Study Guide
Grade 4
English
Reading:
 Oral Reading
 Reading Comprehension: Read a passage and answer comprehension questions.
 Vocabulary
Phonics:
 Base words and endings: -ed
 Compound words
 Contractions
 Base words and endings: -ing
 Vowel sounds spelled oo, u (tooth)
 R-controlled /er/ spelled ir, ear
 Base words with ending –er and spelling change
 Plurals: -s
 Consonant sounds ck /k/
 Long vowel digraphs: ay, ai
 Vowel sounds in ball: aw, au
 Consonant digraphs: ch
 Silent consonant: wr
Conventions:
 Past, Present, and future verb tenses
 Capitalization
 Subject and object pronouns
 Possessive pronouns
 Verbs
 Adjectives and articles
 Subject/verb agreement
 Conjunctions and Compound sentences
Writing:
 Write a short story.
Math
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Round whole numbers to the nearest 10 and nearest 100.
Use place value to write whole numbers in different forms: Standards form, expanded form,
or word form.
Use place value to compare numbers using the symbols <, =, >.
Add and subtract three-digit, or four-digit numbers with and without regrouping within
1,000.
Multiply and divide within 100
Apply properties of operations “commutative property, associative property, or Identity
property as strategies to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve word problems.
Analyze data on a graph, or a picture graph to solve and answer questions.
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Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes.
Write a fraction for the shaded parts.
Science
Physical Science
1. Students should know that each force acts on one particular object and has both strength
and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to
give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the
object’s speed or direction of motion.
2. Students should know that the patterns of an object’s motion in various situations can be
observed and measured; when that past motion exhibits a regular pattern, future motion can
be predicted from it.
3. Students should know that objects in contact exert forces on each other.
4. Students should know that electric, and magnetic forces between a pair of objects do not
require that the objects be in contact. The sizes of the forces in each situation depend on
the properties of the objects and their distances apart and, for forces between two magnets,
on their orientation relative to each other.
Life Science
1. Students should know that reproduction is essential to the continued existence of every
kind of organism. Plants and animals have unique and diverse life cycles.
2. Students should know that being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend
themselves, and cope with changes. Groups may serve different functions and vary
dramatically in size.
3. Students should know that many characteristics of organisms are inherited from their
parents.
4. Students should know that different organisms vary in how they look and function because
they have different inherited information. The environment also affects the traits that an
organism develops.
5. Students should know that when the environment changes in ways that affect a place’s
physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive
and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed
environment, and some die.
6. Students should know that some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are
no longer found anywhere. Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived
long ago and also about the nature of their environments.
7. Students should know that sometimes the differences in characteristics between individuals
of the same species provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
8. Students should know that for any particular environment, some kinds of organisms survive
well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. For any particular environment,
some kinds of organisms survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at
all.
Earth Science
1. Students should know that scientists record patterns of the weather across different times
and areas so that they can make predictions about what kind of weather might happen next.
2. Students should know that climate describes a range of an area's typical weather conditions
and the extent to which those conditions vary over years.
3. Students should know that variety of natural hazards result from natural processes. Humans
cannot eliminate natural hazards but can take steps to reduce their impacts.