Welcome to fourth grade at SGES!!
Fourth grade is a wonderful time to broaden math skills, to expand critical thinking and reasoning concepts, investigate new ideas in science, and to continue developing writing mechanics and literature interpretation. Fourth grade is involved hands-on in all core subjects, and participates in chapel, PE, art, music, Spanish, and technology.
Curriculum
LANGUAGE ARTS
The fourth grade language arts are divided in several subsets of subject matter: grammar, spelling, vocabulary development, reading comprehension skills, and writing and literature appreciation in all genres. Students will participate in small guided reading groups while learning comprehension skills and strategies. Literature circles, in which the students discuss their reading experiences, are another form of reading instruction utilizing class novels. They also practice the skill of socializing while listening to and accepting others’ interpretations of literature. A goal of fourth grade language arts is to apply all knowledge in this area to other subjects as they read, write, and discover through language. Some of the fourth grade literature selections include A Christmas Carol, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, and My Side of the Mountain.
Fourth grade technology labs provide a time for students to perform and create using the technological skills they have learned through Microsoft programs along with other web-based media. Integrating technology into every curriculum area allows students to apply their knowledge and produce meaningful documents and presentations.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Fourth grade social studies takes students on a journey around the world. Geography and culture of the seven continents are explored. Students will apply map skills, use an atlas, and identify landforms as they collect information to keep in their “passport”. At the end of the school year, students participate in a “Taste of the World” while creating dishes from various countries.
MATH
Fourth grade Everyday Mathematics provides students with a hands-on, multifaceted, and engaging opportunity to immerse themselves in math. Students in fourth grade focus on critical areas:
-understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication
-understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends
-understanding of fraction equivalence
-addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators
-multiplication of fractions by whole numbers
-understanding that geometric figures can be classified based on their properties
SCIENCE
Fourth grade science provides children with hands-on learning experiences that allow them to relate what they learn in the classroom to their daily lives.
Topics covered in fourth grade science are: the water cycle, clouds, severe weather, earth and space, light and sound, states of matter, ecosystems, marine biology, the human body
Students participate in “The Human Body Olympics” at the end of the school year. Games demonstrate the different functions of each system of the body.