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Fourth grade is when students enter the upper elementary years at school and become better at making decisions, solving problems, and working in groups.  Their bodies are growing quickly, often in spurts, and emotions begin to emerge that may not have presented themselves before.  Fourth graders still enjoy learning in fun and gamified ways.  However, fourth graders also begin to emerge as deep thinkers, able to make cross curricular connections and choices.

Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

  • Expresses needs and feelings verbally
  • Identifies facial expressions and body language and uses cues in social situations
  • Respects other peoples’ perspectives, especially in conflicts
  • Depend less on adult guidance
  • Research, plan, and solve problems independently

Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

  • Summarize fiction and informational texts with key details
  • Determine main idea and theme with evidence from the text
  • Compare and contrast the way that multiple texts address a theme
  • Utilize context clues for determining unfamiliar vocabulary definitions and clarify meanings of words and phrases with multiple meanings
  • Describe text structures (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution)
  • Produce multi-paragraph pieces of writing with simple, complex and compound sentences, using proper grammar and punctuation
  • Composes emails with that have an introduction and purpose for communication with the guidance and supervision of adults

Foundational Math Skills include:

  • Use four operations with whole numbers to solve algebraic and word problems
  • Use place value and properties of operations (associative, distributive, etc) to solve problems
  • Multiply and divide fluently with 2 and 3 digit numbers
  • Understand fraction equivalence and decimal notation for fractions
  • Solve measurement conversions from larger to smaller units
  • Draw and identify lines and angles and classify shapes by line and angle measurement
  • Find area with accurate units

Tips for Parents of 4th Grade Students:

  • Be patient with your child, especially when emotions change moment to moment
  • Practice ways to deescalate unpleasant emotions to help make responsible decisions
  • Encourage empathy with your child as s/he begins to see the world through other peoples’ lenses
  • Encourage assertive behavior when asking for needs and wants in a calm respectful manner
  • Help your child practice using the phrase, “May I explain” in situations where they feel they may be misunderstood
  • Help your child to begin to advocate for themselves
  • Continue the sleep schedule of 9-10 hours each night

Learn More About Common Core Standards

Students in 5th grade are a great deal of fun to be around as they begin to test their senses of humor on others.  5th graders enjoy light hearted pranks and jokes that are more complex and make them think, such as riddles.  At around age 10, having a trusted adult other than a parent is important for them to get perspective on their thoughts, ideas, and struggles.  5th graders have an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses.  They require special motivation and confidence building in areas where they perceive they have deficits.

Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

  • Emotion management and de-escalation of frustration
  • Understanding choices in problem solving and choosing wisely to prevent regret
  • Managing revengeful feelings by seeking alternatives
  • Calming down and thinking clearly before handling put-downs
  • Expressing empathy and assisting others when they are struggling

Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

  • Quote accurately from the text when summarizing and drawing inferences
  • Read and comprehend informational texts including history, social science, science and technical texts
  • Compare and contrast structure (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution)
  • Produce clear and coherent writing with organization and development that are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience
  • Write a research paper with information from multiple sources, cited sources, and a narrowed topic 
  • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including figurative language (e.g. idioms, metaphors, and similes)

 

Foundational Math Skills include:

  • Identify. read, write, and compare decimals and fractions through the thousandths
  • Add , subtract, multiply, and divide decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators
  • Find area with squared units and volume of rectangular prisms and use cubic units 
  • Identify points on the coordinate plane for real world problem solving
  • Write and interpret numerical expressions in base ten with decimals, fractions, powers

Tips for Parents of 5th Grade Students:

  • Be patient with your child as his/her body is experiencing growth spurts that have physical and emotional effects
  • Provide opportunities for your child to spend time with other trusted adults to build healthy relationships
  • Talk through your feelings of frustration and how you manage negative emotions
  • Be a role model of healthy friendships
  • Look for signs of anxiety and assist in relieving your child of stress through exercise, outdoor play, and rest

Learn More Here about Common Core Standards

Sixth grade is a year of great opportunity for kids.  This year is naturally filled with inconsistency as a great deal of physical growth (on average 3-4 inches!) and personal discovery is going on.  Sixth graders do not typically self-regulate their sleep schedule, nutrition intake, etc. and often like to debate their needs with adults.  Boys and girls are very peer-approval driven, requiring extra love and affirmation from parents and other loving adults.

Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

  • Understands the many meanings of social groups, group membership, and how groups function
  • Use humor to de-escalate difficult conversations/situations
  • Identifies potential consequences of actions
  • Meets new people more easily and makes friendship choices 

Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

  • Finding and citing text evidence explicitly to support analysis and inference from the text
  • Determine the meaning of words and phrases including figurative language and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
  • Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not
  • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
  • Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate

Foundational Math Skills include:

  • Write and interpret numerical expressions - use parentheses, brackets, and braces in numerical expressions
  • Solve word problems by showing the algebraic expressions with the variable
  • Understand the place value system - read, write and compare decimals to thousandths understanding that the value of the digit to the left is 1/10 greater.
  • Understand the relationship between decimals and fractions and be able to find equivalencies
  • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike denominators including in word problems
  • Convert among different-sized standards of measurement.
  • Measure volume by counting unit cubes and using formulas
  • Understand perpendicular number lines & coordinate planes - x/y axis and x/y coordinates
  • Identify and Graph points on a coordinate plane

 

Tips for Parents of 6th Grade Students:

  • Note continuing growth spurts and be patient with physical, social, and emotional changes
  • Assist your child in setting physical and social boundaries and identifying other peoples’ boundaries and abiding by them
  • Help your child note the difference between passive, aggressive, assertive, and passive aggressive behavior and encourage him/her to be assertive when needed
  • Point out opportunities for showing how interdependence between family members and how teamwork keeps things running smoothly
  • Encourage slow thinking for situations that may have consequences 
  • Express patience, love, and trust daily

Learn More Here about Common Core Standards

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    Fourth grade is when students enter the upper elementary years at school and become better at making decisions, solving problems, and working in groups.  Their bodies are growing quickly, often in spurts, and emotions begin to emerge that may not have presented themselves before.  Fourth graders still enjoy learning in fun and gamified ways.  However, fourth graders also begin to emerge as deep thinkers, able to make cross curricular connections and choices.

    Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

    • Expresses needs and feelings verbally
    • Identifies facial expressions and body language and uses cues in social situations
    • Respects other peoples’ perspectives, especially in conflicts
    • Depend less on adult guidance
    • Research, plan, and solve problems independently

    Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

    • Summarize fiction and informational texts with key details
    • Determine main idea and theme with evidence from the text
    • Compare and contrast the way that multiple texts address a theme
    • Utilize context clues for determining unfamiliar vocabulary definitions and clarify meanings of words and phrases with multiple meanings
    • Describe text structures (e.g. chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution)
    • Produce multi-paragraph pieces of writing with simple, complex and compound sentences, using proper grammar and punctuation
    • Composes emails with that have an introduction and purpose for communication with the guidance and supervision of adults

    Foundational Math Skills include:

    • Use four operations with whole numbers to solve algebraic and word problems
    • Use place value and properties of operations (associative, distributive, etc) to solve problems
    • Multiply and divide fluently with 2 and 3 digit numbers
    • Understand fraction equivalence and decimal notation for fractions
    • Solve measurement conversions from larger to smaller units
    • Draw and identify lines and angles and classify shapes by line and angle measurement
    • Find area with accurate units

    Tips for Parents of 4th Grade Students:

    • Be patient with your child, especially when emotions change moment to moment
    • Practice ways to deescalate unpleasant emotions to help make responsible decisions
    • Encourage empathy with your child as s/he begins to see the world through other peoples’ lenses
    • Encourage assertive behavior when asking for needs and wants in a calm respectful manner
    • Help your child practice using the phrase, “May I explain” in situations where they feel they may be misunderstood
    • Help your child to begin to advocate for themselves
    • Continue the sleep schedule of 9-10 hours each night

    Learn More About Common Core Standards

  • Students in 5th grade are a great deal of fun to be around as they begin to test their senses of humor on others.  5th graders enjoy light hearted pranks and jokes that are more complex and make them think, such as riddles.  At around age 10, having a trusted adult other than a parent is important for them to get perspective on their thoughts, ideas, and struggles.  5th graders have an awareness of their strengths and weaknesses.  They require special motivation and confidence building in areas where they perceive they have deficits.

    Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

    • Emotion management and de-escalation of frustration
    • Understanding choices in problem solving and choosing wisely to prevent regret
    • Managing revengeful feelings by seeking alternatives
    • Calming down and thinking clearly before handling put-downs
    • Expressing empathy and assisting others when they are struggling

    Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

    • Quote accurately from the text when summarizing and drawing inferences
    • Read and comprehend informational texts including history, social science, science and technical texts
    • Compare and contrast structure (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution)
    • Produce clear and coherent writing with organization and development that are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience
    • Write a research paper with information from multiple sources, cited sources, and a narrowed topic 
    • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including figurative language (e.g. idioms, metaphors, and similes)

     

    Foundational Math Skills include:

    • Identify. read, write, and compare decimals and fractions through the thousandths
    • Add , subtract, multiply, and divide decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators
    • Find area with squared units and volume of rectangular prisms and use cubic units 
    • Identify points on the coordinate plane for real world problem solving
    • Write and interpret numerical expressions in base ten with decimals, fractions, powers

    Tips for Parents of 5th Grade Students:

    • Be patient with your child as his/her body is experiencing growth spurts that have physical and emotional effects
    • Provide opportunities for your child to spend time with other trusted adults to build healthy relationships
    • Talk through your feelings of frustration and how you manage negative emotions
    • Be a role model of healthy friendships
    • Look for signs of anxiety and assist in relieving your child of stress through exercise, outdoor play, and rest

    Learn More Here about Common Core Standards

  • Sixth grade is a year of great opportunity for kids.  This year is naturally filled with inconsistency as a great deal of physical growth (on average 3-4 inches!) and personal discovery is going on.  Sixth graders do not typically self-regulate their sleep schedule, nutrition intake, etc. and often like to debate their needs with adults.  Boys and girls are very peer-approval driven, requiring extra love and affirmation from parents and other loving adults.

    Social and emotional strategies/skills include:

    • Understands the many meanings of social groups, group membership, and how groups function
    • Use humor to de-escalate difficult conversations/situations
    • Identifies potential consequences of actions
    • Meets new people more easily and makes friendship choices 

    Foundational English Language Acquisition(ELA) Skills include:

    • Finding and citing text evidence explicitly to support analysis and inference from the text
    • Determine the meaning of words and phrases including figurative language and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
    • Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not
    • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
    • Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate

    Foundational Math Skills include:

    • Write and interpret numerical expressions - use parentheses, brackets, and braces in numerical expressions
    • Solve word problems by showing the algebraic expressions with the variable
    • Understand the place value system - read, write and compare decimals to thousandths understanding that the value of the digit to the left is 1/10 greater.
    • Understand the relationship between decimals and fractions and be able to find equivalencies
    • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike denominators including in word problems
    • Convert among different-sized standards of measurement.
    • Measure volume by counting unit cubes and using formulas
    • Understand perpendicular number lines & coordinate planes - x/y axis and x/y coordinates
    • Identify and Graph points on a coordinate plane

     

    Tips for Parents of 6th Grade Students:

    • Note continuing growth spurts and be patient with physical, social, and emotional changes
    • Assist your child in setting physical and social boundaries and identifying other peoples’ boundaries and abiding by them
    • Help your child note the difference between passive, aggressive, assertive, and passive aggressive behavior and encourage him/her to be assertive when needed
    • Point out opportunities for showing how interdependence between family members and how teamwork keeps things running smoothly
    • Encourage slow thinking for situations that may have consequences 
    • Express patience, love, and trust daily

    Learn More Here about Common Core Standards