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Academics: Elementary
3rd & 4th Grades
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Special
Classes
- Art
- Computers
- Music
- Physical
Education
- Spanish
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Field Trips
- Hixon
Forest
- La
Crosse Symphony for Youth
- Madison
State Capitol
- Niagara
Caves
- Norskedalen
- Planetarium
- U.S.
Geological Society
- Warren's
Cranberry Plant
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Bible
The
Positive Action Bible curriculum is used
for the students in third and fourth
grades. Daily work using the Bible
is completed together as a class.
In depth discussions about the Bible
take place for enhanced learning.
Students write and recite memory verses
on a weekly basis. Students also
attend chapel once a week.
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English
Working
on a two-year cycle during third and
fourth grades, the students will learn
about:
- Descriptive
writing
- Fantasy
- Friendly
letters
- Narratives
- Paragraphs
- Parts
of speech (nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs,
pronouns)
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- Poetry
- Quotation
usage
- Research
paper
- Sentences
- Tall
tales
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Handwriting
Students
learn cursive in the fall and use it
"full time" during the
spring. Students will learn the
D'Nelian style of cursive through
workbook practice.
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Math
Students
use the ABeka curriculum for math.
Students learn "on grade
level" in increasing amounts of
difficulty. Students will:
- Add,
subtract, and multiply fractions
- Convert
English and metric measurements
- Divide
- Learn
geometry
- Learn
Roman numerals
- Memorize
multiplication facts
- Solve
equations
- Solve
story problems
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Reading
Students
will develop their reading skills by:
- Author
studies
- Comprehension
strategies
- Making
connections
- Predicting
- Questioning
- Visualizing
- Literature
circles
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- Non-fiction
units
- Novel
units
- Reader's
theater
- Reading
buddies
- S.Q.U.I.R.T.
(independent reading)
- Weekly
reading logs
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Science
Bob
Jones science curriculum includes study
from a Biblical perspective of:
- Birds
- Classifying
animals
- Mass
and weight
- Minerals,
rocks, soil
- Plants
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- Skin
- Solar
system
- Sound
- Vertebrates/invertebrates
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Social
Studies
Our
students in third and fourth grades work
together in social studies. In a
two-year cycle, the students will be
taught U.S. history one year and study
Wisconsin history during the other.
U.S.
History
- Colonial
life
- Early
explorers
- Native
Americans
- States
and capitals
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Wisconsin
History
- Dairy
and agriculture
- Pioneers
- State
symbols
- Topography
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Spelling
The
Zaner-Bloser curriculum is used to
establish good spelling skills.
The students will have weekly spelling
lists, tests, and workbook practice.
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