Reading
Fourth
graders continue to read many types of text—literary, informational,
and practical pieces. Through reading, they can make connections with
situations beyond their own experience. In narrative texts, they
recognize organizational patterns and motives of characters. They can
make inferences, draw conclusions, and are learning to support their
opinions about what they read. Fourth graders are becoming more skillful
at following written directions and in reading for information in a
variety of sources.
Writing
Fourth
graders write for a variety of reasons and for different audiences They
are learning to use more detail, sequence, and description in their
narratives. Narratives have a logical, coherent, organized structure. As
members of “reading/writing groups,” they give suggestions for revision
to others. They edit their written work for basic sentence formation,
usage, mechanics, and spelling
Mathematics
The mathematics curriculum is organized into five strands:
(1)
number and operations; (2) measurement; (3) geometry; (4) data analysis
and probability; and, (5) algebra. Problem-solving strategies are
imbedded into each of the 5 strands.
Proficient 4th grade
students have expanded their abilities to perform mathematical tasks and
to use models to demonstrate their understanding. They are confident in
exploring new concepts with concrete materials because they have had
repeated opportunities to experiment with manipulatives. The evaluation
of student achievement in mathematics should reflect what students can
do, explain, and record.
Social Studies
Fourth
grade students proceed from studying their community to a study of the
state of North Carolina. Students learn about the characteristics of
North Carolinians, who we are and where we came from. The geographic
regions, landforms, climate, and resources are explored. The social,
economic, and political institutions are studied as students develop a
broad context of the southeast, the nation, and the world economy.
Science
The focus for fourth grade students is on analyzing systems and learning how they work.
Science
Concepts: animal behavior and adaptation, composition and uses of rocks
and minerals, electricity and magnetism, food energy for growth and
repair of the body
Art/Music
Arts
Education includes four separate and distinct disciplines; dance,
music, theatre arts, and visual arts—each with its own body of knowledge
and skills, The intent of the National Standards for Arts Education,
along with the standard courses of study in each area, is that a
comprehensive understanding of one or more of the arts is accomplished
by each student throughout the K-12 Program.
Health/PE
The
Healthful Living Education program promotes behaviors that contribute
to a healthful life-style and improved quality of life for all students.
The Healthful Living Education portions of the NC Standard Course of
Study support and reinforce the goals and objectives of its two major
components—health education and physical education.