Marlboro Township Schools G&T program offers the

Realizing Excellence through Academic Challenges (REACH)

program to our Fourth Grade Students.

Fourth Grade

Realizing Excellence through Academic Challenges (REACH)

Thematic units are instruction models where a theme and central ideas play a part in every lesson. Thematic instruction ties together the core content areas like language arts, math, social studies, and science while exploring a broad theme like oceans, communities, our economic system, world travel, mysterious events, etc...

Thematic teaching is engaging for students and allows many opportunities for real-world connections, tier three vocabulary instruction, researching, analysis and evaluation of problems and circumstances, presentations, and collaborative work.

Get ready for these Thematic Units this year!

"Beautiful Minds" 

Are you a genius? Ever wonder what it takes to be called a genius? The purpose of this unit is to explore the physical brain, the mind, and how the brain functions. The students will explore the theory of multiple intelligences and find what their learning styles are. Creative thinking skills (fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality) will be reviewed, explored, and applied.

Philosophy

Do you wonder about the world? Have you ever thought about why people do good deeds? Did you ever question why you believe certain things to be true? Well, you are in the right place! "Philosophy" means love of wisdom. This unit will inspire you to ask questions about all the things in your world that you are curious about! You will be eager to write and share your opinions while having open discussions that may influence your thinking!

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

~John F. Kennedy~

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