How to read this page
Manitoba publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Manitoba, that's Mathematics, Grade 4 — 4 units, 37 skills.
Number
- Reading and showing numbers to 10 000
- Personal strategies for adding and subtracting
- Mental strategies for multiplication facts
Patterns and Relations
- Finding patterns in tables and charts
- Carroll diagrams
Shape and Space
- Reading 12- and 24-hour clocks
- Understanding area in square units
See the full Mathematics, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Manitoba, that's English Language Arts, Grade 4 — 4 units, 48 skills.
Explore and Discover Language and Literacy
- Listen to and reflect on the ideas
- Engage in dialogue with others (partners, small/large
- Use complex sentences with various transition words
Comprehend and Respond to Multimodal Texts
- Identify and discuss prior knowledge including knowledge
- Select and engage with a variety of
- Review information gathered, and text selected and decide what to share or omit
Compose and Create Multimodal Texts
- Generate ideas and select a topic with
- Discuss new information gathered from a variety
- Use strategies to plan for text creation
Communicate Ideas and Build New Understandings
- Adjust intonation, tone, volume, expression and communication
- Apply self-monitoring skills and ask questions
- Focus on specific learning goals to improve
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Manitoba, that's Science, Grade 4 — 5 units, 70 skills.
Scientific Skills and Inquiry
- Selecting the right tool
- Graphs with a scale
Habitats and Communities
- Words for habitats and communities
- Local and regional habitats
- Removing a population
Light
- Words for light
- Properties of light
- Technology that extends our sight
Sound
- Words for sound
- Properties of sound
- Sound through solids, liquids, and gases
Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
- Words for rocks and minerals
- Products from rocks and minerals
- How fossils form
See the full Science, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Manitoba, that's Core French, Grade 4 — 4 units, 14 skills.
Oral Communication
- Listening to understand simple messages
- Introducing yourself and describing
- Speaking with rhythm and spontaneity
Reading
- Responding to what you read
- Reading aloud with ease and precision
Writing
- Writing clearly with fluency
- Writing accurately: rules and conventions
Culture
- French-speaking communities of Manitoba
- French and English: forms of address and differences
See the full Core French, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 4 in Manitoba?
Manitoba's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 4 — 230 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers explore and discover language and literacy and comprehend and respond to multimodal texts; Science covers scientific skills and inquiry and habitats and communities. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Manitoba curriculum?
It's built from Manitoba's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Manitoba, that's Social Studies, Grade 4 — 5 units, 61 skills.
Geography of Canada
- Canada's place in the world
- Canada's geographic regions
+ 3 more skills in this unit →Living in Canada
- Symbols and monuments
- Being a Canadian citizen
- Public and private property
+ 15 more skills in this unit →Living in Manitoba
- Manitoba's geography
- Caring for Manitoba's environment
- Cultural communities in Manitoba
+ 15 more skills in this unit →History of Manitoba
- Where people settled
- People and events of Manitoba
- Contributions of many communities
+ 7 more skills in this unit →Canada's North
- The land of the North
- Changing place names
- Aboriginal contributions in the North
+ 7 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →