Fourth Grade

Fourth grade is the first of the intermediate grades at Quail Run. This is the level where students move from learning to read, to reading to learn.  Understanding how to use our textbooks and other resources for information is an important part of our learning. 

Our budding writers will develop personal experience narratives, essays, poetry, and research reports.  Math is a very big part of our day, with standards-based instruction in the areas of multiplication and division, algebra, geometry, probability, and fractions, supplemented by Excel math.  Excel, a school-wide program, couples a lesson with daily homework, reinforces mathematics skills, and teaches problem-solving strategies. 

As with all fourth grades across the country, our social studies curriculum focuses on learning about our great state, but we also study geography and civics.  Field trips supplement and enhance our social studies curriculum.  Our students learn the scientific method through inquiry-based units on land and water, and electricity and magnetism, as well as studying weather and climate, and life cycles. 

Another important facet of our daily practice is Accelerated Reader, a school-wide program that reinforces and supports a life-long love of reading both for pleasure and understanding. 

Truly, fourth grade is an exciting and enjoyable year for our students!