Skills assessment for fourth graders
Are you as smart as a fourth grader?
The following are some of the tasks a fourth grader is expected to perform on a first trimester interim assessment text, the results of which are shared with parents along with a percentage grade for each item. Teachers and parents are encouraged to target areas in which a child is lagging.
English Language Arts
— Decode words in text using phonics and structural analysis through: base words; suffixes; prefixes; compound words.
— Apply alphabetic order to locate words in resources.
— Explain the main idea supported by evidence.
— Make connections to self, other text, and/or the world.
— Identify and explain the use of; bold–faced words; underlined words; highlighted words; italicized words.
— Describe a main idea based on evidence.
— Make connections to self, other text, and/or the world.
— Edit capitalization for: beginnings of sentences; months; days of the week; proper nouns; initials; titles.
— Edit sentences for: complete sentences; combining sentences; compound sentences; complex sentences.
Math
— Place Value: Identify and use place value positions of whole numbers to one million.
— Comparing and Ordering: Read, write, compare, and order whole numbers; Read and write number words.
— Counting: Count by multiples of a given number; Explain relationships between skip counting, repeated addition, and multiples.
— Estimating and Estimation Strategies: Estimate to determine the reasonableness of an answer in mathematical and practical situations.
— Computation: Add and subtract multi–digit numbers; Multiply and divide multi–digit numbers by a one–digit whole number with regrouping, including monetary amounts as decimals.
— Solving Problems and Number Theory: Generate and solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems using whole numbers in practical situations.
— Patterns: Identify, describe, and represent patterns and relationships in the number system, including arithmetic and geometric sequences.
— Money: Determine totals for monetary amounts in practical situations; Use money notation to add and subtract given monetary amounts.