Welcome to fourth grade! Below is an overview of what a typical day and year look like for our students. While specific schedules may vary by class and by day in our six-day cycle, here’s a general outline of the daily routine and what your child will be learning.

-Mr. Conti, Mrs. Greenberg, Mrs. Schoening, and Mrs. Teitel

Fourth grade marks an important transition from primary to intermediate elementary school. 

This year focuses on:

• Developing strong organization skills

• Building personal responsibility

• Strengthening foundations in four key academic areas:
  Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies

Language Arts

• Reading and Listening Comprehension

• The Writing Process

• Integration of Science and Social Studies topics

• Writing, Editing, and Proofreading

• Grammar
  
  

Math

• Place Value and Rounding

• Measurement (English & Metric)

• Review of Addition and Subtraction

• Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers

• Graphing and Geometry

• Fractions and Decimals

• ...and Problem Solving throughout!
  
  

Science

• The Scientific Method

• Waves and Information

• Engineering and Design

• Energy

• Structure, Function, and Information Processing

• Earth’s Structures
  
  

Social Studies (New York State Focus)

• Geography

• Native Peoples of New York

• Explorers

• Colonial Times

• The Revolutionary War

• Government

• Transportation, Industrialization, and Growth