January's Instructional Focus: Guided Reading
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4th Grade
Greetings From Our Fourth Grade Team!
Our 4th Grade Team Consists of:
4-1 (ICT) Ms. DiBlasi & Ms. Gouzos
4-2 (ICT) Ms. Leung & Ms. Feliciano
4-3 Ms. Verdemare
4-4 Ms. Acevedo
4-5 Ms. Foti
4-8 Ms. Gerace
Our 4th Grade Mantra:
"Even when we make a mistake, we grow from the risks we take. Roll it off your shoulder don't break a sweat. It just means we're not there yet!"
Additional Resources
Our fourth grade students are currently multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers in mission 3.
In reading and writing, we are determining the theme in Traditional Tales that are related to Cinderella. This is helping us write strong arguments about the theme of a traditional text in the form of an opinion essay. In Science we are learning about how energy is transferred through a food chain. In Social Studies, we are learning about the first groups of Native Americans to inhabit New York.
Reading/Writing
September/October
Getting Started Unit
October/November
Unit 1: What’s the Problem?
November/December
Unit 2: Cinderella Tales
December/January
Unit 3: Amazing Animals
January/February
Unit 4: Taking Responsibility
February/March
Test Preparation
April/May
Unit 5: The Artist's Eye
May/June
Unit 6: Fantasy
Math
September/October
Place Value, Rounding
Addition, and Subtraction
October/November
The Metric System
November/December
Multi-Digit
Multiplication and Division
January
Geometry
February/March
Fractions
April
Decimals/Test
Preparation
May
Decimals
June
Measurement Conversions
Science
September/October
Unit 1: Life Cycles and Organisms/Living Things
October/November
Unit 2: Animal Adaptations
November/December
Unit 3: Food Chains and Food Webs
December/January
Unit 4: Plant Life Cycles and Adaptations
January/February
Unit 5: Reproduction of Plants
February/March
Unit 6: Inherited and Acquired Traits
March/April
Unit 7: Plant Life Cycles and Adaptations
April/May
Review of Major Concepts: Magnets, Electricity, Water Cycle, Simple Machines, Erosion, States of Matter, and Using Measuring Tools
May/June
Science Test Prep
May 25th-June 3
Science Performance Assessment
June 6
Science Written Exam
Social Studies
September
The Geography of NY State
October
Native Americans: First
Inhabitants of NY State
November
European Exploration of the
New World/Focus on New Amsterdam
December
Colonial Period in NY
January
French and Indian War/
The Revolutionary War
February
The Revolutionary War
March
Freedom and the New Nation
April
Immigration in NY State
May
Industrialization in NY State
June
The Civil War
and Westward Expansion
Science
September/October
October/November
November/December
January
February
February/March
April/May
May/June
