February 2025
Dear Fourth Grade Families,
As we work through February we will be focused on applying the skills learned in the first half of the year. Students and teachers will be making adjustments to instruction and learning to ensure we are responsive to the data from the midyear assessments.
Sincerely,
Courtney Beerman, Erica Moore, and Rachel Wilcox
Fourth Grade, Coyote Ridge Elementary School
Curriculum:
Math: Students are working on our fraction standards in Unit 5. During this unit we are decomposing, adding, and subtracting fractions. We will also continue our work with line plots, and geometric concepts such as rotation and defining angles. We will begin Unit 6 next month where we will focus on division facts.
Literacy: Readers and Writers are focused on understanding myths and legends and how authors use specific words and phrases to impart meaning and lessons. We will look for themes in a variety of texts. In writing, students will compose short pieces in response to a prompt, which will help prepare them for state testing later in the year.
Social Studies:
Students are understanding how the homesteaders impacted life in Colorado and why people took such risks to come to this state. We will focus on the economic and environmental impact of these first settlers as well as their impact on the indigenous people already here.
Science: Students will begin to study energy transformations and describe the impact of various technological developments. We will understand how energy can be transferred and how patterns can be used to sort, classify, and analyze.
Important Information:
Library: Readers will visit the library weekly. Please help your child to remember to have their books ready to either be returned or renewed.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Students have been working on Empathy, thinking about how to consider what situations may be like in someone else's shoes. We will practice questions we can ask to better understand the other person’s perspective. We will also practice taking the other's point of view to help influence our own thinking and actions. This is such an important skill for students to develop, especially for conflict management.
Important Dates:
February 5: Fourth grade in building “field trip”
February 7: Glow Dance
February 17-21: Mid winter break: No school for students