Fourth Grade Fridge Curriculum
Skills to work on with your student throughout the year
English Language Arts
Identify the theme or main idea of a story, play, or poem
Compare stories from different cultures
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are told, including the difference between first and third person accounts
Explain how an author uses facts, details, and evidence to support points; refer to these details/examples when drawing inferences from the text
Read and interpret information presented in charts, graphs, timelines, and other illustrations
Use standard English when speaking and writing
Learn and use new vocabulary, including words related to specific subjects (e.g., science words, social studies words)
Participate in discussions by listening, asking questions, sharing ideas, and building on the ideas of others
Write stories with dialogue, describing characters’ actions, thoughts, and feelings
Take notes and organize information from books, articles, and online sources to learn more about a topic
Write research or opinion papers over extended periods of time
Mathematics
Use place value to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place
Compare two multi-digit numbers based on the meanings of the digits in each place, using the symbols > (more than), = (equal to), and < (less than)
Multiply and divide multi-digit numbers
Quickly and accurately add and subtract whole numbers up to 1 million
Create a fraction and explain why it is equal to another fraction
Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers (whole numbers mixed with fractions) that have the same denominators; multiply a fraction by a whole number
Compare the size of two fractions with different numerators (top numbers) and different denominators (bottom numbers)
Convert fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 into decimals
Compare decimals and fractions using the symbols > (more than), = (equal to), and < (less than)
Locate decimals on a number line
Solve multi-step word problems involving measurement and conversion of measurement from larger to smaller units (e.g., km, m, cm; kg, g; lb., oz.; l, ml; hr., min, sec.)
Represent and interpret data using a line plot containing fractions
Draw and identify lines and angles; classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles