• 4
    Grade 4 Standards
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  • Patterns and Relations
  • Shape and Space
    • 4.SS.1
      Read and record time using digital and analog clocks, including 24-hour clocks.
      Achievement Indicators
      - State the number of hours in a day.
      - Express the time orally and numerically from a 12-hour analog clock.
      - Express the time orally and numerically from a 24-hour analog clock.
      - Express the time orally and numerically from a 12-hour digital clock.
      - Describe time orally and numerically from a 24-hour digital clock.
      - Describe time orally as “minutes to” or “minutes after” the hour.
      - Explain the meaning of AM and PM, and provide an example of an activity that occurs during the AM and another that occurs during the PM.
    • 4.SS.2
      Read and record calendar dates in a variety of formats.
      Achievement Indicators
      - Write dates in a variety of formats, e.g., yyyy/mm/dd, dd/mm/yyyy, March 21, 2006, dd/mm/yy.
      - Relate dates written in the format yyyy/mm/dd to dates on a calendar.
      - Identify possible interpretations of a given date, e.g., 06/03/04.
    • 4.SS.3
      Demonstrate an understanding of area of regular and irregular 2-D shapes by:
      recognizing that area is measured in square units
      selecting and justifying referents for the units cm2 or m2
      estimating area by using referents for cm2 or m2
      determining and recording area (cm2 or m2)
      constructing different rectangles for a given area (cm2 or m2) in order to demonstrate that many different rectangles may have the same area.

      Achievement Indicators
      - Describe area as the measure of surface recorded in square units.
      - Identify and explain why the square is the most efficient unit for measuring area.
      - Provide a referent for a square centimetre and explain the choice.
      - Provide a referent for a square metre and explain the choice.
      - Determine which standard square unit is represented by a given referent.
      - Estimate the area of a given 2-D shape using personal referents.
      - Determine the area of a regular 2-D shape and explain the strategy.
      - Determine the area of an irregular 2-D shape and explain the strategy.
      - Construct a rectangle for a given area.
      - Demonstrate that many rectangles are possible for a given area by drawing at least two different rectangles for the same given area.
    • 4.SS.4
      Describe and construct rectangular and triangular prisms.
      Achievement Indicators
      - Identify and name common attributes of rectangular prisms from given sets of rectangular prisms.
      - Identify and name common attributes of triangular prisms from given sets of triangular prisms.
      - Sort a given set of rectangular and triangular prisms using the shape of the base.
      - Construct and describe a model of rectangular and triangular prisms using materials, such as pattern blocks or modelling clay.
      - Construct rectangular prisms from their nets.
      - Construct triangular prisms from their nets.
      - Identify examples of rectangular and triangular prisms found in the environment.
    • 4.SS.5
      Demonstrate an understanding of line symmetry by:
      identifying symmetrical 2-D shapes
      creating symmetrical 2-D shapes
      drawing one or more lines of symmetry in a 2-D shape.

      Achievement Indicators
      - Identify the characteristics of given symmetrical and non-symmetrical 2-D shapes.
      - Sort a given set of 2-D shapes as symmetrical and non-symmetrical.
      - Complete a symmetrical 2-D shape given half the shape and its line of symmetry.
      - Identify lines of symmetry of a given set of 2-D shapes and explain why each shape is symmetrical.
      - Determine whether or not a given 2-D shape is symmetrical by using a Mira or by folding and superimposing.
      - Create a symmetrical shape with and without manipulatives.
      - Provide examples of symmetrical shapes found in the environment and identify the line(s) of symmetry.
      - Sort a given set of 2-D shapes as those that have no lines of symmetry, one line of symmetry or more than one line of symmetry.
  • Statistics & Probability
    • 4.SP.1
      Demonstrate an understanding of many-to-one correspondence.
      Achievement Indicators
      - Compare graphs in which different intervals or correspondences are used and explain why the interval or correspondence was used.
      - Compare graphs in which the same data has been displayed using one-to-one and many-to-one correspondences, and explain how they are the same and different.
      - Explain why many-to-one correspondence is sometimes used rather than one-to-one correspondence.
      - Find examples of graphs in which many-to-one correspondence is used in print and electronic media, such as newspapers, magazines and the Internet, and describe the correspondence used.
    • 4.SP.2
      Construct and interpret pictographs and bar graphs involving many-to-one correspondence to draw conclusions.
      Achievement Indicators
      - Identify an interval and correspondence for displaying a given set of data in a graph and justify the choice.
      - Create and label (with categories, title and legend) a pictograph to display a given set of data using many-to-one correspondence, and justify the choice of correspondence used.
      - Create and label (with axes and title) a bar graph to display a given set of data using many-toone correspondence, and justify the choice of interval used.
      - Answer a given question using a given graph in which data is displayed using many-to-one correspondence.
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