Grade: 4th

12 Mar 2023

Bring a Book to Life: Hatchet

August-June

The young adult novel, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen is the story of how Brian survives on his own after a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness. Students will experience some of Brian’s adventures through hands-on survival skills and knowledge.

Standards:

  • RL.4.2 Analyze literary text development. a. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text. b. Summarize the text, incorporating a theme determined from details in the text.
  • RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
  • RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons.

Vocabulary:

Character, Setting, Theme, Survival, Wilderness

27 Jan 2023

Annual Celebration Concert

September 6 & 7, 2023

Greenacres excitedly welcomes the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet each fall for a spectacular performance chronicling miraculous talents all on one stage. John Morris Russel, beloved conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, serves as our guide throughout a live art experience that compares to none. Limited dates and seats are available for you and your 4th grade class to join us in this opportunity.

Standards:

  • MU.4.8PR Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at live performances.
  • MU.4.4PR Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
  • TBD core standards based on each year’s theme!

Vocabulary:

composer, conductor, orchestra, opera, ballet, audience, applause

27 Jan 2023

Arts in the Natural World Series: Clay

April – October

From the creek to the art studio, this program explores all things clay! Students will learn the procedures of hiking to the creek to harvest clay from natural creek beds and processing it in an art studio. This is a hands-on program, so come prepared to get your hands dirty! This program is best suited for 3-4 hours in warmer months (April – October).

Standards:

  • SL.4.2 Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • TH.4.1PR Create the movement and voice of a character to convey the character’s decisions, actions and motivation. 
  • TH.4.2PR Manipulate voice, movement, space, design and physical objects to communicate thoughts, feelings and ideas in both improvised and scripted activities. 
  • TH.4.3RE Explain how a theatrical experience (e.g., live theatre production, film, video and media) impacts its audience.

Vocabulary:

analysis, protagonist, antagonist, given circumstances, Uta Hagen, lighting design, director

27 Jan 2023

Variety of Life on the Farm

August-June 

What makes a fruit a fruit? Why do farmers select the livestocks and plants they grow? Join us for a look around the farm and see for yourself!

Standards:

    • Ohio
      • 4.LS.1 Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.
      • 4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
    • Social Studies
      • 10. The economic development of the United States continues to influence and be influenced by agriculture, industry and natural resources in Ohio
      • 12. People have modified the environment throughout history resulting in both positive and negative consequences in Ohio and the United States

Vocabulary:

Customized based on your classroom curriculum and field trip objectives

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