SAINT JEROME SCHOOL

"Excellence in Catholic Education"

Mrs. Nurthen & Miss Ventre

Welcome to grade four!  We hope you had a relaxing summer and are coming back ready and eager to learn. The fourth grade curriculum is filled with interesting subjects that we will discover together. We are excited to begin the new year and  hope you are too.

In Literature we start off with a unit on Risk and Consequences. We will read stories about people who take risks and what happens to them as a result of those risks. Be ready for a great adventure. This is one of our favorite units. We’ll start off in Africa where we’ll meet a boy named Suku and a baby elephant named Toto. Their adventure will introduce us to the theme of Risk and Consequence. 

Do you know how important Math is in our daily lives? We will be doing lots of critical thinking and problem solving this year. We can’t forget those basic math facts, however. Every week we will have a “Mad Minute” with multiplication facts. We’ll start off trying to do a worksheet in four minutes, then move on to three minutes, then two and finally one. Who will be the first to break one minute? 

In fourth grade Social Studies we explore our great state of New Jersey. Do you know the state animal of New Jersey? How about our state flower or insect? You will find these facts in Chapter One of The New Jersey Adventure.

We will focus on the Ten Commandments and the Eight Beatitudes in Religion. We will learn how important these guides are to helping us follow the teachings of Jesus and the Church.

Fall is one of our favorite seasons. We will be typing fall paragraphs, writing apple haiku and doing some neat fall art projects. Let’s all “fall” into some fun in Fourth Grade!
 

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