Fourth Grade

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Grade 4 is a vitally important grade as students progress in their learning. Students will begin to learn, and enhance, their skills in key areas that will be pertinent to their education in the coming grades. We promote a positive and encouraging environment where students can feel free to express themselves and ask questions. We strongly believe in the power of yet, and have the class mission statement: “you can do hard things.”

Learning Highlights

4th grade students are able to participate in a monthly optional book club where they are encouraged to read the assigned novel for the month and meet to talk with teacher and peers about their thoughts about the characters, theme, and author.
Students will begin to keep a diary/journal as a way to practice their writing skills, explore their thoughts, and have a token to reflect on at the end of the year about events that happened in 4th grade.
4th graders will learn more about Washington state, as well as our Federal Government and the basics of how it functions.
As part of our science unit, we learn more about the human body, and how to keep it healthy and in proper working order.

Curriculum Overview

Literacy

Informative/ Explanatory/ Narratives/Opinion essays
Book Clubs (Shiloh, Shoeshine Girl/How to Steal a Dog/Because of Winn-Dixie, Streams to the River, River to the Sea, Castle in the Attic, Holes [time permitting]

Math

Multiplication facts
Place value
Adding/Subtracting multi-digit numbers
Multiplication/division patterns
Fractions
Decimals
Perimeter/area
Geometry
Measurement

Social Studies

States/Capitols
WA State history/Geography
Election/Government (State & Federal)
Explorers/Fur Trade (along with Streams to the River, River to the Sea)
Working in Washington

Science

Earth’s Systems and how we impact them
Energy
Structures of Life (Human Body)

Religion

How are we able to grow in Christ?
How can we prep for the coming of the Lord?
How can we celebrate Jesus?
Saints
Commandments
Celebrate & Remember the Resurrection
How are we called to Holiness?

Specialists

Music twice a week
PE twice a week
Art once a week
Library once a week
Social emotional learning with our school counselor