Washington State Standards from OSPI :
Learning Standards: Grade 4
Your 4th-grade student has specific learning goals in every subject. Washington
has learning standards that define the knowledge and skills students should gain
in each subject starting with kindergarten. Each teacher is responsible not only for
the learning standards in the grade they are currently teaching, but also for those in previous grades. Below are examples of key learning goals for 4th grade. To learn more about our state learning standards, go to www.k12.wa.us/standards.
WRITING READING
Washington State Learning Goals
The four state learning goals below provided the foundation for the development of the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs),
which help measure progress and accountability:
• Reads, discusses, reflects and responds, using evidence from text, to a
wide variety of literary genres and informational text
• Reads for pleasure and chooses books based on personal preference, topic or author
SCIENCE
• Learns how to plan and choose an investigation based on the question they are trying to answer
• Uses an elementary technological design process to design simple solutions to problems
• Learns how energy is generated and can move from place to place, how fossils form and how ecosystems change
Updated August 2013
Seattle Archdiocese 4th Grade Religion Curriculum can be found here.
Learning Standards: Grade 4
Your 4th-grade student has specific learning goals in every subject. Washington
has learning standards that define the knowledge and skills students should gain
in each subject starting with kindergarten. Each teacher is responsible not only for
the learning standards in the grade they are currently teaching, but also for those in previous grades. Below are examples of key learning goals for 4th grade. To learn more about our state learning standards, go to www.k12.wa.us/standards.
WRITING READING
Washington State Learning Goals
The four state learning goals below provided the foundation for the development of the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs),
which help measure progress and accountability:
- Read with comprehension, write with skill, and communicate effectively and responsibly in a variety of ways and settings.
- Know and apply core concepts and principles of math, science, the arts, social studies, health and fitness.
- Think analytically, logically and creatively, and integrate experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and solve problems.
- Understand the importance of work and how performance, effort and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities.
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction www.k12.wa.us
• Reads, discusses, reflects and responds, using evidence from text, to a
wide variety of literary genres and informational text
• Reads for pleasure and chooses books based on personal preference, topic or author
- Writes for a variety of audiences and purposes, including telling a story and explaining
- Analyzes ideas, selects a narrow topic and elaborates using specific details and/or examples
- Knows and applies spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and paragraphing appropriate to the grade level
MATH
- Uses multiplication to solve
a variety of problems such as area and unit conversion - Understands division and its relationship to multiplication
- Solidifies understanding of equal fractions and begins operations with fractions
SCIENCE
• Learns how to plan and choose an investigation based on the question they are trying to answer
• Uses an elementary technological design process to design simple solutions to problems
• Learns how energy is generated and can move from place to place, how fossils form and how ecosystems change
Updated August 2013
Seattle Archdiocese 4th Grade Religion Curriculum can be found here.