Fourth Grade At a Glance Below are a few of the exciting experiences that await your fourth-grader in Langley’s Lower School: • Rotation of drama, art, and music classes culminating in interdisciplinary performances that build confidence and stage presence • STEAM immersion design-thinking workshop based on research from MIT and Stanford
The Langley School’s Arc of Development recognizes that the steepest part of a child’s development comes early, and that while every child’s path is unique, there are predictable cognitive, emotional, and social milestones. With this model, our students receive age-appropriate, inquiry-based instruction.
• All students learn an instrument in either band or strings, and take part in choral and instrumental performances during Lower School concerts • Writers’ celebrations that provide opportunities to share student writing • Continued curriculum-based field trips that lay the foundation for inquiry-based projects
Learning in Action “During an inquiry project on African artifacts, students take on the role of archeologists and examine photographs of African artifacts. With the aid of a dig site map, students use classroom resources to identify where these artifacts were found and use an online field journal to record observations, research, and questions.” -Grade 4 Teacher “Fourth-graders make their own interactive book with an original story as part of an integrated STEAM project that teaches them a variety of skills, including programming, creativity, and problemsolving. This is an interdisciplinary project that ties in with our language arts program.” -Grade 4 Teacher “Students explore how the physical geography of South America affects the people and animals who live there through an inquiry-based research project. Working in groups, they use a variety of resources to research a South American land or water formation, then create a diorama and written description of their physical feature.” -Grade 4 Teacher