Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

December 17, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Charity 

Math: One Digit-Division with a Remainder, Years, Decades, Centuries, Multiples and Percents, Math Test on Thursday

History: Chapter Review (Oh, California pages 56-79, Test on Friday),

Charlemagne, A Feudal Society

Religion:  Resisting Temptation, God Forgives Our Sins, Forgive Others

Science:  Light Bends

Language Arts/Writing:  Adjectives That Tell How Many, Using Adjectives to Compare, Cont. Linking Verbs, Main Verbs and Helping Verbs, Kinds of Social Letters, A Letter of Invitation, Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

December 10, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Charity 

Math:  Multiplying Two-Digit Numbers Part 2, Equal Groups Problems Part 1, Perimeter, Adding Numbers with More Than Three Digits, Checking One-Digit Division, Math Test on Thursday

History: Presidios, Missions, and Pueblos, Life on a Mission, Two Churches, Prayer and Work

Religion:  Christmas, The Journey of the Magi, Jesus’ Visitors

Science:  Chapter 5 Review, Chapter 5 Test on Friday (Holt Science pgs. 78-91)

Language Arts/Writing:  Synonyms, Antonyms, Match the Meaning, Completing The Sentence, This, That, These, Those, Adjectives That Tell How Many, The Parts of a Social Letter, Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

December 3, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Charity 

Math:  Rounding Numbers to the Nearest 100, Multiply by Multiples of 10 & 100, More Adding and Subtracting, Multiplying Two-Digit Numbers Part 1,

            *Math Test on Thursday

History: Early Explorers, First European Settlers, Presidios, Missions, and Pueblos, Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday the 5th (Oh California book pgs. 30-47)

Religion:  Liturgical Year, Advent, God’s Promise, The Advent Wreath, The Journey of the Magi, Jesus’ Visitors                        *Religion Test on Friday

Science:  Curved Reflectors, Chapter Review

Language Arts/Writing:  Synonyms, Antonyms, Match the Meaning, Completing The Sentence, Making a Word Map continued, Writing an Outline continued, Writing a Short Report, More Present-Tense Verbs

            *Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

November 25, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Appreciation and Wonder for the Beauty of Our Earth 

Math:  Reading an Inch Scale to the Nearest Inch, U.S. Units of Length, Lines and Segments, Missing Factors, Subtraction Across Zero, Rounding Numbers to the Nearest 100 by Multiples of 10 and 100    *Math Test on Thursday

History: Life in an Indian Village, Review Chapter 2 The First Californians (Oh, California Text), Chapter 2 Test will be on Friday the 30th

            *African Kingdoms Test will be on the 29^th of November)

Religion:  Welcomed into the Church, A Celebrating Community

            *Religion Test on Friday

Science:  Bouncing Light, Flat Reflectors

Language Arts/Writing:  Synonyms, Antonyms, Possessive Nouns, Match the Meaning, Completing The Sentence, Making a Word Map, Writing an Outline  

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

November 12, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Appreciation and Wonder for the Beauty of Our Earth 

Math:  Reading Fractions and Mixed Numbers from a Number Line, Multiplications Facts (Memory Group), Reading an Inch Scale to the Nearest Fourth  *Math Test on Thursday

History:  Review African Unit (Unit Test will be on the 29^th of November)

Living with the Land, Life in an Indian Village (Oh, California Text)

Religion:  Unit 2 Session 11 – Continuing Jesus’ Mission, Welcomed into the Church, A Celebrating Community (No Religion Test this week)

Science:  Review Chapter 4 (Science Test this Thursday the 15^th)

Language Arts/Writing:  Irregular Plural Nouns, More to Explore about Writing, Using Your Senses, Writing a Descriptive Paragraph  *No Spelling Homework or Spelling Test this week.

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Spelling Words

Week of 11/05/12

Pentecost

Reconciliation

Beatitudes

Commandments

Mercy

Forgiveness

Apostle

Disciple

Ordinary

Ambo

Corporal

Spiritual

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

November 5, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Appreciation and Wonder for the Beauty of Our Earth 

Math:  Multiplication Facts (9’s), Writing Numbers Through 999,999 Part 1, Writing Numbers Through 999,999 Part 2, Naming Mixed Numbers

*No Math Test This Week

History:  Songhai and Askia Muhammad, The Travels of Ibn Batutta

Religion:  Unit 2 Session 9 Continued – Strengthened by the Spirit, Sharing Mercy, Faith Summary

*Religion Assessment (Test) on Friday

Science:  Spreading Light, When Light Strikes

Language Arts/Writing:  Complete the Sentence, Word Associations, The Person or Thing Spoken About, Homographs, Adages and Proverbs, Singular and Plural Pronouns, Homophones, To, Too, and Two, Their, There, and They’re, Writing a Book Report  

*Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

October 29, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Self Control & Self Discipline

Math:  Subtracting Three Digit Numbers with Regrouping, Larger-Smaller Difference Word Problems, Squares and Square Roots, Multiplication Facts (9’s)     Math Test on Thursday

History:  Mansa Musa and His Pilgrimage, Songhai and Askia Muhammad

Religion:  Unit 2 Session 9 – Following Jesus’ Example, Works of Mercy

Science:  Straight Lines, Spreading Light

Language Arts:  Word Study 3 Homophones, Review Unit 1 in Grammar Book   Writing:  Writing a Story: Plot and Setting, Writing a Book Report, Writing About Book Characters   Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Other:

Wednesday is the Halloween Carnival

Friday is a minimum day with noon dismissal

Sacred Heart Academy

Fourth Grade Curriculum Update

By Mr. Guy Hillila

October 22, 2012  

            These are the subjects and content areas the students will be studying this

next week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with

you. 

Virtue of the Month:  Self Control & Self Discipline

Math:  Drawing Pictures of Fractions, Multiplication as Repeated Addition, Elapsed Time, The Multiplication Table, Multiplication Facts (0, 1, 2, 5), Multiplication Patterns     Math Test on Thursday

Geography:  World Mountains Test on Tuesday

History:  Mali and Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa and His Pilgrimage, Songhai and Askia Muhammad

Religion:  Unit 2 Session 8 – Jesus, Son of God, On the Cross, Jesus Died for Our Sins, Praying the Creed, What We Believe, Faith Summary

Science:  People Cause Change, Chapter 3 Review, Begin Chapter 4 - Light Sources, Straight Lines     Science Test on Wednesday

Language Arts:  Definitions, Match the Meaning, Synonyms and Antonyms, Completing the Sentence, The Three Types of Pronouns, The Thing or Person Spoken About   Writing:  Writing Instructions, Writing a Feature Story   Reading:  Finish Reading Pollyanna     Spelling Test on Friday

Check Monday Envelope for:  Principal’s Newsletter and flyers from the office.  The Monday Envelope needs to be signed and returned to school by Wednesday.

Other:

            The spelling words for the week are in the student vocabulary books.