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FOURTH GRADE

SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025

CURRICULUM

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GREETINGS!

The purpose of this presentation is to share information about your child’s learning this school year. We will review key skills that students learn in fourth grade and the materials and methods for learning.

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MATH

Number Corner

Number Corner features daily 20-minute workouts that introduce, reinforce, and extend skills and concepts related to the critical areas of study at each grade level. Number Corner front-loads the math concepts coming up in future units!

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WorkPlaces

WorkPlaces are math stations and games that offer ongoing practice with key skills. WorkPlaces allow us to differentiate each activity to address students’ needs for additional support or challenge.

Bridges

Bridges blends direct instruction, structured investigation, and open exploration. The program taps into the intelligence strengths of all students by presenting material that is as linguistically, visually, and kinesthetically rich as it is mathematically powerful.

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In fourth grade, students will:

    • Find factors and multiples of different numbers
    • Compare fractions and break fractions into smaller parts
    • Compare decimal numbers and find decimal and fraction equivalents
    • Develop efficient strategies for multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers
    • Calculate area and perimeter
    • Measure and draw angles using protractors

Fourth grade uses the Bridges in Mathematics Curriculum, which includes these components:

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ELA

Comprehension

Students will read a variety of literature and informational text. They will use strategies including graphic organizers to respond to the text.

Writing

Students will construct written responses to texts they read. They will conduct short research projects and write narratives.

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Word Study

In order to become strong readers and writers students need to understand the meaning of words. Students will learn to break words down into prefixes, suffixes, and roots/bases to understand what words mean.

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In fourth grade, students will:

    • Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what a text says explicitly and when drawing inferences.
    • Determine the main idea and theme of a story, drama or poem
    • Summarize a text
    • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
    • Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
    • Write using a variety of structures

Fourth grade uses Magnetic Reading and Morpheme Magic which includes these components:

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Science

Students will study these topics using a variety of methods including hands on STEM activities, learning teams, SuperSTEM magazine, Problem Based Learning, and Engineering and Design Process.

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In fourth grade, students will study:

  • Energy Conservation and Transfer
  • Forces and Motion
  • Earth in the Universe
  • Earth History
  • Matter; Properties and Change
  • Ecosystems
  • Molecular Biology

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Social Studies

Students will read about these topics and participate in an educational field trip to our state capitol, Raleigh.

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In fourth grade, students will study:

  • NC’s 3 geographical regions
  • NC Government
  • NC economic and natural resources
  • NC Natives
  • NC Cultures
  • How technology has changed NC

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