Timed tests masters are linked here. Principal Exams
iReady Mathematics Program
*Each lesson is about a week of instruction.
Unit 1: Whole Numbers: Place Value, Comparison, Addition, and Subtraction
Lesson 1: Understand Place Value
Lesson 2: Compare Whole Numbers
Lesson 3: Round Whole Numbers
Lesson 4: Add Whole Numbers
Lesson 5: Subtract Whole Numbers
Unit 2: Operations: Multiplication, Division, and Algebraic Thinking
Lesson 6: Understand Multiplication as a Comparison
Lesson 7: Multiplication and Division in Word Problems
Lesson 8: Multiples and Factors
Lesson 9: Number and Shape Patterns
Lesson 10: Model and Solve Multi-Step Problems
Unit 3: Multi-Digit Operations and Measurement: Multiplication, Division, Perimeter and Area
Lesson 11: Multiply by One-Digit Numbers
Lesson 12: Multiply by Two-Digit Numbers
Lesson 13: Use Multiplication to Convert Measurements
Lesson 14: Divide Three-Digit Numbers
Lesson 15: Divide Four-Digit Numbers
Lesson 16: Find Perimeter and Area
Unit 4: Fractions, Decimals, and Measurement: Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication
Lesson 17: Understand Equivalent Fractions
Lesson 18: Compare Fractions
Lesson 19: Understand Fraction Addition and Subtraction
Lesson 20: Add and Subtract Fractions
Lesson 21: Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers
Lesson 22: Add and Subtract Fractions in Line Plots
Lesson 23: Understand Fraction Multiplication
Lesson 24: Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers
Lesson 25: Fractions as Tenths and Hundredths
Lesson 26: Relate Decimals and Fractions
Lesson 27: Compare Decimals
Lesson 28: Problems About Time and Money
Lesson 29: Problems About Length, Liquid Volume, Mass, and Weight
Unit 5: Geometry and Measurement: Figures, Classification, and Symmetry
Lesson 30: Points, Lines, Rays, and Angles
Lesson 31: Angles
Lesson 32: Add and Subtract with Angles
Lesson 33: Classify Two-Dimensional Figures
Lesson 34: Symmetry
Fourth graders are asked to complete a Reading Log form to be turned in at the end of each month. Students are expected to read 20 minutes a night (M-F) with a goal of 400 minutes a month. This is one of our Wildly Important Goals (WIGs).
Wonders Literacy Program
Unit 1 - Week 1/2 Unit 4 - Week 1/2
Unit 1 - Week 3/4 Unit 4 - Week 3/4
Unit 1 - Week 5/6 Unit 4 - Week 5/6
Unit 2 - Week 1/2 Unit 5 - Week 1/2
Unit 2 - Week 3/4 Unit 5 - Week 3/4
Unit 2 - Week 5/6 Unit 5 - Week 5/6
Unit 3 - Week 1/2 Unit 6 - Week 1/2
Students will receive their list on Mondays, and tests are on Fridays.
Wonders and Spelling City are websites to practice your words.
If your child loses his or her copy of the spelling words for the unit, send me an email and I will send them home with another.
Unit Concept: Colorado Symbols/Geography/Regions
Students will learn the meaning behind the symbols of Colorado and be researching the five different regions in our state and sharing their findings with the class. Students will be looking for landforms, climate, major cities, animals, elevation, population, and industries and agriculture for their area. We will also be creating a salt dough map of Colorado so students can use what they learned from their research to apply to their map.
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Unit Concept: Changes Over Time
Students will learn about Rock Patterns, Plate Tectonics, Renewable/Non-Renewable Resources, and Natural Processes.
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Unit Concept: Economics
Student will learn about the relationship between choice and “opportunity cost” (the value of something that you give up when choosing something else). Personal Financial Literacy: Define positive and negative incentives.
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Unit Concept: Communicating Using Wave Energy
Students will learn about Motion of Waves, Wavelength and Amplitude, Light Reflection, and Information Technologies.
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Unit Concept: Colorado Biographies
Students will learn about Native Americans, European Explorers, Trappers and traders, Homesteaders, Gold and Silver Rushes and the trail makers and path finders of Colorado. The early pioneers of the Rocky Mountain West helped establish Colorado's early history. Fourth graders will be learning about them and the impact they made on our state.
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Unit Concept: Using Energy Transformations
Students will learn how electric currents and collisions transfer energy and how speed increases energy. Students will also learn about how energy is stored and converted to one form to another.
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Unit Concept: Organism Structures
Students will learn about Plant and Animal Parts and Sense Receptors.
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Unit Concept: Colorado Government
Fourth graders will explain the origin and function of the three branches of government and describe how to engage in your local government to demonstrate their rights and initiate change as an involved citizen.
Bri Winder is excited to begin her 5th year teaching Fourth Grade at Eagle Ridge! She is originally from Tennessee, but has lived all over the country. She went to school at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, and several years later knew it was time to make the career change to teaching. She earned her Masters in Elementary Education from Western Governors University. Her favorite part of teaching is making connections with students and watching them build confidence in themselves as they learn and grow. During her free time she loves to do anything outdoors with her partner Avi and their dog, Hansel. When she’s not outside, she enjoys cuddling up with a coffee and her cat Finley while reading a good book.
Emily Viramontes is excited to begin her first year at Eagle Ridge and her fourth year teaching! She has taught 4th and 5th grade, as well as CLDE small groups, and she loves building relationships and helping students grow in confidence and curiosity.
Emily was born and raised in Colorado and earned her degree in Elementary Education from the University of Colorado at Denver. She also holds a CLDE endorsement and is bilingual. Her favorite part of teaching is creating a welcoming space where all students feel seen, supported, and capable of success.
Outside of school, Emily enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, and taking part in seasonal activities around Colorado. She’s very close with her sister, Camila, and loves spending time with her family and their dog, Nacho. She is excited to join the wonderful community at Eagle Ridge!
Alanda Patton (formerly Alanda Seeling) is excited to join the 4 th grade team at Eagle Ridge
Elementary! She grew up in a military home and has had the opportunity to live in 8 states.
After moving to Colorado in 2008, this is now her home and she loves it. Alanda graduated from
a university in South Carolina with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and a minor in
History. After graduating, she felt called to be a teacher and went back to school to gain a
teaching license. Since 2015, Alanda has taught 3 rd and 4 th grade and has been in an
interventionist role for 3 rd -5 th grade students. She has been teaching in Colorado Springs for the last 9 years and has recently moved to Highlands Ranch where her husband grew up. During her free time, she enjoys traveling, time with family, watching sports, reading, and spending time with her cat and dog!
Lisa Rutledge is excited to begin her first year teaching at Eagle Ridge Elementary and excited for fourth grade!! Ms. Rutledge loves to work with students to be their best and grow to be lifelong learners. Teamwork, cooperation, and communication are important in her classroom, as well as having fun while learning. She is looking forward to helping her students build their curiosity for new things as well as build a community that believes in kindness, positive leadership, and the Golden Rule.
This will be her eighth year teaching in elementary school and she has previously taught second and third grade. Before that she worked in the educational field as a substitute teacher and attendance/office clerk. She graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a Biology degree. Ms. Rutledge went to UCCS for her teaching license and then to Adams State University for her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. She has three children and six grandchildren. She has lived in Colorado for 31 years.
In her free time Ms. Rutledge loves to read, crochet, walk on Colorado trails, and watch sunsets over the mountains or at an ocean beach. She also loves to have adventures and travel to visit family and friends. She is looking forward to her new and exciting adventure at ERE.
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