Miss Sassone

4^th Grade Curriculum

For specific 4^th grade standards visit:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp

CURRICULUM: 

This is a list by subject of some of the information we will study this year in fourth grade.

Religion: 

• ·     Ten Commandments
• ·     Law of Love
• ·     Laws of the Church
• ·     Virtues
• ·     Stations of the Cross
• ·     Beatitudes
• ·     Saints
• ·     Using a Bible
• ·     Living our Faith
• ·     Works of Mercy
• ·     Various Prayers
• ·     Sharing our Faith with Others
• ·     Family Life Program
• ·     Safety Program (one day) 

Reading: 

• ·     Book Reports using Various Formats and Book Genres
• ·     Character Analysis
• ·     Oral Reading Fluency and Accuracy, Correct Pacing and Expression
• ·     Silent Reading
• ·     Reading Comprehension
• ·     Reader’s Theater
• ·     Oral Presentations
• ·     Vocabulary Understanding and Usage
• ·     Compare and Contrast
• ·     Predicting Outcomes
• ·     Making Inferences
• ·     Being Active Readers Who Analyze What Is Read

Spelling: 

• ·     Use of Spelling Patterns
• ·     Weekly Tests over Spelling Units
• ·     Checking Spelling When Doing Work in Other Subjects
• ·     Double-Checking Work When Words Are on the Page

Social Studies: 

• ·     California Indians
• ·     The Spaniards & California Missions
• ·     Regions of California
• ·     Bear Flag Rebellion
• ·     Maps
• ·     Latitude and Longitude
• ·     Early Explorations in California
• ·     Spanish California
• ·     Mexican California
• ·     California and the U.S.A.
• ·     Gold Rush
• ·     California Becoming a State
• ·     Transcontinental Railroad
• ·     Agriculture’s Importance
• ·     Different Cultures
• ·     Modern California
• ·     State and Federal Government
• ·     “Walk Through California” Program

Handwriting: 

• ·     Letter Formation (Slant, Overcurve, Downcurce, Undercurve)
• ·     Line Quality
• ·     Legibility
• ·     Size and Spacing
• ·     Applying Handwriting Skills to Work

Science/Health: 

• ·     Electricity and Magnetism
• ·     Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
• ·     Ecosystems
• ·     Rocks and Minerals
• ·     Changes in Landforms
• ·     Experimentation
• ·     Being Stewards of God’s Creation
• ·     Red Ribbon Week/ Drug Awareness/ Health

English: 

• ·     Journal Writing
• ·     Paragraphs
• ·     Sentences
• ·     Short Essays
• ·     Informational Reports
• ·     Writing Letters
• ·     Creative Writing
• ·     Different Types of Writing (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
• ·     Library and Dictionary Skills
• ·     Parts of Speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Regular and Irregular Verbs, and Adverbs)
• ·     Punctuation
• ·     Capitalization
• ·     Sentence Diagramming

Art: 

• ·     Basic Art Terms and Ideas (Including  Foreground, Midground, Background, and Grounding)
• ·     String Art
• ·     Cross-stitch
• ·     Sketching Objects
• ·     Painting with Water Colors
• ·     Pastels
• ·     Famous Artists
• ·     Meet the Masters Program

Math:  Miss Elliot is the fourth grade math teacher this year. 

• ·     Emphasis on learning math facts (0-12). Weekly timed tests.
• ·     Place value to hundred million, muli-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, geometry, measurement, statistics, probability, graphing, algebra and problem solving.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION with Mrs. Carr and Mr. Capp (Tuesday and Thursday), COMPUTER with Mrs. Tupas (Monday), LIBRARY (Tuesday), MUSIC with Mrs. Jabro (Wednesday), MATH with Miss Elliot (Monday through Friday)