Reading/Writing
Math
Students analyze cause and effect text structure to
understand the concepts and ideas associated with the
Columbian Exchange and issues affecting the Chesapeake
Bay. Students will be reading literature around the topic
of the Chesapeake Bay. Students will complete an
informational essay based on research about the
Chesapeake Bay in order to write an informed opinion
essay about the importance of keeping the bay
healthy. Students will use their knowledge of word
relationships to demonstrate their understanding of the
meaning of synonyms and antonyms and use domainspecific vocabulary.
Students will apply understanding of the
four operations in order to solve single
and multistep word problems. Problems
will involve measurement; determining
area and perimeter; interpreting
remainders; understanding of place value
and determining unknowns and using a
variable to represent the unknown.
Science
Social Studies
Students will study economics where they live to create a
framework for examining the role that economics played
in determining the destinations, goals, and actions of
early European explorers. Students begin by exploring
relationships among regional specialization and
interdependence of people in Maryland today. Students
then explore basic decision-making concepts involved in
the production and consumption of goods and services
using examples from individuals, businesses, and
government. In week 5, students are challenged to
identify opportunity costs of decisions made by
individuals, businesses, and government.
Happy New
Year!
2016
Important Dates!
January 4
Classes resume
January 18
No School
January 22
January 25
Students identify and describe ways individuals
and groups assess the influence of human
technologies on the environment. Students will
construct and conduct their own investigations to
observe, conclude, and infer the effects of
pollution and/or pollution by-products on the
environment. Students will then investigate the
natural or human-made factors that can disrupt a
stable environment and consider how human
decisions and actions throughout the state of
Maryland can be both beneficial and harmful to
the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Reading: Read for 20 minutes each
night
Math: complete Monday through
Thursday 
Practice Basic Facts 
End 2nd Marking Period
No School
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