Gray and Kristine believe that students play an exciting role in the fourth grade year as leaders of the primary school. When they welcomed their
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students to the 2019-2020 school year, they had this important advice:
learn and grow at MP&MS. In the first weeks and months of school, we will get accustomed to new routines and expectations to ensure all of you have a successful school year. We will build on your strong academic foundation while continuing to cultivate your social and emotional abilities. There will be problems to solve, seeds to grow, books to gobble, lands to discover and much, much more….
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The younger grades will look to you as examples of what it means to
When the fourth grade team was asked what they feel stands out about the program, they agreed that the balanced curriculum–offering strong academics along with social
emotional learning– is invaluable. Here are some of their favorite highlights from fourth grade this year: Combining social studies and science, we focused on an exciting project surrounding landforms. We discussed how to be a good researcher, as well as techniques for finding information across a range of sources. In Library, Margot taught us about “responsible research” and how to recognize whether a source is credible. She also introduced us to Google Earth and gave us tips for navigating the program. Then, students received their own California landform to research and replicate with a shoebox diorama. On National Cookie Day, students came together to bake delicious “top secret” cookies. They began by brainstorming wild and wacky ingredients as a whole class before landing on the now-famous Potato Chip Chocolate Chip Cookie. Students used math skills to double the recipe and navigated how to allocate jobs to properly mix and bake the cookies. Later, we came up with math word problems based on the cookie-baking and shared our opinions on the tasty treat in the form of written food reviews. It was such a fun day!
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