a function
    • Understand the relationships among various organisms and their environment
    • Identify plant and animal adaptations
    • Investigate different forms of energy.
    • Understand the processes acting on the Earth and their interaction with the Earth systems.
    • Understand characteristics of weather conditions and climate.

    Reading

    • Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
    • Read nonfiction and fiction texts closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences.
    • Determine central ideas or themes of a text; summarize and analyze the key supporting details and ideas.
    • Analyze the structure of texts including: assessing how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text; and interpreting words and phrases as they are used in the text.
    • Write arguments, informative/explanatory texts and narratives that convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately.
    • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
    • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
    • Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
    • Construct viable arguments and crique the reasoning of others.
    • Model with mathematics.
    • Use appropriate tools strategically.

    Social Studies

    • History of Arizona and the Southwest from its earliest civilizations to modern times.
    • Early civilizations in Central and South America and their encounters with Europeans, as well as events in the Middle Ages which spurred exploration of the New World.