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Readiness skills that students should know and be able to perform on the first day of
Fourth Grade

Knows main idea, setting, main characters, problem and solutions

Reading orally with fluency and expression

Literal (basic) comprehension

Order of events in a story (sequencing)

 

Addition/subtraction facts (memorized)

Tell time on an analog clock (not digital)

Multiplication facts (0-9) (memorized)

Rounding numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand

Reading graphs (bar and line)

Regrouping up to 4 digit numbers with addition and subtraction (borrow and carry)

Place value to hundred thousands (6 digits)

 

Knows parts of speech – noun, verb, adjective, and pronoun

Subject and predicate

Punctuation

Editing

Present and past tense

Capitalization

Basic dictionary skills

 

Form manuscript (printing) letters correctly

Form cursive letters correctly

Write a complete sentence using six (6) or more words

Write a paragraph with five to eight (5-8) sentences including a topic sentence, supporting details, transition words, and a closing sentence.

Write the following paragraphs: descriptive, narrative (personal story) and expository (explaining)

Write a friendly letter

Summarize a story—beginning, middle, and end