A Look into 4th Grade
We are off to an awesome start in 4th grade! Remember to check Dojo
for daily updates, pictures, and homework. Here is a look at what we
are working on and what is coming next.
for daily updates, pictures, and homework. Here is a look at what we
are working on and what is coming next.
Reading:
We are working on our first unit, which is Interpreting Characters.
Our focus over the next few weeks will be establishing a reading life,
thinking deeply about characters, and building interpretations. We
are reading every day during independent reading time where we
confer with your kids about their current books and their goals.
Please remind your students to be reading each night at home. We
ask for at least 30 minutes.
Our focus over the next few weeks will be establishing a reading life,
thinking deeply about characters, and building interpretations. We
are reading every day during independent reading time where we
confer with your kids about their current books and their goals.
Please remind your students to be reading each night at home. We
ask for at least 30 minutes.
Writing:
We are working on our first unit, which is Writing Realistic Fiction.
Our focus over the next few weeks will be creating and developing
stories and characters that feel real, drafting and revising with an eye
toward believability, preparing for publication with an audience in
mind, and embarking on independent fiction projects. Students are
writing independently every day while teachers are conferring with
your kids. You can check their story on our Google classroom.
Our focus over the next few weeks will be creating and developing
stories and characters that feel real, drafting and revising with an eye
toward believability, preparing for publication with an audience in
mind, and embarking on independent fiction projects. Students are
writing independently every day while teachers are conferring with
your kids. You can check their story on our Google classroom.
Science:
Our first unit is Our Dynamic Earth. Throughout this unit, students
will build an appreciation of the Earth as a dynamic system that is
constantly being shaped by wind, water, ice, vegetation, plate movements,
earthquakes, volcanoes, and humans.
will build an appreciation of the Earth as a dynamic system that is
constantly being shaped by wind, water, ice, vegetation, plate movements,
earthquakes, volcanoes, and humans.
Social Studies:
We have started our first unit on the early settlement of Missouri and
exploration. We will focus on prehistory and the Northwest Passage,
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase, and the Corps of Discovery
with Lewis and Clark.
exploration. We will focus on prehistory and the Northwest Passage,
Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase, and the Corps of Discovery
with Lewis and Clark.
Math:
We have begun our first unit on addition, subtraction, and place value.
Your students will generalize their understanding of place value by
recognizing relationships among places, the value of each individual
digit, and values within the whole number. Your student will also
apply place value understanding to expanded notation, and the rounding
of numbers. They will become fluent with the U.S. algorithms for addition
and subtraction, and learn to select the most appropriate addition or
subtraction strategy for the numbers in a given problem.
Your students will generalize their understanding of place value by
recognizing relationships among places, the value of each individual
digit, and values within the whole number. Your student will also
apply place value understanding to expanded notation, and the rounding
of numbers. They will become fluent with the U.S. algorithms for addition
and subtraction, and learn to select the most appropriate addition or
subtraction strategy for the numbers in a given problem.
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