Skills for Incoming 4th Graders
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Entering 4th Grade Skills
Life Skills
- *Reading time should always outweigh screen time
- *Understand how choices affect consequences
Example: Not completing assignments when given class time,
work will need to be made up during study hall.
- *Follow multi-step directions
Example: “Make your bed, then go empty the dishwasher.”
- *Listen attentively during instructional periods
- *Work independently and with cooperative groups effectively
- *Keep organized: be able to organize materials, supplies, notes
from home to school independently
- *Be able to independently record homework assignments in agenda
- *Follow oral and written directions in a timely manner
- *Students need to independently collect work when absent/at an
instrumental music lesson
*use scissors and tape to wrap a gift (we use tape daily to attach notes, graphic organizers, etc. into our content area notebooks)
ELA
- *Read fluently and with expression using grade appropriate material
- *Write in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation
- *Be able to organize ideas into clear, complete sentences
- *Read for at least 20 uninterrupted minutes
- *Write a well-constructed paragraph: topic sentence, supporting details, closing sentence
- *Ability to recognize the main idea within a text
Math
- *Understands place value through the thousands place
- *Ability to add and subtract up to three and four digit numbers correctly with and without regrouping
- *Understands and uses symbols (+, -, <, >, =, x) correctly
- *Able to interpret basic maps, graphs, charts and tables
- *Tell time accurately on an analog clock (Students are responsible
for attending lessons on time)
- *Be able to complete 100 addition problems (0-12) in five minutes
- *Be able to complete 100 subtraction problems (0-12) in five minutes
*Be able to complete 100 multiplication facts (0 -9) in five minutes