Fourth Grade

Mrs. Rossello

Mrs. Morris + Ms. Budd + Mr. Brown

JANUARY 2026

Unit of Inquiry:

How we Organize Ourselves

How parts of a system help it to function

Principled

As Principled members of the community, we act with integrity and always put the greater community before our individual needs. Choosing to do the right thing over what solely benefits us is always the correct choice and helps to promote responsibility and interconnectedness

Thinking Skills

Through this unit, students are working to develop their thinking skills by reflecting, analyzing, evaluating, and forming decisions. They will also be considering new perspectives, generating new ideas, and making connections to transfer understanding across disciplines.

Causation and Responsibility

Students will be working on the concepts of causation and responsibility, evaluating their position in their community, how their decisions impact the greater good and overall progress towards common goals.

Science:

Our Science unit is focused on Energy! Students work together to build an energy circuit, using multiple fixtures to demonstrate the storage, transfer and expression of energy. Understanding the function of each piece in a circuit helps them to better understanding interconnectedness and the responsibility of one piece in a greater system.

Our Language Policy

At Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools, we believe all teachers are language teachers. Language is the major element that connects the curriculum. The focus of language is its application across the subject areas to provide an authentic context for learners to develop and use language socially and academically. In 4th grade, we introduce weekly vocabulary words from the texts we read, encourage the use of content area vocabulary, and push students to extend their thinking while communicating their ideas. We also believe being bilingual is a superpower, and we value students' home language and embrace translanguaging in our classrooms.

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