Welcome to 4th Grade by

PowerSchool

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Keep up to date on your child's grades!

Massachusetts Guidelines

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Elementary and Secondary Education Curriculum and Support!

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This is a great website where you can make your own flashcards based on what we are doing in class!

4th Grade Curriculum

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Look here for any questions about what we're learning in class and why!

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We will be using this to pass in/stay updated with work we do in and out of the classroom!

Class Dojo!

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Teacher/guardian communication for our class!

brain pop

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This is a website full of videos that students can go though based on what we are doing in the classroom!

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Welcome to 4th Grade!

On this website you can find resources for families, students, and even view the resources that us teachers use in the classroom. See what we're learning through our lesson plans, curriculum links and class books! Learn about our classroom habits by viewing our classroom layout, our schedule, and our birthday calendar! This is going to be an amazing year with a classroom full of intelligent minds!

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The first day of school it is very important to get students involved in how they want their classroom to run. Therefore I have my students make there own set of classroom rules and add some of my own.

Learning Outside of the Classroom!

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Encourage and inspire your children to extend their education outside of the classroom!

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This is a website we will be using where students watch videos and answer questions, you can go back and reference those videos here!

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Family Strengthening

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Families are learning and adjusting just as much as students in a classroom! Continue to strengthen your family and parenting skills with some tips from Healthy Safe Children.

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This website has a variety of options of games with math and English to work on at home!

Parents Anonymous

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Get help/ find advice for parenting in a safe and supportive way.

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It is very important to celebrate our students birthday's because the classroom is about building a community, and building connections. Every student should feel celebrated and cherished in our classroom.

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This is a resource that we use in class that gives students options to play games based on math or English, students are welcome to play these at home!

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This is a resource that can be used to review topics that we have gone over in class through videos!

Learning Resources during Break

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Summer, Winter, or Spring Break you can use these resources to help support your student in at home learning and continuing their education!

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On level for 4th Grade Reading

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Challenging read for 4th Grade, class read with teacher

Lunch Schedule

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On level for 4th Grade Reading

Math Lesson Plan

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Learning about bar graphs, and how we read and evaluate them, this lesson plan incorporates group work and rotating through our math stations!

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On level for 4th Grade Reading

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This is a lesson/game that we played in class to have students get a better grip on vocabulary based on what we are learning in class. This is the lesson plan guidelines and rules if a student wants to play it at home!

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Diversity Read, Whole Class discussion

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Our classroom seating arrangements:
Diverse seating allows students to take control of where they want to learn, and allow them to move their body to help promote focus.

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Our class seating groups!
Sitting with groups encourages creativity and teamwork within our classroom!

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Our classroom calming corner, where students can self regulate and bring themselves back to their work when they're ready.

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Hi! My name is Emma Rothstein, my pronouns are she/her. I am originally from Belchertown, MA, but now I live in Hadley, MA. I got my bachelor's degree from Westfield State University. I've always wanted to work in education since I was young and saw my dad teaching. I want to be able to see children grow and flourish in an environment that is nurturing for them. A fun fact about myself is that I have visited 22 countries before 20.

csantos4792 — 2023-09-27 16:06:24 UTC

Hi! My name is Caitlyn Santos, and I use she/her pronouns. I am from Sutton Massachusetts, which is more central Mass! I got my degree from Westfield State University, and became a teacher to be able to have my students make good connections with me and their peers, and I want to help make that environment for them. A fun fact about me is that I have been to over 20 concerts!

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Hello families and learners!
My name is Emma Towsley (she/her) and I am one of your 4th grade teachers! I studied at Westfield State University, and am originally from West Springfield, MA. Something interesting about me is that I have a bunny named Marshmallow and I love animals! One thing that motivates me as a teacher is helping to shape young minds, and seeing each of my students grow within my classroom and the rest of their lives. I'm so excited for this year and to work with everyone!

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Technology Use within the Classroom

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In this classroom, we will be using technology to help support our student's understanding. But it is necessary that we all understand that we wish to only use it when it is almost absolutely necessary to use it with the implication of instructions. We as teachers are going to be making sure that we pay close attention to what our students are doing when they are using technology or surfing the web. Their work with technology will be closely monitored. Along that line, we also do not want to use internet when it is not necessary for the lesson or to support their learning. As teachers, we might not even be using technology with the whole class, also as small groups together. Technology is something that we can learn to use together to strengthen our learning and understanding of our lesson or even how to use that technology.

csavery1231 — 2023-09-29 13:40:15 UTC

Hi! My name is Cassandra Savery, and my pronouns are she/her. I lived in Acushnet, MA but I got my bachelor's degree from Westfield State University. I always wanted to be a teacher because growing up my brother has Autism, and had some share of bad teachers. Seeing my brother struggled inspired me to make sure another student does not have to go through that.

StoryJumper Lesson Plan

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Lesson plan on contraction words: See student examples for more!

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Food Chain Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan for food chains includes a food chain matching game, an interactive website worksheet, and an exit ticket reestablishing the hierarchy of organisms in a food chain. The interactive worksheet follows the layout of the website about https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/science/animals/games/food-chain/ "The Food Chain Game", where students must accurately order organisms on a food chain.

Ozobot Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan incorporates English writing with STEAM through story telling and Ozobot code reading. Students must create a story and the Ozobot travels throughout the page following the story's signal words. To see the product of this lesson plan please see student work.

Ozobot Student Work

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This story about a football game, #92 green team and #16 blue team lead the ozobots throughout the poster board to see who is going to win the big game. Watch the video to see who wins!

Ozobot Board

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Slimy Frogs vs. the Crayon Slayons!

Ozobot Crayon Slayon Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan incorporates Geography with STEAM. Students will research a city/country outside of the United States of their choice, and incorporate the fun facts and sites to see in their Ozobot project board. Students will learn about coding robots and about new countries!

Lesson Plan Handout

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This handout goes along with the Geography and STEAM lesson plan with our Ozobots, focusing on the Geography brochure of the student's chosen Country.

Ozobot Project Video

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Why we love Class Dojo!

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Solar System Ozobot Project

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This lesson plan incorporates technology with our science unit of the solar system. Students will show their knowledge of the order of planets, fun facts of planets, and their usage of Ozobot technology!

Solar System Ozobot Student Work

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Follow the ozobot through the solar system and learn about the planets!