4th Grade Suggestions

Blue = Lower level reader

Red = Test Prep

Reading / Language Arts

READING

Students understand the basic features of reading and are able to achieve fluent oral and silent reading.

  • apply knowledge of word origins, derivations, synonyms, antonyms, and idioms to determine the meaning of words and phrases
  • distinguish and interpret multiple meaning words

Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material, including a good representation of narrative and expository text. 

  • identify structural patterns found in informational text
  • make and confirm predictions about text
  • evaluate new information and hypotheses by testing them against known information and ideas
  • compare and contrast information on the same topic after reading several passages or articles
  • distinguish between cause and effect and between fact and opinion in expository text
  • can follow multiple-step instructions in a basic technical manual

Students read and respond to a wide variety of significant works of children's literature.

  • distinguish between the structural features of the text and the literary terms or elements (e.g., theme, plot, setting, characters)
  • describe the structural differences of various imaginative forms of literature, including fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales
  • compare and contrast tales from different cultures
  • define figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification)

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS

Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.

  • use simple and compound sentences
  • identify and use regular and irregular verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions
  • use parentheses, commas in direct quotations, apostrophes in the possessive case of nouns and in contractions
  • use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to identify titles of documents
  • capitalize names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first word in quotations
  • spell roots, inflections, suffixes and prefixes, and syllable constructions correctly

WRITING

Students write clear, coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea.

  • consider the audience and purpose
  • utilize introduction, support paragraphs, and conclusion in multi-paragraph compositions
  • edit and revise drafts by adding, deleting, consolidating, and rearranging text

Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences.

  • narratives
  • responses to literature
  • an informational report
  • summaries   

Publisher

Title

ISBN

Price

Notes

Houghton Mifflin

Student Anthology, Traditions, Level 4 (CA Edition)

 

"We are currently updating our ELA suggestions and plan to share new intake materials in spring or fall of 2010. These items are available for purchase, but will not be offered at intake. Please contact Terry Leppien, Literacy Director, for ELA suggestions."

0-618-15720-4

58.62

-Program is one of two state-adopted programs

-developed for traditional classroom use, should be modified for home-use

Houghton Mifflin

Practice Book Level 4

 

"We are currently updating our ELA suggestions and plan to share new intake materials in spring or fall of 2010. These items are available for purchase, but will not be offered at intake. Please contact Terry Leppien, Literacy Director, for ELA suggestions."

0-618-06455-9

9.95

 

Houghton Mifflin

Practice Book TAE, Level 4

 

"We are currently updating our ELA suggestions and plan to share new intake materials in spring or fall of 2010. These items are available for purchase, but will not be offered at intake. Please contact Terry Leppien, Literacy Director, for ELA suggestions."

0-618-06466-4

24.30

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 1

 

"We are currently updating our ELA suggestions and plan to share new intake materials in spring or fall of 2010. These items are available for purchase, but will not be offered at intake. Please contact Terry Leppien, Literacy Director, for ELA suggestions."

0-618-13815-3

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 2

0-618-13816-1

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 3

0-618-13817-X

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 4

0-618-13818-8

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 5

0-618-13819-6

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition, Level 4, Theme 6

0-618-13820-X

61.82

 

Houghton Mifflin

English: Student Book

0-618-61119-3

45.36

Grammar and Language Mechanics

Houghton Mifflin

English TE

0-618-61128-2

120.00

 

Houghton Mifflin

English Reteaching Workbook

0-618-09079-7

6.72

Available as a CD

Houghton Mifflin

English Reteaching Workbook TE

0-618-05566-5

36.00

 

Buckle Down Publishing

Buckle Down California English Language Arts Standards Review for Grade 4

CA02044S2

7.95

10 copies or more

To order less than 10 copies, call 800-776-3454

Buckle Down Publishing

Buckle Down California English Language Arts Standards Review for Grade 4 TE

CA02045G2

9.95

 

Math

Number Sense

  • Understand the place value of whole numbers and decimals to two decimal places and how whole numbers and decimals relate to simple fractions. Students use the concepts of negative numbers.
  • Extend their use and understanding of whole numbers to the addition and subtraction of simple decimals.
  • Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers and understand the relationships among the operations.
  • Know how to factor small whole numbers.

Algebra & Functions

  • use and interpret variables, mathematical symbols, and properties to write and simplify expressions and sentences
  • understand how to manipulate equations

Measurement & Geometry

  • understand perimeter and area
  • use two-dimensional coordinate grids to represent points and graph lines and simple figures
  • demonstrate an understanding of plane and solid geometric objects and use this knowledge to show relationships and solve problems

Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability

  • organize, represent, and interpret numerical and categorical data and clearly communicate their findings
  • make predictions for simple probability situations

Mathematical Reasoning

  • make decisions about how to approach problems
  • use strategies, skills, and concepts in finding solutions
  • move beyond a particular problem by generalizing to other situations

Houghton Mifflin

California Math Pupil Edition, Level 4

9780618827404

61.77

eBook and DVD version available

Houghton Mifflin

California Math Teacher's Edition Complete, Level 4

9780618827077

243.05

Free online version available; Date TBD

Houghton Mifflin

Daily Routines and Practice Book, Level 4

9780618960026

10.65

 

Houghton Mifflin

Write On - Wipe Off Workmats, Level 4

9780618891634

11.70

 

Houghton Mifflin

Student Manipulatives Kit, Level 4

9780618935222

19.16

 

OR

Harcourt

California Student Edition

9780153541704

63.25

eBook version available

Harcourt

California Teacher Edition Collection

9780153588068

254.10

 

Harcourt

California Reteach the Standards Workbook

9780153569562

8.25

 

Harcourt

California Reteach the Standards Workbook, Teacher Edition

9780153569654

21.95

Answers in the TE

Harcourt

California Student Manipulative Kit

9780153669057

24.95

 

OR

Saxon

California Saxon Math Intermediate 4 Student Edition Set

9781600329289

62.26

 

Saxon

California Saxon Math Intermediate 4 Teacher Manual Set

9781600329388

211.20

 

Saxon

California Saxon Math Intermediate 4 Solutions Manual

9781600325540

26.40

 

Saxon

California Saxon Math Intermediate 4 Pacing Guide

9781602770454

15.40

 

OR

Houghton Mifflin

Student Edition, Level 4 (CA Edition)

0-618-08178-X

55.45

Older CA state-adopted edition

Houghton Mifflin

Teacher Edition Complete, Level 4 (CA Edition)

0-618-09402-4

177.14

 

Houghton Mifflin

Practice Workbook - Consumable Pack, Level 4

0-618-10483-6

8.25

 

Houghton Mifflin

Practice, Reteach, Challenge, Spiral Review Answer Key, Level 4

0-618-10039-3

35.43

 

Buckle Down Publishing

Buckle Down California Mathematics Standards Review for Grade 4

CA02060S2

7.95

10 copies or more

To order less than 10 copies, call 800-776-3454

Buckle Down Publishing

Buckle Down California Mathematics Standards Review for Grade 4 TE

CA02061G2

9.95

 

Science

Physical Sciences

      1.  Electricity and magnetism are related effects that have many useful applications in everyday life.

Life Sciences

2.  All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow.

3.  Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival.

Earth Sciences

4.  The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them.

5.  Waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface.

Investigation and Experimentation

6.  Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations.

Harcourt

California Science Student Edition

0-15-347120-4

49.67

CD and ebook version available

Harcourt

California Science Teacher Edition

0-15-349106-X

237.60

If student is using the 2 workbooks, TE may not have to be purchased; purchase the workbook TEs and correct workbook assignments and labs

Harcourt

California Science Lab Manual

0-15-352271-2

6.32

 

Harcourt

California Science Lab Manual, Teacher Edition

0-15-352277-1

25.27

 

Harcourt

California Science Content Support

0-15-352283-6

6.48

 

Harcourt

California Science Content Support, Teacher Edition

0-15-352289-5

25.92

 

Harcourt

California Science Inquiry Tool Kit

 

23.75

Use to conduct experiments

Harcourt

Spotlight on Standards

0153653647

21.55

-Consumable

-Great for students reading at a lower level

-Great to use as a baseline to follow the standards

Harcourt

Spotlight on Standards TE

0153653701

32.35

 

OR

Pearson-Scott Foresman

Scott Foresman California Science Student Edition

0-328-18840-9

50.06

 

Pearson-Scott Foresman

Scott Foresman California Science TE Package

(Includes all 3 TE Units)

0-328-24137-7

233.28

Can be bought by individual unit

Pearson-Scott Foresman

Science Study Notebook

0-328-23646-2

2.43

 

Pearson-Scott Foresman

Science Study Notebook Teacher's Guide

0-328-23652-7

48.60

 

OR

MacMillan/McGraw Hill

Interactive Text

0022860169

5.97

-Consumable

-Great for students reading at a lower level

-Great to use as a baseline to follow the standards

History ~ California: A Changing State

Students learn the story of their home state, unique in American history in terms of its vast and varied geography, its many waves of immigration beginning with pre-Columbian societies, its continuous diversity, economic energy, and rapid growth. In addition to the specific treatment of milestones in California history, students examine the state in the context of the rest of the nation, with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and the relationship between state and federal government.

Harcourt

California Student Edition, California: A Changing State

0-15-338502-2

57.59

CD, ebook, and Audio CD Available

Harcourt

California Teacher Edition Collection: California: A Changing State

0-15-346781-9

205.05

 

Harcourt

California Homework and Practice Book: California: A Changing State

0-15-341479-0

8.16

 

Harcourt

California Homework and Practice Book, Teacher's Guide: California: A Changing State

0-15-341486-3

19.78

 

 

California Social Studies in Action: Resources for the Classroom: California: A Changing State

0-15-344452-5

69.96

Great hands-on activity ideas

OR

McGraw Hill

California Pupil Edition with Primary Atlas

0-02-150815-1

58.97

Audio CD and Online version available

McGraw Hill

California Teacher's Edition Package

0-02-150621-3

214.27

 

McGraw Hill

Reading and Writing in Social Studies

 

0-02-150589-6

41.15