4th Grade

📚 READING 📚

Our next read-aloud book is called Save Me a Seat. We will use this story to learn about realistic fiction, how authors write, and answer questions about what we read. We will also practice our test-taking skills to get ready for the ELA state test in the spring.

🖋️ WRITING 🖋️

Students will work on making their paragraphs better. This includes starting with an indent, writing a strong topic sentence, keeping their writing organized, and using the right spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. This will help them share their ideas clearly.

🧮 MATH 🧮

Students will learn to multiply bigger numbers and will practice dividing 3-digit and 4-digit numbers using a method called the partial quotient strategy. 

🌎 SOCIAL STUDIES 🌎

We will learn more about the Indigenous people of New York State. We will also talk about what happened when the native people of Africa, Europe, and the Americas met each other during the Columbian Exchange.

SPECIAL CLASS SHIFT

🎶 MUSIC ➡️ TECHNOLOGY 💻

At the end of this month, 4th graders will switch from their weekly music class with Ms. Allen to a technology class with Ms. Moskovitz. All other special classes, like physical education, art, and science, will stay the same. Students in orchestra will still go to small group lessons on Tuesdays and attend orchestra practice after school on the same day.