Fourth grade

Meet the teachers

Mrs. Martinez, Mrs. Johnson-Lightsey, Mr. Farrell, Mrs. Jimenez

4th grade team outside

Contact your child's teacher

Teachers' email addresses are listed below. You are welcome to email at anytime with questions or concerns.

Daily schedule

  • Conference Time: 8:20-9:10
  • Lunch Time: 12:15-12:45 
  • Recess Time: 11:45-12:15 

4th grade topics

Mathematics

  • Place value with decimals

  • Adding and Subtracting decimals

  • 2-Step problems

  • Geometry and Measurement

  • Fractions

  • Khan Academy

  • IiReady Math 

  • Prodigy Math

  • Zearn

We differentiate with depth, complexity, and compacting the curriculum.

English Language Arts Reading

  • Evidence (informational text)

  • Central ideas and inferences

  • Sentence structure

  • Comparing genres

  • Parts of speech

  • Grammar Usage 

  • Book Creator

  • Essay Writing

  • Cursive Writing

  • iReady Reading

  • Khan Academy 

As part of the English Language Arts gifted curriculum, fourth graders in the academy program are engaged in a special language arts unit called Patterns of Change, created by the College of William and Mary. The unit is designed specifically to meet the needs of high-ability students.

Social Studies

  • Regions of Texas

  • Native American Groups

  • First Missions in Texas

  • Texas Battles

  • Texas Oil, Railroads, Cowboys

  • Texas Government

Science

  • Organisms and Environments

  • Force, Motion, and Energy

  • Earth’s Patterns 

  • Matter

  • Moon and Weather Patterns

  • We also participate in the GISD STEAM challenges, as well as utilizing performance projects and EiE curriculum for the magnet students.

As part of the magnet program, we also integrate Texas Performance Standards Projects (TPSP) to make connections with the real world in all areas of curriculum.

Fine Arts

4th grade students at Hillside Academy have the opportunity to participate in

  • Robotics (after school club) 
  • Enriched Art
  • Enriched Music
  • Orchestra