Grade 3-4 Multi-age Classrooms

About:

Devon has been teaching in Lincoln for over 20 years and teaching in Vermont for even longer. She loves learning and living in this amazing community and appreciates the support and kindness shared by students, families, and colleagues. When she's not at school Devon can be found on her bike exploring the wonders of the natural and cultural world.

Classroom Resources:

Morgan Beck

mbeck@lincolnsd.org

Devon MacLeod

dmacleod@lincolnsd.org

About:

Morgan has been teaching 4th and 5th grade the last 7 years. She is excited to be joining the LCS community. She loves learning alongside her students. In her free time, Morgan enjoys hiking, gravel and mountain biking, crafting, and reading. She enjoys challenging herself, whether it be a bike race or a mountain challenge.

Curriculum

Theme

Year One

  • Earth Science- Geology, soil, rocks and minerals Earth Forces

  • Physical/Engineering Science- Bridge Design/ Balanced Unbalanced Forces

  • World Geography, Earth in Space

  • Culture Study

  • US Geography, biomes,  First People Ancient to Modern

Year Two

  • Life Science- Northern Forest Ecology

  • Physical Science- Energy Waves 

  • World Geography, Earth in Space

  • Culture Study

  • History of Lincoln/ VT History/ Vermont Geography

Essential Question: How does where we live affect how we live?

Literacy

Reading 

  • Independent Reading

  • Reading Comprehension Strategies

  • Summarizing Text

  • Fiction Story Maps

  • Character Study

  • Informational Text Structure

  • Research

  • Reading Literature

Writing

  • Cursive Writing

  • Sentence Structure

  • Paragraph Structure

  • Personal Narratives

  • Informational Text Writing

  • Response to Literature-opinion

Word Study

  • Phonemic Awareness

  • Spelling Patterns for long vowels

  • 6 Syllable Types

  • Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots

  • Derivational Spelling/ Vocabulary

Math

3rd Grade- Introduction to Multiplicative Reasoning- 

  • Problem Solving

  • Addition/ subtraction facts and patterns, strategies

  • Additive to Multiplicative thinking

  • Place Value to 1,000

  • Adding and Subtracting Larger Numbers

  • Fractions- unit fractions, area model, number line

  • Multiplication and Division strategies and facts- array model, skip counting, learn the 2,3,4,5,10 facts

4th Grade- Development of Multiplicative Reasoning

  • Problem Solving

  • Multiplication/ Division facts, patterns, strategies- learn the 6,7,8,9,11,12 facts

  • Place Value to 1,000,000

  • Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers- many strategies including standard algorithm

  • Fractions/ Decimals- equivalent fractions, mixed numbers

  • Multiplication and Division strategies- array model, partial products