FOurth Grade Curriculum Overview

Language Arts

• Comprehension
• Systematic vocabulary building
• Word analysis and fluency
• Literary response and analysis
• Features of informational materials
• Penmanship and cursive
• Organization and focus of writing
• Writing strategies
• Genres and their characteristics
• Presentation and speaking strategies
• Research
• Evaluation and revision
• Language conventions
• Sentence structure and grammar
• Punctuation and capitalization
• Spelling
• Listening comprehension
• Speaking organization and delivery

Mathematics

• Place values of whole numbers and decimals
• Read and write whole numbers in millions
• Negative numbers
• Problem solving: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Multiplication table 1 to 12
• Fractions and decimals with operations
• Relationships of different operations
• Factoring
• Manipulating equations and inequalities
• Evaluating algebraic expressions
• Interpretation and application of formulas
• Use of parentheses for prioritizing
• Simple functional relationships
• Appropriate tools and Metric/U.S. units
• Perimeter, area, and volume of solid objects
• Unit conversions
• Attributes of planes and solid objects to solve problems
• Use two-dimensional coordinate grids
• Make models of geometric solids
• Quadrilaterals and triangles
• Numerical and categorical data charts
• Mode, median, and outliers in data sets
• Number lines, graphs, tables, and charts
• Probability experiments and possible outcomes/simple predictions
• Analyzing problems
• Sequencing
• Identifying relationships
• Estimation of results
• Precision and accuracy
• Generalizing circumstances

Science

• Plants as a source of matter and energy
• Producers and consumers in the food chain
• Decomposers
• Ecosystems
• Plant structure and function
• Animals and their characteristics
• Electricity and magnetism
• Conversion of energy (heat, light, and motion)
• Electromagnets
• Properties of rocks and minerals
• Earth's physical features
• Investigation and experimentation
• Science process skills

Social Studies

• Coordinate grid system and locations
• The globe and geography
• The physical environment and human activity
• State capitals and regions
• Growth of towns
• Use maps, charts, and pictures for different communities
• Climate, services, vegetation, and transportation
• Pre-Colombian societies and the Spanish
• Missions and Mexican ranchero periods
• Nations of California Indians
• European settlements
• Hunter-gatherer culture and economy
• Effects of Mexican rule and war
• Mexican settlements
• Californian routes
• The Gold Rush
• Women and the building of California
• Statehood and a new government
• Pony Express, Western Union, mail service, transcontinental railroad
• Economic conflicts
• Migration in and out of towns
• Effects of the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, and World War Two
• Development of new industries
• Evolution of the water system
• History and development of education
• Artistic and cultural development
• Structure, function, and powers of local, state, and federal government in Constitution

Islamic Studies

• Declaration and articles of faith
• Five pillars
• Salat procedures and duas
• Five kalimas
• Islamic manners
• Selected Hadith
• Islamic ways of worship
• The permitted and prohibited
• Knowledge and understanding of the Seerah of Rasulullah (SAW)
• Rasulullah (SAW) as our best model
• Stories of the Prophets from a historical and moral perspective

Arabic Level 1

• Learn how to read and write words and short phrases
• Simple grammar in Arabic
• Learn to read Surahs form the Quran
• Simple Arabic dialogue

Arabic Level 2

• Learn how to read paragraphs in Arabic and Surahs
• Write simple sentences
• Introduction to simple Arabic dialogue