4th Grade

• Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems. 
• Gain familiarity with factors and multiples.
• Generate and analyze patterns.
• Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers. 
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. 
• Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering. 
• Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers. 
• Understand decimal notation for fractions and compare decimal fractions. 
• Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit. 
• Represent and interpret data. 
• Understand concepts of angle and measure angles. 

• Refer to the details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. 
• Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, summarize the text. 
• Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text. 
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. 
• Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems and drama. 
• Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated. 
• Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text. 
• Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories, myths, and traditional literature. 
• By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature.
• Identify the main idea of an informational text and explain how it is supported by key details, summarize the text. 
• Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text. 
• Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text. 
• Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. 
• Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively.
• Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. 
• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 

Converting Energy

Students will make observations and explain evidence of energy (sound, light, heat, electricity and motion). They will design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. 

Frankenstein Experiment

Students will study animals that use their senses, internal and external structures to survive, grow, and behave in a particular habitat. They will create a model of their own hybrid animal and explain how its structures help it to survive. 

Colorado History Living Museum

Students will learn about Colorado history starting from Native Americans to present date. Then they will research a famous person in Colorado's history. 

• I can come prepared to school.
• I can persevere. 
• I can respect myself an others. 
• I can be kind. 
• I can be independent. 
• I can listen to others. 
• I can advocate for myself and others. 
• I can be safe. 
• I can collaborate with others. 
• I can stay in my seat. 
• I can try my best. 
• I can participate. 
• I can be a problem solver. 
• I can take initiative. 
• I can stay on task. 
• I can celebrate diversity. 
• I can understand and follow school expectations in the hallway, classroom, playground, and cafeteria.