Fourth Grade Curriculum Overview
Quarter 2
Quarter 1
Reading
Theme – Facing Challenges
Character’s Traits and Motivations
Compare/Contrast
Plot: Conflict and Resolution
Story Structure
Synonyms/Antonyms
Make Judgments
Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Robust Vocabulary
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Poetry
Biography
Expository Nonfiction
Narrative Poetry
Historical Fiction
Narrative Nonfiction
Realistic fiction
Historical Fiction
Fluency: Accuracy, Reading Rate,
Intonation
Theme – Getting the Job Done and Natural
Changes
Author’s Purpose and Perspective
Summarize
Locating Information
Cause/Effect
Graphic Organizers
Draw Conclusions
Reference Sources
Predict Outcomes
Robust Vocabulary
Genre:
Play
Fairy Tale
Informational Narrative
Expository Nonfiction
Poetry
Magazine Article
Fantasy
Fluency: Phrasing, Pace, Expression
Language
Spelling
Math
Science
Social Studies
Bible
Grammar:
Four Types of Sentences
Subjects/Predicates
Simple/Compound Sentences
Writing:
Character Description
Descriptive Paragraph
Narrative Poem
Journal Entry
Summary
Narrative Paragraph
Traits: Voice, Word Choice,
Ideas
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Vowel Digraphs
Variant Vowels and
Diphthongs
Inflections –ed and
–ing
Consonant –le
VCCV: Same Medial
Consonants
Place Value to hundred
millions
Rounding to millions
Ordinal numbers
2, 3 or more digit
add/sub.
Add/sub. with money
Sub. with zeros
Roman numerals
Problem solving
Design of life: cells,
organization of living things
Order of life: body plans,
habitats
Diversity of life: survival in
unique habitats, fossils
System of life: food webs,
balance, ecosystems,
conservation
Energy and Heat: potential,
kinetic, thermal
Light and Sound: properties
and types of waves,
electromagnetic spectrum
Using timelines,
maps, context and
concordance
Bible is inspired,
true and endures
God is
omnipresent,
omniscient and
omnipotent
Grammar:
Prepositional Phrases
Clauses/Phrases
Complex Sentences
Nouns
Pronouns/Antecedents
Writing:
E-Mail
Explanatory Paragraph
Cause/Effect Paragraph
Informational Paragraph
Letter
Pourpuoi Tale
Traits: Sentence Fluency,
Conventions, Organization
Different Medial
Consonants: VCCV
Three Medial
Consonants: VCCCV
Open and Closed
Syllable Patterns: VCV
Prefixes: re-, un-, nonSuffixes: -able, -ible,
-ness, -ment, -less
Unaccented Syllable:
Schwa + n
Bar,line and pictographs
Multiply 2,3,4 digits
Dividing 2 digit numbers
Zeros in quotients
Finding averages
Division with money
Problem solving
Motion and force: Newton’s
3 laws, relative and
apparent motion
Matter and Its Uses: atoms,
properties, changes and
using matter
Lithosphere: earth’s soil,
layers, plates, weathering,
conservation
Hydrosphere: water
properties, cycle, fresh, salt
Atmosphere: layers, clouds,
precipitation, pressure,
storms
Universe: solar system,
galaxies, structure and
distances
Body Systems
Christ is divine,
had a human body
and is our
substitute
Holy Spirit
indwells,
empowers and
enlightens
Man is created in
God’s image, has a
sinful nature and
its purpose is to
glorify God
Fourth Grade Curriculum Overview
Quarter 4
Quarter 3
Reading
Theme – Imagination At Work and A New
Home
Fact/Opinion
Follow Written Directions
Theme
Narrative Forms
Character, Setting, and Plot
Story Structure
Make Inferences
Robust Vocabulary
Genre:
Informational Narrative
Expository Nonfiction
Narrative Nonfiction
Autobiographies
Poetry
Fairy Tale
Fable
Pourquoi Tale
Mystery
Biography
Realistic Fiction
Diary
Fantasy
Encyclopedia Article
Fluency: Phrasing, Pace, Intonation
Theme – Exploring Our World
Text Structure: Sequence
Context Clues
Main Idea and Details
Summarizing
Paraphrase
Figurative Language
Graphic Aids
Robust Vocabulary
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction
Realistic Fiction
Narrative Poetry
Tall Tale
Biography
Informational Narrative
Narrative Nonfiction
Fluency: Accuracy, Expression
Language
Spelling
Math
Science
Social Studies
Bible
Grammar:
Pronouns
Adjectives and Articles
Verbs
Subject/Verb Agreement
Writing:
How-To-Paragraph
Autobiographical Compositions
Persuasive Paragraph
Fable
Narrative paragraph
Diary Entry
Adventure Scene
Traits: Voice, Ideas, Word
Choice, Conventions
Syllables: Schwa + r
Unaccented Syllables:
Schwa + n, Schwa + r
Word Parts: over-,
under-, subInflections: -s, -es
Suffixes: -ant, -ent,
-ist, -ian
Word Parts: in, out,
down, up
Suffixes: -tion, -sion, al, -ial
Geometry terms
Classifying quadrilaterals
Symmetry
Area, perimeter and
volume
Solid and plane figures
Factor tree
Square and prime
Mult. 2/3 digit factors
Mult. with money
Problem solving
Land and water, earth
location, climates and
currents, map skills
Immigrants, reasons
for coming, becoming
a citizen
Blending cultures,
new experiences,
living the dream
Missionaries,
chaplains, circuit
riders
Our fifty states
Inventions since 1750
Origin, effects
consequences of
sin
Salvation is by
grace through faith
and Christ alone
Eternity is God’s
time
Grammar:
Verbs
Contractions
Possessive Pronouns
Adverbs
Punctuation Review
Writing:
Descriptive Paragraph
Summary
Explanatory Essay
Tall Tale
Biography
Traits: Conventions, Fluency,
Sentence Fluency, Organization
Silent Letters
Suffixes in
Combination
Greek and Latin Word
Parts
Compounds
Homophones
Prefix + Base Word +
Suffix
Probability
Decimals- tenths and
hundredths
Equivalent decimals
Add/Sub decimals
Measurement with
standard and metric
Temperature and time
Dividing with 2 digit
divisor
One/2 digit quotients
Problem solving
Market, buying and
selling, supply and
demand, capitalism,
socialism
Steam engines and
smokestacks:
machines and
industrial revolution
Transcontinental
railroad, Native
Americans, ghost
towns
Pony express, Morse
Code, telegraph,
telephone
Boer War, China,
Boxer uprising,
Imperialism
Democracy,
citizenship, branches
of government
Angels are God’s
messengers
Church is Christ’s
body, salt and light
Christ will come
for his church
Judgments of
Christ
Walk with God:
prayer, devotions,
sharing faith,
holding on to truth