Fourth Grade Curriculum Overview
 

Bible – Building Life Castles (Positive Action for Christ)

Reading/Language Arts - Reading Street (Scott Foresman 2007)

• Compare/contrast literary structures
• Identify literary elements of style
• Alter predictions based on evidence
• Present interpretations of literature
• Use of the Thesaurus
• Use listening skills to identify main idea & supporting details
• Make oral presentation with or without notes
• Selecting material for information or pleasure
• Compare/contrast one author’s works
• Fact and opinion

Writing

• Use webbing, listing, clustering in prewriting
• Make connections between prior knowledge and new information
• Use of reference material in the library
• Gather information from various sources
• Use narrative, expository, and poetic structure in creative writing
• Use conferencing for editing, revision, and clarity
• Learning the writing process

Math - Mathematics (Houghton-Mifflin 2002)

• Meaning of place value to nine digits
• Division by a two digit divisor
• Multiplication by two-digit multiplier
• Accurate and estimated measurement
• Interpret and organize data on graph, chart, or table
• Rounding to estimate value, distance, quantity
• Math operations involving regrouping of whole numbers, decimals, money
• Proper, improper, and equivalent fractions, reducing to lowest terms, mixed numbers
• Calculating area, perimeter and volume of common sold and plane figures
• Writing algebraic expressions

Science and Health – Science (Harcourt 2007)

• Human digestive system functions and process
• Identify stages of a forest
• Differentiate between types of rocks
• Arrangement of particles in solids, liquids, gases
• Predict outcome from observations
• Identify parts of a plant
• Classify vertebrates
• Discuss effects of weather on land
• Problem solving by scientific method
• Identify parts of ecosystem
• Identify traits of animals
• Methods of heat transfer
• Using five senses

Social Studies - Social Studies - Ohio - Gold Edition (Pearson, Scott Foresman 2008)

• Effects of conservation of resources
• Election process
• Read and use time zone maps
• Contributions of cultural groups
• Map skills to locate rivers, cities, relative locations
• Relationships between jobs and natural resources in history
• Cardinal and intermediate directions on globe or map
• Identify political and trade relationships between nations
• Contributions of missionaries
• Power under the Constitution
• Conflict resolution in groups
• Responsibilities of an individual to a group
• Changes in state laws over time
• Pluralism in American society
• Ohio history
• Differentiate between urban/rural areas
• Read, interpret, and create timelines
• Give and follow directions
• Decision making by finding central issues
• Contributions of inventors
• Industrial Revolution

Music

• Upbeat, downbeat, offbeat
• Melodic patterns and phrases
• Time Signature/Key Signature
• Descants/Counter-melodies
• Sequence and direction
• Optional wind instrument instruction
• Adding harmony parts
• Performing choir optional
• Contour of melody
• Syncopation
• Introduction and Coda

Fourth Grade Band (Beginning Band) - Essential Elements 2000-Book 1 (Hal Leonard Corporation 1999)

• This class is designed to introduce students to instrumental music and to work together as a group towards a common goal.
• Through the learning of instruments, the students will take their musical skills and knowledge to a higher level.
• Students will meet twice a week after school, once for sectional rehearsal and once for a full band rehearsal.

Physical Education – Dynamic Physical Education for School Children (Allyn & Bacon 1995)

• Team sport skill development
• Lead-up games to team sports activities
• Individual sport skills
• Line and circle folk dance rhythms
• Individual and partner rope jumping
• Relay activities
• Physical fitness activities and testing
• Stunts and tumbling skills
• Playground games
• Rules and safety instruction
• Biblical perspective development

Art

• Color wheel facts
• Elements of art
• One-point perspective
• Portrait drawing
• Repetition in art composition
• Watercolor techniques
• Poster art & lettering style
• Primary, secondary & intermediate colors
• Creativity with paper mache
• Drawing with pencils, markers
• Volume and form in composition
• Introduction to famous artists

Computer

• Once weekly
• The Fourth Grade uses Global Academics curriculum to produce a cross curricular project each quarter.

Library

• Once weekly