4th Grade

What We Are Learning: April 2025

READING: 4th grade readers will be working on reading and annotating a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, as well as answering text-dependent questions and explaining/defending their responses.

WRITING: Our writers will work on answering text-dependent questions in paragraph and essay form.

MATH: Young mathematicians will be working on geometry and measurement, including measuring and classifying geometric figures, as well as calculating area and perimeter. They will also work on precision and clarity in their math work and test-taking strategies.

SOCIAL STUDIES: 4th grade historians will study colonial times and the causes of the American Revolution.

TECHNOLOGY: Students will be finishing our typing unit in preparation for the state tests and starting our coding unit.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: 4th graders will begin their soccer unit: they’ll be practicing skills such as dribbling with their feet, passing, kicking for power and accuracy. They’ll also play a variety of modified mini games.

ART: Each fourth grader will have either a landscape or cityscape painting in the upcoming Arts Night in May.

  • Students working collaboratively on a chart
  • Students working through a problem together
  • Students using playing cards to understand place value
  • Students creating numbers using playing cards
  • Students writing
  • Students raising their hands
  • Students reading
  • Students in music class
  • Students sitting at their desks working on a math activity
  • Students collaborating on a math activity
  • Students working on a collaborative math activity
  • Student with Haudenosaunee and Lenape Village Model Exhibit
  • Female student with Haudenosaunee and Lenape Village Model Exhibit
  • 4th grade students collaborating on classwork
  • Green team students

Important Dates

  • Monday 4/14 - Friday 4/18: No School! Spring Break! Enjoy your time off and please complete your spring break assignments

  • Wednesday 4/23 + Thursday 4/24: ELA State Test (4th and 5th graders only) Be sure to get a good night’s sleep and eat a healthy breakfast before testing!

  • Friday 4/25: PA Meeting + Family Fun Night at 6pm

  • Monday 4/28: Classes 410 and 412 virtual trip with the Paley Center: Fractured Fairy Tales

  • Tuesday 4/29: Classes 408 and 409 virtual trip with the Paley Center: Fractured Fairy Tales

Home Connection

  • REMIND: Please download the Remind app and check regularly for messages from the school and your child’s teachers.

  • HOMEWORK: Homework is assigned each Monday and collected the following Monday, but we check daily, so please remind your child to put their packet back in the communication folder each evening.

  • ATTENDANCE MATTERS Our school and classrooms are a better places when all children are here and ready to learn each day! More time in school means your child will get the social-emotional and academic support they need to thrive, learn, and be happy. We are here to support. Your child may miss school for illness, emergencies, or for religious reasons, but generally speaking, we want to see every student in school all day, every day! 🙂

Contact Your Teacher

4-408: Ms. Keeley tkeeley@ps343.org Text Ms. Keeley

4-408: Ms. Ciuca eciuca@ps343.org Text Ms. Ciuca

4-409: Ms. Ballah-Lewis kballahlewis@ps343.org Text Ms. Ballah-Lewis

4-410: Ms. Stangel mstangel@ps343.org Text Ms. Stangel

B-302 Mr. Grover's Class