Mrs. Christy Robinson
Teacher
Teacher
Fourth Grade
Welcome to fourth grade at St. Ignatius! Fourth graders love a challenge and flourish when they are challenged with new information and skills and at the same time supported with positive feedback and a healthy dose of humor.
Fourth graders explore their place and purpose in our world during religion, which permeates all of our subjects and is not simply an isolated time in our day. What is our responsibility to the world? What is our responsibility to the environment? What is our responsibility to each other? Can a fourth grader make a difference? We examine the Beatitudes, learn about Moses, consider how our service project of recycling the school’s milk and yogurt cartons impacts the environment, among many other interesting and thought provoking topics.
The focus of reading in the fourth grade is to promote a powerful love of reading while developing strong comprehension skills with narrative and informational text. Reading is employed across the curriculum, and students spend a generous part of everyday “just right” reading.
Writing Workshop offers my fourth graders lots of choice in what they write, and supports their development as skilled writers with mini lessons targeted to the needs of the kids and the demands of the curriculum. It’s really fun when kids ask to have more time to write!
Fourth grade is the year to tackle more complex multiplication problems and long division. Additionally the students work individually to address weaker areas or to extend their math knowledge beyond the fourth grade level.
Fourth graders get to learn about our great state. They work as a “research team” to explore the six regions, enabling them to compare and contrast them and then share their knowledge with others. They also learn about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the pioneers who followed them. The Oregon Trail Overnight Camp is a wonderful highlight of the year.
In science, fourth graders learn about animals through informational text at a wide range of reading levels, and in the process develop the skill of summarizing. They also learn about animal classifications, structures and functions, physical changes in matter, the water cycle, and dabble in earth science.
Fourth graders explore their place and purpose in our world during religion, which permeates all of our subjects and is not simply an isolated time in our day. What is our responsibility to the world? What is our responsibility to the environment? What is our responsibility to each other? Can a fourth grader make a difference? We examine the Beatitudes, learn about Moses, consider how our service project of recycling the school’s milk and yogurt cartons impacts the environment, among many other interesting and thought provoking topics.
The focus of reading in the fourth grade is to promote a powerful love of reading while developing strong comprehension skills with narrative and informational text. Reading is employed across the curriculum, and students spend a generous part of everyday “just right” reading.
Writing Workshop offers my fourth graders lots of choice in what they write, and supports their development as skilled writers with mini lessons targeted to the needs of the kids and the demands of the curriculum. It’s really fun when kids ask to have more time to write!
Fourth grade is the year to tackle more complex multiplication problems and long division. Additionally the students work individually to address weaker areas or to extend their math knowledge beyond the fourth grade level.
Fourth graders get to learn about our great state. They work as a “research team” to explore the six regions, enabling them to compare and contrast them and then share their knowledge with others. They also learn about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the pioneers who followed them. The Oregon Trail Overnight Camp is a wonderful highlight of the year.
In science, fourth graders learn about animals through informational text at a wide range of reading levels, and in the process develop the skill of summarizing. They also learn about animal classifications, structures and functions, physical changes in matter, the water cycle, and dabble in earth science.