4th Grade Objectives 2007
Reading - Language - Spelling

1st Quarter:
Making predictions
Prefixes & suffixes
Author's purpose/audience
Cause & effect/Context clues
Parts of a story
References sources
Vocabulary strategies
Sentence types & structure
Subjects & predicates
Compound words/Multi-
meaning words
Point of view
Integrate spelling w/reading
vocabulary

 2nd Quarter:
Recognize language sounds (repetition, rhyme)
Identify forms of text (poem, drama, fiction)
Synonyms, antonyms & homonyms in text
Evaluate texts for elements of fact/opinion
Identify reliable sources of info for reports
Paragraph writing:
-topic sentences & supporting details
-choose supporting sentence to develop topic
-rearrange sentences to form a sequential,
coherent paragraph
-select best title for text

3rd Quarter:
Sequential order of events/
reading & writing
Closing sentences
Identify similes & metaphors
Making predications
Draw conclusions
Subject-verb agreement
Using grade level appropriate
spelling, punctuation & grammar
in writing
Determine problem/solution
in story
Identify story elements

 4th Quarter:
Recognize Plot in fairy tales, folktalkes, fables & myths
Use heading, graphics & captions
Identify sentences relevant to paragraph flow
Opinions, Predictions & Conclusions
Selecting sources on topic
Table of Contents, title page, glossary
Incomplete senteces
Usage errors
Missing info in outline
Time order or transitional words to enhance flow of writing
Math
1st Quarter:
Number Patterns
Reading & writing numers to
999,999
Word names for numbers
Addition & Subtraction
Place Value
Problem Solving		 2nd Quarter:
Multiplication & Division w/remainders
Estimation
Problem Solving
Order of Operations
Algebric reasoning
Solving equations w/variables
3rd Quarter:
Division Facts
Word Problems
Add/subtract fractions w/like denominators
Multiply & divide money
Add/subtract decimals		 4th Quarter:
Division Facts
Geometry
Word Problems
Probability
Algebraic Expressions
Terra Nova Review
Science - Health
1st Quarter:
Unit A: The World of Living Things
- Plant & animal cells
- Compare & contrast organisms
- Life processes
Unit B: Animals as Living Things

2nd Quarter:
Properties of Matter
-physical & chemical changes in matter
Forms of energy
-electricity & magnetism
3rd Quarter:
Earth science
Earth's history
Earth's surface & interior
Sun, moon & planets		 4th Quarter:
Earth's Water
Earth's Weather
Social Studies
1st Quarter:
Map & globe skills
Timelines
Explorers
Earliest Americans
Native Americans
Exploration in the Americas

2nd Quarter:
European settlement in North America
Colonial life
Colonial conflict w/Britian
Revolutionary War
Tennessee statehood
Timelines
Geography of Colonial US
3rd Quarter:
American Revolution
Forming a new nation
Tennessee Statehood
Branches of government/
constitution
 4th Quarter:
Westward Expansiopn
Louisiana Purchase/
Lewis & Clark
Tennessee Statehood
Government & Constitution