Fourth Grade
Susan Cato-Chapman
4th Grade
After teaching in Higher Education for over a decade, I longed for the creative eagerness of younger students. MDS and the IB philosophy have given me the opportunity to combine my love for the arts with my love of learning and teaching to create a strong foundation for my students. There is so much joy to be found in every lesson inside and outside of the classroom and I am thrilled to be a part of an educational community that cultivates such action in learning.
I am a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Asheville with a BA in Drama and Florida Atlantic University with an MFA in Acting. I look forward to the many experiences to be shared with the students and staff at MDS!
Fourth Grade
Units of Inquiry
Who We Are: Students explore their family heritage to find out how traits are inherited, how they affect their lives, and how they influence who they are as individuals.
How The World Works: Students navigate through how electricity impacts our daily lives. They also learn and reflect on how they can make a cleaner, safer impact our environment.
How We Express Ourselves: Students use poetry to express their thoughts and feelings. Through the exploration of poetry students learn the biographies of poets locally and globally, along with their impact on our society.
Where We Are In Place And Time: Students research cultural histories influence on local and global perspectives.
Sharing The Planet: Students compare natural and manmade factors, reflecting on the changes to the surface of the earth that have caused surrounding life to adapt.
How We Organize Ourselves: Students investigate how people create systems so they can live together in an organized way.