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Lower School

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

Working with Whole Numbers (to 1,000,000):

  • Understanding values of digits in whole numbers
  • Reading, writing, and comparing whole numbers
  • Rounding whole numbers to any place
  • Adding and subtracting whole numbers using the standard algorithm
  • Multiplying using place value strategies
  • Finding whole number quotients and remainders using strategies based on place value

Multiplication and Division:

  • Interpreting and comparing multiplication equations
  • Solving word problems using drawings and equations
  • Finding factor pairs
  • Generating patterns given a rule

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

Fractions:

  • Explaining equivalent fractions using visual fraction models
  • Comparing fractions with different numerators and denominators
  • Understanding addition and subtraction of fractions
  • Decomposing fractions into a sum of fractions
  • Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
  • Solving world problems involving multiplication of fractions
  • Adding fractions with respective denominators

Decimals:

  • Using decimal notation for fractions
  • Comparing decimals to hundredths

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

Geometry:

  • Classifying two dimensional figures
  • Recognizing lines of symmetry

Measurement/Data:

  • Knowing relative sizes of measurement units within one system
  • Applying the four operations involving fractions and decimals
  • Making and using a line plot to solve problems
  • Recognizing angles as geometric shapes including circles
  • Measuring angles in whole number degrees
  • Recognizing angle measure as additive
  • Drawing and identifying lines and angles
  • Applying area and perimeter formulas for rectangles

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

Meet

Our Teachers

Emma Crawford
Jessica Robson
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