Dear Parents,
What a busy winter it has been! Our class play was a masterful success and two weeks later, we ventured out into the ICE (about two inches of it) and snow for a true Norse experience at Camp Edwards. The children were very tired the last few daysbefore the break but they found the strength to celebrate Valentine's Day and...
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Dear Parents
I don’t know what I did but even I could not open that last file. As it is, the day after I sent it, I realized it needed to be changed. I asked Cynthia Trevillion to help me during skills periods by providing individual attention to children while doing problems in math. We will be deepening our work with multi-digit...
Calendar and Block Rotation Fourth Grade 2012-1013
August 2012
Sun 26 Class Picnic
Mon 27 Teachers start school
September 2012
Mon 3 Labor Day (No School)
Tue 4 New Family Orientation (GS & HS)
Wed 5 First Day of School Grades 1-12
Rose Ceremony
9/05–10/ 05 Form Drawing, Map making and Local Geography
Field Trip Chicago...
September 5 – October 5 4.5wks Form Drawing, Map Making and Local Geography
We will begin with Form Drawing and the use of a ruler to create guiding lines in order to draw Celtic Knots, maps and borders.
October 2 4th grade Parent Evening
October 8 – October 26 3wks...
Course Descriptions 4th grade 2012-2013
Form Drawing - weekly
As we have done since 1st grade, we will start the year with Form Drawing. This year the children will learn to construct forms utilizing the circle and a straight edge. They will draw forms whose lines weave over and under in a rhythmical balanced movement. These knotted...
By the fourth grade, students are discovering the complexities of human motivations and emotions. They study Norse Mythology and folktales that reflect human characteristics in the stories of the Norse Gods. These traditional tales center on strength of character, courage, self-sacrifice, and perseverance while revealing hidden motives,...
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