Fourth Grade Frontiers
Mrs. Brand's Classroom
First Trimester of Fourth Grade
It's been a very productive first trimester of fourth grade! These are some highlights for the year so far.
Integrated Literacy & Content
As part of units of study, we are making connections with literacy and the content areas. We work on main idea and details in different types of texts and compare and contrast often. We've explored plants and found out about different types of seeds. We were home to crayfish for about two weeks to find out what structures help them survive. The students loved learning about them! We went on a fieldtrip to find out about what life was like in Elk Grove Village when it first became a town. We are embarking on a unit of study about innovations and what impact they have made on people's lives.
Plant Unit
Aidan
Searching for seeds.
Carla
Writing about seeds.
Marcelo
Investigating different seeds.
Brain Break Time
Crayfish Adventures
Hennessy keeping an eye on her crayfish!
Teamwork!
Ashleigh & Natalia investigating.
Matthew has a new friend!
Giselle and Andrew check out their friend.
Mia is enjoying getting to know her buddy!
Farmhouse Museum Fieldtrip
Practicing cursive
The one room schoolhouse.
Using ink wells to write.
Outside the house
Dipping a line in to make a candle.
Candles in progress.
Math
Our unit in math this trimester has revolved around number sense and operations. This meant reviewing adding and subtracting numbers to the thousands place and comparing numbers to the millions. From there, we learned to multiply 4 digit by 1 digit problems, and 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. Ask your child to show you the multiplication steps using floor tiles! From there, we will be learning to divide larger numbers and how to recognize the language behind multiplicative comparison.