Welcome to 4th Grade

Teachers: Mrs. Rosie DeFilippis, Mrs. Elizabeth Messier, Mrs. Kerry Sedorak, Mrs. Jodi Westergom

Social Studies:  Our fourth grade curriculum covers early American History from the migration of the Native Americans to the Formation of the New Nation. 
The topics include:

• Map Skills
• Native Americans *
• Early European Exploration *
• Colonial America *
• Revolutionary War *
• Formation of a New Nation *

* The emphasis is on New Jersey's Role.

Math:  Fourth Grade uses the "Everyday Math" series developed by the University of Chicago.  The program focuses on higher order thinking and problem solving.

The main topics include:

• addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts
• various addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division algorithms
• geometry
• approximation, number sense
• fractions, probability
• decimals, percents
• measurement
• functions and graphing
• problem solving

Science: In fourth grade students participate in many hands-on activities and experiments.  The students study four units: 

• Motion & Design
• Oceans
• Light, sound, & electricity
• Rocks & minerals

Reading:  Fourth graders read many novels which cover the themes of flexibility and adjustment to change, convictions, tolerance, and creativity/fantasy.   Our program also includes an anthology of high quality literature from different genres, broken down into thematic units.  Spelling and vocabulary are collected from our stories and from word-study rules.  

Writer’s Workshop: Fourth Graders learn to write for several different purposes (persuasion, information, description) and for different audiences.  They are taught different types of writing including prose, poetry, research, and short stories.

Field Trips:

Franklin Mineral Mines
Sandy Hook Ocean Institute