Fourth Grade

Foundation of 21st Century Skills

Fourth Grade is an exciting year but also a year of transition. Students are maturing and start to become more aware of the world around them. Their friendships become more important. All this happens while they are expected to do more academically than earlier grades. This will be their second year of standardized testing, which may cause anxiety for some children. Our Fourth Graders are fortunate to have wonderful teachers, Natalie Shaw and Brandon Miller, who create a safe, nurturing learning environment where students can successfully meet high expectations. In Fourth Grade, you can expect your child to learn:

Reading

• A Great Heart
• Extreme Settings
• The Redcoats are Coming

Math

• Multiplicative comparisons and place value
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies to solve problems
• Understanding and comparing fractions and decimals to add, subtract and multiply
• Estimating problems with measurement
• Angles, lines and shapes

Science

• Energy
• Photosynthesis and food webs
• Changing Earth and Earth resources
• Day and night, Earth's rotation, and fossils

Social Studies

• The Revolutionary War and America's independence
• The Constitution 
• Building a new nation
• The growth of the republic
• Pre-Civil War United States
• Civil War and Reconstruction

Social Emotional Learning

• Move This World daily morning meeting 

Skills to Practice for Fourth Grade Readiness

• Recalling and retelling events of a story in order
• Writing a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end
• Knowing times tables
• Sharing and communicating appropriately with others
• Working independently