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4th grade: standards by week

Every week of the 4th grade plan, with the skills taught and the standards they practice: Common Core for reading, writing and math, NGSS for science, and the C3 Framework for social studies. Use it to plan, to match another curriculum, or for a homeschool record.

131 standards codes across 36 weeks and 180 day plans. Open the 4th grade plan · Year at a glance · Other grades

September: Welcome / My Region and Maps

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 1 Hello, Fourth Grade	Word study: Split longer words into syllables and decide if each syllable is closed (short vowel) or open (long vowel). Reading & writing: Set up reading routines and a writer's notebook, choose just-right books, and begin finding the main idea of a short text. Math: Read and write numbers to 1,000,000 in standard form, expanded form and word form. Science: Energy is everywhere: spot motion, sound, light, heat and electric energy around us. Social studies: Use the parts of a map (title, compass rose, key, scale) and draw a map of our classroom.	`RF.4.3a` `RL.4.10, RI.4.2, W.4.3, W.4.10` `4.NBT.2` `4-PS3-2` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5`
Week 2 Maps and Main Ideas	Word study: Read and spell longer words with vowel-team syllables (rain-bow) and r-controlled syllables (gar-den). Reading & writing: Find the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction; write a paragraph with a topic sentence, details and a closing. Math: Understand that each place is ten times the place to its right; compare and order numbers with >, = and <. Science: Investigate how the speed of a ball relates to its energy using ramps. Social studies: Use cardinal and intermediate directions and a letter-number grid to locate places on a map.	`RF.4.3a` `RI.4.2, W.4.2a, W.4.2b` `4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.2` `4-PS3-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5`
Week 3 Rounding Around Our Region	Word study: Use the prefixes re-, un-, dis-, mis- and pre- to read words and figure out what they mean. Reading & writing: Use headings, captions and maps to find key details; summarize a nonfiction text; plan and draft an informative piece about our region. Math: Round multi-digit whole numbers to any place using place value and number lines. Science: Energy moves by heat and light: warm things warm cooler things, and sunlight warms what it hits. Social studies: Read physical maps to find landforms (mountains, valleys, deserts, rivers) and describe our region.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.4b` `RI.4.2, RI.4.7, W.4.2a, W.4.2b` `4.NBT.3` `4-PS3-2` `C3 D2.Geo.2.3-5`
Week 4 Adding Up Our Community	Word study: Use the suffixes -ful, -less, -ness and -ment to build words and tell how each changes meaning. Reading & writing: Compare two texts on the same topic; revise, edit and publish an informative piece about our community. Math: Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm and check with estimation. Science: Energy moves by sound and by electric current; build a simple circuit. Social studies: How our community works: services, jobs, and how the town has changed over time.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.4b` `RI.4.9, W.4.2, W.4.5` `4.NBT.4, 4.NBT.3` `4-PS3-2` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Civ.6.3-5`

October: Fall / Earth's Changing Surface

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 5 Rocks Break Down	Word study: Read and spell words ending in -tion and -sion, and see how the suffix turns a verb into a noun. Reading & writing: Notice description and sequence text structures; write an informative piece that explains steps in order. Math: Use multiplication to compare (24 is 3 times as many as 8) and solve comparison word problems. Science: Weathering: water, ice, wind and plant roots break rock into smaller pieces. Social studies: Name and locate the five U.S. regions and find our state.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.2d` `RI.4.5, W.4.2c` `4.OA.1, 4.OA.2` `4-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.Geo.3.3-5`
Week 6 Water and Wind on the Move	Word study: Use the Latin roots rupt (break), struct (build), tract (pull) and port (carry) to figure out word meanings. Reading & writing: Find cause and effect text structure and its signal words; write a cause and effect paragraph. Math: Find all factor pairs for numbers to 100, list multiples, and tell prime numbers from composite numbers. Science: Erosion and deposition: moving water and wind carry bits of rock and soil and drop them in new places. Social studies: The Northeast and Southeast regions and two Eastern Woodlands nations, the Haudenosaunee and the Cherokee.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.5, RI.4.3, W.4.2` `4.OA.4` `4-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 7 Landforms and Maps	Word study: Use the Greek roots geo (earth), graph (write), tele (far), photo (light), scope (see) and auto (self). Reading & writing: Find compare and contrast and problem and solution text structures; write a compare and contrast paragraph. Math: Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000 using place value patterns; multiply a 1-digit number by up to a 4-digit number with the area model. Science: Use maps to find patterns in Earth's features: mountain ranges, volcanoes and earthquakes often line up along certain zones. Social studies: The Midwest and Great Plains regions and the Lakota people.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.5, W.4.2` `4.NBT.1, 4.NBT.5` `4-ESS2-2` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 8 Peoples of the West	Word study: Choose the right word in tricky pairs: their/there/they're, to/too/two, its/it's, your/you're. Reading & writing: Compare a firsthand and a secondhand account of the same topic; write an informative piece using notes from two sources. Math: Multiply with partial products and solve multistep word problems, checking with estimation. Science: Natural hazards like floods and landslides; design and compare ways to reduce their impact on people. Social studies: The Southwest and West regions and the Native nations there: Pueblo peoples, the Diné (Navajo), the Cahuilla and Pacific Northwest peoples.	`L.4.1g` `RI.4.6, W.4.2, W.4.8` `4.NBT.5, 4.OA.3` `4-ESS3-2` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

November: Family and Gratitude / Energy and Motion

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 9 Theme and Collisions	Word study: Use -able and -ible (can be) to build adjectives; -able usually follows a whole word (readable) and -ible often follows a word part (visible). Reading & writing: Find the theme of a story from what the characters do and learn; begin opinion writing with a clear opinion. Math: Multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers with the area model and partial products. Science: When objects collide, some energy moves to the other object and some changes into sound and heat. Social studies: The Wampanoag homeland and the Mayflower voyage of 1620.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.4b` `RL.4.2, W.4.1a` `4.NBT.5` `4-PS3-3` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 10 Giving Thanks, Then and Now	Word study: Use the Latin roots spect (look), dict (say) and scrib/script (write). Reading & writing: Compare the themes of folktales from different cultures; support an opinion with reasons and facts. Math: Multiply up to 4-digit by 1-digit numbers with partial products and the standard algorithm. Science: Energy changes form: rubbing turns motion into heat, and a stretched rubber band stores energy that becomes motion. Social studies: The 1621 harvest gathering from Wampanoag and English points of view, and how Thanksgiving became a national holiday.	`L.4.4b` `RL.4.9, W.4.1b` `4.NBT.5` `4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4` `C3 D2.His.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.10.3-5`
Week 11 Energy on the Move	Word study: Explain the meaning of common idioms, adages and proverbs. Reading & writing: Find themes in poems and describe how poems use stanzas, lines and rhythm; finish and publish an opinion piece. Math: Solve multistep word problems with multiplication, addition and subtraction, using a letter for the unknown and checking with estimation. Science: Design, build, test and improve a device that converts energy from one form to another. Social studies: How volunteers and community groups work together to help others; plan a class gratitude project.	`L.4.5b` `RL.4.2, RL.4.5, W.4.1c, W.4.1d` `4.OA.3, 4.NBT.5` `4-PS3-4, 3-5-ETS1-1` `C3 D2.Civ.6.3-5, D2.Civ.2.3-5`

December: Winter Holidays / Waves and Sound

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 12 Making Waves	Word study: Use the Greek root phon (sound) and practice progressive verb tenses (I am reading, I was reading, I will be reading). Reading & writing: Tell first-person and third-person narration apart; begin a narrative with a strong opening. Math: Divide with equal groups and decide what to do with a remainder in a word problem. Science: Waves have patterns: amplitude (how tall) and wavelength (distance from peak to peak). Waves move energy, not the water itself. Social studies: The thirteen colonies and the New England, Middle and Southern colonial regions.	`L.4.4b, L.4.1b` `RL.4.6, W.4.3a` `4.NBT.6, 4.OA.3` `4-PS4-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Geo.2.3-5`
Week 13 Sound and Signals	Word study: Use the Latin roots aud (hear) and vis/vid (see). Reading & writing: Compare how a story changes when told by different characters; write dialogue with correct quotation marks and commas. Math: Divide up to 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using partial quotients and area models. Science: Sound is made by vibrations; people use patterns like Morse code to send information over a distance. Social studies: Colonial jobs and trade: why colonists specialized and traded goods.	`L.4.4b` `RL.4.6, W.4.3b, L.4.2b` `4.NBT.6` `4-PS4-3, 4-PS4-1` `C3 D2.Eco.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 14 Winter Celebrations	Word study: Use synonyms and antonyms and choose words with just the right shade of meaning (chilly, cold, freezing). Reading & writing: Compare stories with similar themes from different cultures; finish and publish a narrative with a strong ending. Math: Divide 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, including zeros in the quotient, solve word problems and check with multiplication. Science: Light reflects off objects and enters the eye, which lets us see. Social studies: Winter traditions families celebrate, such as Hanukkah, Christmas, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa, and colonial winters then and now.	`L.4.5c` `RL.4.9, W.4.3d, W.4.3e` `4.NBT.6, 4.OA.3` `4-PS4-2` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

January: New Year / Plant and Animal Structures

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 15 Fresh Starts and Fractions	Word study: Use the Greek roots bio (life), micro (small) and scope (see). Reading & writing: Summarize a story with somebody, wanted, but, so, then; set reading goals for the new year. Math: Use fraction strips and area models to show equivalent fractions (1/2 = 2/4 = 4/8). Science: Plant structures: roots, stems, leaves, thorns and seeds each help a plant survive. Social studies: Why Europeans explored: trade routes, spices and new technology like the compass.	`L.4.4b` `RL.4.2, W.4.10` `4.NF.1` `4-LS1-1` `C3 D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 16 Built to Survive	Word study: Use the Latin roots aqua (water), terr (earth or land) and ped (foot). Reading & writing: Summarize informational text with the main idea and key details; take notes for a report. Math: Generate equivalent fractions by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number (2/3 = 4/6 = 8/12). Science: Animal external structures: beaks, claws, fur, shells and how each helps an animal survive. Social studies: Spanish exploration and settlement in Florida and the Southwest, including St. Augustine, founded in 1565.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.2, W.4.8` `4.NF.1` `4-LS1-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Geo.7.3-5`
Week 17 Inside Out	Word study: Use the suffixes -ous (full of) and -ive (tends to) to build adjectives. Reading & writing: Use diagrams, charts and timelines to understand a text; explain how they add to the words. Math: Compare fractions using the benchmark 1/2 and 1 (5/8 > 1/2 > 3/7). Science: Internal structures: heart, lungs, brain, stomach and skeleton work together to keep an animal alive. Social studies: Jamestown, 1607: the Powhatan people, the colonists, hunger, and tobacco farming.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.4b` `RI.4.7, W.4.2` `4.NF.2` `4-LS1-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5`
Week 18 Senses and Settlements	Word study: Spell plurals: add -s or -es, change y to i and add -es, and change f or fe to v and add -es. Reading & writing: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence; publish an informative report. Math: Compare fractions by making common denominators or common numerators and record with >, = and <. Science: Senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin send information to the brain; we see when light reflects from objects into our eyes. Social studies: Compare St. Augustine, Jamestown and Plymouth: who settled, why and how they lived.	`L.4.2d` `RI.4.8, W.4.2e, W.4.6` `4.NF.2` `4-LS1-2, 4-PS4-2` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5, D2.His.2.3-5`

February: Friendship / Ecosystems and Resources

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 19 Friends Compare Notes	Word study: Use the prefixes inter- (between), trans- (across), sub- (under) and super- (above or beyond). Reading & writing: Compare two texts on the same topic and combine their information. Math: Decompose a fraction into a sum of unit fractions in more than one way (3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = 1/8 + 2/8). Science: Natural resources: air, water, soil, plants, animals and minerals; renewable and nonrenewable. Social studies: Frederick Douglass: escaping slavery, learning to read and speaking out for freedom.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.9, W.4.9` `4.NF.3b` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5`
Week 20 Paths to Freedom	Word study: Use number prefixes uni- (one), bi- (two), tri- (three), quad- (four) and cent- (hundred). Reading & writing: Compare and contrast two characters, settings or events using specific details. Math: Add and subtract fractions with like denominators, including word problems (5/8 − 2/8 = 3/8). Science: Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas: where they come from and how using them affects air, land and water. Social studies: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.	`L.4.4b` `RL.4.3, W.4.9a` `4.NF.3a, 4.NF.3d` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.His.4.3-5`
Week 21 Presidents and Research	Word study: Read and spell words ending in -ture and -sure (nature, measure). Reading & writing: Research: ask a focused question, find two good sources, and decide if a source is reliable. Math: Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators (2 3/4 + 1 2/4 = 4 1/4). Science: Protecting resources: how people reduce, reuse and recycle, and how communities clean water. Social studies: Presidents' Day: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and the jobs of a president.	`RF.4.3a, L.4.2d` `W.4.7, W.4.8` `4.NF.3c` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.Civ.1.3-5`
Week 22 Kindness Changes Things	Word study: Learn English words borrowed from other languages (canyon, patio, ballet, kindergarten). Reading & writing: Paraphrase notes, sort them into categories and write a short research report with a list of sources. Math: Multiply a fraction by a whole number (3 × 2/5 = 6/5) and show fraction data on a line plot. Science: Natural hazards: design and compare ways to reduce flood or wildfire damage. Social studies: Ruby Bridges and other young people who showed courage; kindness and fairness at school.	`L.4.4c` `W.4.8, W.4.7, W.4.2` `4.NF.4, 4.MD.4` `4-ESS3-2, 3-5-ETS1-2` `C3 D2.Civ.7.3-5, D2.Civ.8.3-5`

March: Spring / Fossils and Earth's History

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 23 Layers of Clues	Word study: Use context clues (definitions, examples, synonyms, antonyms) to figure out unknown words. Reading & writing: Read informational text closely and explain new words using clues in the sentence. Math: Show tenths and hundredths as fractions and decimals; add tenths and hundredths (3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100). Science: Rock layers: sedimentary rock forms in layers, and lower layers are usually older. Social studies: The 50 states, their capitals and the five regions.	`L.4.4a` `RI.4.4, L.4.4a` `4.NF.5, 4.NF.6` `4-ESS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5`
Week 24 Fossil Hunters	Word study: Explain similes (as quick as a fox) and metaphors (the classroom was a zoo). Reading & writing: Find figurative language in poems and stories and tell what it means. Math: Compare decimals to hundredths using place value and models (0.7 > 0.65). Science: How fossils form, and what kinds of fossils exist: bones, shells, imprints and tracks. Social studies: Latitude and longitude: lines that help us find any place on Earth.	`L.4.5a` `RL.4.4, RL.4.5` `4.NF.7` `4-ESS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.3-5`
Week 25 Earth's Long Story	Word study: Use the Greek roots therm (heat), meter (measure) and hydro (water); learn words from mythology like Herculean. Reading & writing: Read myths and explain words and phrases that come from them. Math: Convert customary units: 1 foot = 12 inches, 1 yard = 3 feet, 1 pound = 16 ounces, 1 hour = 60 minutes. Science: Fossils as clues: ocean fossils on a mountain show the land was once under water. Social studies: Major U.S. rivers and mountain ranges: the Mississippi River, the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.	`L.4.4b, RL.4.4` `RL.4.4, RL.4.9` `4.MD.1, 4.MD.2` `4-ESS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.2.3-5`
Week 26 Spring Forward	Word study: Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why). Reading & writing: Write complex sentences with relative clauses and combine short sentences. Math: Convert metric units as the standard requires: 1 kilometer = 1,000 meters, 1 meter = 100 centimeters, 1 kilogram = 1,000 grams, 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters. Science: Maps of Earth's features: patterns of mountains, ocean floor ridges and trenches. Social studies: Spring celebrations: Passover, Easter, Holi, Nowruz and Cesar Chavez Day.	`L.4.1a` `L.4.1a, L.4.3a, W.4.5` `4.MD.1, 4.MD.2` `4-ESS2-2` `C3 D2.Geo.4.3-5`

April: Earth and Environment / Renewable Energy

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 27 Branches and Borders	Word study: Use the prefixes anti- (against), non- (not) and en-/em- (to make or put into). Reading & writing: Identify an author's reasons and the evidence for each. Math: Find the perimeter of rectangles and other shapes, using P = 2 × l + 2 × w. Science: Energy sources: coal, oil, natural gas, wind, sun, water and how each is used. Social studies: The three branches of the U.S. government: legislative, executive and judicial.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.8` `4.MD.3` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.1.3-5, D2.Civ.5.3-5`
Week 28 Power from the Sun	Word study: Use the Latin roots duc and duct (lead), mit and miss (send) and ject (throw). Reading & writing: Take notes from two sources and combine them in your writing. Math: Find the area of rectangles with A = l × w in square units. Science: Solar energy: build a solar oven that turns sunlight into heat. Social studies: Local and state government: mayor, city council, governor and state legislature.	`L.4.4b` `W.4.8, W.4.9b` `4.MD.3` `4-PS3-4, 4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.1.3-5`
Week 29 Citizens Make a Difference	Word study: Use the suffixes -ize and -ify (to make or become). Reading & writing: Write an opinion essay with an introduction, reasons, evidence, linking words and a conclusion. Math: Use area and perimeter formulas to find a missing side length. Science: Wind and water power: how turbines and dams turn motion into electricity. Social studies: Rights and responsibilities of citizens; voting and how ideas become laws.	`L.4.4b` `W.4.1a, W.4.1b, W.4.1c, W.4.1d` `4.MD.3` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.2.3-5, D2.Civ.3.3-5`
Week 30 Earth Day Every Day	Word study: Use Greek roots demo (people), crat (rule) and poli (city); use modal verbs can, may and must. Reading & writing: Present an opinion essay clearly to an audience at an understandable pace. Math: Solve real-world problems with area and perimeter, like designing a school garden. Science: Earth Day: ways people conserve energy and reduce pollution; make a class plan. Social studies: Earth Day history (first held in 1970) and how citizens act to protect the environment.	`L.4.4b, L.4.1c` `SL.4.4, SL.4.6` `4.MD.3, 4.MD.2` `4-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Civ.2.3-5, D2.Civ.6.3-5`

May: Oceans / Inventors and Technology

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 31 Lines in the Sand	Word study: Use the suffixes -ship, -hood and -dom (state, condition or group). Reading & writing: Read plays and readers theater with expression; describe the parts of a drama (cast, setting, stage directions). Math: Draw and identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and parallel and perpendicular lines. Science: Engineering: define a problem and list criteria (what it must do) and constraints (limits). Social studies: Communication then and now: letters, the telegraph, telephones and the internet.	`L.4.4b` `RL.4.5, RF.4.4b` `4.G.1` `3-5-ETS1-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 32 Ocean Explorers	Word study: Use the Latin roots mar (sea) and nav (ship); use prepositional phrases to add detail. Reading & writing: Describe a setting in depth with sensory details; draft an ocean narrative. Math: Understand angles as turns measured in degrees and measure and draw angles with a protractor. Science: Design a device that sends a signal with sound or light, like a lighthouse code. Social studies: Transportation then and now: sailing ships, steamboats, trains, cars and airplanes.	`L.4.4b, L.4.1e` `RL.4.3, W.4.3b, W.4.3d` `4.MD.5, 4.MD.6` `4-PS4-3, 3-5-ETS1-1` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5`
Week 33 Inventors at Work	Word study: Use the Latin roots vent (come) and fac/fact (make or do). Reading & writing: Read biographies of inventors and explain what happened and why, using details from the text. Math: Add angles: an angle split into parts equals the sum of the parts; find unknown angles. Science: Build, test and improve a device; run fair tests where only one thing changes. Social studies: Inventors who changed daily life: the Wright brothers, Thomas Edison, George Washington Carver and Mary Anderson.	`L.4.4b` `RI.4.3, RI.4.1` `4.MD.7` `3-5-ETS1-3, 4-PS3-4` `C3 D2.His.3.3-5, D2.His.14.3-5`
Week 34 Shapes and Solutions	Word study: Put adjectives in the usual order (a small old wooden boat) and review multisyllabic words. Reading & writing: Publish an ocean narrative with a strong ending; read it aloud fluently. Math: Classify shapes by parallel and perpendicular sides and angle types; identify right triangles; draw lines of symmetry. Science: Compare design solutions using criteria and constraints and choose the best one. Social studies: Memorial Day and how communities remember; then and now: technology in our own family.	`L.4.1d, RF.4.3a` `W.4.3e, W.4.6, RF.4.4b` `4.G.2, 4.G.3` `3-5-ETS1-2` `C3 D2.His.2.3-5, D2.Civ.8.3-5`

June: Review and Celebration

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 35 Show What You Know	Word study: Review prefixes, suffixes, and Greek and Latin roots from the year. Reading & writing: Choose independent reading, summarize, and name the theme or main idea. Math: Mixed review: multiply, divide, fractions, decimals and measurement. Science: Review investigations: energy transfer, waves, and weathering. Social studies: Review U.S. regions, Native nations, colonies and government.	`L.4.4b, RF.4.3a` `RL.4.2, RI.4.2, RL.4.10` `4.NBT.5, 4.NBT.6, 4.NF.3, 4.NF.7, 4.MD.2` `4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1, 4-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.Geo.2.3-5, D2.Civ.1.3-5`
Week 36 Our Year in Review	Word study: Spelling bee with words from the year. Reading & writing: Share a portfolio and read favorite pieces aloud. Math: Math game day: multiplication, fractions and geometry games. Science: Science share: present a favorite investigation and its evidence. Social studies: My year in review: timeline and memory book.	`L.4.2d` `SL.4.4, W.4.10` `4.NBT.5, 4.NF.2, 4.G.1` `4-PS3-2, 3-5-ETS1-2` `C3 D2.His.1.3-5`

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