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Grade 4 — Year Plan

Goal by June: Multi-digit ×; fraction operations intro; essays with structure; US history survey (exploration → early republic facts); financial literacy basics

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Year outcomes

Literacy

• - Academic vocabulary
• - Summarizing; theme; point of view
• - Multi-paragraph essays (informative + opinion)
• - Note-taking from nonfiction
• - Oral presentation (3 minutes)

Math

• - Multi-digit addition/subtraction fluency
• - × multi-digit; long division intro
• - Fractions: add/sub like denominators; mixed numbers
• - Decimals (money link)
• - Angles; symmetry; line plots

Science

• - Energy; waves; ecosystems; rock cycle; human body systems overview

STEM (included)

• - Science: energy, waves, ecosystems, rock cycle
• - Technology: measure/record/chart; “the computer follows steps”
• - Engineering: constrained design (materials budget)

History / Geography

• - Age of exploration → colonies → Revolution → Constitution (fact timeline + map work)
• - Primary source excerpts (short): Declaration preamble lines, simple Constitution Preamble
• - World geography: hemispheres, major rivers/mountains

Life Skills

• - Savings goal tracker; cook full simple meal with measuring; write a formal thank-you; map a bus/car route

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36-week overview

| Weeks | Literacy | Math | History thread |

|-------|----------|------|----------------|

| 1–4 | Nonfiction structure | Place value / multi-digit +− | Maps & hemispheres |

| 5–8 | Summary writing | Multi-digit × | Exploration |

| 9–12 | Theme in fiction | Long division intro | Colonies |

| 13–16 | Opinion essay | Fractions +− | Road to Revolution |

| 17–20 | Research notes | Mixed numbers | Revolution battles timeline |

| 21–24 | Presentations | Decimals & money | Constitution basics |

| 25–28 | Poetry & language | Geometry angles | Early republic |

| 29–32 | Debate light | Measurement | statehood case study (use your state or a published US statehood timeline) facts |

| 33–36 | Capstone essay | Mastery | Timeline poster |

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Sample — Week 21 (Constitution basics)

History script for parent:

“A constitution is a written rulebook for a government. The US Constitution explains how leaders are chosen and what powers they have. We will read the Preamble slowly and define hard words.”

Child task: Rewrite Preamble ideas in kid words (6–8 sentences).

Math link: If 9 of 13 states must approve, what fraction is that?

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Full week scripts

Open weeks/week-01 — week-01.md through week-36.md (index in weeks/README.md).

Regenerate: python3 tools/generate_grades_1_5_weeks.py