How to read this page
Prince Edward Island 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Mathematics, Grade 4 — 4 units, 34 skills.
Number
- Showing numbers to 10 000
- Personal strategies for adding and subtracting to 10 000
- The properties of 0 and 1
Patterns and Relations
- Finding patterns in tables and charts
- Writing a problem as an equation
Shape and Space
- Reading and recording time
- Area is measured 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 Prince Edward Island, that's English Language Arts, Grade 4 — 3 units, 46 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Using active listening strategies
- Using correct vocabulary and conversational conventions
- Planning and delivering a presentation
Reading and Viewing
- Activating prior knowledge before reading
- Identifying elements of narrative texts
- Developing opinions by comparing ideas
Writing and Representing
- Determining purpose and audience
- Writing simple poems
- Revising to improve content and clarity
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 Prince Edward Island, that's Science, Grade 4 — 5 units, 21 skills.
Habitats and Communities
- Identifying local habitats
- Energy flow in a food web
Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
- Classifying rocks and minerals
- Erosion and weathering
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 Prince Edward Island, that's Core French, Grade 4 — 3 units, 13 skills.
La production orale et l'ecoute
- Active listening strategies
- Strategies for speaking clearly
La lecture et le visionnement
- Reading strategies to build meaning
- Reading familiar text aloud with fluency
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 Prince Edward Island?
Prince Edward Island's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 4 — 122 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers habitats and communities and rocks, minerals, and erosion. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Prince Edward Island curriculum?
It's built from Prince Edward Island'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 Prince Edward Island, that's Social Studies, Grade 4 — 3 units, 8 skills.
Mapping and Canadian Regions
- The parts of a map
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Exploration
- What motivates exploration
- Positive and negative consequences of exploration
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Humans and the Physical Environment
- How the physical landscape shapes how Canadians live
+ 2 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →