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The fourth grade team at Ridge Meadows is very dynamic in their teaching styles. The fourth grade team stresses responsibility and organization to their students. It is our goal to start getting students ready for fifth grade and eventually middle school.
Curriculum Highlights
Language Arts
*Reading focus and strategy skills taught through the use of
Harcourt basal and leveled books for all learners.
*Narrative writing
*Expository writing
*Persuasive writing
*Phonics based spelling program that is integrated with
reading content area vocabulary
*Monthly Genre study
*Grammar (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs)
*Six traits of Writing used to teach paragraph writing
Math
*Addition
*Subtraction
*Multiplication
*Division
*Geometry
*Problem Solving
*Fractions/Decimals
*Probability
*Time and Measurement
Science
*Weather
*Simple Machines
*Rocks and Minerals
*Plants
Social Studies
*Missouri History
~Trip to Jefferson City to visit the State Capitol
~Trip to Lewis and Clark Museum
~Trip to First State Capitol in St. Charles, MO
*U.S./MO Regions
*U.S./MO Geography
*Government
*Economics
Standardized Testing
MAPS (Missouri Assessment Program)
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Communication Arts
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Math
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Social Studies
Fall Testing
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Spelling
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Listening
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Geography
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Grammar
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Math
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Social Studies
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Science
Interesting websites: Fourth Grade Links