FOURTH GRADE LEVEL 

 Welcome! We are so excited that you have chosen to visit the fourth grade homepage! This website is designed so that we can share what's happening in our classrooms with our family and friends. We hope that by visiting the 4th grade website you will get a better idea of what we do each day. 

  ****The 4th grade field trip to the NC coast is fast approaching. We still have not received final payment from everyone going. The total cost is $77.00, and the final payment is due by Apri 30, 2012. *****

Curriculum overview:

  • Reading: Students in fourth grade need to comprehend fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. They read for literacy experience and to gain information. **Please have you child read 30 - 40 minutes daily.***
  • Writing: Our major focus for writing in fourth grade is the narrative, both personal and imaginative. Students will learn to implement proper conventions in their writing to make it easy for their readers to understand the written product. They will also learn strategies for focusing in on a small moment in time.
  • Math: Fourth grade students learn about numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, data analysis, probability, and algebra computations. Since we have a heavy focus on multiplication and division, it is essential that your child come to fourth grade with the basic multiplication facts memorized.
  • Science: Fourth grade science consists of animals and adaptations, electricity and magnetism, rocks and minerals, nutrition, and personal safety. Our science emphasis is on inquiry.
  • Social Studies: Fourth graders learn all about North Carolina, including its land and regions, climate, resources, symbols, government, and much more!

Student expectations:

  • Come to school with materials ready.
  • Follow school and classroom rules.
  • Demonstrate a positive attitude.
  • Be responsible for work and behavior.
  • Be respectful to teachers and peers.
  • Follow the FISH Philosophy.

Parent expectations:

  • Encourage good study habits by providing a set time and a quiet place to study.
  • Communicate with the teacher and school about any issues.
  • Attend parent conferences.
  • Check over homework nightly, and sign Paw Packs, progress reports and report cards and return them to school the following day.
  • Parents must get a visitor’s pass from the office when coming in during school hours.

Procedures:

  • The tardy bell rings at 7:55.
  • School ends at 2:25.
  • Please send in a note if your child is going home in a different way than usual after school.
  • After an absence, please send in a note
  • Parents must get a visitor’s pass from the office when coming in during school hours.
  • Interim Reports are sent home the third week of the grading period.
  • Report cards are sent home every six weeks.

Activities:

  • Some of the fun activities that fourth graders experience are NC Craft Fair, Bike Rodeo, Spelling Bee, and Geography Bee.

 

Field Trips:

  • Students will visit several places at the NC coast in May.

Testing:

  • Fourth graders are tested in narrative writing.
  • The End of Grade tests are in math and reading.

If at any time you ever have a concern/comment, please feel free to give a call to the school or set up a time with your teacher to conference. Thank you for your continued work with your child as he/she puts forth their best everyday!

Mrs. Kern

Miss Singleton
Mrs. Williams