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4832 Highland Ave.

Downers Grove, IL 60515

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Monday to Friday

4th Grade Curriculum

Religion

Our Goals:

  • To develop personal and ongoing relationship with God
  • To build reverence for and knowledge of Holy Scripture
  • Purposeful emphasis on Catholic practices, images and models of faith
  • Incorporate five forms of prayer in each student’s personal devotion
  • Encourage family devotion
  • Stress Christian values

Reading

  • Genres include all Fiction, Literature, and Nonfiction
  • 7-8 New Vocabulary Words each week
  • Listening Comprehension Skills – Read aloud & Model Oral Fluency
  • Focus Skills (Examples: Plot, Conflict Resolution)
  • Thinking Comprehension Skills (Examples: Summarizing, Questioning, Author’s Purpose)
  • Novel Studies: Reinforces Comprehension Strategies & Focus Skills, Includes weekly vocabulary
  • Scholastic News:  Nonfiction Informational text and Comprehension Packets to help supplement Standards
  • Book Reports: 3 reports due per quarter
  • Silent Reading Books: All students are expected to have a silent reading book with them at all times.

Spelling

  • Lesson Words are given as a weekly handout
  • Spelling menu activities

Science

Unit B – Physical Science

  • Measuring Matter
  • Force and Motion
  • Electricity Sound

Unit A – Life Science

  • Plant Structure and Function
  • Animal Structure and Function
  • Energy in Ecosystems
  • Surviving the Environment

Unit C – Earth Science

  • Measuring Weather
  • The Makeup of the Earth
  • Exploring the Oceans
  • Movements in the Solar System

Math

Numbers and Operations in Base 10

  • Estimating, Place Value, Operations with Whole Numbers
  • Multiply and Divide, Powers of 10, Divide by 1-digit number
  • Numbers and Operations as Fractions
  • Fractions on a number line, visually, comparing and ordering
  • Making Equivalent Fractions & Simplifying
  • Add/Subtract: Like Denominators
  • Greatest Common Factor (GCF) & Least Common Multiple (LCM)
  • Mixed Number Addition and Subtraction with Renaming
  • Find a Fraction of Whole Number
  • Relate Fractions to Decimals
  • Comparing & Ordering Decimals

Geometry

  • Polygons: Quadrilaterals, Triangles, Angles
  • Perimeter & Area

Measurement

  • Line Plot, Graphing on Coordinate grid
  • Understanding Relative sizes of items in Customary & Metric
  • Converting Customary Units
  • Elapsed Time

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

  • Solve Using a variable, Numerical Patterns and Analyzing Relationship

Social Studies

We will learn about the five regions of the United States.  History will be embedded throughout the tours.   Please see the blog for websites to visit at home while we are “touring.”  Study Guides will be given for each Chapter.  Projects are due periodically.  At the end of each tour, a letter and scrapbook page are due.

Region Tour:  Introduction

  • Chapter 1 Lessons 1-3

Region Tour:  The Northeast

  • Chapter 4 Lessons 1-3
  • Train Tour:  9 Stops

Region Tour:  The Southeast

  • Chapter 6 Lessons 1-3
  • Fishing Boat Tour:  9 Stops

Region Tour:  The Midwest

  • Chapter 8 Lessons 1-3
  • Crop Dust Tour:  9 Stops

Region Tour:  The Southwest

  • Chapter 10 Lessons 1-3
  • Big Red Tour:  9 Stops

Region Tour:  The West

  • Chapter 12 Lessons 1-3
  • Van and Plane Tour:  9 Stops

Documents of the United States  (Chapter 2 Lessons 2-3)

Economics (Chapter 3 Lessons 1-3)

Language and Arts

Grammar and Mechanics

  • Types of Sentences
  • Nouns
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Pronouns
  • Adverbs
  • Prepositions

Writing / Emphasis on 6-traits of Writing

  • Personal Narrative
  • Comparative
  • Persuasive
  • Explanatory
  • Expository
  • Various responses to informational texts

Building Skills

  • Note taking and summarizing
  • Informal outlining
  • Vocabulary
  • Fact and opinion
  • Test taking strategies
  • Using reference materials

Composition Skills

  • Identify main idea and detail
  • Writing leads and endings
  • Organization
  • Writing dialogue
  • Revise and editing