Fourth Grade at Sheridan Elementary
Reading is fun in Mr. Kuhlman's 3rd/4th grade classroom.
Reading is fun in Mr. Kuhlman's 3rd/4th grade classroom.

Sheridan Elementary's fourth graders are lead by teachers Jason Kuhlman and Patti Busta. Mr. Kuhlman will be leading the 3rd/4th grade combined classroom this year.

Expectations

By the time your child completes the fourth grade, she or he will be able to:

- Read 25 books for pleasure and information
- Identify main ideas and supporting details, remember the order of events or ideas in the story he or she read
- Predict, summarize, and ask questions about what he/she reads and hears.
- Find and use many different kinds of sources to get information; judge accuracy of the information
- Recognize and use complex words in writing and speaking
- Plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish original works for specific audiences and purposes.
- Brainstorm, take notes and out line ideas to better sequence and organize his/her thoughts.
- Write clear, concise directions that involve several steps, such as directions to the park for a new student or how to find a topic on the internet
- Writer friends and business letters, persuasive essays,
patti
Mrs. Busta
using correct form.
- Write stories with a clear and connected beginning, middle and end.
- Write descriptions and reports that include several paragraphs which have details that support and relate to the main idea and purpose.
- Know addiction and subtraction tables through 18 and multiplication tables through 12.
- Collect, organize, understand and compare information from graphs, tables and charts.
- Identify and find the area and volume of two and three dimensional shapes. 
- Use more than one way to solve a problem and explain the reasoning for how she/he solved the problem.
- Add and subtract decimals and fractions
- Multiply 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers
- Use the appropriate unit to accurate measure length, time, weight and volume. 

Parent Workshop

If you are interested in attending a parent workshop to learn more about these expectations, please call the St. Paul Public Schools Family and Community Involvement Office at (651) 767-8109.