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Chesney Elementary
Duluth, GA
1 s t Nine Weeks
Fourth Grade Curriculum Letter
Welcome Back!
Dear Parents,
We want to thank you in advance for
giving us the opportunity to work with your
son/daughter during this school year. Our world
is becoming increasingly more demanding, and
students today must challenge themselves in
elementary school to prepare adequately for their
future schooling and careers. We promise you we
will do all we can to help prepare your child to
meet tomorrow’s challenges. We will continue to
update you every nine weeks with a newsletter
explaining the areas of focus in each subject. We
are very excited about the 2011-2012 school
year and the wonderful curriculum we have
planned for the students!
General Schedule
8:20 – 8:50
Arrival and Morning work
8:50 – 9:00
Morning Announcements
9:00 – 9:15
Instructional Focus
9:15 – 9:45
Team Time
9:45 – 10:00
Bathroom break
10:00 - 10:40
Math
10:40 – 11:25
Specials
11:25 – 12:00
Science/S.S./ Health
12:00 -- 12:46
Lunch (Rotation)
12:34 -- 1:26
TDPE/Bathroom Break
Each class has a different Lunch and TDPE Rotation
Schedule.
1:20 - 2:20
Writing (Grammar)
2:20 - 3:10
Reading
3:15
Car riders & Walkers
3:20
First bus call
Math
AKS: 21, 22, 23, 25, 55, 56, 65, 66, 67, 68,
The Math AKS emphasizes process skills
which help to build mathematical knowledge
and understanding through problem solving,
investigations, use of thinking skills and the
application of math concept to real-life
situations. Along with these skills, the students
will be taught in the first 9 weeks, AKS focusing
on Place Value, Numeration, Rounding,
Estimation, Coordinating System/Graphing and
Data Analysis. You can help your child at home
by helping them to use math in different
situations. For example, ask them to add up the
cost of items when shopping, or use scores
when watching sports to round or estimate.
Science
AKS: 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 11,
In Science we will be studying the states of
water (sold-ice, liquid-water, gas-water vapor);
the freezing point & boiling point of water; the
water cycle and its stages; cloud types and
formations (stratus, cumulus, cirrus, nimbus); the
different types of precipitation & sky conditions;
weather charts & maps; weather fronts; weather
instruments; weather forecasts; the difference
between weather & climate; and the Earth's
different climate zones.
4th Grade Teachers Contact Info
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Fourth Grade Curriculum Letter Page 2
Spelling
Reading
AKS: 48
AKS : 8,9,21,37,39,40,42,43,48
Spelling will focus on words that will
help students with their grammar and writing
skills. This nine weeks word study will include
learning to correctly spell words that can be
classified as homophones, antonyms, and
synonyms. Students will also learn to spell
words with special endings and spelling
patterns.
During the first nine weeks we will be
covering a variety of reading skills. These skills
include drawing conclusions, foreshadowing, and
identifying similarities and differences between
characters, events and themes in a story or
article. Students will also be encouraged to
clarify, illustrate and expand their responses to
literature. All of these skills will not only help with
students’ reading ability, but also their writing as
well. Please continue to read with your students
daily!
Grammar
AKS: 55, 56, 57, 61, 62
Students will focus on a variety of
grammar skills that will encourage them to
become better writers. This quarter will include
skills on understanding the relationship between
the subjects and verbs in sentences. As well as
how the verb in a sentence blends with the
predicate. Students will also be expected to
explain and distinguish between declarative,
imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory
sentences. Students will also gain lots of
experience with writing a variety of sentences
using conjunctions, commas, and other
punctuation marks.
Writing
AKS: 79. 80. 81. 82, 83
Writing during the first nine weeks will
emphasize students’ ability to engage readers
through narrative writing. Students will work to
complete personal and creative narrative writing
pieces. Students will be expected to use
engaging language that will capture a reader’s
attention through sensory details and
sophisticated vocabulary. They will also work to
establish a sequence, main idea and supporting
details to explain and describe setting, plot, and
conflict that may arise among characters in their
writing. Personal narrative writings will be
influenced by the students’ lives and experiences
that are significant to them. Creative narrative
writings will force students to step into the
imaginative realm, to show their creativity.
Social Studies
AKS: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
During the first nine weeks, Social
Studies focus will be on Early Native American
cultures and how natural landforms and
resources and influenced the cultures of these
ancient tribes. Students will also study
European exploration and its impact socially
and economically on the United States and
other countries in the world. Students will learn
and be able to explain factors that shaped
British colonial America. Through the study of
the early colonies, students will be able to
describe daily life and culture of people that
lived in all three colonial regions.
Students will be expected to draw
conclusions and make generalizations. A
variety of resources and practical activities will
be used to enhance and extend our students
knowledge.
Health
AKS: 1, 2, 3
We will examine how each person can
impact the health and safety of others. In
addition, we will focus on the long and short
term effects that diet and physical activity have
on health.