Miss Rosenberg - Room 26

Miss Alves - Room 27

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Mrs. Wachnicki - Room 28

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Miss Fields - Room 29

Miss James - Room 30

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Literacy – Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop, and Word Work

The literacy curriculum is based on Connecticut state standards for the fourth grade level.

Units:

• Foundations
• Response to Literature
• Author Study – Chris Van Allsburg
• Poetry
• Non-Fiction

Everyday Math

Units:

• Naming and Constructing Geometric Figures
• Using Numbers to Organize Data
• Multiplication and Division; Number Sentences and Algebra
• Decimals and Their Uses
• Big Numbers, Estimation, and Computation
• Division; Map Reference Frames; Measures of Angles
• Fractions and Their Uses; Chance and Probability
• Perimeter and Area
• Fractions, Decimals, Percents
• Reflections and Symmetry
• 3-D Shapes, Weight, Volume, and Capacity
• Rates

Social Studies and Science

Integrated Units and Essential Questions:

Science

Forces and Motion

• What makes objects move the way they do?

Electricity and Magnetism

• What is the role of energy in our world?

Ecosystems

• How do matter and energy flow through ecosystems?
• How are organisms structured to ensure efficiency and survival?

Land and Water

• How do external and internal sources of energy affect the Earths’ systems?

Social Studies

Geography skills (integrated throughout the year with each unit)

• How do maps and globes help us learn about the earth?

Explorers (1493-1793)

• Why did the Europeans explore the new world?
• Why did they cooperate or have conflicts with the native inhabitants?
• How did they impact our world?

ColonialAmerica

• How did the beliefs and values of the earliest European settlers influence the development ofRoanoke,Jamestown, andPlymouth?
• How did the colonists’ beliefs and values lead them to settle and develop the northern, middle, and southern colonies?
• How did geography, climate, and economy influence the development of the northern, middle, and southern colonies?

American Revolution

• What conflicts (economic, social and political) caused the American Revolution?
• How did the beliefs and values of the European and Colonial leaders impact the American Revolution?
• How did the Patriots win the Revolutionary War?