Fourth Grade Standards–Based Report Card
Information for Parents
Overview/Explanation:
Every child grows and develops through stages at his/her own rate.
Children in the same grade may differ widely. However, there are expectations (standards) for students to have mastered by the end of each
year. This pamphlet reflects expectations in each curriculum area. The
bold print on this document reflects the statements on the report card.
The bullet points provide further explanation and concrete examples of
each report card statement. Each trimester your child’s teacher is looking for evidence that your child has mastered these skills so they can
report that information to you. When families and teachers work together as partners, our children have the best opportunity to learn and
succeed in school.
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The State of Illinois requires that students receive instruction and master learning standards at each grade level. Achievement and learning
behaviors are reported separately. A standards-based report card uses
numerical levels to indicate performance based on student work when
it is compared to models that meet the standards.
4 = Exceeds standard
3 = Meets standard
2 = Does not yet meet standard
1 = Warning: Significantly below standard
NA = Standard not addressed this trimester
Learning Behaviors include:
Listens attentively
 Shows respect for self and others
Participates appropriately in activities
 Uses class time productively
 Completes assignments
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Common Core State Standards
READING
Common Core State Standards
Reads closely to determine key ideas and details in a variety of
grade level texts
· Summarizes text of stories, dramas, poems
· Describes how and why things happened within text
· Contrasts points of view
· Explains how illustrations and images impact the meaning of
text
Uses knowledge of words to comprehend text
· Reads multi-syllabic words in and out of context
· Uses Greek and Latin roots and affixes to decode words
· Uses context clues to clarify the meaning of words
Integrates various print resources to make connections, comparisons, and understand text
· Explains the structure of writing and how it impacts the meaning
· Describes the structure of text
· Integrates information from two different pieces of text
Reads with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
· Reads 4th grade material with purpose and understanding
· Reads 4th grade material with accuracy above 94%
· Reads about 118 words per minute
Writes opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces for a
variety of audiences
· Writes multi-paragraph documents that cover one topic
· Uses natural sequence, developed descriptions, and closing sections to create a variety of writing genres: informative, opinion,
and narrative
· Types 1 page
· Conducts research
· Draws evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
Demonstrates understanding of standard English conventions when
writing and speaking
· Edits writing
· Adds details
· Uses correct relative pronouns, progressive verbs, and adverbs
· Uses prepositional phrases
· Correctly uses confused words
· Uses commas and quotation marks in dialogue
· Choose punctuation to change effect
· Uses reference materials to correct and check spelling
Speaks effectively for situations and audiences
· Explicitly refers to information when speaking within discussions
· Poses specific questions and makes appropriate comments relating
to others
· Paraphrase text or information from other media sources
· Reports organized recounts of information including theme
Listens and comprehends in variety of settings
· Clarifies information by asking questions
· Gains information from a variety of media
· Responds to questions about key details from variety of media
SOCIAL STUDIES
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an
understanding of political systems
· Explains the structure and function of Illinois governments (local,
county, state) and their relationships to the national government
· Determines and explains the leadership role of the United States
in international settings
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an
understanding of economic systems
· Analyzes how available resources influence the economic development of the regions of the United States
· Describes how regions of the United States determine their needs
and examines their dependence on each other for specialized
goods and services
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an
understanding of local, state, and U.S. history
· Reads historical stories and accounts and determines events which
influenced the writings
· Formulates questions and seeks answers by collecting and examining data from historic documents, images, maps, media, literary, and non-literary works
· Examines key individuals and events that had political, economic,
and social impact upon the state of Illinois (e.g., Pulaski, Lincoln,
Grant, Reagan, the Great Chicago Fire, Chicago’s influence)
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an
understanding of geography
· Compares and contrasts landforms and climate of each of the regions of the United States and how they affected the development
of the U.S.
· Uses maps and other geographic representations to gather information about people, places, and environments
Effectively uses reading and writing strategies to demonstrate an
understanding of social systems
· Examines the various cultures that have impacted the language, literature, arts, traditions, institutions, and social systems of Illinois and
the United States
SCIENCE & HEALTH
Next Generation Science Standards
Understands the concepts of life, physical and earth/space science and their interconnectedness
· Identifies that an increase in temperature generally causes things to expand and
that a decrease in temperature causes things to contract and that particles move
more slowly in a solid than they do in a liquid or a gas
· Understands that current electricity is different from static electricity and identifies how a circuit can be constructed to make a bulb light
· Describes how lighter colors reflect more light, darker colors reflect less light,
and that the color of an object is determined by what kind of light is reflected as
opposed to what light is absorbed
· Defines force and describes what occurs when balanced and unbalanced forces
act on an object
· Explains how temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and wind direction are
measured
· Recognizes the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources and
the sources of fossil fuels
· Identifies positions of the earth, sun, and moon in the various types of eclipses
and phases of the moon
· Identifies the structure and function of the parts of a flower
· Compares similarities and differences of young animals to their parents
· Explains the concept of food chains and webs and the related classifications of
plants and animals (e.g., consumers, decomposers, producers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores)
· Knows that the world contains many kinds of environments and that different
animals and plants are suited to live in different environments
Uses the inquiry process and concepts of technological design
· Constructs charts, graphs, and visualizations to display and interpret data
· Tests a design using given instruments, techniques, and quantitative measurement methods
Makes connections between Science and Society
· Recognizes that scientists share results so that they can build upon what they
learn from others
Identifies basic science instruments and their functions (e.g., ruler, balance, graduated cylinder, clock, stopwatch, thermometer,
· microscope, and telescope
Understands the basic principles of health and well-being
· Describes how the digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems work
· Describes how to keep the digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems healthy
MATH
Common Core State Standards
Operations and Algebraic Thinking—Applies knowledge of numbers to solve
problems
· Understand multiplication
· Understand application of whole number operations (add, subtract, multiply
and divide)
· Understand number theory (multiples, factors, prime and composite)
· Generate and explain patterns
Measurement and Data—Applies and interprets concepts of measurement and
data
· Understand and convert measurement units
· Apply measurement
· Understand and apply area and perimeter
· Organize and interpret data
· Understand angles
Geometry—Understands and applies concepts of geometry
· Identify basic geometric concepts to classify two and three dimensional figures
· Recognize, draw and apply symmetry
Numbers in Base Ten—Understands and applies place value concepts
· Understands the relationship between place value columns
· Read, write and compare whole numbers
· Round whole numbers
· Understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Numbers in Fractions—Understands and applies fractions
· Recognize and generate equivalent fractions
· Compare and order fractions
· Understand and apply addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator
· Understand and apply multiplication of a fraction and a whole number
· Understand the relationship between fractions and decimals
VISUAL ARTS
Demonstrates basic knowledge of vocabulary used in visual art
· Compares techniques of media (e.g., clay: coil, pinch, slab; watercolor: dry brush, wash; paper: curling, tearing, folding, layering,
fringing)
Creates art with a variety of tools, media, and techniques
· Creates 3-D forms on a 2-D surface (e.g., value, light source)
· Creates works with neutral and complementary color schemes
· Creates a form (e.g., additive/subtractive, sculpture, masks, functional forms, assembled forms)
· Creates rhythm and movement in an artwork
· Arranges shapes to create a harmonious composition (e.g., rules
of composition)
· Draws an object from two or more points of view (e.g., front, side,
back, overhead)
· Mixes tints and shades to show a range of values
· Demonstrates processes with craftsmanship
Explores how art/artifacts convey stories about
people, places, and times
· Investigates the ways various cultures from past and present use
the arts
· Uses the vocabulary of elements, principles, and tools when describing a work of art
MUSIC
Applies music vocabulary to music activities
· Describes the tempo and dynamic levels in an aural musical example
· Distinguishes between the beat and the rhythm
· Recognizes and labels whole, half, quarter, eighth, and dotted
notes and rests
· Describes melodic movements in aural examples
· Identifies simple music forms when presented aurally
Demonstrates musical knowledge and skills through creating and
performing
· Classifies instruments according to how their sounds are produced
· Improvises simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments
· Performs rhythms incorporating whole, half, quarter, eighth, and
dotted notes and rests
· Performs 2-part music (e.g., rounds)
Explores music from historical periods and world cultures
· Explains ways music plays a part in everyday life
· Discusses artists who have made significant contributions and describes their ideas
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Acquires movement skills and understands needed to engage in
health-enhancing physical activity
· Performs locomotor and non-locomotor skills in the proper sequence using proper technique
· Understands and applies perceptual motor skills to classroom activities
Demonstrates fitness through cardiorespiratory, muscular strength/
endurance, flexibility, and/or body composition assessments
· Performs within the Healthy Fitness Zone on FitnessGram assessments
Demonstrates good sportsmanship and the ability to work well with
others
· Cooperates with classmates and teacher to ensure a safe and optimal learning environment
· Listens to instructions and is on task during class
· Encourages classmates and opponents and maintains a positive
attitude
Demonstrates an eagerness to participate fully in all activities
· Participates to fullest extent of ability during class