CLASS SUBJECTS-FOURTH GRADE

Religion Topics

• Law of Love, Beatitudes, Ten Commandments
• Laws of the Church
• Sacraments
• Liturgical Seasons-Advent, Lent
• Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
• Social Justice, moral choices, sin

Math Topics

• Computation for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and properties
• Computation using 2 and 3 digit numbers
• Rounding and estimation
• Perimeter and area
• Fractions and decimals
• Geometry
• Numbers to hundred millions
• Problem solving
• Weights and Measures
• Solving equations

Reading Topics

• Focus on the Family Stories
• A Wider View Stories
• Keys to Success Stories
• Timeless Stories
• Other Times, Other Places Stories
• Express Yourself Stories

Skills

• Comprehension
• Organizing information
• Synthesizing information
• Vocabulary Strategies
• Responding to literature

Additional skills

• Spelling and Vocabulary
• Decoding words
• Prefixes and suffixes
• Rules of Consonants and Vowels

English Topics

• Mechanics-
• Sentences
• Punctuation
• Grammar-
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Adverbs
• Writing-
• Sentences
• Paragraphs
• Letters
• Stories

Social Studies Topics

• Living in the United States

People and Places

• Physical Regions

Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West

Skills

• Maps
• Economic developments
• Natural resources

Science Topics

• Life Science-
• Classifying plants and animals with structure and function
• Ecosystems
• Surviving Environments and Changes
• Earth Science-
• Weather
• Make-up of the Earth
• Exploring Oceans
• Solar System
• Human Body-
• Systems
• Health
• Physical Science-
• Matter, Force, Motion
• Electricity, Magnetism
• Light, Sound