Fourth Grade
Skills Kids Need to Begin Fourth Grade
- Work cooperatively in a group to complete a project
- Work independently on a multi-step project
- Show empathy and friendship skills
- Mastery of grade-level reading skills with strong fluency and comprehension
- Mastery of grade-level writing skills with accurate sentence structure and punctuation
- Library skills and use of books for pleasure and information
- Cursive handwriting with proper spacing of words and complete sentences
- Use word clues such as root words and context to identify new words
- Mastery of basic math operations
- Introduced to basic scientific thinking and facts about plant life cycles, motion, gravity, and properties of matter
- Ability to use a map and to recognize countries, states, and capitals
Note to Parents...
Children, families, and schools vary so widely that it's possible only to state general guidelines for the skills needed to start the grade and those the child will learn in this grade. So, don't panic if your child or school doesn't match the list exactly. Just be aware of these skills and work on them with your child this year.
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