Last updated 10:40 p.m. ET on 16 May 1998.

Number Two Son (Eli - "Fourth Grade")

1997-98 Course of Study

LITERACY

Writing:

Journals
Penpals, email
newsletter
web page
book logs
essays, reports, correspondence, poems, etc.

Reading:

Wide range of literature
Plays
Biographies
reading aloud
Poetry
Newspapers and magazines

Other:
vocabulary
word games and puzzles
magnetic poetry, graffiti board

LANGUAGES

Spanish
Hebrew

SOCIAL SCIENCES

American history
Geography
Current events

MATHEMATICS

Multiplication/division
A wide variety of math activities using manipulatives such as Geoboards, 100s board, counters, Cuisenaire rods, fraction circles and squares
Time, area, volume, length, temperature
Fractions
Money activities
Charts and graphs
Math puzzles and games

SCIENCE

Museum of Science - Science by Mail
A Science Odyssey (PBS series) home study materials
Cows
Lots of hands-on experiments and activities

LIFE SKILLS

Household responsibility
Cooking
biking, walking, swimming
karate
Cub Scouts

CREATIVE ARTS

Piano
Singing with family and in choral group
Listening to a wide variety of music
Sewing
Embroidery
Knitting, crocheting
Museum trips, etc.

JEWISH STUDIES
Jewish practice and symbols
Hebrew language
Scripture
Jewish history

UNIT STUDIES

Baseball
King Arthur
Nutrition
Shtetl life
Gettysburg
Weather
Mythology
Explorers-westward expansion
Trip to Illinois
Mysteries/Detection
Kaleidoscopes

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