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Welcome to 4th Grade

Daily

Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:10 Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival
9:10-9:25 Morning Meeting Art (9:10-9:55) PE (9:10-9:55) Morning Meeting PE (9:10-9:55)
9:25-10:30 Math Morning Meeting, Math Morning Meeting, Math Math Morning Meeting, Math
10:30-11:25 ELA Math Math ELA Math
11:25-12:10 Music ELA ELA Music ELA
12:10-12:45 RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN
12:45-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:10-1:35 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:35-2:40 ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing, Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
2:40-3:25 MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety
3:25-3:30 Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-9:10 Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival Arrival
9:10-9:55 PE Music Art Music Morning Meeting, Math
9:55-10:10 Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting Morning Meeting PE (9:55-10:40)
10:10-11:25 Math Math Math Math Math
11:25-12:10 ELA ELA ELA ELA ELA
12:10-12:45 RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN RTI/WIN
12:45-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:10-1:35 Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
1:35-2:40 ELA - Writing ELA - Writing ELA - Writing, Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies Science / Social Studies
2:40-3:25 MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety MicroSociety
3:25-3:30 Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal Pack Up / Dismissal

Course

Curriculum

Reading / ELA

  • Introduction to reader’s workshop / Practice reading centers
  • Mental images and connections
  • Text-dependent questions and inferences
  • Story elements and fiction summaries

Writing

  • Opinion writing
    • evidence to support opinion
    • citing evidence
    • using leads
    • powerful introductions and conclusions
    • transition words
  • Editing & revising
  • Spelling and grammar concepts

Mathematics

Factors and Multiples

  • Understand factors and multiples
  • Find factor pairs and multiples

Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

  • Size and location of fractions
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Fraction comparison

Extending Operations to Fractions

  • Equal groups of fractions
  • Addition and subtraction of fractions
  • Addition of tenths and hundredths

Science

Earth’s Features and Processes:

  • Volcanoes and patterns of earth’s features
  • Rock cycles
  • Weathering and erosion
  • Sedimentary rock and fossils
  • Natural hazards and engineering

Animal and Plant Adaptations:

  • Animal adaptations
  • Learned behavior and instinct
  • Plant adaptations

Social Studies

United States and New Hampshire Government:

  • Branches of government
  • Government offices

New Hampshire History:

  • Founding
  • Historical landmarks
  • Important historical figures

Reading / ELA

  • Point of view and theme
  • Comparing fiction texts with similar story elements
  • Historical and scientific events and relationships, paired comprehension
  • Nonfiction text structures and features

Writing

  • Informative writing
  • Capitalization
  • Sentences and fragments
  • Homophones
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Similes and metaphors
  • Dictionary skills
  • Roots and affixes

Mathematics

From Hundredths to Hundred-Thousands

  • Decimals with tenths and hundredths
  • Place value relationships through 1,000,000
  • Compare, order, and round numbers
  • Add and subtract 

Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement

  • Multiplicative comparison
  • Measurement conversion

Multiplying and Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers

  • Features of patterns
  • Multi-digit multiplication and division
  • Problem solving with large numbers

Science

Energy and Energy Transfer:

  • Speed and energy
  • Gravitational energy, speed, and collisions
  • Collisions and energy transfer
  • Energy transfer and engineering

Sound, Waves, and Communication:

  • Pattern transfer and technology
  • Sound, vibration, and engineering
  • Sound waves and wavelength
  • Sound waves and engineering

Social Studies

Economics:

  • Human and capital resources
  • Natural resources (renewable and nonrenewable)
  • Scarcity
  • Trade and exchange
  • Characteristics of currency

Reading / ELA

  • Context clues and figurative language
  • Traditional literature
  • Compare and contrast similar themes, topics and patterns of events from traditional literature
  • Figurative language and poetry

Writing

  • Informational writing with sources
  • Fiction narratives
  • Commas and prepositional phrases
  • Ordering adjectives
  • Relative adjectives
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Modal auxiliaries
  • Irregular verb tenses
  • Verb tenses

Mathematics

Angles and Angle Measurement

  • Points, lines, segments, rays, and angles
  • The size of an angle
  • Angle analysis

Properties of Two-Dimensional Shapes

  • Side lengths, angles, and lines of symmetry
  • Reason about attributes to solve problems

Synthesis

  • Reason with fractions
  • Whole-number operations
  • Solve problems with multiplication and division
  • Creation and design

Science

Human Body, Vision, and the Brain:

  • Muscles and skeleton
  • Light, eyes, and vision
  • Structure and function of eyes
  • Brain, nerves, and information processing

Electricity, Light, and Heat:

  • Renewable energy and natural resources
  • Electrical energy
  • Heat energy and energy transfer

Social Studies

U.S. Regional Geography:

  • Locations of major waterways and landforms
  • Introduction to states and capitals
  • Map skills
  • The effect of geography on culture and economics

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Emma Crawford
Jessica Robson
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