Fourth Grade
Ms. Jones
Mrs. Peck
Mr. Norlin

 

Fairfax County's Fourth Grade Curriculum

 

Math

  • Place value through the millions
  • Rounding through the millions to nearest thousand, ten thousand, and hundred thousand
  • Relate fractions to decimals
  • Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators
  • Read, write, compare, and round decimals through the thousandths
  • Estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients
  • Measure, compare, and estimate in customary & metric units
  • Find perimeter and area using standard and non-standard units of measurement
  • Geometry - compare and analyze properties of 2 & 3 dimensional figures, invesitgate congruency and geometric transformations
  • Collect, organize and graph data in line and bar graphs
  • Recognize, create, and extend numerical and geometric patterns

Social Studies

  • Geography of Virginia - 5 regions, rivers, bordering states
  • Virginia Colony - Virginia Assembly, Jamestown, Powhatan people
  • Virginia's role in American Revolution
  • Famous Virginians - Washington, Jefferson, Henry, Madison, Mason
  • Virginia's role in Civil War - major battles
  • Reconstruction of Virginia - segregation and Jim Crow laws
  • 20th century Virginia - industrialization
  • Contributions of Maggie Walker, Harry Byrd, Arthur Ashe, and L. Douglas Wilder
  • Three branches of Virginia government
  • Major products and industries in Virginia's five regions

Science

  • Scientific investigations
  • Force, motion, and energy
  • Electricity & magnetism
  • Plants processes, structure, and photosynthesis
  • Plants & Animals - adaptations, food webs, habitats, and life cycles
  • Weather - measurements, tools, and phenomena
  • Interrelationships of Earth, moon, and sun
  • Virginia's natural resources

Language Arts

  • Make and listen to oral presentations
  • Read and comprehend fiction & non-fiction with fluency and accuracy
  • Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multiple meanings of words
  • Use reference materials - glossary, dictionary, and thesaurus
  • Write effective narratives, poems, and explanations
  • Edit writing for correct grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling and sentence structure

 

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