FourthGradeSkillsListforTeachers

MissouriLearningStandards
1stQuarter

Thisisourinstructionalplanforfirstquarter.
However,thecurriculummaybeadjustedtobestmeetindividualstudentandclassroomneeds.

EnglishLanguageArts
ReadingFoundations
IcanusewhatIhavelearnedaboutletters,soundsandwordstohelpmeread.Ican:
RF.4.3showwhatIhavelearnedaboutletters,soundsandwordsinmyreading.
RF.4.3areadunfamiliarwordsthathavemorethanonesyllable.
RF.4.4readandunderstandbooksatmylevelwell.
RF.4.4areadandunderstandfourthgradetexts.
RF.4.4breadfourthgradebooksandpoemsaloudaccurately,attherightspeedandwith
expression.
RF.4.4cusewhatIunderstandfrommyreadingtohelpmefigureoutorcorrectwordsIam
havingtroublewith.

ReadingLiterature
Icanread,understandanddiscussthefictionstoriesIread.Ican:
RL.4.1explainastorybyreferringtodetailsandexamplesinthetext.
RL.4.6compareandcontrastdifferentstoriesbythinkingaboutthepointsofviewfromwhichthey
aretold.
RL.4.6tellthedifferencebetweenfirstandthirdpersonnarrators.
RL.4.10readandunderstandfourthgradestories,playsandpoemsindependently.

Speaking&Listening
Icanunderstandandcollaboratewithallkindsofpeople.Ican:
SL.4.1effectivelyparticipateindifferenttypesofdiscussionsandwithdifferentpeople.
SL.4.1buildonothersideasandexpressmyownideasclearly.
SL.4.1acometodiscussionspreparedtosharemyideasbecauseIhavereadorstudiedthe
requiredmaterial.
SL.4.1ausewhatIknowandwhatIhavereadtoexplorenewideasaboutatopicduringa
discussion.
SL.4.1bfollowagreeduponrulesfordiscussionandcarryoutmyassignedrole.
SL.4.1caskandanswerquestionstohelpmeunderstanddiscussions,stayontopicandthat
contributetoothersideasandremarks.
SL.4.1dthinkaboutwhatisdiscussedandexplainanynewthinkingthatIhave.

Icansharemyideasandknowledge.Ican:
SL.4.4reportonatopicortellastorywithcorrectandappropriatefactsanddetailstosupportmy
mainidea
SL.4.4speakclearlyandatanappropriatepacewhenIgiveareportorshareastoryorexperience.
SL.4.5createengagingaudiorecordingsorvisualdisplaystohelpmebetterexplainamainideaor
themewhennecessary

ReadingInformationalText
Icanread,understandanddiscussinformationaltextsIread.Ican:
RI.4.1explainwhatinformationaltextteachesmebyreferringtodetailsandexamplesfromthetext.
RI.4.1drawinferencesfrominformationaltextsbyreferringtodetailsandexamplesfromthetext.

Language
IcanuseproperEnglishwhenIwriteandspeak.Ican:
L.4.1showthatIknowhowtousewordscorrectlywhenIwriteandspeak.
L.4.1auserelativepronouns(who,whose,whom,which,that)andrelativeadverbs(where,
when,why)correctlywhenIwriteorspeak.
L.4.1bcorrectlywriteanduseprogressiveverbtenses(e.g.,Iwastalking,Iamtalking,Iwill
betalking).
L.4.1cuseauxiliarywordstoshowdifferentconditions(e.g.,can,may,must).L.3.1.HIcan
useconjunctionsinthecorrectwayinmyspeechandwriting.
L.4.1dusethecommonpatternsIhavelearnedaboutadjectivestoorderthemcorrectlyin
sentences.
L.4.1dcorrectlywriteanduseprepositionalphrases.
L.4.1fwritecompletesentences.
L.4.1frecognizeinappropriatesentencefragmentsandrunonsentences.
L.4.1gcorrectlyusecommonlyconfusedwords(e.g.,to,too,twotheir&there).
L.4.2showthatIknowhowtowritesentencescorrectly.
L.4.2acorrectlyusecapitalizationinallofmywriting.
L.4.2busecommasandquotationmarkstoshowdirectspeechandquotationsfromatext.
L.4.2ccorrectlyuseacommabeforeaconjunctionwhenconnectingtwosimplesentences.
L.4.2duseappropriatereferencestohelpmespellfourthgradewords.

IcanusewhatIknowaboutlanguageindifferentsituations.Ican:
L.4.3write,speak,readandlistenbyusingmyknowledgeoftheEnglishlanguage.
L.4.3achooseinterestingwordsandphrasestohelpothersunderstandmyideasbetter.
L.4.3bchoosevariouspunctuationtohelpmeshowdifferentmoodsinwriting.
L.4.3cIcanfigureoutwhenIneedtouseformalspeechandwhenIcanuseinformalspeech.

Icanfigureoutwhatwordsmeanandusethemindifferentsituations.Ican:
L.4.4determinethemeaningsofwordsbyusingthestrategiesIhavelearnedandbythinkingabout
whatIhaveread.
L.4.4ausecontextcluestofigureoutthemeaningsofwordsorphrases.
L.4.4bdeterminethemeaningsofunknownwordsbyusingwhatIknowaboutcommon
GreekandLatinprefixes,suffixesandroots.
L.4.4cuseprintandcomputerreferencesourcestohelpmefindthepronunciationsand
clarifymeaningsofnewwordsorphrases.
L.4.6figureoutandusefourthgradewordsthatshowspecificactions,emotionsorstatesofbeing.
L.4.6figureoutandusefourthgradewordsthatarecenteredaroundaspecifictopic.

Writing
Icanwritedifferenttypesofwritingfordifferentreasons.Ican:
W.4.3writestorieswithgoodtechnique,detaileddescriptionsandaclearsequence.
W.4.3aprovideanintroductioninmystoriesthatcreatesasituation,introducesanarrator&
charactersandorganizesaplotthatunfoldsnaturally.
W.4.3busedialoganddescriptiontodevelopexperiencesandeventsortoshowhowthe
charactersrespondtodifferentsituationsinthestory.
W.4.3cusedifferenttypesoftransitionalwordsandphrasestohelpwiththesequenceofmy
story.
W.4.3duseveryspecificwordsandphrases,aswellassensorydetails,toexpress
experiencesandevents.
W.4.3ewriteaconclusion(ending)thatmakessensewiththeexperiencesandeventsI
sharedinmystory.

Icanimprovemywritingandpublishitforotherstoread.Ican:
W.4.5plan,reviseandeditmywritingwiththehelpofpeersandadults.
W.4.6usetechnologytocreateandpublishmywriting.
W.4.6usetechnologytocommunicateandcollaboratewithothers.
W.4.6useappropriatekeyboardingskillstotypeatleastonepageofmywritinginasinglesitting.

Icanuseresearchtolearnmoreaboutatopicandpresentittoothers.Ican:
W.4.7conductshortresearchprojectstohelpmelearnabouttopicsthroughinvestigation.
W.4.10writewithstaminaforshorttimeframesoroveralongerperiodoftimedependingonmy
purpose,audienceandtopic

Mathematics
NumbersandOperations:BaseTen
Icanuseplacevaluetohelpmeunderstandlargernumbers.Ican:
4.NBT.1recognizethatinamultidigitwholenumber,adigitinoneplacerepresentstentimeswhatit
representsintheplacetoitsright.
4.NBT.2readandwritelargerwholenumbersusingnumerals,wordsandinexpandedform.
4.NBT.2comparetwolargernumbersbyusingwhatIknowaboutthevaluesineachplace.
4.NBT.2comparetwolargernumbersandusethesymbols>,=and<toshowthecomparison.
4.NBT.3roundlargerwholenumberstoanyplace.

IcanusewhatIknowaboutplacevalueandoperations(+,,x,)tosolveproblemswithlarger
numbers.Ican:
4.NBT.4addandsubtractlargernumbers.

OperationsandAlgebraicThinking
Icanusethefouroperations(+,,x,)tohelpmesolveproblems.Ican:
4.OA.1understandthatmultiplicationequationscanbeseenascomparisonsofgroups(e.g.,24=4
x6canbethoughtofas4groupsof6or6groupsof4).
4.OA.2multiplyordividetosolvewordproblemsbyusingdrawingsorwritingequationsandsolving
foramissingnumber.

Icanbecomefamiliarwithfactorsandmultiples.Ican:
4.OA.4findallfactorpairsforawholenumberfrom1to100.
4.OA.4recognizeawholenumberasamultipleofeachofitsfactors.
4.OA.4determinewhetherawholenumberfrom1to100isamultipleofagivenonedigitnumber.
4.OA.4determinewhetheragivenwholenumberupto100isaprimeorcompositenumber.

Icancreateandanalyzepatterns.Ican:
4.OA.5createanumberorshapepatternthatfollowsagivenrule.
4.OA.5noticeandpointoutdifferentfeaturesofapatternonceitiscreatedbyarule.

Wewilladdressthesetopicsthroughouttheyearduringmath,science,andmorningwork:
NumbersandOperations:Fractions
improvemyunderstandingoffractions.
buildfractionsfromunitfractions.
understandhowfractionsanddecimalsarerelated.

Measurement&Data
solveproblemsinvolvingmeasurementandconversionofmeasurements.

SocialStudies
Thisquarter,Ican:
identifyanddescribethecontributionsoftheWoodlandandPlainsIndians.
constructandinterpretmapsincludingcompassrose,title,key,scaleofmiles.
locatemajorMissouricities.
locateMissourisborderstates:Iowa,Illinois,Kentucky,Tennessee,Arkansas,Oklahoma,Kansas,
Nebraska.
locateMissourismajorrivers:Mississippi,Missouri,Osage.
locatetheMidwesternRegiononaUnitedStatesmapcompareregions(ruralandurban,
mountainousandplain)includingthefourregionsofMissouri.

Science
Thisquarter,Icanexplainand/ordemonstrate:
EarthsSystems:Soil,Rocks,Weather,andErosion
Earthismadeupofavarietyofmaterialsincludingsoilandrocks.
therearemanydifferentkindsofsoils.
plantandanimalmaterialaredecomposedandbecomepartofthesoil.
soilisimportanttolifeonEarth.
therearehundredsofdifferentkindsofrocks.
rockscanbeidentifiedbytheirphysicalproperties.
rocksareconstantlybeingweatheredanderoded.
humanactivityaffectsthesurfaceoftheEarth.
identifyanddescribewhatmaterialsareinsoil(plantrootsanddebris,varietyofrocks).
identifyanddescribethepropertiesofsoil(odor,color,texture,grainsize).
identifyanddescribeorganismsthatliveinthesoil(bacteria,fungi,worms).
describehowtheorganismsthatliveinthesoilaffectthesoil.
describehowplantandanimalmaterialgetsbrokendownintosoil(decay/rotting,composting,
digestion).

predicthowthekindofsoilaffectshowmuchwateritabsorbs(sand,clay,loam).
predicthowthekindofsoilaffectshowmuchitwillerode.
predicthowthekindofsoilaffectshowwellitwillgrowplants.
compareanddescribethephysicalpropertiesofrocks(shape,color,texture,layering,presenceof
fossils).
identifyexamplesofthemajorlandformsonEarth(mountains,plains,oceans,rivervalleys,
coastlines,canyons).
recognizeanddescribedifferentkindsofweathering:water,chemicals,temperature,wind,plants.
describehowweatheringcancausechangesonthesurfaceoftheEarth.
recognizeanddescribedifferentkindsoferosion:theactionofgravity,waves,wind,rivers,glaciers.
describehowerosion(actionofgravity,waves,wind,rivers,glaciers)cancausechangesonthe
surfaceoftheEarth.
explainthedifferencebetweenweatheringanderosion.
classifyactivitiesasweatheringorerosion.
identifywayshumansaffecterosion(clearingofland,plantingvegetation,pavingland,construction
ofnewbuildings).
suggestwayspeoplecansolveproblemswithourenvironment(recycling,composting,waysto
decreasesoilerosion).

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