Fourth Grade

Some of My Favorite Stories

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes

By Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein

What do you think the message of this story is? Is it okay to make mistakes?

The Dot

By Peter H. Reynolds

What do you think the message of this story is? Does everything you do have to be perfect? Can you do things simply because you enjoy it, not because you're good at it?

David Gets in Trouble

By David Shannon

What do you think the message of this story is? Do you think it is better to admit to one's mistakes than come up with excuses? Is lying a good choice?

Curriculum

In our Fourth Grade Character Education classes, we will be using the Second Step curriculum. This curriculum teaches skills in four areas:

Skills for Learning
Empathy
Emotion Management
Problem Solving

We play games, listen to stories, watch music videos, complete worksheets, and sometimes we have Homelinks, which are short homework sheets meant to be completed with a grown up.

You can create a parent/guardian account by going to the website and using the activation key:

SSP4 FAMI LY74

If you created one for third grade last year, this one is a little different. You can have more than one grade level associated with your account if you have more than one student!

Want to Watch a Video?

The Present

This video is about a boy who gets a present, but he doesn't seem to like it very much. What do you think? Why doesn't he like the present? Do you remember what empathy is?

Pip

Here's a video about a puppy named Pip! What do you think about Pip? Do you remember what it means to be resilient? How about a growth mindset - do you remember what that means?

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