Fourth Grade Curriculum

Science

September – October:

  • Animals and plants in their Environment

November - January:

  • Electricity and Magnetism

February - March:

  • Properties of Water

April - June:

  • Interactions of Air, Water, and Land

Social Studies

September:

  • Why does geography matter?
  • The geography of New York State

October:

  • Native Americans: First Inhabitants of New York State
  • What makes a complex society?

November - December:

  • Colonial and Revolutionary Periods: What motivates people to explore and colonize lands?

January – March:

  • Freedom and the New Nation: Federal, State and Local government: What does it mean to be free?

April – June:

  • Making the Empire State: Immigration, Industrialization and Westward Movement: How do people, laws and new technology shape a nation?

Math – Go Math/Engage NY

September - October:

  • Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction to one Million

October – November:

  • Multiply by 1 digit numbers

November – December:

  • Multiply 2 digit numbers

December – January:

  • Divide by 1 digit numbers

January – February:

  • Factors, multiples, and Patterns

February - March:

  • Fraction Equivalence

March – April:

  • Division Facts and strategies

April - May:

  • Understanding Fractions

May – June:

  • Compare fractions

ELA – Ready Gen

September – November:

  • Readers will be able to compare, gather, and synthesize ideas from multiple sources in informational texts.
  • Writers will be able to compose research based on questions about informational writing.

November – December:

  • Readers will be able to identify and analyze the point of view, features, and text structure of narrative nonfiction texts.
  • Writers will be able to write a biography based on the experiences of a scientist.

December - January:

  • Readers will compare and contrast texts to analyze ideas.
  • Writers will use text based evidence to write a compare and contrast essay.

January - February:

  • Readers will determine themes in poems and dramas.
  • Writers will clearly and coherently, use dialogue and sensory language to enhance theme.

February - March:

  • Readers will quote directly from the text when drawing inferences, synthesizing, and analyzing the texts.
  • Writers will draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

April - May:

  • Readers will analyze characters, settings, events, and themes in story, drama, myth, and or legend.
  • Writers will describe characters in detail and will create a literary essay to analyze characters, settings, events, and their impact on each other.

May - June:

  • Readers will draw conclusions from evidence from the text.
  • Writers will conduct research to build knowledge.