What We Are Learning: 

Math: End of year wrap up projects: Students are working in groups to create their own math board games. Student question cards are a mix of all of the TEKS we have worked on this school year as a review and to get ready for 5th grade!

Hybrid Math: Unit : Understand and Measure angles and Lines:  This unit is composed of 4th grade standards only, where students will extend their learning and apply it to measure, create and draw lines and angles. Students will need to continue using and applying the formal geometric language that is expected of them in the standards. Formal terms still include: point, line, line segment, ray, perpendicular, parallel, symmetrical, isosceles, scalene, equilateral, equiangular, acute, obtuse, straight and right angle. They should remember from last year that triangles are named according to their largest angle.  Students should continue working with concrete and representational examples of polygons that can be described using each of these terms. Students will also be using protractors for the first time. The protractor will help them to find exact angle measures, and will also allow them to draw angles of a given measure.

RLA: Book Study: End of year book study: Sideways stories from Wayside School. Students will read the book as a class and work on projects throughout the book to understand the setting, characters, plot, summary, etc. This book study will wrap up all of the TEKS students have learned throughout the year!
Science: Unit 7: Organisms: In this unit, students will learn that structures and functions of plants enable them to survive in their environments. Some physical traits are inherited whereas others are acquired. Certain organism structures may help an organism survive in its environment.

Social Studies:  Unit 10: Texas in the 20th century:  In this unit the students will be studying Texas in the latter 20th century (1967 - 2000); however, the focus is more on the Texas culture  and scientific innovations that impacted the Texas economy and society. Students will explore how various racial, ethnic, and religious  groups contributed to the Texas culture to help define the state’s identity.  Students will also explore the customs, celebrations, and traditions of various cultural, regional, and local groups in Texas and how that also helped define the state’s identity.  Students will identify the importance of historical figures who modeled active participation in the democratic process (Ann Richards and Wallace Jefferson) as well as those who participated voluntarily in civic affairs at state and local levels (Adina de Zavala and Clara Driscoll). Additionally, students need to understand that the Texas economy in the later half of the 20th century was greatly shaped by the scientific innovations in aerospace, agriculture, energy, and technology.