Grade 4

Fourth graders read a variety of fiction and nonfiction, plays, and poetry. Reading skills include breaking down unknown words, reading with comprehension, and increasing vocabulary words. Writing, speaking, and listening skills are further refined. Students conduct science experiments and learn about the human body, transportation technology, and electricity. They solve computation problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In social studies, children study Maryland and compare it to other parts of the world.

Sample Content Standards

                                                                                     
  Reading/ Language Arts       Social Studies                 Mathmatics                  Sciences

How You Can Help

• Be sure your child attends school regularly and is on time.
• Be sure your child eats breakfast and comes to school ready to learn.
  Encourage your child to listen and follow directions.
• Praise your child.
• Talk with your child each day. Discuss a variety of topics, including current events, school activities, books you have both read, etc.
• Use articles from the newspaper to illustrate the use of data, statistics, fractions, and measurement.
• Reinforce memorizing the basic facts for multiplication.
  Have your child measure when figuring out household problems (e.g., quantities in cooking, length of curtains).
• Visit the Davis Planetarium and IMAX theater at the Maryland Science Center.