Welcome to Open House!

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Welcome to Open House!
Mrs. Brinkmann Grade 4
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Fourth Grade Curriculum

• Language Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies

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Language ArtsReading, Writing, Listening,
Speaking

• Vocabulary
• Writing - opinion pieces, informative texts,
  narratives
• Use of textual evidence to inform or make an
  argument
• Listening
• Speaking

• Reading - a balance of informational and literary
  texts
• Skills - compare/contrast, point of view, theme,
  summarizing, context clues, making inferences,
  main idea, text structure

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Math

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• (factors, multiples, patterns)
• Number and Operations
• (place value, arrays, area models)
• Fractions
• (operations, decimals)

• Measurement and Data
• (area, perimeter, protractors, line plots)
• Geometry
• (lines, symmetry)
• WORD PROBLEMS

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Science

• Classifying plants
• Parts of a plant
• Animal classes
• Structural and behavioral adaptations

• Life cycles
• Simple machines
• Water cycle
• Magnets
• Conductors and insulators

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Social Studies

• Focus on New York State
• Map skills
• First New Yorkers
• Native Americans

• European explorers
• Colonial times
• American Revolution
• Civil War

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NYS Test Datesfor Grade 4

• ELA - April 14, 15, and 16
• Math - April 22, 23 and 24
• Science - May 20 - 22 and June 1

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Procedures

• Absence notes
• Snack
• Phys. Ed. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
• Homework

• Monday folders
• Calling for homework
• Birthdays

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Reminders

• Please sign up for a parent-teacher conference
  (sign up sheets on chalkboard).
• Please write back in your childs notebook.

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Looking forward to a great year!