Nichole Aldrich, Fourth Grade
Phone: 503-649-5518
E-mail: nichole.aldrich@tualatinvalleyacademy.org
Fourth Grade Philosophy
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats
This 4th grade classroom belongs to all of us. I believe by working together, we will further develop your child spiritually, mentally, socially and physically. We will inspire a caring community that fosters creativity, individuality and equality.
Curriculum
For the value of wisdom is far above rubies; nothing can be compared to it. Proverbs 8:12
Math
Place value, addition and subtraction to one million
Multiply 1-digit numbers
Multiply 2-digit numbers
Divide by 1-digit numbers
Factors, multiples and patterns
Fraction equivalence and comparison
Add and subtract fractions
Multiply fractions and whole numbers
Relate fractions and decimals
Points, lines, planes
Two-dimensional figures
Relative sizes of measurement units
Area and perimeter
Activities
Daily worships
Daily PE
Weekly chapels
Weekly library visits
Weekly pastor visits
Weekly computer class
Music program
Field trips
Art
Language
Complete sentences
Paragraph structure
Parts of speech: prepositions, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns and adverbs
Writing process
Summarizing
Literary elements
Stories, poems, research, essays
Write legible cursive
Science
Animal classification
Space
Force/motion
Health and the brain
Social Studies
3rd and 4th grades study the same topics, alternating the curriculum in a 2 year cycle.
Christian citizenship
Native Americans
Oregon: past and present
Holiday traditions
Map study
Bible
God's plan for salvation
Books of the Bible
Fruit of the Spirit