Is your 4th grader keeping up
with what they are learning now?
Fourth grade is where the math gets long: numbers in the hundred thousands, multiplying and dividing several digits, and fractions that have to be compared rather than just named. It is also the year of New York State history. A short check on this quarter’s topics shows where your child stands, and weekly practice aimed at any gaps fixes them now, so there is no catching up later.
Check 4th grade nowCheck now, practice the gaps, see the progress.
Buy a quarter and your child signs in on their own NY Exam account. Each of the four subjects runs the same way, on its own, for the whole quarter.
1. A quick check, first
Each subject opens with about seven questions on this quarter’s 4th grade topics, before any practice. Your child answers once and sees no scores or answers; you see the results on your side as soon as it is done, so you know where things stand before a single practice session.
2. About ten questions a week
After the check, your child gets a short session roughly once a week for the rest of the quarter — about ten questions, a few minutes. Every answer, right or wrong, comes with a short explanation, not just the correct choice. From the third week on, half of each session is aimed at whichever two topics are weakest so far, instead of spreading evenly across everything.
3. “We haven’t learned this yet”
If a topic has not come up in class yet, your child marks it “not learned yet” instead of guessing. It is never counted wrong, is left out of that topic’s score, and comes back for another try about four weeks later, by which time most classes have reached it.
4. A short check at the end, and a clear report
The quarter closes the same way it opened, with a short check on the same topics, so you can see the change. Your report shows one line per topic — On track (at least 70% right), Needs practice, or Not enough answers yet — and nothing is judged on fewer than four answers, so one bad session cannot brand a topic for the rest of the quarter.
Two real questions from the first quarter.
Not a free trial — just what a session actually looks like, with the answer and the reason shown.
Math
470,608 is the standard form. Which sum gives its expanded form?
- 400000 + 7000 + 600 + 8
- 400000 + 70000 + 600 + 8 — correct
- 40000 + 70000 + 600 + 8
- 400000 + 70000 + 60 + 8
Add the nonzero place values: 400000 + 70000 + 600 + 8 = 470,608.
English
What does the narrator's final request, “Let’s see what we missed,” show?
- A willingness to keep improving the guide — correct
- A wish to stop people from visiting the garden
- A belief that Eli has done all the work incorrectly
- A plan to erase every useful part of the map
The request and spare sheet show that the narrator now expects revision to be useful.
What most New York 4th graders learn, quarter by quarter.
Place value and multi-digit multiplication and division first, then factors, patterns and equivalent fractions, then decimals to hundredths, and angles and shapes last.
| Quarter | Math | English | Science | Social studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall September to November | Whole-number place value and representations; Compare multi-digit whole numbers; Round multi-digit whole numbers; Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers and 2 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | Observe energy transfers and conservation; Use evidence about speed, collisions and energy; Compare energy-converting devices; Natural energy resources and environmental effects | New York physical, thematic and political maps; Native communities, environments and resources; Exploration, colonization and diverse colonial lives |
| Winter December to February | Multiplicative comparisons; Multistep problems and interpreted remainders; Factors, multiples, primes and composites; Generate and explain number and shape patterns and 2 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | Patterns that communicate information; Wave amplitude, wavelength and motion models; Reflecting light and seeing objects; Plant and animal structures and functions | Haudenosaunee and Algonquian-speaking societies and living cultures; French and Indian War and the American Revolution in New York; Federal, state and local government |
| Early spring March and April | Decompose, add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers; Multiply a whole number by a fraction; Combine tenths and hundredths; Connect decimal and fraction representations and 3 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | Evidence from rocks, fossils and changing landscapes; Sensory information, brain processing and responses; Patterns in maps of Earth features | Slavery, abolition and New York in the Civil War; Constitutional rights and civic responsibilities; Westward movement, Erie Canal and transportation change |
| Late spring May and June | Rectangle area and perimeter; Fractional measurement line plots; Angle measures, protractors and additive angles; Identify lines, rays, segments and angle types and 2 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | Weathering and erosion investigations; Engineering criteria and constraints; Compare ways to reduce natural hazard impacts; Fair tests and improving prototypes | Struggles to expand women’s rights; New York resources, technology and changing industries; Immigration, migration and New York communities |
The order follows a typical New York school year. It is our estimate, not a state or school schedule, so you can buy any quarter at any time, including one your child has not reached yet.
What 4th grade covers in each subject.
Math
Place value and multi-digit multiplication and division first, then factors, patterns and equivalent fractions, then decimals to hundredths, and angles and shapes last.
English
Longer stories and articles, with more questions about why an author made a choice, not only what happened.
Science
Energy and how it moves, waves and light, rocks, fossils and changing landscapes, and engineering a fair test.
Social studies
New York State itself: its geography, the Haudenosaunee and Algonquian-speaking peoples, the Revolution in New York, the Erie Canal and the immigrants who built its cities.
Watch long division and fraction comparison. Both depend on knowing the multiplication facts cold, and both arrive in the winter.
Read the full guide to what 4th graders learn this year, quarter by quarter.
Before you start.
Why does fourth grade math feel so much harder?
The numbers get bigger and the steps get longer at the same time. A gap from third grade multiplication usually shows up here first, which is why the fall quick check covers place value and multiplication.
Is New York history on the practice?
Yes. Fourth grade social studies in New York is state history, and every quarter carries questions on it: maps, Native nations, the Revolution, the Erie Canal and immigration.
How much does 4th grade practice cost?
Each quarter is 5 credits ($29.99 with the 5-credit pack) and covers all four subjects. The whole 4th grade year is four quarters, 20 credits ($99.99 with the 20-credit pack). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Are the questions based on what New York actually teaches?
Yes. Every question is written to New York State's own learning standards for this grade, and is checked against them before it goes on sale.
On sale now.
4th grade practice is on sale, along with every other grade from 3 to 8. Buy a quarter, or the whole year, from the parent portal.