4级

The Grade Four school year sees nine-year-olds becoming more aware of the complexity of the world around them. They experience tremendous cognitive growth and begin questioning everything around them.

Grade Four students begin to wrangle with the awareness of challenging realities of life that impact others such as poverty, 饥饿, 和无家可归. They worry about world events and can become increasingly concerned about the health of their 爱d ones. 对于一些, 这些担忧表现为压力, and this is when teachers and parents need to come together and offer understanding, 爱, 和支持.

对四年级的学生来说，公平是件大事. As they begin to form awareness of their own growing identity, they worry about how that identity will be accepted by others. They can be quite critical of themselves and others and fluctuate between moods.

Teachers and parents can 支持 the moodiness of nine-year-olds by being patient, 更重要的是, 简明地解释期望. Technology also begins to play a role in the social life of Grade Four students, so it is very important that these students are taught how to use technology in safe, 富有成效的, 有意义的方式.

Renbrook’s Grade Four teachers are well versed in the developmental stages and behaviors of their students. They balance nurturing demeanors with high expectations for kindness and empathy. Our teachers prioritize time for team building and the development of collaborative 解决问题 skills through large-group games, 小组活动, 一对一的辅导课程, 如果需要.

在Renbrook, language arts instruction helps students develop the skills necessary to communicate effectively. Language arts includes listening, thinking, speaking, reading, and writing. We structure our curriculum and lessons so that our students have authentic experiences in those areas by integrating other subjects, 使用主题单位, 基于项目的学习, 为现实世界写作.

Language arts lessons are taught within a workshop model. This allows for a gradual transfer of responsibility from teacher to student. 工作坊通常由老师主导, 群, 一项基本技能的系统教学课程. Then, students practice the skill in small groups, partners, and independently. Teachers use formative assessments to set up guided reading and writing groups to provide additional differentiated instruction, 支持, 和反馈.

Renbrook 较低的学校 teachers foster a 爱 of reading in their students. Our students read and discuss a variety of engaging texts that allow them to think critically and make sense of the world around them. Our classroom libraries are full of high-quality literature that reflects diverse topics that offer a window into the varied lives of people in communities close to home and far across the globe.

适合一年级到四年级的学生, 课程, 基金会®, 来自威尔逊阅读系统, is aligned with the science of reading with an emphasis on phonics instruction. 它侧重于阅读, 拼写, 用迷人的笔迹, 多感官材料和技术. 强调的基本技能有:

• 语音和音位意识
• 良好的掌握
• 自然拼读、单词学习和高级单词学习
• 诡计字(高频字)指令
• 词汇表
• 准确、自动、流畅
• 笔迹
• 拼写

Reading comprehension is also taught and practiced by students in grades one through four. Teachers model comprehension strategies during whole-class read alouds and work with small, 导读小组, and they confer with each student individually to assess and provide feedback. 强调的基本理解能力是:

• 总结
• 测序
• 推断法
• 比较与对比
• 得出结论
• 反省
• 解决问题
• 相关背景知识
• 区分事实和观点
• finding the main idea, important facts, 和支持ing details

The workshop model is also used by teachers in grades one through four to provide students with systematic instruction of writing. They practice writing across a variety of genres such as fiction and nonfiction narratives, 描述性的, 说明的, 有说服力的, 诗歌, 和反射. Our students take ownership over the writing process by planning, drafting, and revising their work. Teachers confer with their students offering personalized instruction helping them grow and develop as writers. 强调的基本写作技巧有:

• 拼写
• 资本化
• 标点符号
• 笔迹
• 键盘输入
• 句子结构

Renbrook 较低的学校 students are taught mathematics using Singapore Math® Dimensions Math® and Math In Focus®. 教学方法侧重于具体的内容, 图示, 抽象(CPA)递进, 许多债券, 酒吧的建模, 还有心算. CPA follows a progression starting with tangible manipulatives leading to pictures, 然后是抽象. Number bonds show the part-whole relationship between numbers. Bar modeling helps students visualize a range of math concepts, 比如分数, 比率, 和百分比, allowing students to determine the knowns and unknowns in a given situation. Mental math helps students develop number sense and flexibility in thinking about numbers.

四年级数学内容

• 数字达到100,000+
• 估计 & 数论
• 整数乘法 & 部门
• 表 & 线形图
• Data & 概率
• 分数 & 带分数形式
• 小数
• 添加 & 减去小数
• 角
• 垂直的 & 平行线段
• 广场 & 矩形
• 测量值转换
• Area & 周长
• 对称
• 镶嵌

Social studies in the 较低的学校 at Renbrook provides first through fourth grade students with learning experiences that help them broaden their understanding and appreciation for the cultural diversity that exists in the world.

四个核心的社会研究学科:公民学, 经济学, 地理位置, 和历史, as outlined by The National Counsel for 社会研究, 帮助我们构建社会研究课程. Units are 支持ed by library resources, technology, field trips, and experts in the field. Our students learn how to collect and organize information and interpret data. They work collaboratively to solve challenging problems with a project-based approach to demonstrate their learning.

四年级社会学科内容:

• 国家探索
  • 资本
  • 国旗
  • 气候
  • 经济学(货币)
  • 政府体制
  • 重大历史事件
  • 著名的地标
  • 自然地理
  • 原产于乡村的动物
  • 海关 & 传统
  • 语言
  • 著名的人
• 联合国全球目标
  • 联合国
  • 基本人权
  • 积极参与全球公民