Typical course of study for Grade 4.  Appropriate for Grades 4 - 8.

The following lists our core recommendations for students in Grade 4. You will not be buying every book or only the books listed. Students have a wide variety of abilities and aptitudes; schooling — especially homeschooling — needs to be adapted to different children in different ways. Your advisor will work with you to (a) match each child’s strengths and weaknesses to specific materials; (b) combine your students in texts and subjects as often as possible; (c) choose a religion, history and science focus for the family for the year; and (d) weave materials you may already have or would prefer to use into your family’s course plan.

RELIGION

Religion [REL-300]

• My Path to Heaven: A Young Person’s Guide to the Faith, Geoffrey Bliss, S.J.; illustrated by Caryll Houselander
• Start Write Software Win/Mac CD-ROM,
• New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism, No. 1, Fr. Bennet Kelly

WORLD HISTORY

Greek History [SOC-301]

• Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of Greece, Cynthia A. Shearer
• Famous Men of Greece, John Haaren; A.B. Poland
• Ancient Greece (Cultural Atlas for Young People), Anton Powell

LITERATURE

Greek Literature [LIT-644]

• D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
• Children’s Homer, The : The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy, Padraic Colum
• Archimedes and the Door of Science, Jeanne Bendick
• Aesop for Children, The, Mia Winter; illustrated by Milo Winter

FINE ARTS

Art Practice [FA -190]

• Drawing Textbook, Bruce McIntyre

Art Apprec and Analysis [FA -173]

• Art &: Critical Thinking and Art Analysis, National Gallery of Art

Music Appreciation [FA -224]

• Classical Kids,
• Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Audio CD), Classical Kids
• Hallelujah Handel!, Classical Kids

PHYS. SCIENCE

Astronomy [SCI-308]

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Jeannie K. Fulbright

LANGUAGE ARTS

Spell&Reading Skills

• Explode the Code Book 7, Nancy Hall and Rena Price
• Explode the Code Book 8, Nancy Hall and Rena Price

Classical Composition [ENG-353]

• Writing Tales Level 1: Student Book, Amy Hastings Olsen
• Writing Tales Level 1: Teacher’s Guide, Amy Hastings Olsen

Penmanship D [ENG-459]

• Handwriting 3 for Young Catholics, Seton Staff

Reading Skill [ENG-258]

• Catholic National Readers Volume 3,

LANGUAGES

Grk&Latin Derivatives [LAN-076]

• English from the Roots Up Volume 1 : Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores, Joegil K. Lundquist

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics 54 [MAT-292]

• Saxon Math 54 : Home School Kit (3rd Edition), Stephen Hake and John Saxon
• Calculadders Masterpak 1 on CD-ROM, Edwin C. Myers