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Fourth Grade

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Team:  Becky Ford, Alyson Palladino, Melanie Rottler 

Philosophy and Goals:  

The fourth grade team shares a vision for promoting achievement and self esteem among learners.

Our values and beliefs include the following:

  • Fostering high expectations

  • Fostering essential skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing

  • Developing problem-solving skills

  • Promoting behaviors which encourage respect, responsibility, and caring

  • Developing decision making skills

  • Encouraging humor and creativity

  • Facilitating the development of organization skills.


Program Highlights:  

Area:  Hands-On Science

Our hands-on science units are designed to facilitate students' curiosity and further promote their understanding of scientific concepts. 

Area:  Mini-Societies

Students learn the basics of starting and running a small business. Concepts studied include supply and demand, balancing a checkbook, and producing and selling a product.

Area:  Reading and Writing

Students are surrounded by a variety of good literature in a climate that encourages thoughtful reflection, sharing, and response.

Area:  Math

Mathematics is a language which helps provide clarity, objectivity, and understanding to our world. A focus is to apply mathematic skills and problem solving to real world situations.

Area:  Social Studies

Students study Colorado History. Units include Colorado symbols, geography, Native Americans of Colorado, trappers, traders, explorers, miners and pioneers.​

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