“I Can” Common Core!     

 Grade 4 Reading

I Can Read and Understand Fourth Grade Fiction

• I can explain a story by referring to details and examples in the text. 4.1
• I can make conclusions about an author’s meaning by thinking about the details and examples in the text (drawing conclusions). 4.1
• I can figure out the theme of a piece of fiction by thinking about the details in the text. 4.2
• I can summarize a piece of fiction in my own words. 4.2
• I can use specific details in a story to help me describe a character, setting or event in the story. 4.3
• I can figure out the meanings of words and phrases an author uses. 4.4
• I can understand words that may be derived from characters found in mythology (g., Herculean). RL.4.4
• I can write and talk about the differences between poems, plays and fictional stories. 4.5
• I can refer to specific elements of poems (verse, rhythm, meter) and plays (characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when I write or talk about a piece of fiction. 4.5
• I can compare and contrast different stories by thinking about the different points of view. 4.6
• I can tell the difference between first- and third- person narrators. 4.6
• I can make connections between a written text and a dramatic interpretation of the same text. 4.7
• I can compare and contrast similar themes and events in stories, myths and traditional literature from different cultures. 4.9

I Can Make Meaningful Connections From a Variety of Texts to Other Texts, Personal Experiences and Situation.  RL.4.11

I Can Read and Understand Fourth Grade Nonfiction.  RI.4.10

• I can explain what a piece of nonfiction teaches me by referring to details and examples in the text. 4.1
• I can figure out the main idea in nonfiction by thinking about the details in the text. 4.2
• I can summarize a piece of nonfiction in my own words. 4.2
• I can explain why and how events, procedures, ideas or concepts in historical, scientific or technical texts happened by using the information presented. 4.3
• I can understand the meanings of words and phrases in fourth grade science and social studies texts. 4.4
• I can describe how various forms of nonfiction are structured (e.g., time order, comparison, cause & effect or problem & solution). 4.5
• I can compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic. 4.6
• I can interpret and use information from charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations or other internet presentations to understand nonfiction. 4.7
• I can explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. 4.8
• I can use information from two different texts on the same topic to help me write or speak knowledgeably about the topic. 4.9

I Can Analyze Words and Use Phonics to Help Me Read Fourth Grade Words     RF.4.3

• I can read and understand root words that also have prefixes or suffixes. 4.3
• I can read unfamiliar words that have more than one syllable. 4.3

I Can Read With the Fluency and Accuracy it Takes to Understand Fourth Grade Texts.

• I can use context to check my understanding of fourth grade text, and reread if necessary. 4.4

 Grade 4 Writing

I Can Write Different Types of Writing

• I can use my point of view with reasons to share my opinion. 4.1
• I can clearly write to inform and to explain my ideas. 4.2
• I can write stories using a clear sequence of events and descriptive details. 4.3
• I can create and present a poem, narrative, play, literary review in response to literature. W.4.11

I Can Make My Writing Better

• I can produce clear, developed and organized writing. 4.4
• I can write for different purposes, audiences and topics. 4.4
• I can plan, revise and edit my writing with the help of peers and adults. 4.5
• I can use technology to create pieces of writing and to interact and share ideas with others. 4.6
• I can use appropriate keyboarding skills to type one page of my writing at a time, in a single sitting. 4.6

I Can Use Research to Help My Writing

• I can conduct short research projects to help me learn about topics.  W.4.7
• I can research and use what I have experienced to gather information. 4.8
• I can take notes to help me organize the research in my writing. 4.8
• I can provide a list of sources that I used for gathering information. 4.8
• I can gather evidence from all my reading to support my writing. 4.9
• I can write on a regular basis with stamina for different tasks, purposes, and audiences. 4.10

 Grade 4 Language

I Can Use What I Know About Grammar When I Write and Speak

• I can use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why) correctly when I speak or write. 4.1
• I can correctly write and use progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was talking, I am talking, I will be talking). 4.1
• I can use auxiliary words to show different conditions (e.g., can, may, must). 4.1
• I can correctly order adjectives within sentences according too conventional standard English. 4.1
• I can correctly write and use prepositional phrases. 4.1
• I can write complete sentences. 4.1
• I can recognize inappropriate sentence fragments and run on sentences. 4.1
• I can correctly use frequently confused words (g., to, too, two; their & there). L.4.1
• I can correctly use capitalization in all of my writing. 4.2
• I can use commas and quotation marks appropriately in dialogue. 4.2
• I can correctly use a comma and conjunction when connecting two simple sentences. 4.2
• I can use an appropriate reference to help me spell fourth grade words. 4.2

I Can Use What I Know About Language in Different Situations

• I can choose interesting words and phrases to help others understand my ideas better. 4.3
• I can choose various punctuation to help me convey different moods. 4.3
• I can figure out when I need to use formal speech and when I can use informal speech. 4.3

I Can Figure Out What Words Mean and Use Them in Different Situations

• I can determine the meanings of unknown words by using what I know about common Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and roots. L.4
• I can determine the meanings of unknown multiple-meaning words by using context clues. 4.4
• I can use print and computer dictionaries to help me find the pronunciations and clarify meanings of new words or phrases. 4.4
• I can understand figurative language, word relationships and small shades of differences in word meanings. 4.5
• I can explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context. 4.5
• I can recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages and proverbs. 4.5
• I can understand words by relating them to their antonyms and synonyms. 4.5
• I can figure out and use fourth grade words that show specific actions, emotions or states of being. 4.6
• I can figure out and use fourth grade words that are centered around a specific topic. 4.6

  Grade 4 Math

I Can Use the Four; Operations (+, -, x, ÷) to help Me Understand Math

• I can understand that multiplication fact problems can be seen as comparisons of groups (e.g., 24 = 4 x 6 can be thought of as 4 groups of 6 or 6 groups of 4).  4.OA.1
• I can multiply or divide to solve word problems by using drawings or writing equations and

Solving for a missing number.  4.OA.2

• I can use what I know about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers.  4.OA.3
• I can represent word problems by using equations with a letter standing for the unknown number. OA.3
• I can determine how reasonable my answers to word problems are by using estimation, mental math and rounding.  4.OA.3
• I can find all factor pairs for a number from 1 to 100. OA.4
• I can determine whether a given whole number up to 100 is a prime or composite number. 4.OA.4
• I can create a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. OA.5
• I can notice different features of a pattern once it is created by a rule. OA.5

I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math

• I can recognize that in multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times

What it represents in the place to its right. 4.NBT.1

• I can read and write larger whole numbers using numerals, words and in expanded form. 4.NBT.2
• I can compare two large numbers using symbols to show the comparison. NBT.2
• I can round large whole numbers to any place. NBT.3
• I can add and subtract large numbers. NBT.4
• I can multiply a whole number up to four digits by a one-digit whole number. NBT.5
• I can multiply two two digit numbers. NBT.5
• I can find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors. NBT.6

I Can Use Fractions to Help Me Understand Math

• I can explain (and show models for) why multiplying a numerator and a denominator by the same number does not change the value of a fraction. NF.1
• I can compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators by creating common denominators or numerators or by comparing them to a benchmark fraction like one-half. NF.2
• I can recognize that comparisons of fractions are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. NF.2
• I can understand that improper fractions have a greater numerator than denominator. NF.3
• I can understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole. NF.3
• I can decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator. NF.3
• I can add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators. NF.3
• I can solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators. NF.3
• I can multiply a fraction by a whole number. NF.4
• I can solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number. NF.4
• I can show a fraction with a denominator of 10 as an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100 in order to add the two fractions. NF.5
• I can use decimals to show fractions with denominators of 10 and 100. NF.6
• I can compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. NF.7

Measurement and Data to Help Me Understand Math

• I can show that I know the relative size of measurement units within a single system. MD.1
• I can show the measurements of a larger unit in terms of smaller units and record these in a table. MD.1
• I can use the four operations (+, -, x, ÷) to solve word problems involving measurement; including simple fractions and decimals. MD.2
• I can use what I know about area and perimeter to solve real world problems involving rectangles. MD.3
• I can make a line plot to show measurements involving fractions. MD.4
• I can solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots. MD.4
• I can recognize angles as geometric shapes where two rays share a common endpoint. MD.5
• I can understand that angles are measured with reference to a circle, with its center at the common endpoint of the rays. MD.5
• I can use a protractor to measure angles in whole-number degrees. MD.7
• I can solve addition and subtraction problems involving angles. MD.7

I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math

• I can identify and draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles and perpendicular & parallel lines.  4.G.1
• I can classify two-dimensional shapes based on what I know about their geometrical attributes.  4.G.2
• I can recognize and identify right triangles. G.2
• I can recognize and draw lines of symmetry. G.3

 Grade 4 Speaking & Listening

I Can Understand and Talk About What I Hear

• I can effectively participate in different types of discussions and with different people. 4.1
• I can build on others’ ideas and express my own ideas clearly. 4.1
• I can come to discussions prepared to participate because I have studied appropriate materials. 4.1
• I can use my preparation to explore new ideas about a topic during a discussion. 4.1
• I can follow agreed-upon rules for discussion and carry out my assigned role. 4.1
• I can ask and answer questions to help me understand discussions, stay on topic and that contribute to others’ ideas and remarks. 4.1
• I can think about what is discussed and explain any new thinking that I have. 4.1
• I can paraphrase text read aloud or information presented to me. 4.1
• I can identify the reasons a speaker gives to support his/her points. 4.3

 I Can Share What I Know

• I can report on a topic or tell a story with correct and appropriate facts and details to support my main idea. 4.4
• I can speak clearly and at an understandable pace. 4.4
• I can create engaging audio recordings or visual displays to help me show main ideas or themes when necessary. 4.5
• I can figure out when to use standard formal English and when I can use informal English. 4.6