Preparing Students
In order to prepare students for the tasks that will unveil themselves in the future I combine the research from Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core, and our district's Bridge to Curriculum documents for planning class activities. The fourth grade team works together to encourage students to be curious and ask questions. We will work on developing the skills necessary to answer these questions, as students take into account the ramifications of their proposals across subject/discipline lines. Equally important, the students will learn to make models and use evidence to support their conjectures. Crosscutting concepts that are fundamental to understanding our world from a scientific or humanitarian viewpoint are also being addressed. These includes concepts such as patterns, and patterns used to sort things as in classifications, cause and effect, as in our experiments or historical events, adaptation, scale, interconnection or systems. These fundamentals are necessary for the students to really grasp the deeper meanings and to be able to interpret and argue their interpretations using evidence, models, and reliable sources.
In Math your child will be learning:
Place Value
Addition & Subtraction
Factors and Multiples
Multiplication and Division
Problem Solving
Fractions & Decimals
Measurement and Geometry
In Science your child will be learning:
Earth Systems: Processes That Shape the Earth
Energy
Waves: Waves and Information
Structure, Function, and Information Processing