1 Welcome to Fourth Grade!Megan Lee Vinny Mascola Mary Guarnieri Maya Schofield Christine Johnson
2 Professional Learning CommunityWe collaborate to meet the needs of all fourth grade learners!
3 School Policies Tardiness Dismissal Plans Recess Lunch Cards/Money
4 Fourth Grade ExpectationsEffort and Rigor Self-management of learning – building independence and confidence Academic and Social Responsibilities Homework
5 English/Language ArtsWriting Informational Writing- Ecosystem Dynamics Digital Literacy – How has technology changed us? Opinion Unit- Child Labor Realistic fiction narrative Writing to Learn Reading Short Stories Informational Reading Digital Reading Poetry Historical Fiction Personal Narrative
6 Building Mathematical ThinkersThe curriculum focuses on developing students’ deep understandings of mathematical concepts, proficiency with key skills, and ability to solve complex and novel problems. Bridges blends direct instruction, structured investigation, and open exploration. Seeing, touching, and sketching ideas create pictures in the mind’s eye, helping learners construct, understand, and apply mathematical ideas. Bridges incorporates increasingly complex visual models, including the Number Line and the Array models, in a coherent framework across the curriculum.
7 Workouts for math fluencyWorkouts for math fluency. Activities designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of multi-digit multiplication and a developing understanding of division. Bridges is a program that provides skills practice as well as supporting the development of broader mathematical concepts.
8 Fourth Grade HighlightsVisits from Eli Whitney Museum for science activities Early Guilford Day – typically the Monday prior to Memorial Day weekend Fourth grade picnic Playground design/build - Application of math concepts Guilford Free Library walk
9 Questions, comments?
10 CLASSROOM TOURS! Christine Johnson: [email protected](203) x121 Megan Lee: (203) x108 Vincent Mascola: (203) x104 Mary Guarnieri: (203) x109 Maya Schofield: (203) x119 CLASSROOM TOURS!