Grade 4

List of 7 items.

• Hebrew

  In the 4th grade, we continue our progress with the Tal Am program.  As the “united class”, our goals include -

  • 通过学习经文和圣贤语录，提高阅读理解能力和写作能力, using the lens of rules for good behavior and manners
  • Continued improvement of conversation and listening skills through songs, skits, group work, and presentations
  • Creative writing through projects and presentations
  • Continued work in topics of grammar through supplemental workbooks, including present, past, infinitive, possessives, and improvement of sentence construction

• Judaic Studies

  四年级的犹太研究课程回应了新兴犹太女孩和男孩的发展需求和兴趣. Based on the foundation of “Derech Eretz Kadmah La’Torah”, “propriety is a prerequisite to the study of Torah”, 该课程旨在促进求知欲，培养个人和社会责任感. 每天和每周的课程都有丰富的活动，培养犹太人的身份和自豪感，维持人际关系的发展.

   

  Recognizing the educational value of 21st century technology, 学生们喜欢并受益于将创造性的数字工具整合到他们的课程作业和特殊项目中.

   

  The subject components comprise:

   

  Prayer תפילה

  We start the day with Tefillat Shacharit: Birkot HaTorah, Birchot HaShachar, P’sukei D’zimra, Birkot Kriyat Shema, Shema, Amida, Aleinu, and Tehillim. Throughout the year, 学生们发展了对特菲洛和特菲洛法则的一般理解，并对阿弥陀佛有了深入的了解.

   

  Torah/ Bible Text- חומש

  Using the L’havin U’Lehaskil curriculum, we study the following Parshiot in depth with selected Rashis:

   

  וישלח, וישב, מקץ, ויגש, ויחי,ויצא. 这些章节开始于雅各在得到长子的继承权后离家出走，在迦兰开始了新的生活. Jacob returns to his homeland and the encounter with his brother, Esav. The narrative segues to Joseph and his brothers and their migration to Egypt. We highlight the transition from a family to a people.
  
  

  我们发展了对“Shivim Panim Latorah”的理解——对Torah有70种解释. We analyze the actions of Jacob and his sons, 讨论我们对情境的看法是基于对经文的不同解读. 

   

  Text of Prophets- נביא

  Book of Joshua ספר יהושע

  We study about the leadership transitioning from Moshe to Joshua; about the Jewish people entering the land of Canaan, conquering the land and dividing the properties. The students become familiar with the geography of early Israel.

   

  Laws and Customs- הלכה ומנהג

  Special emphasis is given to the Jewish holidays: background, knowledge of key vocabulary words, prayers, practices and customs. In addition, we use the workbook חיינו as a source book for basic Jewish knowledge.

   

  Jewish History and Zionism- היסטוריה וארץ ישראל

  We use the Lookstein Center Bar Ilan University curriculum on Zionism. The units consists of: The Northern Challenge, The First Aliyah, Coming Home and Struggle for Jerusalem 1947-1967.

   

  Biographical Sketches of the Commentators- פרשנים

  我们研究了从第二次贝特·哈密达什时代到现在的许多评论家的生活和贡献.

   

  Weekly Torah Portion- פרשת השבוע

  We review the highlights of the Torah portion and share Divrei Torah.
  
  

  Popular and Didactic Phrases and Sayings - פתגמים

   

  学生们将学习《welcome皇冠旧版》和《welcome皇冠地址》中的经典短语，以丰富和激励他们每周的学习.

   

• Language Arts

  The ELA program in fourth grade, based on a balanced literacy concept, 重点介绍学习如何阅读和解读信息的重要内容, textbook-based materials. 教科书和信息文章构成了社会研究和科学理解技能培养的基础, units of study which will be discussed later. The ELA program includes a variety of formats, including literature circles, independent reading, oral readings, read aloud (having a variety of materials read to the students by the teacher), and public speaking. (Throughout the year, 班级成员有几个机会就预先确定的主题向同学做一个简短的演讲.)
  
  Also included in this area are note-taking skills, identifying the main idea and its related details, chunking information (linking like details together), building upon vocabulary usage, and a variety of grammar based skills.
  
  

  The writing segment focuses on writing “tight,简洁的主题段落，使用更复杂的句子结构和各种各样的过渡词和连接词. As the writing is linked to the vast variety of topics covered, it can take numerous forms, such as personal narratives, compare and contrast essays, or short, detailed explanations of a process or concept.

• Math

  The fourth grade math curriculum follows the NYS core curriculum. 该课程强调计算技能和建立对相关概念和过程的理解, 以及学习和应用解决各种数学问题的策略.
  Topics include:
  

  1. place value and money,
  2. addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals,
  3. multiplication (2 to 3 digit) by 2 digit numbers,
  4. division
  1. division with remainders, the meaning of remainders,
  2. writing remainders as fractions,
  3. the concept and process of division and long division,
  4. divisibility rules,
  5. finding averages,
  5. writing expressions and equations,
  6. geometry and measurement
  1. solid and plane figures
  2. congruent and similar figures
  3. motion
  4. symmetry
  5. perimeter, area, volume
  7. Strategies for solving word problems
  8. A year-long in-class activity of recording and maintaining an up-to-date “checkbook”, based on “monies” given out routinely for a variety of reasons in class

• Physical Education

  威彻斯特走读学校致力于提供高质量的体育课程，这是核心课程的重要组成部分，在学校的整体教育理念中应该得到同等的重视. 几项科学研究一致认为，日常体育活动可以改善认知功能, achievement performance in the classroom, mental health, confidence, self-esteem, the total improved physical health and fitness of the individual, and makes happier and healthier kids. 考虑到这一点，低年级(1-5年级)的学生每周有4节体育课(每节30分钟)。.

• Science

  除了花时间在学校的科学实验室和科学老师一起探索课题, 四年级还花时间阅读和学习各种科学主题. This learning includes reading textbook materials, listening to videos, doing hands-on projects, and playing topic-related games to reinforce the concepts taught.
  
  Topics include:
  

  1. Energy from plants: plant parts, life cycle, growing our own plants
  2. Cells:
  1. parts of a cell
  2. plant cells
  3. animal cells
  3. Systems of the human body
  1. skeletal and muscular
  2. respiratory and circulatory
  3. digestive and nervous
  4. the body’s defenses
  4. Our ecosystems: the flow of energy
  1. food chains
  2. food webs
  5. Electricity and Magnetism
  1. molecules, charges
  2. how electric charges flow
  3. magnetism
  4. charges: attract or repel
  6. Use of scientific tools
  1. inclined plane (ball and ramp), connected to unit on objects in motion (speed, force, friction, gravity, momentum)
  2. pan balance (mass)
  7. Minerals and Rocks
  1. minerals
  2. igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
  8. Changes to the Earth’s surface
  1. erosion
  2. weathered materials
  9. Simple machines
  1. lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, and screw

  
  

  Fourth grade science covers both life and physical science.  Through units on cells and the human body, students learn more about themselves.  In units on electricity and magnetism, forces and motion, students get to engineer their own circuits, motors, and other inventions.  
  
  

  Units of study include:
  

  Cells	Human body systems
  Electricity	Magnetism
  Force and motion	Simple Machines

• Social Studies

  四年级社会研究的目标是培养对美国早期历史和历史发展的理解, with a particular focus on the history of New York State. Content is approached through a variety of mediums: reading a variety of sources, experiential learning, 实地考察和参与印第安人和早期殖民时代的游戏和项目.
  
  

  Content understanding includes:
  

  • The prehistoric land bridge and arrival of the first peoples to America
  • Native American Indians of New York State- Iroquois and Algonquin
  • How these groups met their basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter
  • 地理因素和环境如何塑造了美洲印第安人的定居模式
  • Early explorers and the Age of Exploration: reasons for exploration
  • Who were the European explorers who claimed and settled New York State?
  • 纽约州的美洲原住民印第安人和欧洲人的相遇:不同的探险家如何对待美洲原住民?
  • The culture and contributions of the Native American Indians who lived in our community
  • Where did the early colonists come from? When, why and where did they settle?
  • What was daily life like in the colonies?
  • The impact of the Dutch and English settlers on New York State
  • Who made up some of the social, economic and religious groups (Pilgrims, Puritans, indentured servants, slaves, merchants, farmers, plantation owners)
  • How everyday life in colonial New York was different from everyday life today