Fourth Grade Syllabus:
| READING | But
Life is Calling You, Open
Court Summer of the Monkeys, Rawls The Perilous Road, Steel Sallie Fox: The Story of a Pioneer Girl, Leland The Girl Who Owned a City, Nelson Call it Courage, Sperry Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Lewis A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle The Secret Garden, Burnett Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Latham Year of Impossible Goodbyes, Choi |
| PENMANSHIP |
Palmer Method Handwriting (5), MacMillan |
| SPELLING | Selected
vocabulary from assigned reading. |
| ENGLISH | Warriner’s
English Grammar & Composition, Introductory Course, Harcourt
Brace Thorough instruction and review in basics of grammar, usage, mechanics, study aids, speaking and listening, with special emphasis on the several separate skills of composition. Vocabulary for the High School Student, Amsco (Units 1-2) Enrichment of our reading and spelling programs with the vocabulary lessons grouped logically according to central ideas. |
| LOGIC | Building
Thinking Skills, Book 3 - Figural, Critical
(Chapters 1-2) Building Thinking Skills, Book 3 – Verbal, Critical (Chapters 1-2) Intermediate practice in thinking skills, including figural and verbal exercises in similarities and sequences. |
| HISTORY | The
United States, Its History & Neighbors, Harcourt
Brace Basic survey of our country’s story, from early history into the space age. The story is enlivened by frequent features on prominent persons and events, and enriched by special focus on study skills and practice in thinking analytically about historical questions. History of Oklahoma. |
| ARITHMETIC | Math
76, Saxon Review and enrichment of the basic and more advanced concrete arithmetic skills up to the threshold of abstract mathematics. Foundational concepts of geometry, measurement, algebra, scale and graph reading. |
| SCIENCE | HBJ
Science (6), Harcourt
Brace Plant and animal classifications, changes and ecology; human physiological systems; structure and changes of matter, energy; foundations of astronomy, geology and conservation. |
| MUSIC | Choral
singing |
| ART | Baker
Academy's Mastery of Arts |
| PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
Various
ball handling skills, games, and exercises. President's Challenge Physical Fitness Program |
| REFERENCE | World
Book Encyclopedia Merriam Webster's Intermediate Dictionary |
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