Franzen Intermediate > Fourth Grade

Fourth Grade expectations

• Measure using customary units
• Interpret graphs and data
• Demonstrate mastery of multiplication facts through 10’s
• Know basic concept of division
• Apply math strategies to solve addition, subtraction, and multiplication word problems
• Add and subtract three digit numbers
• Subtract with middle zeros
• Tell time to the minute
• Count mixed money
• Round to the nearest 10, 100, and dollar

• Write and identify complete sentences
• Indent paragraphs
• Utilize phonetic rules presented in 3^rd grade spelling curriculum
• Edit written work
• Use the writing styles of narrative, persuasive, and expository in writing a three to five   paragraph essay
• Use time order words (yesterday, after lunch, during, before dinner, in April, etc.)
• Identify nouns and verbs
• Recognize common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, possessive nouns, verbs, adjectives, and articles
• Use cursive writing (Zaner-Bloser)

• Use reference skills (glossary/dictionary/thesaurus, index, and table of contents)
• Identify materials as fiction or non-fiction
• Apply context clues to obtain comprehension of materials read
• Apply reading skills to answer inferential, evaluative, and predictive questions
• Use word analysis skills including root (base) words, prefixes, and suffixes
• Know elements of a story (setting, plot, turning point)
• Identify main idea of a story

• Recognize mapping skills (compass rose, cardinal and intermediate directions, grid map, map key, and symbols
• Answer questions verbally and in complete written sentences after reading a social studies text
• Recognize that there are communities in many countries
• Recognize aspects of U.S. history (Native Americans, colonization, immigration, industrialization, U.S. Government and Washington D.C.)
• Discriminate between country and continent

• Apply reference skills (glossary/dictionary/thesaurus, index, and table of contents)
• Incorporate words from a question to formulate an answer in complete sentences
• Use bold-faced words, headings, definitions, and captions in reading in the content areas
• Interpret raw data, tables, and graphs
• Answer different types of questions on a test (fill in the blank, multiple choice, true-false, short answer questions, essay)
• Complete the day, and date on the assignment notebook
• Write correct heading on papers

Students entering FOURTH GRADE are expected in the are of WRITING SKILLS to:

• Answer content area question in written form
• Extend writing by including descriptive words and phrases
• Compose a three to five paragraph narrative, persuasive, and expository essay
• Have experience with self-editing and peer editing of written work for capitalization, punctuation, grade-level spelling
• Write an appropriate opening and closing sentence for paragraph