Grade 4 | Unit 1 Student Learning Book
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An original grade-labeled starting unit in five academic and Scripture subjects. Each subject contains direct teaching and ten exercises. This is a first unit, not a completed chapter sequence or full annual textbook. Any child may be ready for a higher-grade challenge in one subject while working at another level elsewhere.
Instructions: Read the explanation and passage, if provided. Complete the ten numbered tasks on paper or copy into a document. Explain how you reached an answer. Parents check learning separately and privately.
Mathematics: Multidigit multiplication and equivalent fractions
Learn: The distributive property lets you multiply 27 x 14 as 27 x (10+4) = 270+108 = 378. Equivalent fractions name the same quantity, such as 3/4 and 6/8.
- Compute 23 x 12 with partial products.
- Compute 34 x 15.
- Compute 46 x 8.
- Compute 128 x 6.
- Simplify 6/8.
- Write an equivalent fraction to 3/5 with denominator 20.
- Compare 5/6 and 3/4 using common denominators.
- Add 2/6 + 3/6.
- Find the perimeter of a 13 cm by 8 cm rectangle.
- Advanced: prove the distributive method gives the same result as an area model for 42 x 17.
Independent check: Explain one solution with evidence, then review errors and try an unfamiliar problem. Advanced work is available by readiness, not birthday.
English Language Arts: Compare texts and explain evidence
Original reading: Text A: ‘The library extended evening hours on Tuesdays. Staff counted visitors on four Tuesdays and recorded a higher total than before.’ Text B: ‘I enjoy the new evening hours because I can visit after sports practice.’
Learn: Two accounts can address the same topic but serve different purposes. Distinguish a documented observation from a personal opinion and avoid drawing causal conclusions without enough evidence.
- State the topic shared by both texts.
- Identify one factual claim in A.
- Identify the opinion in B.
- What evidence is reported in A?
- What information about other weekdays is missing?
- Write two similarities between A and B.
- Write two differences between the writers’ purposes.
- Explain why increased visitors is not proof of one single cause.
- Write one paragraph comparing the texts.
- Advanced: suggest a fairer data collection plan and justify it.
Independent check: Explain one solution with evidence, then review errors and try an unfamiliar problem. Advanced work is available by readiness, not birthday.
Science: Energy transfer and measurements
Learn: A lamp transforms electrical energy into light and thermal energy. A battery stores chemical energy. Energy is transferred or transformed, not created from nothing. Measurements should have appropriate units.
- Identify the energy input to an electric lamp.
- Name two energy outputs from the lamp.
- Draw a labeled energy-flow diagram.
- Explain why a lamp may feel warm.
- Measure or estimate a safe household object’s length in centimeters.
- Explain the difference between an observation and an explanation.
- What does a thermometer measure?
- Why should a graph label its axes?
- Write a question about energy that could be investigated safely.
- Advanced: distinguish useful energy output from unwanted heat loss, without claiming energy disappears.
Independent check: Explain one solution with evidence, then review errors and try an unfamiliar problem. Advanced work is available by readiness, not birthday.
History and Social Studies: Alabama geography and source reliability
Learn: The Tennessee River is a major feature of northern Alabama. Mobile Bay lies near the Gulf Coast in the south. Geography affects movement and settlement, but communities also respond to political and economic forces.
- Locate the Tennessee River on a reliable map.
- Locate Mobile Bay.
- Label north and south.
- Name one possible transportation benefit of a river.
- Explain why a map’s publication date matters.
- Identify an example of a primary historical source.
- Write a question a map alone cannot answer.
- Describe one difference between an artifact and a historian’s interpretation.
- Create a dated timeline using three verified Alabama events.
- Advanced: compare two maps and discuss how scale or purpose changes information shown.
Independent check: Explain one solution with evidence, then review errors and try an unfamiliar problem. Advanced work is available by readiness, not birthday.
Scripture Study: Truth and wise correction
Read in context: Proverbs 12:17–22
Study note: Read the parallels and contrasts in the passage. Identify truthful witness and deceptive speech as the text presents them.
- Locate the passage.
- Which verse contrasts truthful and false witness?
- Find one example of parallel ideas.
- Explain a consequence of speaking without checking facts.
- Write a direct statement from the passage in your own words.
- Identify one inference that the passage does not explicitly state.
- Give an example of correcting an error respectfully.
- Summarize the passage in three sentences.
- Explain why facts should be checked in a dispute.
- Advanced: analyze how Hebrew wisdom parallelism shapes the contrast.
Independent check: Explain one solution with evidence, then review errors and try an unfamiliar problem. Advanced work is available by readiness, not birthday.