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RELIGION |
We Believe, God’s
Law Guides Us 4, Sadlier Publishing Company.
Fourth grade religion introduces the students to growing in
Jesus Christ by realizing Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The
Ten Commandments are also examined in depth focusing on ways to love God as
well as one another. The students also learn that through Jesus we grow in
holiness, we are all members of His holy church, and we are all called to
discipleship. |
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MATHEMATICS |
Connections,
Heath Mathematics.
The students become
proficient in place value as well as rounding numbers to millions. They are
given practice in problem solving strategies as well as deciphering word
problems and patterns. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
computation skills are emphasized. Work with probability, fractions, mixed
numbers, measurement, decimals, and geometry is developed significantly. |
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SCIENCE |
Science Horizons,
Silver Burdett Ginn.
Fourth grade science focuses on providing students with
learning experiences that relate science to their world through various
hands-on experiments, in addition to activities and knowledge provided by
the text. The students study four units throughout the year: Life Science,
Physical Science, Earth Science, and the Human Body. |
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LANGUAGE
ARTS
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Seeing is Believing,
Scott Foresman Reading
The reading series used by the fourth graders begins with a
Focus on the Family. The theme then develops into A Wider View of the
World, Keys to Success, Timeless Stories, Other Times and Places, and
finally Express Yourself. The many skills learned by the fourth grade
students include setting, sequence, author’s purpose, character development,
and visualizing. The students learn the difference between fiction and
nonfiction, as well as text structure, making judgments, and drawing
conclusions. They begin to paraphrase passages, compare and contrast ideas,
and summarize thoughts.
Grammar and Spelling are each a part of the reading series.
The Spelling each week is based on phonetic words used within each story.
Practice is given to prefixes, suffixes, contractions, compounds, various
vowel sounds, correct letter order, and capitalization and punctuation.
Grammar is another part of the Scott Foresman series. The
students are given much practice in nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs. Sentence structure, kinds of sentences, conjunctions,
capitalization, and quotations are also emphasized. The students master
each concept through practice in the workbook provided by the publisher.
Handwriting- We Write to
Read Grade 4,
Peterson Handwriting. The students improve the overall appearance of their
cursive writing by practicing spacing, neatness, slant and rhythmic letter
formation and connections. |
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HISTORY
SOCIAL STUDIES |
Social Studies Regions,
Scott Foresman.
Fourth grade social studies take a tour of the various
regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and
West. As students visit each region, they learn the history of that
section, the resources, climate, and also about the people who live there.
Emphasis is placed on the structure of government, including local, state,
and national levels. Map reading is also an important skill learned this
year and students study Native Americans, explorers, the American
Revolution, the formations of the nation, the Civil War, the building of the
West, the presidents, and the industrial revolution. |