4th Grade

CURRICULUM

This year's curriculum includes. . . 

Reading

• Comprehension skills, including
  • Inferring
  • Connecting to the text
  • Questioning
  • Predicting
  • Identifying with characters
• Non-fiction texts
• Book clubs
• Fluency

Writing

• Personal narratives
• Essay writing 
• Mysteries
• Class newspaper
• Poetry
• Realistic fiction

Math

• Multiplication/division fact fluency
• Number sense
• Computation
• Algebra
• Measurement
• Fractions
• Geometry
• Problem solving

Social Studies

• California history, including:
  • Regions of California
  • Native American tribes
  • European explorers
  • Spanish Mission period 
  • Ranchos era
  • The Gold Rush

Science

• Life Sciences with ecosystems
• Earth Sciences with rocks and minerals
• Physical Sciences with electricity and magnetism

Study Skills

• Fourth grade is a big year! In fourth grade we hope to foster independence and responsibility. Students learn to come prepared to school and take responsibility for their education.