4th Grade
May in the Classroom
In Writing, your fourth grader will continue to write responses with relevant details that demonstrate understanding of texts in short and long constructed responses including comparing and contrasting ideas across a variety of source. In grammar, students will learn about contraction with Not, using negatives, avoiding double negatives, Capital Letters and Punctuation in Quotations, and commas in compound sentences.
In Social Studies we will read about life in Texas today. We will learn about urbanization and how we work to protect our resources for the future. Also, how jobs nowadays require more training and education. To highlight the lesson about Texas Cultural Expression from April, we will have a cultural exchange project. In order to prepare for our Social Studies Interim, we will review chapters 8-10. Finally, we will complete our last unit for the school year, Texas Government. We will study the responsibilities of each branch of the state government of Texas. We will also understand the significance of citizen participation in Texas government.
In math we will be learning how to multiply and divide the 'grown up' way!! Your 4th graders are very excited to learn the algorithm for multiplication and division. They will apply their understanding of the area model in multiplication and division to help them transition to the 'grown up' way. They will also be using their multiplication and division facts to help them solve each problem. Please, ask your child to show you what they have learned. They love to share their learning with you.
In the month of May, we will be finishing module 8 and will be starting our last module. For module nine our class will build their knowledge about protecting the planet, with a focus on the persuasive text genre. We will read texts and view videos about what people can do to take care of our planet.
In Science we will be applying our learning from this year to STEM and PBL projects. We will work with our classmates to develop and create a project to show our learning from a topic this year. We will have a great time collaborating with our classmates to create our end of the year projects!