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INTRODUCING OUR FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS…

Mrs. Schwartz
Voice mail :  481-8288 ext. 24
e-mail:  [email protected]

Ms. Smith
Voice mail:  481-8288 ext. 26
e-mail:  [email protected]

This year your child will be taking the MEAP (Michigan Education Assessment Program) test in language arts and math. 

TEST TAKING SKILLS 

*As your family reads together identify if what you are reading is a story or informational text.  Ask comprehension questions as you read to increase your student’s ability to gather important information as they are reading.

*Compare stories that you read and discuss the common themes of the stories.

*Create math story problems on a regular basis (at the grocery store, while playing board games, etc.) to increase their real-life problem solving skills.
Come to Blast Off Parent Day!

 In 4th Grade we use the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program.

Imagine Units
It's Cool, It's School!
Earth Patrol
Super Sleuths
American Snapshots
Meet the Challenge
Could it Really Happen?

At Kettering the MLPP (Michigan Literacy Progress Profile) is used to evaluate each student’s instruction level, plan for classroom instruction, and to evaluate student learning.

Although language arts instruction varies based on the needs of each individual student, in 4th grade these are the areas of focus for mastery learning…

Oral Reading and Retelling
Sight Words

We use the Four Block model 
(guided reading, independent reading, writing, and phonics)

*see writing rubric in homework kit

The Accelerated Reader program tests kids on books at their independent reading level.

Our new math program is called Investigations.  This program is aligned with the Michigan Mathematics Curriculum.  Keeping in mind that no one math program reaches all learners, many supplemental materials are used by our teachers to promote success for all! 

Accelerated Math program is available for grades 1-5.

Fourth Grade Investigations Units

Math Thinking
Arrays and Shares
Seeing Solids
Landmarks 1000’s
Different Shapes
The Shape of Data
Money Miles
Changes  Over Time
Packages and Groups
Sunken Ships and Grids
Time Out of Four

*use QDPA in your homework kits
 
 
 
 

Each unit of study incorporates the two fundamental strands of the Michigan Science Curriculum …

*Constructing  new scientific knowledge 
*Reflecting on scientific knowledge

4th Grade Science Units

Life Science
Organization of Living Things
Evolution
Ecosystems

Physical Science
Matter and Energy
Motion of Objects
Changes in Matter
Waves and Vibrations

Earth Science
Geosphere
Hydrosphere

*Use the Science Experiment chart in your homework kit and do many science experiments at home.
 

Our social studies curriculum is aligned with the Michigan Curriculum Framework.  Each year’s curriculum K-5 incorporates Historical Perspective, Geographic Perspective, Civic Perspective, Economic Perspective, Inquiry, Public Discourse and Decision Making, Citizen Involvement, Core Democratic Values, Constitutional Principles, Economic Principles, and Geographic Themes. 

4th Grade Social Studies Units

Meet Michigan & Michigan's First People

Explorers Far Away & Becoming a State, It Was Not Easy

Slavery and the Trouble That Followed & Using Nature's Gifts

One the Move-Rivers, Roads, Ships, Trains, & Cars

Two Wars and Other Worries-30 Tough Years

Michinga to the Year 2000 and Beyond

Neat Stuff We Make and Grow & Michigan's People Who Are We?

So Much to See in Michigan! It Happpens in Lansing: Our State Government

Sample MEAP Assessment

*Use the Core Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles in homework kits at home to help with creating rules and making family decisions.