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Elementary School Parent Handbook
Curriculum - Fourth Grade Skills Emphasis
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Grade Skills Emphasis
Language
Arts
Shurley
Language
Strong
emphasis on sentence structure including identifying parts of
sentence (subject, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition,
conjunctions, interjections, etc.)
Capitalization
and punctuation of sentences
Regular
and irregular verbs and their tenses
Dictionary
skills
Writing:
writing process, journal writing, expository writing, 1st and 3rd
person point of view, persuasive writing, descriptive writing,
narrative writing, story elements
History
& Geography:
Texas History (1/2 year)- ABeka American History (1/2 year)
Map
studies
The
Years of Discovery
The
First Americans
The
New England Colonies
The
Middle and Southern Colonies
Colonial
Life
The
Great Awakening
The
French and Indian War
The
American War for Independence
Building
a New Nation
The
Civil War
New
Frontiers
An
Age of Progress
The
World Wars
Time
for Freedom and Responsibility
Science
(ABeka):
Plants
Insects
Birds
Matter
Energy
Geology
Oceanography
Astronomy
Health:
Body framework, muscles, respiratory system, personal hygiene,
interpersonal relationships
Mathematics:
Factors
of whole numbers
Multiples
of any number
Whole
numbers defined
Even
and odd numbers
Unit
conversions
Metric
and English scales
Using
greater and less than symbols for whole numbers and Fractions
Identify
place value through the millions
Order
of operations in basic math concepts
Reading
scales such as thermometers and speedometer
Rounding
whole numbers through thousands'
Roman
numerals through 39
Addition
up to 4-10 places with regrouping
Subtraction
up to 4-6 digits with regrouping
Multiplication
facts through 12's
Multiplication
up to 3-digit by 2-digit
Division
up to 4-digit by 1-digit with or without remainders
Use
exponents
Identify
square roots of perfect squares
Read
decimal numbers to the tenths and hundredths
Change
decimals to fractions and mixed numbers
Add
and subtract decimals to the hundredths'
Find
percent of a whole
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