Reading
Math
Students will engage in a study to examine
the characteristics of the genre of fantasy.
Students discuss how the choices a
character makes within a story can reveal
theme(s). Students examine figurative
language, compare and contrast point of
view within a story, and clarify meaning of
phrases using print and digital resources.
Students are working on understanding that just as
every whole number is obtained by combining ones,
every fraction can be obtained by combining unit
fractions. Students extend these understandings about
building fractions from unit fractions, as well as
understandings about addition and subtraction of whole
numbers, to add and subtract fractions with like
denominators. Students apply and extend
understandings about multiplication and equal groups to
understand fractions as multiples of unit fractions and
multiply a fraction by a whole number. While
computing these sums, differences, and products may
seem simple, it is important that students use models,
contexts, and reasoning to develop critical
understandings of the meaning of the operations with
fractions.
Writing
Students explore the techniques authors use to
persuade readers. They gather and analyze
information about a variety of topics in order form an
opinion about that topic. For example: Is playing
video games healthy for kids? They categorize the
information on their graphic organizers and determine
which text structures to use in order to draft the body
paragraphs. Students revise and edit their opinion
piece to clarify their message and to ensure their
message is easy to follow and understand.
Important Dates!
March 10
Reading Night
March 24
No School for students
March 25-April 3
Spring Break
Social Studies
Students revisit the unique and diverse cultures of early
Native American societies as they participate in a
chronological study of the establishment of five early
European settlements in North America: St. Augustine,
Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and St. Mary’s.
Students examine motives for migration, advantages and
disadvantages that the environment surrounding each
settlement provided, as well as the establishment of
slavery in Maryland. Students not only explore the
social, political, and religious character of these
European settlements, but also how interaction among
settlers and Native American peoples resulted in the
borrowing and sharing of culture and affected
relationships. Students compare similarities and
differences among early European settlements.
Reading: Read for 20 minutes each
night
Math: complete Monday through
Thursday 
Practice Basic Facts 
Contact Us! 4th Grade Teachers
Mrs. Wise: lori_d_wise@mcpsmd.org
Ms. Pickney: carole_e_pinckney@mcpsmd.org
Mr. Haren: joseph_a_haren@mcpsmd.org
Dr. Beck: lindsey_m_beck@mcpsmd.org