Fourth graders will use story maps to improve their writing. Fourth graders continue to create story maps to guide them as they write their compositions. They list the main characters, the events that occur, and where and when everything takes place in their story. They check to see that the events are organized in a logical sequence. After their story map is ready, they use each event from their story map to create the paragraphs in their composition.
Fourth graders edit their own work.
After completing a story, fourth graders share their work with small groups or the class. They receive suggestions and compliments from their classmates and then, using this advice, they improve their own work. Mathematics Fourth graders work with numbers up to 999,999. Fourth graders will be able to read numbers up to 999,999. They learn to add and subtract numbers in the thousands, ten thousands and hundred thousands.