FOURTH GRADE
Marcea Tjaden
Fourth Grade
Marcea Tjaden was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. As a child, she was a member of the Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish where she was in CCD and received her first communion. As an adult her own children were baptized at the Saint Elizabeth Parish.
Mrs. Tjaden graduated from Western Oregon State College of Education in 1993 where she triple majored in speech communication, earth science, and geography. With a desire to “come back home” to work as a teacher, after graduation she returned to Anchorage. In addition, she is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage where she holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and certification to teach kindergarten through eighth grade and also a Master of Elementary Education degree.
After more than 25 years of service as an elementary school educator with the Anchorage School District, Mrs. Tjaden retired in May 2021. She joined SEAS as the fourth-grade teacher in Fall 2021.
“Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.”
Chronicles 25:8
There will never be another year in your child’s life that is quite like the fourth grade! At SEAS, fourth graders grow their confidence, character, and individuality through thinking, learning, creating, and service to others. This year they will be using many tried and true ways to ramp up their excitement to become life-long learners.
Fourth Grade Experience Highlights
- Mystery Box Writing
- Tee Shirt Book Reports
- Hacker Trail (re-enactment of Oregon Trail)
- Unexpected Arctic Adventure Writing Activities
Curriculum Overview
Language Arts
Reading Skills:
Main idea/detail, summarizing, fact/ opinion, author’s purpose, cause/effect, making judgments, comprehension, understanding characters, interferences
Grammar:
Parts of speech, sentence structures, types of sentences, proofreading, sentence mechanics, verb tenses, comparison, articles
Writing:
Poetry, creating writing, essay structure, prompt responses, research essay, persuasive essay, writer’s workshop
Math
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Place value
- Organize, display, and interpret data
- Measurement: Weight, length, area, capacity, volume, time, temperature
- Spatial reasoning
- Understanding and identify geometric figures
- Fractions and decimals
- Probability
- Problem solving
Science
- Life cycles
- Water cycles
- Food chains and ecosystems
- Rocks and minerals
- Solar system
- Simple machines
- Matter and energy
- Nutrition
Social Studies
- Geography, history, economy, government, environment, culture and technologies of each region
- Colonial America
- Westward Expansion
- Famous Trails (Oregon, Mormon, California, Bozeman, Santa Fe)
- Map reading
Enrichment
- Religion - 5x per week
- Music - 2x per week
- Spanish - 2x per week
- Library - 1x per week
- Computer - 2x per week
- P.E. - 2x per week
Fourth Grade Photo Gallery
