Fourth Grade
Curriculum Course Outline
Mathematics
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The Plan of the Fourth Grade Course
This course may be started at any time in the year. There are 160 numbered lessons, divided into
twenty-lesson sets. Within each set of twenty lessons are two review lessons. Tests appear every
twentieth lesson (Test Lesson 20, Test Lesson 40, Test Lesson 60, etc.). The length of time devoted to
reviews and tests should be adjusted to meet the individual student’s requirements.
The following is a suggested daily schedule with the understanding that some students spend more
time and some less, depending upon their speed, ability, health, or other circumstances.
Suggested Daily Schedule
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Composition
Composition
9:00 – 10:00
Mathematics
10:00 – 10:25
Spelling
10:25 – 10:40
Recess/Physical Activity
10:40 – 11:30
Composition
Study
Phonics
11:30 – 12:30
Reading
12:30 – 12:50
Lunch
12:50 – 1:40
Social Studies
Geography
1:40 – 1:55
Social Studies
Social Studies Elective/State Social Studies
History
Recess/Physical Activity
1:55 – 2:15
Study
Grammar
Study
Grammar
Study
2:15 – 3:05
Science
Science
Art
Science
Science
3:05 – 3:35
Picture Study/Handwriting/Corrections/Study
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Standard Course Materials
In the Calvert Box
Online Resources
Manuals
Calvert Math Lesson Manual (with Tests)
My Calvert
Calvert i-Library
Various manipulatives
Calvert Math e-Textbook
Textbooks
Calvert Math
Calvert Math: Practice and Enrichment Workbook
Grade Book
Online Lesson Manuals
Aha! Math Activities
BrainPOP/BrainPOP Jr
Discovery Streaming Videos
Instructional Videos
Learning.com EasyTech Lessons
Practice Tests (ATS only)
Web Guide
Learning Guide Portal
Answer Keys
Grade Book
Tests (Express ATS)
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Course Survey
Mathematics
• Add and subtract decimals, fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators, and whole
numbers with more than three digits.
• Multiply and divide multi-digit numbers with regrouping.
• Understand and interpret remainders in the context of problems.
• Estimate quotients using compatible numbers.
• Differentiate between factors and multiples and generate the factors and multiples of a number.
• Round numbers through the millions.
• Estimate sums and differences of whole numbers and mixed numbers.
• Compare and order whole numbers to the millions, fractions with unlike denominators, and decimals.
• Represent sets and numbers as fractions, improper fractions, and mixed numbers.
• Reduce and write fractions in simplest form.
• Relate fractions and mixed numbers to decimals by writing tenths, hundredths, and thousandths as
fractions and decimals.
• Introduction to prime numbers.
• Complete function tables and use them to graph a solution set.
• Distinguish between expressions and equations; simplify expressions and solve equations.
• Identify and use properties of addition and multiplication; understand and use the Distributive
Property.
• Identify and name points, lines, line segments, planes, intersecting lines, perpendicular and parallel
lines, and rays.
• Classify angles.
• Identify polygons based on the number of sides and define and classify quadrilaterals.
• Distinguish between congruent and similar figures.
• Determine whether figures are symmetrical and find lines of symmetry.
• Identify the results of transformations of geometric figures including translations, reflections, and
rotations.
• Compare, estimate, measure, record, and add linear measurement, weight, mass, and capacity using
customary and metric measurements.
• Read positive and negative changes in temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
• Find perimeter, area, and volume.
• Multiply and divide money and make correct change.
• Tell time and passage of time on digital and analog clocks.
• Introduction to the study of statistics.
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• Collect and organize data using tally charts and line plots.
• Understand and find the median, mode, range, and mean of data sets.
• Design and interpret single- and double-bar graphs, line graphs, and stem-and-leaf plots.
• Practice the language of likelihood and find the probability of an event’s outcome.
• Count and organize outcomes using tree diagrams.
• Determine the number of outcomes using the counting principle.
• Make predictions of probability based on previous results.
• Use problem-solving techniques.
• Communicate mathematical thinking in writing through constructed response.
• Use spreadsheet features; create different types of graphs, for example, pie charts, bar graphs,
and line graphs and determine the best chart to display data.
• Use a database to conduct searches and sorts; locate information in databases.
• Use presentation software to create and design a slide show; incorporate good design principles,
for example, layout, color palette, font, as well as organization, and concise text when composing
slides; use appropriate clip art of other images into slides.
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