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Reading Using guided lessons to read children’s classics; building critical thinking skills
Spelling & Vocabulary Reinforcing correct spelling through daily exercises and spelling strategies; reviewing commonly misspelled words; introducing cross-curricular words; integrating spelling with phonics, vocabulary studies, reading, and writing; enhancing vocabulary study
Composition Writing original works; research reports; bibliographies; narrative, expository, creative, descriptive, and persuasive writing; poetry; news articles 
Grammar Studying parts of speech; analyzing and diagramming simple and compound sentences; mechanics; correct usage 
Mathematics Featuring Calvert Math. Reviewing common mathematical operations, fractions, and decimals; geometry; measurement; integers; graphing; statistics; problem solving; ratio and proportion; percent 
Science Understanding properties of matter and energy; cells, growth, and reproduction; forces; astronomy; changing Earth; heredity; human body
Technology Application lessons, activities, and online interactive learning tool integrated with curriculum: operating systems and browsing; word processing software; spelling and grammar tools; formatting reports; graphics; spreadsheet software; layout; presentation software; URLs; Web searches. Internet activities integrated with Grammar and Science texts.
Poetry Studying the works of Dickinson, Hughes, and Frost 
History Tracing the dawn of man as hunters and gatherers through the agricultural Revolution; the development of culture and societies; early civilizations in Egypt, China, India, and Greece; relationship between the past and present; tools of historians
Geography Mapping ancient civilizations; graphs, cartograms, and thematic maps; detailed examinations of the Eastern hemisphere and the continents of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica; absolute relationship within places
Art History Using Hillyer and Huey’s A Child’s History of Art to study sculpture from ancient Egypt through modern artists
Art Coordinating with Art History study; Egyptian line drawing; soft-dough sculpture; relief sculpture; symmetry design |
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