~4th Grade News~
February 2012
The students enjoyed their first field trip to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The students are fully engaged in the Modern Dance Residency program developed by the educational branch of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. This experience has been made possible by a grant from the foundation and is very enriching to the education of the children.
In Reading, the students have worked diligently in Literature Circles. The students are completing their study of Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan. They enjoyed working together in small groups and discussed the various connections they shared with the characters in the story. We will return our focus to the Story Town Anthology, Theme 3: Natural Changes.
In Science, we are wrapping up the Water unit with the Water Conservation Project presentations. We will soon begin our journey into the Magnetism and Electricity unit. The students will create different kinds of circuits and understand the processes that occur in order to make a light bulb and motor function.
The students are continuing to focus on coordinate grids, protractors, latitude, and longitude in math class. Fractions will be the next unit of study.
In Social Studies, students are finishing up with the study of the American Revolution. The students will begin studying maps in the near future.
