4th Grade

📚 READING: We're finishing our novel, *The Tiger Rising*. We'll study the characters, how the author writes, and learn new words. We’ll also practice close reading and making notes on both fiction and nonfiction.

🖋️ WRITING: Students will explore the elements of realistic fiction and enhance their writing. They'll learn to use transition words, dialogue, internal thoughts, body language, descriptive settings, and actions that drive the story. This month, students will publish their own short stories in this genre.

🧮 MATH: We will learn how multiplication and division are related and solve problems that compare numbers using multiplication. We'll also use partial products and the area model to solve multi-digit multiplication problems.

🌎 SOCIAL STUDIES: We will continue studying the indigenous people of the Americas, focusing on the Lenape and Haudenosaunee people from present-day New York State.

🔬 SCIENCE: Our scientists will keep studying volcanoes and how rocks form as part of our geology unit.

🖼️ ART: The artists will paint landscapes that express emotions.

🎶 MUSIC: Students will learn to play the ukulele and prepare to sing at the Winter Celebration of Learning concert on December 19th.

⚾ PHYSICAL EDUCATION: 4th graders will work on skills like throwing and catching, and start their fitness gram assessments.