Fourth Grade - Full-time

The fourth-grade curriculum launches into a chronological study of history. This will provide a firm foundation for your student’s study of history as they see how Biblical accounts fit in with ancient civilizations. The students will enjoy many hands-on projects and timelines to bring this information to life. Fourth grade is the year reading for information takes off. Literature of all types reinforces the concepts being studied in all other subjects.

Bible - (Deep Roots)

Fourth grade focuses on Acts and the Early Church.  Deep Roots cycles through the Bible every two years in chronological order, with the first year concentrating on the Old Testament and the second year on the New Testament. Students are introduced to a multimedia Bible timeline that continues through fifth grade. As new events are introduced, they are added to the timeline so lessons continually connect current and past learning. 

What will students study?

• The Great Commission
• Believers and Persecution
• Inductive Bible Study
• The Conversion of Paul
• The Life and Ministry of Paul 
• Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
• And more…

 

Reading (Collaborative Classroom: Making Meaning)

Students are taught the reading comprehension strategies that research shows good readers use to make sense of texts. Students will learn and practice the strategies with guidance and support before using them in their independent reading.

• Visualizing
• Wondering/Questioning
• Using Text Features
• Making Inferences
• Determining Important Ideas
• Analyzing Text Structure
• Summarizing

 

Language (Daily Grammar Practice (DGP) & Collaborative Classroom: Being a Writer)

• Grammar: 
  • Students learn to write and identify grammatically correct sentences
    
    
• Writing:
  • Creating a Writing Community
  • Personal Narratives
  • Fiction
  • Expository Non-Fiction
  • Functional Writing
  • Opinion Writing
  • Poetry

Spelling (Zaner-Bloser: Spelling Connection)

• Learn spelling patterns and strategies
• Use practical study tools and activities

Math (Sadlier-Oxford: Progress in Mathematics)

• Place Value to the tenths
• Measuring Time
• Multi-Digit Addition
• Multi-Digit Subtraction
• Multiplication (facts and concepts)
• Division (facts and concepts)

Science (Harcourt Science and Project Lead The Way)

• Life Science
  • Ecosystems
  • Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
  • Water Cycle
• Earth Science
  • Landforms
  • Water Cycle
  • Planets and Other Objects in Space
• Physical Science
  • Sound
  • Light and Heat - PLTW Unit
  • Forces and Motion
  • Simple Machines

Social Studies (Scott Foresman)
The four strands of history, geography, civics, and economics are fully integrated. Students begin their study with the development of Native American cultures and conclude with the antebellum period ending in 1860. The geography strand emphasizes the influence of geography on early U.S. history. The civics strand emphasizes concepts and rights developed during the formation of our government. The economics strand uses material from the historical strand to further government. The economics strand uses material from the historical strand to further understanding of economic concepts.    

Enrichment

• Art
• Music
• Spanish
• P.E.
• Media Center/Reading Counts
• Technology