4^th Grade Curriculum

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 4^th Grade Language Arts Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Master reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

• Be creative, yet disciplined.

• Be competent in the organizing and synthesizing of information.

• Develop the ability to work independently and in a group situation.

• English

• Harcourt Brace

• Read Naturally, Inc

• Wordly Wise, Book 4 
• Handwriting Without Tears 

• Basal Reading Series

  • Children of the Dust Bowl

  • The Mysterious Matter of IM Fine

  • The Last of the Great Whangdoodles

Mathematics –

Long Term Goals
 

Implementation of the St. Francis 4^th Grade Mathematics Program will ensure that students:

• Automate basic skills.

• Successfully solve multi-step problems.

• Strengthen mental math capabilities.

• Master fundamental concepts.

• Gain confidence in their mathematical abilities.

Resources

• Singapore Math

Social Studies -

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 4^th Grade Social Studies Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Use and extend what they know as they encounter new content and wrestle with new ideas.

• Build their own understanding of the past in order to build a foundation for their understanding of the world.

• Build an understanding of the economic, cultural, political, and ecological connections among people.

• Foster a respect and love of the humanities.

Knowledge and Skills

• Discovering the Social Sciences

• Exploring Regions of the United States

• The Peopling of the United States

• A Train Tour of the Northeast

• Population Density and Life in the Northeast

• A Boat and Bus Tour of the Southwest

• Teh Effects of Geography on Life in the Southeast

• A Crop Duster Tour of the Midwest

• Agricultural Changes in the Midwest

• A Big Rig Tour of the Southwest

• A Case Study in Water Use: The Colorado River

• A Van and Airplane Tour of the West

• Cities of the West

• Researching Your State's Geography

• Researching Your State's History

• Researching Your State's Economy

• Researching Your State's Government
  

• Social Studies Alive! Regions of Our Country
• Daily Geography Practice 4
  

Science –

Long Term Goals

Implementation of the St. Francis 4^th Grade Science Curriculum will ensure that students:

• Learn by doing.

• Develop a deep understanding of concepts that is retained over time.

• Learn skills that enable them to gain new knowledge.

Knowledge and Skills

• Life Science 

  • Systems in Living Things

  • Nutrition

• Physical Science  

  • Forensics

  • Simple Machines

  • Inventions

• Earth/Space Science

  • Earth’s Land

  • The Solid Earth

  • Water Conservation

Resources

• Science Discover Works, Houghton Mifflin

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