St. Edward Vision and Mission Statement:
St. Edward School community strives to "Be our best and do what is right in the image of Christ."
The St. Edward School community, united as one diverse family, strives to be joyful Disciples of Christ through excellence in faith, academics, and service.
The St. Edward School community, united as one diverse family, strives to be joyful Disciples of Christ through excellence in faith, academics, and service.
Welcome to 4th grade!
Congratulations: Your child is officially a member of the “upper” grades! As fourth graders, students deepen their skills to prepare for middle school. That being said, they still learn like elementary school students do. Most fourth graders are developmentally very much still children — they enjoy and learn from play, and they thrive in nurturing and warm environments. However, the content of most 4th grade curricula pushes students to think, analyze, and learn in more sophisticated and structured ways than they did in the “lower” grades.
The focus of the Religion program for 4th grade is that God’s Law guides us. The students realize that each one helps build the kingdom of God by following the commandments and serving others as Jesus did. Through stories from the Old Testament and the New Testament the students become aware that God has been present and faithful to His people. They continue to learn about various saints and memorize traditional prayers.
Much of the 4th grade reading curriculum teaches students how to analyze the books they read. Rather than just understand the plot and information given in a text, students are encouraged to think about the messages and how they relate to their own lives. They also compare texts to each other and make connections both within one text and across multiple texts. This is done through class read-alouds and independent reading.
In math, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. 4th grade extends their understanding of fractions, including equal (equivalent) fractions and ordering fractions. They add and subtract fractions with the same denominator (bottom number), multiply fractions by whole numbers and understand relationships between fractions and decimals.
Social studies in the 4th grade encourages students to deepen their reading, writing, and analytical skills, as well as expand knowledge and appreciation of their own local and American history. 4th graders study the founding and early years of American society and government, as well as explorers and Native Americans. They will use maps to gain a deeper understanding of geography and how geography affects a community. They will deepen their understanding of basic economic principles and use technology to research both current and past events.
Fourth graders develop their science studies with an overview of the life, earth, and physical sciences. What’s more, kids in fourth grade conduct hands-on science investigations that should ignite their curiosity. They’ll learn what professional scientists do and begin to better understand the concepts in their studies. They will get an introduction to sound, electricity, plants, animals, and the three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas).
Congratulations: Your child is officially a member of the “upper” grades! As fourth graders, students deepen their skills to prepare for middle school. That being said, they still learn like elementary school students do. Most fourth graders are developmentally very much still children — they enjoy and learn from play, and they thrive in nurturing and warm environments. However, the content of most 4th grade curricula pushes students to think, analyze, and learn in more sophisticated and structured ways than they did in the “lower” grades.
The focus of the Religion program for 4th grade is that God’s Law guides us. The students realize that each one helps build the kingdom of God by following the commandments and serving others as Jesus did. Through stories from the Old Testament and the New Testament the students become aware that God has been present and faithful to His people. They continue to learn about various saints and memorize traditional prayers.
Much of the 4th grade reading curriculum teaches students how to analyze the books they read. Rather than just understand the plot and information given in a text, students are encouraged to think about the messages and how they relate to their own lives. They also compare texts to each other and make connections both within one text and across multiple texts. This is done through class read-alouds and independent reading.
In math, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. 4th grade extends their understanding of fractions, including equal (equivalent) fractions and ordering fractions. They add and subtract fractions with the same denominator (bottom number), multiply fractions by whole numbers and understand relationships between fractions and decimals.
Social studies in the 4th grade encourages students to deepen their reading, writing, and analytical skills, as well as expand knowledge and appreciation of their own local and American history. 4th graders study the founding and early years of American society and government, as well as explorers and Native Americans. They will use maps to gain a deeper understanding of geography and how geography affects a community. They will deepen their understanding of basic economic principles and use technology to research both current and past events.
Fourth graders develop their science studies with an overview of the life, earth, and physical sciences. What’s more, kids in fourth grade conduct hands-on science investigations that should ignite their curiosity. They’ll learn what professional scientists do and begin to better understand the concepts in their studies. They will get an introduction to sound, electricity, plants, animals, and the three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas).