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Grade 4

Fourth grade is a year of exploration, kindness, and connection. Morning meetings support social-emotional growth, while hands-on STEM lessons and Science of Reading strategies build strong academic foundations. A favorite tradition is the Duck Club, where students are recognized for kind actions like including others at lunch or helping a friend.
We are proud to share that Ms. Quinn and Ms. Lemke were awarded a Fund for Teachers grant and will travel to Iceland this summer, bringing global learning experiences back to their classrooms.
In 2025, the team launched ReadBOWL, encouraging over 100,000 minutes of reading and leading a spirited March Madness reading challenge that kept students engaged. In science, students compare the viscosity of liquids to mimic lava and even dissect the daffodils they plant for Veterans Day—making learning meaningful and memorable.

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English Language Arts

Our goal is for students to be able to read and comprehend a variety of texts with increasing complexity, write structured paragraphs and short essays using correct grammar and punctuation, expand their vocabulary, and engage in discussions and presentations that demonstrate clear thinking and effective communication.

  • Unit 1: Relationships Matter
    • I can identify elements of different genres
    • I can identify the elements of plot
    • I can determine the author's purpose
    • I can summarize a story to include the main events
    • I can write a sentence that includes a subject and a predicate
    • I can write using the four types of sentences
    • I can compose narrative writing to include descriptive segments
    • I can apply grammar to my reading and writing tasks
  • Unit 2: Elements of Plot
  • Unit 3: What Makes You Memorable
  • Unit 4: Just the Facts
  • Unit 5: Poetry Vs. Drama
  • Projects
    • Frindle Choice Board
    • Narrative Essay

Mathematics

Our goal is to develop strong foundational skills with multi-digit multiplication and division, understanding fraction equivalence and operations with like denominators, and expanding understanding of decimals and measurement.

  • Unit 1: Factors & Multiples
    • I can determine if a number is prime or composite
    • I can explain what it means to be a factors or a multiple of a whole number
    • I can relate the side lengths and area of a rectangle to factors and multiples 
    • I can apply multiplication fluency within 100 and the relationships between multiplication and division to find factor pairs and multiples 
  • Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence & Comparison
    • I can make sense of fractions with denominators 2,3,4,5,6,8,10, and 12 through physical representations and diagrams 
    • I can generate equivalent fractions with the following denominators 2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12, and 100
    • I can use visual representations to reason about fraction equivalence, including using benchmarks such as ½ and 1
    • I can use visual representations or a numerical process to reason about fraction comparison
  • Unit 3: Extending Operations To Fractions
    • I can recognize that n x a/b = (n x a)/b
    • I can represent and explain that a fraction a/b is a multiple of 1/b, namely a x 1/b
    • I can represent a solve problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number
    • I can create and analyze line plots that display measurement data in fractions of unit (⅛, ¼, ½) 
    • I can represent and solve problems that involve the addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers, including measurements presented in line plots. 
    • I can use various strategies to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators. 
    • I can reason about equivalence to add tenths and hundredths
    • I can reason about equivalence to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers
  • Unit 4: From Hundreths to Hundred-Thousands
    • I can represent, compare, and order decimals to the hundredths by reasoning about their size 
    • I can write tenths and hundredths in decimal notation
    • I can read, represent, and describe the relative magnitude of multi-digit whole numbers up to 1 million
    • I can recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, the value of a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right
    • I can compare, order, and round multi-digit whole numbers
  • Unit 5: Multiplicative Comparison & Measurement
  • Unit 6: Multiplying & Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers
  • Unit 7: Angles & Angle Measurement
  • Unit 8: Properties Of Two-Dimensional Shapes
  • Unit 9: Putting It All Together
  • Projects:
    • Gallon Man - Learn about gallons, quarts, pints, and cups
    • Geometry Neighborhoods - shapes, angles, and various line types
    • Math Board Games - integrates all units from the entire year

Social Studies

Our goal is to explore the different geographic regions of the United States and investigate the landforms, landmarks, natural resources, climate, and economy.

  • Unit 1: Northeast Region  
    • I can apply map skills to locate the region on different kinds of maps
    • I can identify the states and their capitals for this region
    • I can draw conclusions as to why proximity to water is so important to the Northeast Region
  • Unit 2: Southeast Region
    • I can analyze the impacts of rivers, waterways, the ocean, and mountain ranges on the climate and economy of the region
    • I can identify and compare geographic features that caused people to emigrate and/or migrate to this region of the U.S.
  • Unit 3: Midwest Region
    • I can explore the reasoning for and the results of the development of large cities in the region
    • I can evaluate a National Park that is specific to the region
  • Unit 4: Southwest Region
    • I can analyze the impact of the available natural resources on the development of industry and agriculture in this region
  • Unit 5: West Region
    • I can evaluate a historical event that is significant to this region
  • Projects
    • Classroom Constitution - Create classroom community expectations while learning about the United States’ Constitution 
    • Wax Museum - Travel Through The Regions with a Person, Place, or Event
    • Planting daffodils on Veterans Day - later to be dissected 

Science

  • Unit 1: Human Body, Vision & The Brain  
    • I can investigate structures and functions of the human body
  • Unit 2: Animal & Plant Adaptations 
    • I can investigate how the external and internal of an organism work together as a system that helps growth and survival
  • Unit 3: Earth's Features & Processes
    • I can investigate features and processes of the Earth's surface
  • Unit 4: Sound, Waves, & Communication
    • I can investigate the science of sound and the connection between sound and vibration
  • Unit 5: Energy & Energy Transfer
    • I can investigate how energy is stored, released, and transferred
  • Unit 6: Electricity, Light, & Heat
    • I can investigate how heat, solar, wind, and water energy can be transformed into electrical energy
  • Projects: 
    • Natural Disaster Research Project - Investigate a natural disaster, how you can prepare, what the impacts are, and what areas they happen in
    • Chain Reaction Project - Students develop chain reactions throughout the classroom to see how energy is transferred