Fourth Grade Curriculum Overview

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Fourth Grade Overview

Time4Learning is a student-paced online learning system, popular as a fourth grade homeschool curriculum. It can also be used for afterschool enrichment, for remediation, and as a summer school alternative.

For fourth graders, Time4Learning provides language arts, math, science, and social studies. Both language arts and math correlate to state standards.

Fourth Grade Learning Objectives

While in fourth grade, a child should master the prerequisites for attaining success in the fifth grade language arts, reading and mathematics curriculum.
By the end of any fourth grade language arts and reading program, your student should be reading with more fluency and expression. They should draw from several strategies to analyze unfamiliar words. For example: root words, prefixes, suffixes, and context clues. Their writing should be multi-dimensional. They will be able to formulate multiple paragraph pieces that should focus on a specific purpose or audience. Students should be able to write chronological pieces, pieces focusing on cause and effect, pieces that compare and contrast and pieces that draw from personal experiences.

For details about fourth grade writing standards, please visit Time4Writing.com.

At the end of any fourth grade mathematics program, students should be able to add and subtract large numbers with sums up to 1,000,000. They should have mastered the basic multiplication and division facts and should understand basic fraction and decimal concepts. They should use concrete materials to represent fractions and their equivalents, write the fraction for the shaded parts of a whole figure, with a numerator and denominator less than or equal to 20 and compare fractions. Fourth grade students should also understands the concept of decimals as fractions of a whole. Students should recognize and identify basic geometrical vocabulary and ideas. Fourth grade students should be proficient in data collection and analysis.

Fourth Grade Language Arts and Reading

The fourth grade language arts curriculum begins with language-based thematic chapters of various genres, including multi-media lessons in literature, reading comprehension skills, writing, vocabulary, and spelling. These areas are further developed, as are listening and speaking skills, through extension activities, printable resources and lesson plans found within the teaching guides on the parent administration page.

Fourth grade students expand their language usage through ten units of vocabulary, interdisciplinary reading, grammar-based lessons, and nine spelling units.

Literature activities focusing on genre specifics of biographies, fiction, folktales, nonfiction, poetry, reading techniques, and story elements help fourth graders develop and define the characteristics of various type of reading and writing. See Lesson Demos

Written communication by use of the Odyssey Writer prompts fourth grade students to use graphic organizers to produce different types of writing (reports, responses, poetry, expository, narrative, and figurative writing) while using the writing process of plan-draft-write-revise-edit-print-and share.

Many parents have expressed interest in purchasing the full versions of the authentic literature excerpted in the Language Arts section. They can be purchased at the links below but they DO NOT need to be purchased in order to use Time4Learning.

Fourth Grade Vocabulary

Vocabulary building strategies are emphasized throughout Time4Learning’s fourth grade language arts program. Vocabulary exercises encourage students to identify prefixes and suffixes, using this information to determine the correct meaning of a word. Animated vocabulary lessons cover synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Literature-based study of topics such as pioneers, natural disasters, African American poetry, and inventors present themed vocabulary words. Ten concentrated units offer traditional vocabulary lists. Math vocabulary is introduced with vocabulary words relating to quantity and size. Units culminate with a vocabulary test to assess understanding.

Fourth Grade Math

The fourth grade math curriculum consists of five main units of study: Number Sense, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability. Chapters focus on individual concepts through guided online math lessons, exploratory and math practice activities, math tools (computer manipulatives), quizzes, and assessments. Teaching guides with printable resources and connection lessons are available to parents through Time4Learning’s parent administration page.

Fourth grade math begins with numeration theory and number systems. Students review and expand upon place value through rounding, ordering numbers, and estimation. Multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division lead into the complexities of identifying and understanding fractions and decimals. Interactive lessons on patterns, relations, and algebraic functions help students recognize and analyze mathematical situations. Fourth Grade Math Lesson Plans

Fourth grade math students will focus on spatial relations, coordinate geometry, measurement (customary and metric units or length, weight, and capacity), and the attributes of perimeter and area. The fourth grade math curriculum concludes with basic concepts of probability (likelihood, variables, combinations) and the interpretation of data through various displays (frequency tables, line graphs bar graphs, double bars graphs, and stem-and-leaf plots.) Lesson Demos

Fourth Grade Science

The fourth grade science curriculum teaches within four main units, with a primary focus on the solar system and the universe. Guided lessons walk students through new concepts, highlighting scientific vocabulary, investigations, and basic principles. Fourth graders will study various aspects of: Changes in Matter and Energy, Sound, The Solar System and Universe, and Living Things. Fourth grade science offers further learning experiences through printable resources and “Brainbuilder” experiments found within the teaching guides. Fourth Grade Science Lesson Plans

Fourth grade students will learn to identify sources of energy, observe force and motion and distinguish changes in matter through multimedia activities. Online science lessons will concentrate on the composition, seasons, orbit, rotation, and tilt of the Earth. The arrangement, classification, and characteristics of planets (spotlighting each planet’s attributes), along with other objects in space (asteroids, comets, satellites, the sun, and the moon) will culminate the study of the universe. In “Living Things,” students will study: life cycles, body systems, ecosystems, food webs, natural systems, and recycling, adding to their awareness for their natural surroundings. Science Lesson Demos

Fourth Grade Social Studies

The fourth grade social studies curriculum teaches concepts of; Ancient Civilizations, United States History, Civics, Geography, Economics, and Current Events through interactive, online lessons. Students will discover the concepts of freedom, slavery, separation of powers, and the three branches of government, and will examine The Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights through multimedia activities.

Beginning with studies on Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aztec, Mayan, and Incan cultures and societies, fourth graders investigate ancient art, architecture, government, and development, learning to compare and contrast civilizations. This leads into the colonization of America, related wars, and the American Revolution, which is a main feature in the fourth grade social studies curriculum. 4th Grade Social Studies Lesson Plans

Map skills, and United States geography expand to include locating major mountain ranges and rivers, understanding geographical terminology, and using a variety of maps (physical, political, relief, population, and climate). 4 th grade social studies culminates with lessons on current issues and prehistoric cave art. Lesson Demos

4th Grade Lessons - Time4Learning's Program Structure

Time4Learning provides an interactive student paced curriculum. When the student logs in, they can choose which subject to study. The lessons are organized into units which include multimedia lessons, interactive exercises, printable worksheets for reinforcement, and optional parent-teaching guides (with answer keys for the printable worksheets in math). For more in depth work, Time4Learning provides assessments, a complete printable lesson plan, and online progress reports.

Reports/ Assessments/ Printable Worksheets. Time4Learning understands the importance of tracking student progress.  Fourth grade assessments and quizzes are given throughout the chapters and are automatically graded upon completion.  Parents are able to access the grades and assignments in the reports section by using their own logins and passwords.  The reports section is printable, as are the lessons plans. In addition Time4Learning provides fourth grade printable worksheets. Parental support is also given through our online parents forum where discussions and questions may be posted amongst experienced users and those that are "just looking".

Help your child succeed with our interactive curriculum. There are thousands of activities, lessons and assessments that will keep your child enthusiastic about learning.

In fourth grade, the children can access the Time4Learning online playground. The online playground inlcudes over 100 carefully selected games. Some are fun action games, others are learning games but unlike the lessons, they are entirely exploratory.   There is also a playground timer controlled by the parents to limit how long they spend in the playground. While useful to many families, the use of the timer is optional.

Fourth Grade Interactive Curriculum for Homeschooling, Afterschool, or Summer School Use

Time4Learning is used as a homeschool curriculum, an afterschool tutorial, or as an excellent alternative to summer school. Time4Learning works well with other programs too, providing educational structure within the home. Learn more.

Many gifted and special needs students find Time4Learning to be an invaluable addition to their education. Time4Learning's benefits to special needs children stems from the freedom to progress at your own pace, to repeat lessons, the patience of the computer, and in many cases, the privacy of self-study on the computers. Parents particularly like that they can have a child working on different levels in different subjects, and that as children progress, adjustments to the grade level are simple and cost-free.

Kids like using the computer to learn and to develop their
skills. The Time4Learning educational teaching games give students independence as they progress at their own pace.

Parents like that it tracks progress and helps kids advance by teaching through individualized learning paths that assure mastery of the skills and concepts that makes kids succeed.

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