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Fourth Grade: Mrs. Kim Wheeler
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Our Program
Bible:
- ACSI Purposeful Design
-We learn that the Bible is Truth, Inspires, and Endures, learn how to use Bible Study Tools, learn that God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent, learn about The Trinity, that we are created in God’s Image, how to Glorifying God, what is The Sin Nature and Sin’s Consequences, Thanksgiving unit, learn about Jesus: He is God Incarnate, His Salvation is by Grace, and His Substitute for Us, Christmas unit, learn that our Salvation is in Christ Alone and By our Faith, learn that the Holy Spirit Indwells and Empowers, learn we are the Body of Christ: the Salt and Light, learn the importance of Prayer, Time with God, Staying Strong in Truth, Stewardship, and Evangelism, Easter unit, and learn about Angels, Eternity, Christ’s Return, and Final Judgment.
English/Language Arts/Writing:
-Grammar: Fix-It Grammar: IEW: Institute for Excellence in Writing (Book 2: Country Mouse and City Mouse)
Grammar skills taught are Indenting, Nouns, Homophones, Ends marks, Articles, Quotations, Pronouns, Who-which clauses, Action verbs and helping verbs, Identifying strong verbs, Apostrophes to show ownership, Contractions, Adjectives and comparative adjectives, Capitals, Adverbs, Prepositions, Coordinating conjunctions, and Clauses
-Writing: IEW: Institute for Excellence in Writing: Teaching Structure and Style in Writing- 2nd Edition
Writing skills taught are Note making and Outlines, Summarizing from Notes, Summarizing Narrative Stories, Summarizing a Reference, Writing from Pictures, Library Research Papers, Creative Writing, Essay Writing, and Formal Critiques.
Reading:
-Literature Units:
All literature units are taught with a Biblical Worldview.
Paddle to the Sea, Because of Winn Dixie, The Midnight Fox, Little House in the Big Woods, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Frindle, and Medallion.
We also explore vocabulary, comprehension questions, different types of genre, summaries, character studies, types of figurative language, and graphic organizers. We also do a Non-Fiction Unit and participate in the Accelerated Reading Program.
Spelling:
-Bob Jones curriculum
We use a variety of teacher-created spelling activities to learn 20 spelling words every week.
Mathematics:
-Bob Jones curriculum
We learn Place Value and Money, Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers, Fractions, Multiplication and Division Facts, Decimals, Multiplication: 1 Digit Multipliers,
Geometry: Plane Figures, 1 Digit Divisors, Data and Graphs,
Customary Measurement and Time, Multiplication: 2 Digit Multipliers, Fractions: Addition and Subtraction, Metric Measurement, Division: 2 Digit Divisors, Geometry: 3 Dimensional Figures, and Pre-Algebra
Science:
-ACSI Purposeful Design
-In Science we explore Life, Heat, Light, Forces, Matter, Layers of the Earth, the Universe, and Human Body Systems
Social Studies/History/Geography:
-Master Books Curriculum: America’s Story
-In History we study the Civil War, Life of Abraham Lincoln, America’s Centennial Birthday, Transcontinental Railroad, The Wild West, Industry Boom, Life of Helen Keller, American Inventions and Inventors, Life of Thomas Edison, American’s Victorian Age, American Immigration, New Century, and The American Dream
Field Trips:
We visit the Lansing capital and museum and Charleton Village.
Enrichment Classes:
Art, Computers, Music (twice a week), P.E. (twice a week), Library, and attend weekly Chapel
Fourth Grade Extras:
The fourth graders participate in the Christmas play and Spelling Bee, learn how to play the recorder, and help the younger students by being safeties.
- ACSI Purposeful Design
-We learn that the Bible is Truth, Inspires, and Endures, learn how to use Bible Study Tools, learn that God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent, learn about The Trinity, that we are created in God’s Image, how to Glorifying God, what is The Sin Nature and Sin’s Consequences, Thanksgiving unit, learn about Jesus: He is God Incarnate, His Salvation is by Grace, and His Substitute for Us, Christmas unit, learn that our Salvation is in Christ Alone and By our Faith, learn that the Holy Spirit Indwells and Empowers, learn we are the Body of Christ: the Salt and Light, learn the importance of Prayer, Time with God, Staying Strong in Truth, Stewardship, and Evangelism, Easter unit, and learn about Angels, Eternity, Christ’s Return, and Final Judgment.
English/Language Arts/Writing:
-Grammar: Fix-It Grammar: IEW: Institute for Excellence in Writing (Book 2: Country Mouse and City Mouse)
Grammar skills taught are Indenting, Nouns, Homophones, Ends marks, Articles, Quotations, Pronouns, Who-which clauses, Action verbs and helping verbs, Identifying strong verbs, Apostrophes to show ownership, Contractions, Adjectives and comparative adjectives, Capitals, Adverbs, Prepositions, Coordinating conjunctions, and Clauses
-Writing: IEW: Institute for Excellence in Writing: Teaching Structure and Style in Writing- 2nd Edition
Writing skills taught are Note making and Outlines, Summarizing from Notes, Summarizing Narrative Stories, Summarizing a Reference, Writing from Pictures, Library Research Papers, Creative Writing, Essay Writing, and Formal Critiques.
Reading:
-Literature Units:
All literature units are taught with a Biblical Worldview.
Paddle to the Sea, Because of Winn Dixie, The Midnight Fox, Little House in the Big Woods, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Frindle, and Medallion.
We also explore vocabulary, comprehension questions, different types of genre, summaries, character studies, types of figurative language, and graphic organizers. We also do a Non-Fiction Unit and participate in the Accelerated Reading Program.
Spelling:
-Bob Jones curriculum
We use a variety of teacher-created spelling activities to learn 20 spelling words every week.
Mathematics:
-Bob Jones curriculum
We learn Place Value and Money, Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers, Fractions, Multiplication and Division Facts, Decimals, Multiplication: 1 Digit Multipliers,
Geometry: Plane Figures, 1 Digit Divisors, Data and Graphs,
Customary Measurement and Time, Multiplication: 2 Digit Multipliers, Fractions: Addition and Subtraction, Metric Measurement, Division: 2 Digit Divisors, Geometry: 3 Dimensional Figures, and Pre-Algebra
Science:
-ACSI Purposeful Design
-In Science we explore Life, Heat, Light, Forces, Matter, Layers of the Earth, the Universe, and Human Body Systems
Social Studies/History/Geography:
-Master Books Curriculum: America’s Story
-In History we study the Civil War, Life of Abraham Lincoln, America’s Centennial Birthday, Transcontinental Railroad, The Wild West, Industry Boom, Life of Helen Keller, American Inventions and Inventors, Life of Thomas Edison, American’s Victorian Age, American Immigration, New Century, and The American Dream
Field Trips:
We visit the Lansing capital and museum and Charleton Village.
Enrichment Classes:
Art, Computers, Music (twice a week), P.E. (twice a week), Library, and attend weekly Chapel
Fourth Grade Extras:
The fourth graders participate in the Christmas play and Spelling Bee, learn how to play the recorder, and help the younger students by being safeties.