ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF SAN ANTONIO
COURSE OF STUDY
GRADE 4: MATH
ALGEBRAIC THINKING AND OPERATIONS WITH WHOLE NUMBERS
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Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems with whole numbers
Become familiar with factors and multiples with 100
Generate and analyze mathematical patterns
NUMBER AND OPERATIONS
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Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers
Understand that the digit in one place is 10 times what it would be in the place to the
right
Read and write multi-digit numerals
Write numbers in expanded form to show place value of each digit (Example: 26,825=
20,000+6,000+800+20+5)
Round multi-digit numerals to any place
Compare the values of numbers using the symbols “less than “ or “greater than” or”=”
Use understanding of place value and properties of operations to perform multi-digit
arithmetic problems
GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
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Draw, identify, and define points, line segments, rays, and angles
Draw, recognize, and define parallel and nonparallel lines
Classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles
Identify different kinds of triangles; recognize right triangles
Recognize and define lines of symmetry
FRACTIONS AND OPERATIONS
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Compare and order numbers with different numerators and denominators
Build fractions from unit fractions
Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator
Add and subtract mixed fractional numbers with like denominators
Multiply fraction with denominator of 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator
of 100
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Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions
Create visual models to represent and solve problems with fractions
Express a fraction with denominator of 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator
of 100
Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100
Compare decimals to one hundredth
MEASUREMENT AND DATA
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Know relative sizes of units in metric and English systems
Convert units to larger and smaller units
Solve word problems with time, distance, masses of objects, money, and temperature
Use formulas to find area and perimeter of rectangles
Solve real-world problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements
from a larger unit to a smaller unit
Represent and interpret data
Understand that a circle has 360 degrees
Use a protractor to measure and draw angles in whole number degrees
Understand and show angle measure as additive
Categorize shapes by their attributes
Partition shapes into equal areas, describing each part as a unit fraction of the whole
NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS
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Understand and use place value to 1,000
Round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100
Add and subtract within 1,000 using place value understandings
Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10
GRADE 4: LANGUAGE ARTS
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
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Apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in reading unfamiliar words
Read grade-level texts with purpose and understanding
Orally read grade-level texts with accuracy, expression, and appropriate rate
Confirm and self-correct words during oral reading
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Identify parts of speech and their functions in specific sentences
Use relative pronouns, progressive verb tenses, and prepositional phrases
Form and use possessive nouns
Produce complete sentences; correct incomplete or run-on sentences
Correctly use words that are frequently confused
Use conventions of English when writing (capitalization, punctuation, and spelling)
Punctuate dialogue correctly
Spell grade level words correctly
Consult reference materials to check spellings
Correctly use the English language when speaking, reading, or writing
Know the difference between formal and informal English and when to use each
READING LITERATURE AND INFORMATIONAL TEXT
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Identify main topic, idea, or argument in grade-level text
Show understanding of key details in a text
Identify text evidence to support the author’s message or reader’s responses
Retell stories, including tales from diverse cultures
Describe main message, lesson, or moral from stories or other texts
Describe characters in a story and how their actions contribute to the plot
Determine meanings of words or phrases as used in a text
Describe effects and uses of words and phrases in passages
Describe overall structure of a passage and its effect on the message Describe how
parts of a story, poem, or drama build on other parts
Use features in the text and internet search tools to locate relevant information
Explain connections between a series of events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text
Explain differences between an author’s point of view and their own
Explain how visual images and graphics contribute to and clarify a text
Combine information from two texts on the same topic
By the end of the academic year, read and understand grade-level literary and
informational texts at grade level independently and with proficiency
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
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Express ideas and feelings clearly
Speak clearly and audibly in sensible sentences
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details
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Add visual components to a speech to clarify ideas, feelings, and thoughts
Create audio recordings of stories or poems
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details
Give and follow directions
Participate in conversations with diverse partners and groups
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions
Listen and respond to others with focus and care
Ask and answer questions about key details heard in an oral or visual presentation
Present a report or tell a story with appropriate facts, relevant details
VOCABULARY
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Use context clues to determine word and phrase meanings
Use word structure clues to determine word meanings
Use synonyms and antonyms to clarify and explain word meanings
Use dictionaries and glossaries (print and digital) to determine or clarify word meaning
Understand and use figurative language (similes, metaphors, idioms, proverbs, etc.)
Distinguish literal and nonliteral meanings of words in context
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words
Learn and use grade-level general academic vocabulary
WRITING
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Write opinion, informative, or explanatory pieces that state a topic or purpose,
supplying relevant facts and reasons, and presenting a conclusion
Write stories that include details, put events in order, and provide a conclusion
Make improvements and needed changes to written work
Use transitional words and phrases to connect ideas
Add dialogue and descriptions to develop characters and events
Use tools, including digital tools, to produce and publish writing
Take part in shared research and writing projects
Gather information from various sources to answer a question
Create written and visual works to summarize and share information
Conduct short research tasks on a topic through investigation
Gather information from print and digital sources and take notes
Write regularly for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences
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GRADE 4: SCIENCE
LIFE SCIENCE
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Plant manufacture of food Populations of organisms
Food chains and food webs
Plant and animal structures that support growth, reproduction, and behavior
Plant and animal relationships in an ecosystem
Plant and animal adaptation and survival
Human interaction with the environment
Animal structures specialized to take in and process information
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
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Earth history
Earth changes through plate tectonics (earthquake and volcano activity)
Rock evidence of Earth changes due to forces
Locations of earthquake and volcano activity
Earth changes through physical and chemical weathering
Natural resources and their importance and uses
How living things affect the physical characteristics of their region
Hazards that result from natural processes or extreme natural events
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Definitions of energy
Movement and transfer of energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Conductors and insulators
Relationship between energy and forces
Energy in chemical processes
Electrical circuits
Energy and fuels from natural resources
Magnets and magnetic forces
Electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic radiation
Safe use of electricity
Wave properties and motions
Transfer of digitized information
Properties of water
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Changes in state of matter (evaporation, melting, condensation, freezing)
Water cycle
Floating and sinking
GRADE 4: SOCIAL SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHY
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Comparative locations and features of the state ( or province, territory) in relation to
the United States (or home country ) and world
Location of one’s home in relation to other cities and features in the state
State’s location using latitude and longitude grid
State’s borders and neighbors
Physical features, vegetation, and climate
Major cities and other human-made or cultural features
Studying and comparing a variety of maps of the state
Creating maps of physical features of state
The state’s natural resources
Patterns of past and present settlements and population distribution
Geographic factors influencing settlement and population
Ways the land has provided for and continues to provide for needs
Locations of key events in state history
Relationship between humans and the environment in the state
CITIZENSHIP AND GOVERNMENT
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Rights and responsibilities of citizens in state territory
State and patriotic symbols, traditions, and celebrations
Key elements of the state constitution
Structure of state government
Responsibilities of state government
State or regional issues
COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
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Cultural groups that make up one’s own state
Immigration in the state and cultural diffusion
Contributions of different cultural groups in the state territory
Key cultural and social changes in the state territory
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ECONOMICS
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Economic activities and changes over time in the state
Businesses and industries in the state
State resources, physical and human
Relationships between geography and the state economy
Creating maps of products or resources
Trade, exports, and imports
Economic issues in the state
Economic choices in the state
HISTORY
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Early settlements
Path to status as state of government
Structure and key concepts of state constitution
Peoples and groups who settled the state
Key events, developments, and decisions in state history
Key people in state history
Key issues in state history
Effects of nationwide or regional events on the state territory
Ways technology changes affected state development, communication and
transportation
GRADE 4: HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Health choices and consequences of choices
Benefits of health
Personal responsibility for fitness, stress management, health and safety
Major body systems and their functions
Nutrients and benefits of nutrients to the body
Communicable and non- communicable diseases
Ways body defends itself against germs
Basic safety rules for daily and recreational activities
Skills to identify, avoid, and cope with potentially dangerous situations
Practices for responding to emergencies
Identify safe behaviors around strangers
Reporting and getting help in unsafe situations
Reasons and ways to avoid violence
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Reasons and ways to avoid violence, gangs, and weapons
Development of self- confidence and self esteem
Respect and consideration for all individuals
Healthy ways of getting attention
Healthy ways of responding to disrespectful behavior
Self-control and appropriate ways to express emotions
Positive social interactions with peers, in home, and in the community
Bullying, alternative behaviors to bullying, and appropriate responses to bullying
Strategies for resolving conflicts with peers and others
Skills for meeting people, making friends, and being a good friend
Getting personal support from family
How and where to get help in making health decisions
GRADE4: ARTS
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Observe patterns in nature and works of art
Identify and describe elements in works of visual art (line, color, texture,
shapers/form, space, value, etc.)
Describe techniques for a given form of art
Compare and contrast two works of art
Identify purposes, effects and influences of art
Understand how culture affects art and how art reflects culture
Demonstrate appropriate audience skills for live artistic performances
Create original works of visual art in various media and dimensions
Express observations, ideas or feelings through drama or visual art
GRADE 4: TECHNOLOGY
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Concepts, characteristics, and real-life uses of technology
Knowing parts of technology devices and systems devices
Developing advanced keyboard skills
Use of tools to produce creative original works
Use of tools to interact and exchange ideas with peers, teacher, parents, or other
students
Use of tools and devices to develop cultural understanding
Use of Internet to find, use, summarize, and evaluate information
Planning and completing a research project to solve a problem or answer a question
Understand negative uses of technology and ways to avoid them
Positive attitudes toward technology for learning
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COURSE OF STUDY: GRADE 5
LANGUAGE ARTS
FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
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Apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in reading unfamiliar words
Read grade-level texts with purpose and understanding
Orally read grade-level texts with accuracy, expression and appropriate rate
Confirm and self-correct words during oral reading
READING LITERATURE AND INFORMATIONAL TEXT
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Identify main topics, ideas, or arguments in grade-level text
Explain how details in the text support main ideas
Identify evidence in the text support main ideas
Describe theme of a literary text
Summarize literary and informational or explanatory texts
Compare and contrast characters, settings, events, or ideas from a text
Determine meanings and effects of words or phrases as used in a text
Describe overall structure of a passage and its effect on the message
Describe how chapter, sections, scenes, or stanzas fit together in a text
Use features in the text and search tools to locate relevant information
Explain connections between people, events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text
Describe how a narrator’s or writer’s point of view influences the text
Explain how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning and tone
Compare, contrast, and analyze texts in the same genre or on the same topic
Find and integrate information from multiple sources to answer a question or solve a
problem
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
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Express ideas and feelings clearly
Speak clearly and audibly in sensible sentences
Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details
Give and follow directions
Participate in conversations with diverse partners and groups
Follow agreed-upon rules and preparation procedures for discussions
Listen and respond to others with focus and care
Summarize points made by a speaker
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Present a spoken report with supporting facts and details
Add visual components to a speech to clarify ideas, feelings, and, thoughts
WRITING
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Write opinion pieces supported with relevant facts and reasons, and a strong
conclusion
Write informative or explanatory pieces supported with relevant facts and reasons,
and a strong conclusion
Write narrations that include details, put events in order, and provide a conclusion
Strengthen writing by getting feedback, revising, editing, and rewriting
Add dialogue and descriptions to develop characters and events
Use tools, including digital tools, to produce and publish writing
Gather information from various sources to answer a question
Create written and visual works to summarize and share information
Conduct short research topics on a topic through investigation
Produce clear writing for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences word anng
Identify parts of speech and their functions in specific sentences
Recognize and use conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections
Form, recognize, and use various verb tenses and appropriate shifts in verb tense
Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, style, and interest
Use conventions of English correctly when writing (capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling)
Spell grade-level words correctly
Consult reference materials to check spellings
Correctly use the English language when speaking, reading, or writing
Know the difference between formal and informal English and when to use each
VOCABULARY
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Use context clues to determine word and phrase meanings
Use word structure clues to determine meanings of unknown words
Understand and use figurative language (similes, metaphors, idioms, etc.)
Distinguish literal and nonliteral meanings of words in context
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words
Learn and use grade-level general academic vocabulary
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MATHEMATICS
ALGEBRAIC THINKING AND OPERATIONS
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Write and interpret numerical expressions
Evaluate simple expressions
Analyze patterns and relationships
Expand a whole number (2-50) as a product of its prime factors
Analyze patterns and relationships given two rules
NUMBER AND OPERATIONS
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Understand that each place in a number represents 10 times the place to right and ontenths of the place to the left
Know patterns of zeros when multiply or dividing a number by powers of 10
Use exponents to show powers of 10
Read, write, and compare decimals to the thousandths place
Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers
Perform operations with decimals to hundredths
FRACTIONS AND OPERATIONS
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Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions with unlike
denominators (2/5+7/3+6/15+35/15=41/15)
Solve word problems with addition and subtraction of fractions or mixed numbers
with like and unlike denominators
Create models or equations to represent problems with fractions
Understand a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator
Solve word problems dividing whole numbers leading to fraction or mixed number
answers
Multiply a fraction by a whole number or a whole number by a fraction
Find areas of rectangles with fractional sides by modeling with unit squares
Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing)
Explain results of multiplying a number by a fraction greater or less than 1
Compute and explain division of a fraction by a whole number
Compute and explain division of a whole number by unit fraction
Divide unit fractions by no-zero whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions
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GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
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Understand the coordinate system and the meanings of the origin, x-axis, xcoordinate, y-axis, and y-coordinate
Graph points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane to solve real-world and
mathematical problems
Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties
Classify two-dimensional figures into a hierarchy
MEASUREMENT AND DATA
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Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
Use measurement conversions in solving real world problems
Use a line plot to display a data set of unit fraction measurements
Use operations of fractions to solve problems from displayed data
Understand concepts of volume and measuring of volume
Relate volume to multiplication and to addition
Define and describe a cubic unit
Use standard or improvised unit cubes to measure volume
Find volume of rectangular prisms by packing the prism with unit cubes
Know and apply formulas for the volume of right rectangular prisms
Solve real world problems involving volume
Find volumes of solid figures that are composed of two non-overlapping right
rectangular prisms
SCIENCE
LIFE SCIENCE
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Interdependent energy relationships in ecosystems
Matter and energy flow in organisms for maintenance, growth, and repair
Life cycles and energy cycles in ecosystems
Forest ecosystems
Food chains and food webs
Human impact on Earth and ecosystems
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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Observations and measurements that identify properties of materials
Atoms and molecules in matter and their behavior in different states of matter
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Chemical reactions
Law of Conservation of Matter
Chemical processes in everyday life
Gravitational force on planets
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
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The universe and its stars
Patterns and movements in the solar system
Earth’s orbit and rotation and the resulting patterns
Earth systems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and their reactions
The role of water in Earth surface processes
Rocks and minerals and their classifications
Earth’s topography
Human impact on Earth systems
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Health choices and consequences of choices
Structure, functions and interdependence of major body systems
Identification of foods that are sources of nutrient groups
Understanding and tracking calorie intake
Exercise
Ways body defends itself against germs
Understanding of changes in anatomy during puberty
Basic safety rules for daily and recreational activities
Skills to identify, avoid, report, and cope with potentially dangerous situations
Practices for responding to emergencies
Development of self- confidence and self esteem
Positive social interactions with peers, in home and in the community
Bulling, alternative behaviors to bullying, and appropriate responses to bullying
Skills for meeting people, making friends, and being a good friend
Getting personal support from family
How and where to get help in making health decisions
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SOCIAL STUDIES
COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
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Understanding that members of a civilization share certain common characteristics,
customs, beliefs, and values
Development of unique cultures in the early Americas
Description of Mayan, Aztec, Incan civilizations
Appreciation of the complexity of ancient societies and civilizations
Cultural comparison between regions ( now the United States, Canada, Caribbean, and
South America) in the past and present)
Key cultural contributions to United States culture and the world from the other
Western hemisphere regions
Current issues faced by two or more Western Hemisphere nations
Examples of cultural cooperation among Western Hemisphere nations
GEOGRAPHY
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Geographical features (physical and human) of each of the Western Hemisphere
region
How first humans adapted to and modified their environment
Patterns of settlement in the regions, past and present
Adaptations of people to the physical geography and climate
Resources and use of resources in the regions, past and present
Locations of explorations in the Western Hemisphere
How the geography of the regions affected transportation, communication and
interaction among the people of the regions
Drawing maps of patterns of settlement, movement, physical features, products,
trade relationships, explorations, plants and animals, etc. in the Western Hemisphere
HISTORY
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First humans in Western Hemisphere
Migration routes and movement of people
Early societies in the hemisphere
European exploration and its effects
Interactions of Europeans with Native Americans
Colonization and comparison of colonies
Transatlantic trade
Slave trade from Africa(reasons, transport, conditions, effects)
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Political development and maps of countries in the Western Hemisphere
Issues faced by specific countries and regions in the Western Hemisphere
ECONOMICS
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Development of different types of economic systems
Comparisons of past and present economies in the regions and nations
Economic activities past and present
Trade in the hemisphere, past and present
Major resources, industries, products, and services of countries and regions
How and why products are manufactured where they are
Interdependence of economies of the regions
GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENSHIP
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Development and comparison of varied political systems and their development
Foundation documents and basic structures of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and
one country in the Caribbean region and one country in South America
Ways groups have struggled for equality and civil rights in some of the countries of the
hemisphere
Ways groups have struggled for sovereignty in some of the countries
Multinational cooperative organizations and their functions
Some key ideas, symbols, and values of some of the countries
ARTS
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Observe patterns in nature and works of art
Identify and describe elements in works of visual art (line, color, texture, shapes/form,
space, value, etc.)
Create original works of visual art in various media and dimensions
Express observations, ideas, or feelings through music, drama, or visual art
Identify and discuss some well-known works of dance, drama, music, or visual arts and
some artists, actors, writers, musicians, choreographers, or composers
Describe and analyze a variety of works of art according to their elements
Apply evaluative skills to movies and video
Describe techniques for a given form of art
Compare and contrast two works of art
Identify purposes, effects, influence and historical contributions of art
Understand how culture affects art and how art reflects culture
Demonstrate appropriate audience skills for live artistic performances
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TECHNOLOGY
Concepts, characteristics, and real-life uses of technology
Knowing parts of technology devices and systems devices
Developing advanced keyboard skills
Effective use of available grade-level technology
Use of tools to produce creative original works
Use of tools to collaborate locally and globally
Use of tools and devices to develop cultural understanding
Use of Internet to find, use, summarize and evaluate information
Understand negative uses of technology and ways to avoid them
Participation in group collaborative interactive projects and activities
Procedures for safe online behavior, including use of social media
Positive attitudes toward technology for learning
Demonstrating openness to learning and using new technologies
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