WELCOME TO 4TH GRADE!
4th GRADE IS ALL ABOUT……………..
Being independent……Taking responsibility…………..Growing in faith and love by following God’s commandments………..Learning about our country and the world……..Caring about our school and each other…………..Contributing to our communities………Developing strong character……….Being good sports and playing fair……….. HAVING FUN!
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4th GRADE: WHERE EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY…SPECIAL!
HIGHLIGHTS
 | Religion: Text: Christ Our Life: God Guides Us Growing in faith The Ten Commandments The Beatitudes Character Counts Saints First Friday Mass participation Advent, Lent, Liturgical activities Sacraments taught and practiced |
 | Reading: Text: McMillian/McGraw Hill: READING SRA Reading Lab Daily Sustained reading Book of the Month reports Poetry project Summer reading project Classroom library St. John Library |
 | Language Arts: SRA Spelling Wordly Wise Vocabulary Zaner Blozer Handwriting Voyages in English (text) 6 Traits Writing program Paragraph of the Week Public speaking Independent writing activities |
 | Mathematics Mastery of basic facts Expanding basic computation skills Gathering data, graphing information Critical thinking skills Problem solving strategies Geometry Measurement…..standard/metric Algebra concepts introduced Estimations Challenge opportunities |
 | Social Studies:
Text: Regions (McGraw Hill) 5 themes of geography Map skills Landforms Government Regions of the USA Global connections Current Events Special projects |
 | Science: Text: Discovery Works (Houghton Mifflin) Earth’s land Classifying animals and Plants Weather and climate Magnetism and Electricity Science activities Scientific process skills Science Lab |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION...RECESS!...SPANISH…COMPUTER EDUCATION……MUSIC……..LIBRARY SKILLS….ART