Grade 4

Coming up In September: 

• Fourth graders will describe characters, settings and important events, drawing on specific details in the text.

• Students will determine a theme of a story from details in the text; summarize the text. 

• Fourth graders will determine the main idea of nonfiction texts and explain how it is supported by key details. 

• Students will find the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.

• In mid-October, students will begin researching Animal Adaptations

Coming up In October: 

• Fourth graders will develop a story arc that includes setting, characters, conflicts resolution and themes for fictional stories.

• Students will use editing and revising checklists for their writing.

• Students will read and analyze short texts to determine claims, reasons and evidence .

• Fourth graders will then take this information to write a literary essay s about characters in stories. 

Coming up In October: 

Fractions

• Our Unit 2 Family Math Letter

• Build an understanding of fractions using models, pictures, and diagrams.

• Locate and identify fractions on a number line.

• Find equivalent fractions and understand how different fractions can represent the same amount.

• Use familiar benchmarks such as ½ and 1 to help make sense of fractions.

• Compare fractions using pictures, models, number lines, and strategies.

Coming up In October: 

Energy Conversions

• Students explore how energy changes and moves from one form to another.

• They investigate how electrical systems work and what can cause power outages.

• Students become systems engineers and help the fictional town of Ergstown solve its frequent blackouts.

• They use hands on activities and a digital simulation to test ideas and solve problems.

• Students choose energy sources and converters and use evidence to explain how their choices could make the town’s electrical system more reliable.

Coming in December

Coming up In September: 

• Our fourth graders are diving into Unit 1 in Spanish class with a global exploration centered on Spain! 

• Students are learning  Spain’s location within Europe while learning the Spanish names for nearby countries, world continents, oceans, and the various languages spoken across the European continent. 

• Students will be  building  language skills by practicing how to use Spanish action verbs to construct complete sentences. 

• We will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in Spanish Class.

Coming up in Unit 2 

• Students will be hard at work building their fitness levels for our upcoming state fitness testing in November!

Coming up In Unit 2: 

• Students will strengthen their communication skills by practicing how to listen, express their thoughts and feelings, communicate their needs, and set respectful boundaries, while learning how these skills help build positive, healthy relationships with others. 

Coming up In October: 

• Students are reviewing duple meter rhythms and keeping a steady beat and feeling the music in groups of two.  Students are also reviewing Do, Re, Mi & So songs & tonal patterns.  We’re also exploring musical form, listening for patterns and sections in Rondo Form (ABACA). 

Coming up In September: 

• 4th graders are completing their radial symmetry unit!  They are completing their artwork with the intense, versatile medium of  oil pastels. Experimentation with the material abounds!

• Now, we are digging into clay with "Journey Bowls"! Students are reviewing the handbuilding technique, "slab" and will learn about "coil".  Your artist is deciding on a place that is important to them. Together we are brainstorming how texture can represent meaning from our personal lives.  The texture they decide will make their bowls a personal reflection of somewhere they have been in their lives.

• We continue to practice embracing successess and failures every day - it's touch be we are reminded daily how both are helping us grow into the artists and humans we are meant to be.

October in the Library!

• Book exchange and library check out are officially open! Students may check out up to two books at a time. Books are due back within two weeks, or may be renewed for a longer period of time. 

• The WIS Library offers volunteering opportunities for parents. Please fill out this Google Form to sign up to volunteer!

• The WIS Library is also home to the WIS Daily News! Interested in watching our news show? Download the Google Classroom app on your device and join our class using the following code: g46xmegx.

Grade 4 MakerTech Begins Trimester 2!

• Grade 4 will begin MakerTech during Trimester 2. 

• Students reviewed and signed our Digital Citizenship Charter and pledged to be safe, responsible, and kind digital citizens!