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Sunnybrook School District 171

It's What's Best for Kids

4th Grade Standards

4th Grade Standards

  • I can explain what government officials do.
    I can define democracy and explain how it works in our country.
    I can study and explain different cultural perspectives on important events.
    I can ask questions about historical sources.
    I can create maps that show important features of my state.
    I can explain how culture changes the way we live in different places.
    I can explain how rules change how we live together.
    I can identify important civic virtues in my community.
  • I can describe and model how processes like erosion, weathering, and the rock cycle shape the Earth over time.
    I can identify processes that change the Earth and describe their effects.
    I can explain how internal and external structures of organisms support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
    I can describe the structures of organisms and their purposes.
    I can explain and model how energy is transferred and converted between forms in systems.
    I can describe how energy is transferred and converted.
    I can design and share a solution to reduce the impact of humans on natural resources based on evidence.
  • I can demonstrate control while performing combinations and sequences of movements, including locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative motor skills.
    I can participate in daily moderate to vigorous physical activity while performing basic and combination movement patterns.
    I can describe the benefits of staying fit and how it helps my body stay healthy.
    I can check my heart rate before, during, and after physical activity, using technology or without it.
    I can take responsibility for my actions when participating in group physical activities.
    I can work cooperatively with a partner or small group to reach a shared goal during physical activity.
    I can identify basic body systems, like the circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems, and explain their functions.
    I can explain the positive and negative effects of health-related actions, like drug use, exercise, and diet, on different body systems.
  • I can explain how music is organized.
    I can sing in a round or harmony.
    I can explain how music can create different moods.
    I can describe how music is used in celebrations.
  • I can solve multi-step word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
    I can identify and generate factors and multiples of whole numbers.
    I can read, write, and compare multi-digit whole numbers using >, =, and <.
    I can round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
    I can fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
    I can multiply a whole number up to four digits by a one-digit number.
    I can multiply two two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
    I can find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors.
    I can explain why a fraction is equivalent to another by using visual fraction models.
    I can compare two fractions with different numerators and denominators.
    I can solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements.
    I can represent and interpret data using line plots.
    I can add and subtract fractions with like denominators.
    I can decompose Fractions into sums
    I can solve word problems involving addition and subtractions for fractions
    I can multiply a fraction by a whole number.
    I can draw and identify lines, line segments, angles, and rays.
    I can classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines.
    I can solve word problems involving multiplication of fractions by whole numbers.
    I can express a fraction with a denominator of 10 as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100.
    I can compare decimals to hundredths using >, =, and <.
    I can solve problems involving area and perimeter of rectangles.
    I can recognize angles as geometric shapes.
    I can recognize angles as geometric shapes and measure angles using a protractor.
    I can recognize and identify symmetry in two-dimensional figures.
  • I can find details in a story to explain my answers.
    I can figure out the big idea or lesson in a story.
    I Can explain how a poem, story, or play is organized.
    I Can explain how characters see things differently in a story.
    I Can read and understand stories at my grade level.
    I can use details from nonfiction to explain what I learned.
    I can explain how events or ideas are connected in a nonfiction text.
    I can explain how the way a text is organized helps me understand it.
    I Can explain why the author wrote the text.
    I Can decide if the reasons and facts an author gives are good and make sense.
    I can use clues in the text to figure out what new words mean.
    I Can learn and use new words in my reading and writing.
    I can write my opinion and back it up with facts and reasons.
    I can explain why characters act the way they do in a story.
    I can compare the themes or topics in different kinds of stories.
    I can explain how the way a text is organized helps me understand it.
    I can use pictures, graphs, and maps to help me understand what I read.
    I can write to teach about a topic using facts and examples.
    I can write a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, using lots of details.
    I can make my writing better by fixing mistakes.
    I Can research a topic and write what I learned.
    I Can use facts from books or texts to support my ideas in writing.
  • I can Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.
    I can invent my own techniques and approaches in art-making.
    I can make changes to my artwork based on what my peers and I discuss.
    I can discuss how technology affects the preservation and presentation of artwork.
  • I can use the engineering process to solve a problem and explain my design.
    I can model how different parts of a system work together.
    I can break down a problem into smaller steps to create an algorithm.
    I can use multiple components to build and program a robot.