Our 4th-grade students will engage in a variety of activities designed to foster community stewardship and develop essential skills. Through the Free Store project, students will learn about the importance of giving back to their community by partnering with organizations such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, and Military & Family Support Center. They will enhance their communication skills by writing letters, and creating commercials and advertisements for our Nimitz Ohana. Students will also develop their data collection and organizational skills by managing inventory using Google spreadsheets and maintaining the store's upkeep and fulfillment. Additionally, they will gain experience in technology by updating the school website and acknowledging donation and request forms. This project will help students understand the value of community service and equip them with practical skills that are essential for their future.

• Common Core - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

• Common Core - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

• Common Core - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

• Common Core - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

• Common Core - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.2: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.

• Common Core - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.B.4: Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots.

• ISTE Standards for Students - 1.3 Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

• ISTE Standards for Students - 1.6 Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals.

• ISTE Standards for Students - 6a: Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

• ISTE Standards for Students - 7b: Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts, or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

• NGSS - 4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

• NGSS - 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.