Fourth Grade Learning Map
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Language Arts We can read well with accuracy and fluency
adjusting for purpose.
We can read and comprehend new words by using
skills including root words, synonyms, antonyms,
word origins and derivations.
We can use context clues and various resources
including glossaries, dictionaries, and thesauruses to
explain word meaning.
We can make and confirm predictions, ask
questions, infer and connect to previous knowledge
and experience.
We can read for information.
We can demonstrate understanding of literacy
elements including plot, setting, characters, and
theme.
We can make a summary (or generalizations) of
what we read that relates to the purpose of the
material.
We can build vocabulary through reading and
resources.
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Social Studies •
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We can identify historical events and how social
change impacts people, culture, events, and ideas.
We can demonstrate knowledge of geographic
elements and regions: maps, charts, locations,
physical features.
We can identify principals of democracy (i.e.
individual, community and state).
We can identify basic concepts of regional
economics (i.e. trade, exchange, goods, services,
production, distribution, supply, and demand).
We can identify the cultures of the regions of the
United States.
Life is a Journey
and only you hold the map.
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We can express ideas through the writing process:
prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, and
publishing.
We can write in complete sentences.
We can apply writing mechanics: correct
punctuation, correct capitalization, usage/grammar,
and spelling.
We can write for a variety of purposes (i.e.
narrative, persuasive, expository, and/or
descriptive).
We can use different ways to create and organize
our ideas (i.e. mapping, outlining, drafting).
We can use spelling resources and rules to spell
correctly in everyday writing.
We can produce and format compositions for
specified audiences using available technology.
We can restate and carry out various spoken
instructions.
We can use our speaking skills and procedures to
take part in group discussions.
We can use rich language in our writing.
We can restate and carry out various spoken
instructions.
We can use our speaking skills and procedures to
take part in group discussions.
We can use rich language in our writing.
We can incorporate traits of effective writing (i.e.
ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence
fluency, and conventions).
We can use legible handwriting.
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Math •
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We can demonstrate knowledge of scientific
concepts.
We can use the scientific method.
We can apply safety rules.
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We can solve and explain story problems.
We can show and use our knowledge of numbers.
We can demonstrate accurate computations skills
for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division.
We can show how numbers are useful in the real
world.
We can compare and order whole numbers,
fractions, and decimals using concrete materials,
drawings, and mathematical symbols.
We can find patterns in numbers.
We can measure and compare quantities using
suitable units, instruments, and methods.
We can calculate and estimate using mathematics,
paper-and-pencil methods, calculators, and
computers.
We can find, describe, extend, and create geometric
and numeric patterns.
We can understand and describe numerical
relationships using tables, graphs, and symbols.
We can use algebraic concepts and procedures to
represent and solve problems.
We can solve linear equations involving whole
numbers.
We can explain and use geometric concepts
involving points, lines, planes, and space.
We can organize and display data using pictures,
tallies, tables, charts, bar graphs, line graphs, line
plots, and stem-and-leaf graphs.
We can find the mean, median, mode, and range of
data set with and without the use of technology.
We can determine, describe, and apply the
probabilities of events.
We can read, write, and identify numbers with place
values through millions and hundredths.
We can convert simple fractions to decimals and
percentages.
*See curriculum link on the district website: www.d46.org for full curriculum maps and Illinois Learning Standards