Standardized reading tests may be administered in late October to provide reading diagnostic data for individual growth and improvement. Mathematics The goal for Mathematics instruction in Fourth Grade is to equip students with the essential concepts, computational skills and problem solving experiences to enable them to think mathematically and to successfully apply the skills in real life situations. An emphasis is placed on reasoning, logic and higher order thinking. Major concepts included are numeration systems, mathematics operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, place value, fractions, decimals and percent, geometry, measurement, logic, probability, statistics and some algebra concepts. Standardized math tests may be administered in late October to provide math diagnostic data for individual growth and improvement.
Students develop process skills as they ask questions and investigate to discover the answers.
Fourth Grade concepts and themes include classifying living things, properties of matter, magnetism and electricity, earth's land, weather and climate. The Fourth Grade curriculum is a study of North Carolina history and geography. The study includes the environment, geographical regions of North Carolina, early inhabitants of North Carolina including Native Americans and European settlers, the North Carolina coastal plain, Piedmont and mountains, the North Carolina economy, and North Carolina state government. The Fourth Grade Spanish program is sequential leading to the development of communicative proficiency in one language other than English. The emphasis is on communication using listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.