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4 Grade
Mrs. Lowry – 4A – Room 201
Mrs. Vos – 4B – Room 202
Mrs. Figura – 4C – Room 203
WELCOME TO
CURRICULUM
NIGHT!
RELIGION (Mrs. Vos)
Text used: Call to Faith (2012)
CONTENT TO BE COVERED:
 Being good Christians
 Beatitudes
 Ten Commandments
 Rosary
 Saints
 Sacraments
 Vocations
 Liturgical Year
 Stewardship
RELIGION
WHAT TO EXPECT:
 Fr. Mark’s visit each Monday or Tuesday
 Vocabulary pages – keep for the whole
unit (3 chapters)
 Weekly quizzes (If students pay attention
in class, participate, and review their
vocabulary nightly, they should not have
to study for these quizzes.)
 Success = participation in class discussions
 Mrs. Vos teaches Religion to all 3 sections
of fourth grade.
MATH
Text used: Houghton Mifflin (2007)
CONTENT TO BE COVERED:
 Addition
and subtraction of large numbers
 Multiplication and division of large numbers
 Place value to millions
 Fractions
 Decimals
 Geometry
 Time and money
 Probability and Statistics
MATH
WHAT TO EXPECT:
 Each day a lesson is taught which builds on
the day before – prefer students to complete
assignments in class.
 Assessments are given at the end of each
chapter (approximately 5-8 lessons) and a unit
test at the end of a unit (2-3 chapters)
 Memorization of all facts is essential (addition
and subtraction through 20, multiplication and
division through the 12’s)
 Spiral Reviews
 Each teacher teaches Math to her homeroom
class.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Text used:
 Reading
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McGraw-Hill ( 2008)
Sadlier Vocabulary (2005)
Sadlier Grammar Workshop (2007)
Comprehension
Cause/Effect
Setting/Characters
Inferences
Drawing Conclusions
Synonyms/Antonyms
Fact/Opinion
Independent Reading (read 20 minutes at
home each night)
LANGUAGE ARTS
 English/Grammar
 Sentence
structure
 Nouns
 Verbs
 Pronouns
 Adverbs
 Adjectives
 Combining
sentences
 6 Traits of Writing
 Grammar Workshop on-line practice
LANGUAGE ARTS
 Vocabulary
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2 weeks for each unit
12 words
Study nightly (2 or 3 words each night)
List sent home on Monday of the first week
Flashcards (2 or 3 each night)
Need to know ALL definitions and most
synonyms/antonyms
Vocabulary Workshop on-line practice
LANGUAGE ARTS
 Spelling
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Continuing Phonics/Spelling program from third
grade
13 words with a common phonetic spelling
pattern (plus the 12 vocab. words for a total of
25 Spelling words)
List sent home on Monday of the first week
www.spellingcity.com – search for Beth Vos
Test at the end of the first week
SCIENCE (Mrs. Figura)
Text used: Interactive Science – Pearson (2012)
CONTENT TO BE COVERED:
 Earth’s land and matter
 Nutrition (Archdiocesan assessment)
 Living things
 Electricity
 Weather
SCIENCE
WHAT TO EXPECT:
 Worksheets should be kept in their
accordion file.
 Worksheets and notes given in class
will be their study guides for the tests.
 Curriculum is based on terms and
vocabulary.
 In class experiments and activities
 Mrs. Figura teaches science to all three
sections of fourth grade.
SOCIAL STUDIES (Mrs. Lowry)
Text used: Harcourt Horizons (2010)
CONTENT TO BE COVERED:
 States
 Regions of the U.S.
 Nebraska history
SOCIAL STUDIES
WHAT TO EXPECT:
 Studies Weekly newspapers for
Nebraska history
 Study the United States by region
 Archdiocesan assessment: A Field
Trip to the Museum (2nd Semester)
 Mrs. Lowry teaches Social Studies to
all three sections of fourth grade.
BEHAVIOR POLICY
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Students receive a new demerit card once a
month. If a student chooses to break a rule during
the day, he/she will receive one demerit or more
depending on the severity of the action. The
consequence form that the student will fill out and
sign will go home that night and needs to be
signed by a parent and returned the next school
day.
If a student receives three demerits in a month
they will not earn the free dress day. Five demerits
received during a month will result in a meeting
with the counselor/principal. A plan of assistance
will be written when a student reaches 10
demerits.
HOMEWORK
 Assignments
average 35-40 minutes to
complete each night, not including
studying for tests and working on special
projects.
 Nightly review of spelling words,
vocabulary lists, and math facts is strongly
encouraged.
 See more detailed information on
handout
MISSING WORK: ILLNESS OR
VACATION
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fourth grade teachers we are aware
that at times students will miss school due
to illness or vacation. When your child is
absent it is his/ her responsibility to see
each teacher to get their assignments
and have them turned in two days after
their return to school.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN
HOMEWORK
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day your child will have homework
to complete. Homework is the work the
students did not get finished during the
school day. Assistance with homework
may be needed with difficult concepts at
times. We do ask that you do not “do or
assist them” to where they cannot pass
tests on their own. Fourth grade is gearing
the students up for more independence.
Please help us help your children!
GRADING/ASSESSMENT
 Grading
Scale is in the school handbook.
 Students will be assessed in various formats
throughout the year including projects, written
tests, and informal observations.
 Points will be taken off for missing capital
letters, punctuation, and misspelled words
that are on the assignment.
EXTRA CREDIT/RETAKES
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At various times throughout the year your child will
be offered a chance to bring up lower grades.
Students/parents may not request extra credit.
Extra credit is not mandatory.
Daily grades below 70% may require a student to
make corrections at school or home (at the
teacher’s discretion). It is the student’s
responsibility to make the corrections and get
them turned in by the next day.
Test grades below 70% may require a student to
make corrections or retake the test (at the
teacher’s discretion).
SPECIAL PROJECTS
 Book
projects – throughout the year
 Masterpiece Art - Quarterly
 Archdiocesan assessments
 Rosary project - October
 Saint project - November
 Pre-School buddies – September,
November, April, May
FIELD TRIPS
 Mormon
Trail Center – December – in
conjunction with Masterpiece Art
gingerbread house project
 Possible trip to Joslyn
 Lincoln Field Trip (Capitol, Nebraska
History Museum, Morrill Hall) in May
Please check the website each
weekend for the next week’s “Weekly
News”.
Contact:a.lowry@stephen.org
b.vos@stephen.org
t.figura@stephen.org
Your support is
GREATLY appreciated!