Grade 4
Fourth grade is a special time at Mary Seat of Wisdom as the students star in our annual production of “The Nutcracker”. This has been a yearly production since 1975. Rehearsals begin in October with a final performance in December. Every student has a role and the experience always proves to be fun and rewarding for the students, and magical for the audience! Academically, fourth graders are working all year to prepare for Junior High, which now begins in fifth grade at MSW.
Language Arts
- Explores creative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing by reading novels, biographies, and poetry and by writing and presenting book reports.
- Acts as reading buddies to first graders and kindergarteners to share in the experience of reading.
Math
- Students are divided into accelerated and regular math groups based on individual math aptitude.
- Focuses on learning long division, decimals, fractions, and measurement, math facts and story problems in both math groups.
Science
- Studies rock cycle, photosynthesis, and the digestive and circulatory systems.
- Explores weather, matter, electricity, and animal adaptations.
Social Studies
- Focuses on current events, regions of the United States, Illinois, geography and master the state capitals.
Religion
- Explores the presence of God in their daily lives through studying the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and reflecting on the Stations of the Cross
- Enjoys meeting with their sixth grade Faith Partners.