Students also work on writing skills daily through journals and many other writing activities. Fourth graders develop problem solving skills in mathematics through daily problems solving. Students also develop computational skills in multiplication and division. Students learn about fractions and decimals. Fourth graders have daily math homework as well to review skills learned at school.
Children study four main science units during the year.
Fourth graders also visit the planetarium and learn about the solar system. Students learn about Virginia history throughout the year. Students learn about the early settlement of our state, the colonial period, the Civil War, the industrial period, and the 20th century through the present. In May, students take the SOL test on this subject. There are many, many other things that fourth graders learn at Beech Tree.