Tuesday, June 4, 2013


Spelling Words
6/3/13


Tourism

Great Depression

Dust Bowl

Progressives

Bribe

Sympathetic

Government

Officials

Resolved

Business



Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

June 3 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Wonder 

Math:  Drawing Angles, Rounding Numbers Using a Number Line, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:  A Discouraging Start, Raising America’s Spirits, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Oh California Chapter 10 Review, Chapter 10 Test on Friday

Religion:  We Pray in Many Ways, We Meditate and Contemplate, We Get Ready to Pray, We Avoid Distractions

Science:  Changing Populations, Disappearing Populations, Chapter 16 Review 

Language Arts/Writing:  More Commas, Parts of a Letter, Quotations, Grammar Unit 6 Review, Continue Reading Gulliver’s Travel, Spelling Test on Friday


Monday, May 20, 2013


Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

May 20, 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Wonder 

Math:  Halves, Fourths, Tenths, Dollars, Parentheses, Listing the Factors of Whole Numbers, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:  Continue The Fighting Begins, Preparing for War, New Challenges, The Great Declaration, Progress for People

Religion:  Continue Knowing and Praying Our Faith (The Bible and You), Prayer and the Forms of Prayer

Science:  Chapter 15 Review, Chapter 15 Test

Language Arts/Writing:  Continue Titles, Commas in a Series, The Question Mark, Continue Reading Gulliver’s Travel, Spelling Test on Friday


Monday, May 13, 2013


Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

May 13, 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Wonder 

Math:  Naming Numbers Through Hundred Millions, Dividing by Two-Digit Numbers, Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:    Oh California Chapter 9 Review, Cont. A Change in Thinking, A Tea Party in Boston, The Colonies Resist, The Fighting Begins

Religion:  Pentecost, Holy Spirit, Knowing and Praying Our Faith (The Bible and You)

Science:  Population Explosions, Chapter 15 Review

Language Arts/Writing:  Capitalizing Proper Nouns, The Apostrophe, Exclamation Point, Abbreviations, The Question Mark, Response to Literature Dust Jacket Design, Continue Reading Robin Hood, Spelling Test on Friday


Monday, May 6, 2013


Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

May 6, 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Wonder 

Math:  Simplifying Fraction Answers, Renaming Fractions, Naming Geometric Solids, Roman Numerals Through 39, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:   Cont. The Stamp Act, Parliament Stumbles Again, A Change in Thinking, Contributing to California, Chapter 9 Review

Religion:  Session 24 Jesus Calls Us to Love Others

Science:  Cont. Plant Life Cycles, Organisms on the Move, Population Explosions

Language Arts/Writing:  Definitions, Match the Meaning, Synonyms/Antonyms, Completing the Sentence, Word Associations, Word Study: Roots, Vocabulary for Comprehension, Continue Using Homophones,
Writing Sentences Correctly, Continue Reading Robin Hood, Spelling Test on Friday


Sunday, April 28, 2013


Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

April 29, 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Wonder 

Math:  Finding Equivalent Fractions, Chance and Probability, Dividing by Two-Digit Numbers, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:   The Quarrel with Britain, The Stamp Act, The New Californians

Religion:  Relationships with Our Neighbors, Commandments Seven and Eight, Follow God’s Plan

Science:  Animal Life Cycles, Plant Life Cycles

Language Arts/Writing:  Definitions, Match the Meaning, Synonyms/Antonyms, Completing the Sentence, Word Associations, Word Study: Roots, Metaphors, Using Homophones, Continue Reading Robin Hood, Students should also be working on their Mission Assignment (Researching and working on a rough draft), Spelling Test on Friday


Monday, April 22, 2013


Sacred Heart Academy
Fourth Grade Curriculum Update
By Mr. Guy Hillila

April 22, 2013  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with
you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Graciousness & Courtesy 

Math:  Reducing Fractions, Dividing by Multiples of Ten Part 2, Multiplying a Two Digit Number by a Three Digit Number, Extra Practice, Math Test on Thursday

History:   Review for Oh California Test Chapter 9, Oh CaliforniaTest on Friday, Learning a Hard Lesson, The French and Indian War

Religion:  Cont. Relationships with Others, God be with Us, Live the Commandments, Faith Summary   

Science:  Chapter 14 Review, Chapter 14 Test on Thursday, Animal Life Cycles

Language Arts/Writing:  Periods after Titles and Initials, The Comma, A Comma after the Words Yes and No, Comma Used with Short Direct Quotations, Cont. Contractions with Pronouns, Using Homophones, Continue Reading Robin Hood, Students should also be working on their Mission Assignment (Researching and working on a rough draft), Spelling Test on Friday