Fourth Grade

Grow in knowledge and understanding of the Bible and Christian doctrine
Make our faith personal and relationship with Jesus Christ deeper
Memorize Scripture, concentrating on our identity in Christ, learning about the early church, understanding the reliability of the Bible
Develop and use aides in the study of Scriptures
Encouraged to live like Jesus in actions, words, thoughts, and Christian disciplines

Develop reading skills such as fluency, comprehension, and accuracy
Apply phonic rules with suffixes & prefixes and building vocabulary both with spelling and recognition
Reinforce the Six Traits of Writing (ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions)
Write narratives, creative stories, expository paragraphs, descriptive stories, and poetry
Improve comprehension by discussing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
Communicate orally in formal and informal settings

Think mathematically
Develop computation and problem solving skills with adding & subtracting four or more digits and multiplying & dividing 5 digits by 2 digits
Extend knowledge of geometry, measurement (customary & metric), graphing, and fractions (adding & subtracting with reducing)

Grow knowledge of plant & animal biology, ecology, physical sciences, astronomy, oceanography, and geology
Integrate the Christian worldview
Learn to prepare for and take a science test
Observe, investigate, predict, record data, infer, and draw conclusions from experiments

Evaluate history from different perspectives
Interpret American History beginning with the Native Americans through the Civil War period
Learn how to prepare and take a history test
Re-enact and interpret American historical events through simulations, projects, and other activities