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The Needham Public Schools are engaged
in improving social and emotional learning

(SEL) for all students. SEL is the process
through which children develop skills for
decision-making, communication,
cooperation, conflict resolution, problem
solving, and developing healthy
relationships for work and play. The
school system has adopted The
Responsive Classroom program as the
basis for its K-5 social and emotional
learning. It is based on principals of child
development, explicit teaching of social as
well as academic skills and the facilitation
of positive community membership. The
program increases social skills and
academic engagement, establishes
positive classroom climate, increases
learner investment and independence, and
decreases disruptive behaviors.

At Grade Four, students will focus on:
Identify observed emotions in self and
others
Discontinue emotional expression that
seems to upset others
Set goals
Anticipate consequences
Show ability to be a member of a group
Accept failure or frustration and continue
effort
Listen carefully
Admit mistakes and apologize when
appropriate
Competently deal with gossip and teasing
Identify strategies for coping with strong
emotions

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Needham Public
Schools
GRADE 4

CURRICULUM SUMMARY
Schools
VISION STATEMENT
A community and school
partnership that creates
excited learners, inspires
excellence, fosters integrity

Physi cal Educati on

Participate appropriately in physical
education class activities
Demonstrate the skill of chasing, fleeing
and dodging in a game-like situation
Demonstrate the ability to jump rope
Demonstrate the ability to combine
dribbling and kicking (instep) while moving
Dribble a ball with hands while avoiding a
defender and maintaining control
Demonstrate the ability to consistently
strike a rebounding object with a racket or
paddle, using a forehand strike with proper
grip, stance, and swing

NEEDHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent
1330 Highland Avenue
Needham, MA 02492

Dr. Theresa Duggan
Director of Program Development &
Implementation
Phone: 781.455.0400 x240
terry_duggan@needham.k12.ma.us

Participate in book discussion groups with
peers
Read and discuss a variety of genres
Read text with fluency and expression
Use comprehension strategies to deepen
understanding
Read for insight, information, pleasure
Interpret relationships of characters and
events in stories and texts
Read to acquire information
Use multiple strategies to determine word
meaning
Recognize idioms and figurative language
Gather and organize information
Increase knowledge of word structure and
vocabulary

Writing Media/Technology
Use stages of the writing process including
drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
Use graphic organizers
Use a variety of genres for different writing
purposes
Consider audience and purpose for writing
Write with voice
Use research skills to support informational
writing
Write in response to prompts
Use mentor text to learn crafting techniques
Use conventional spelling
Use conventions of punctuation

Master the use of the patron catalog for
materials searching
Develop keyboarding fluency
Save and retrieve work appropriately and
responsibly
Locate information through a subject or key
word search
Write an electronic citation
Understand the Dewey Decimal System
Use text editing tools for spelling and usage
Download images from the web
Develop more detailed descriptions of cyber-
bullying, and of their impact upon children
Further development of discussion skills with
peers on the topics of cyberbullying
Mathematics
Use the four operations with whole
numbers to solve problems
Gain familiarity with factors and
multiples
Generate and analyze patterns
Generalize place value understanding
for multi-digit whole numbers
Perform multi-digit arithmetic
Extend understanding of fractions by
applying and extending previous
understandings of operations on while
numbers
Understand decimal notation for
fractions, and compare decimal
fractions
Solve problems involving
measurement and conversion of
measurements from a larger unit to a
smaller unit
Represent and interpret data
Geometric measurement: Understand
concepts of angle and measure angles
Draw and identify lines and angles,
and classify shapes by properties of
their lines and angles

Science/ Social Studies
Science
Students explore the big ideas of life,
physical, and earth science through an
inquiry-based, hands on approach.
Students study:
Changing Earth (Earth Science)
Insects (Life Science)
Light & Shadow-Exploring Our Celestial
Neighborhood (Physical & Earth Science)
Living animals, outdoor field trips and
special programs serve to enhance the
hands-on experience.

Social Studies
Students learn about geography and
engage in inquiry-based social studies as
they study the following units:
Native Americans
Early Explorers
Early Colonial Settlers
Reading Art/Music
Art
Use shading to create spatial relationships
Experiment with qualities of watercolor
Practice appropriate use of printing tools
Produce a completed clay project
Use color and texture to enhance a finished
product
Music
Identify and sing music of different cultures
Define and perform in canon
Demonstrate use of solfege syllables
Recognize and define various musical forms
Discuss tone color of various wind and string
instruments
Compose and perform notation in duple, triple,
and compound meters
Participate in chorus rehearsals and perform in
concerts
String Ensemble or Band may be elected in
grade 4

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