Where can you find students who know how to multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digits, solve long division word problems, add fractions with unlike denominators and know decimals through the thousandths place? That’s right! Students in Mrs. Belcher’s fourth grade math classroom worked so hard this year! Together, they have answered 278,755 math questions correctly in the IXL program and achieved excellence in 6,450 math skills! Students have also sharpened mental math skills and participated in Mental Math Bees throughout the year. The Happy Numbers program has helped students learn to “think math”. Students who met time and task targets weekly were able to access a variety of math games to strengthen skills.
Where can you find students who traveled back in time and took part in a march with the Overmountain men during the Revolutionary War? Well, that’s exactly what fourth grade students at Greendale Elementary did this school year. They learned how early mountaineers made a living and met their basic needs. They also learned how brave Appalachians living in the area joined Colonial forces to pave the way for American freedom. Of course, the history lesson didn’t stop there. Back in the classroom, fourth graders continued studying Virginia History and learned about the events and people in the Civil War Era that helped forge the way for the Civil Rights movement that began in the 1950’s.
Where can you find students who love reading and writing every day? Look no further than Mrs. Davenport’s fourth grade class at Greendale Elementary School. Throughout the school year, the students read over twenty novels together and wrote about them in their journals. They have read close to 22 million words according to the Renaissance program and countless amounts of leveled readers. They have enjoyed writing about the holidays, their personal experiences, and we even have some published authors. Fifteen of Mrs. Davenport’s students participated in The Origin Project and their recipes were published in their 10th Anniversary Edition.