Mrs. Fine’s Fourth Grade GATE

Concepts – what do you mean? Last week and this week, we will be “mapping” different concepts. Just what is a concept? Concepts are connected throughout life such as: patterns, change, conflict, environment, tradition, systems, and justice. There are many more. They are timeless and apply across all cultures. Think of a concept as “the big idea.” Together we created a visual by webbing the concept “tradition.” Then students worked in small groups to web a concept they chose. This year we will include the concepts of adaptation, change, culture, environment, identify and many more through out units.