Welcome to Fourth Grade!

Three Report CardsNovember 21st March 6th June 4th

Sign up for conferences online for the week of Thanksgiving – November 24th and 25th

ILLINOIS

Map skills

State project

REGIONS of the UNITED STATES

States and capitals

Salt Dough Map

Hands-on Map

At home, students complete a state project to display information they have learned about their state. Students will

then present their project to their classmates and to parents at a learning

fair. Float

Song

Presentation board

Brochure

Game

Technology/video presentation

Lincoln Report

Research Completed in Classroom

Lincoln Totem Pole

Lincoln’s Springfield

Home

Abraham Lincoln Report Famous Person Report

Illinois Famous Person Reports Use the Same Format as the Lincoln

Report

Mr. Lincoln Comes to Tell Us Tales of His Early and Adult Life

Each Student Selects a Famous Person to

Research

The project is done in first person and orally presented

Students become the person they researched by dressing in costume

$ Checkbook

$ Partnerships

$ Advertising

$ Money Market

$ Teachers’ Store

Students write checks and balance checkbooks with real-world situations.

Students form companies and manufacture a product to sell at the Money Market.

Posters containing company names, logos and a picture of the product are created

by students.

The students buy and sell their products at the Money Market.

Students spend company profits at the Teachers’ Store.

Project Due DateState Project November 4th Famous Person Project

More information coming in November

Money Market More information coming in March

Develop Math Skills

Make Decisions

Create Advertisements

Collect and Fill Orders

Machines & Motion

Rocks & Minerals

Mystery Powders

Food Chains and Webs

Scientific Method

Students do hands-on exploration with six simple machines.

Students investigate the properties of rocks. They also observe and study

calcite and granite.

Unknown powders are tested, fingerprinting is explored and secret

pen pals are matched...

while solving the mystery in a selected novel.

Students study food chains with a focus on owls and anoles.

We will be using the Second Step program to teach critical social skills.

Students work in teams during reading incentive contests.

Individual assignment books are completed on a daily

basis.

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