Calendar and Schedule

For those rising 4th graders, a great opportunity is lying wide open in front of them. For GT MS, the seeding year is in 4th grade as the harvest year is in 5th grade. If your children are looking up for the best environment for challenges, it is time to consider a new setting to improve their academic exposure and their chance of acceptance.

This will be the prime year for your rising 4th grader to lay out the foundation to attempt for one of the following GT magnet middle schools.

• Takoma Park MS
• Eastern MS
• Roberto Clemete MS

Gifted Fourth Graders will be given a curriculum that will begin advanced middle school preparation. Using a unique blend of rigorous mathematical, analytic, and verbal training methods, students will be exposed to challenging material. The mathematics portion of the Gifted Fourth Grade program will include adding mixed numbers, calculating probabilities, and more. Verbal emphasis will be placed on advanced writing composition, and building a solid middle school level vocabulary that will prepare students for an advanced middle school education.

The curriculum in whole year is geared toward the Entrance Exam for GT Middle Schools in 5th grade.

MAP-M (G4) Math Coverage:

Operations & Algebraic Thinking    
    Number Sentences
    Real World Problems
    Multi-step Problems
    Number Theory
    Patterns
Number & Operations in Base Ten    
    Place Value
    Compare Numbers and Expanded Notation
    Rounding Numbers
    Addition & Subtraction
    Multiplication
    Division
Number & Operations - Fractions    
    Equivalent Fractions
    Compare Fractions
    Adding & Subtracting Fractions
    Compare Decimals
    Multiplying Fractions
    Adding and Subtracting Fractions Through Decompositions
    Convert Fractions to Decimals
    Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
    Adding and Subtracting Fractions in Word Problems
    Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number
    Multiplying Fractions in Word Problems
    10 to 100 Equivalent Fractions
Measurement & Data    
    Units of Measurement
    Measurement Problems
    Perimeter & Area
    Representing and Interpreting Data
    Angle Measurement
    Measuring Turned Angles
    Measuring and Sketching Angles
    Adding and Subtracting Angle Measurements
Geometry    
    Points, Lines, Rays and Segments
    Angles
    Classifying Plane (2-D) Shapes
    Symmetry

MAP-R (G4) English Coverage:

Reading Standards for Literature    
    Finding Detail in the Story
    Inferring
    Finding Theme
    Describing Characters
    Summarizing the Text
    Describing Events
    Describing the Setting
    Figurative Language
    Text Structure
    Point of View
    Visual Connections
    Comparing and Contrasting
Reading Standards for Informational Text    
    The Main Idea
    What Does It Mean?
    How is it Written?
    Finding the Evidence
Its All in the Details    
    Using Details to Explain the Text
    Comparing Different Versions of the Same Event
    Using Text Features to Understand
    Integrating Information
Writing Standards    
    Introductions and Conclusions
    Providing Reasons
    Transitions
Whats the Title?    
    Saying it Precisely
    Understanding Your Audience
    Planning Your Writing
    Revising Your Writing
    Editing Your Writing
    Gathering Information
    Paraphrasing
    Bibliographies
Language Standards    
    Progressive Verb Tense
    Pronouns
    Adjectives and Adverbs
    Conjunctions and Interjections
    Prepositional Phrases
    What's the Verb?
    How is it Capitalized?
Whats the Punctuation?    
    How is it Spelled?
    Finding the Meaning
    Same Word Different Meanings
    The Meaning of Words
    Idiomatic Expressions and Proverbs
    Synonyms and Antonyms
    Academic and Domain Specific 4th Grade Words
    Complete Sentences
    Context Clues
    For Your Reference
    Frequently Confused Words
    Modal Auxiliary Verbs
    Punctuating for Effect!
    Similes and Metaphors
    Word Choice: Attending to Precision