Welcome to fourth grade!
What to do at home
- Check assignment book nightly and make sure homework is completed
- Practice math facts
- Read every night
- Encourage independent work
Homework Policy
The county requirement on homework for fourth grade is forty minutes a night. Your child should write down his/her homework every night in his/her assignment book.
Language Arts Goals
Writing
- Writing to persuade
- Writing to inform
- Writing to entertain
- Revising and editing
- Six Traits of Writing
Reading
- Increase enjoyment of independent reading
- Comprehend different forms of text
- Expository (non-fiction)
- Narrative (fiction)
- Mysteries
- Poetry
- Historical Fiction
Math Goals
- Mastery of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Geometry
- Probability
- Problem Solving
- Time and Money
- Place Value
- Reading and writing about math
Science Units
- Environments
- Motion and Design
- Our Place in Space and Light
Social Studies Units
- Maryland
- Geography
- History
- Government
Other Units of Study
- Drug Unit
- Character Counts
Behavior
Students are expected to follow school rules in the classroom at all times. The rules will be posted in the classroom as a reminder.