Third Grade
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St. Charles School School creates a world of learning that emphasizes development in the Catholic Faith, academic excellence and diverse co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The way in which St. Charles School meets the individual needs of your child is unlike any other.
Curriculum
At St. Charles School, your third grade student will receive superior academic instruction that touches the mind, body and spirit.
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In math, third graders build on previous concepts. Skills within these topics include rounding to the nearest 100, representing multiplication and division strategies, measurement, and classifying quadrilaterals.The third grade team also utilizes technology to help students increase math fluency and build deeper mathematical understanding.
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In reading, third graders make the shift from learning to read, to reading to learn. An increased focus is placed on comprehension, main ideas, details, and comparison of passages in different genres.
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In English Language Arts, third graders participate in spelling skills following the science of reading, grammar, and cursive handwriting. In writing, students learn to develop strong paragraphs, and learn to write various types of essays.
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Additional features of third include: departmentalized instruction in religion, science, and social studies; I-Ready; Forensics Program; Christmas Choir Concert; Third Grade Family Activities; Kindness Club
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Our weekly curriculum also includes art, music, computers, library, Spanish, and physical education.
Catholic Faith
Third grade students participate in weekly Masses and are given the opportunity to be the leaders of prayer throughout the year. The third grade students actively participate in school-wide faith-building experiences. We also live our faith out in various community projects annually to demonstrate how students’ faith is an integral part of their learning.
Mrs. Jen Fuchs Miss Smith
Fourth Grade
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St. Charles School School creates a world of learning that emphasizes development in the Catholic Faith, academic excellence, and diverse co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The way in which St. Charles School meets the individual needs of your child is unlike any other.
Curriculum
At St. Charles School, your fourth-grade student will receive superior academic instruction that touches the mind, body, and spirit.
- In math, students begin to estimate, multiply, and divide large numbers, add and subtract fractions as well as geometry. Multiplication facts are committed to memory up to the 12 times tables.
- In language arts, they also learn and apply their understanding of fiction and nonfiction comprehension strategies like summarizing, main idea, visualization, inferring, theme, etc. Content vocabulary, oral reading fluency, and word study skills are expanded on. Students also take part in frequent writing projects.
- In science, students will learn about the Earth’s surface, the engineering process, living things and their environment, and forms of energy The students also take part in the annual science expo.
- In social studies, our focus is Ohio’s History and the regions of the United States
- Our weekly curriculum also includes art, music, computers, library, physical education, and Spanish.
Catholic Faith
Your child’s faith will spread and expand throughout the total experience of every day. Fourth-grade students at St. Charles School learn about and practice living the Beatitudes as a school-wide project. They pray as a community in weekly Mass, occasionally taking a leadership role in those Masses. They study the Ten Commandments, learning how they impact their lives. The students also learn about and practice social justice by taking part in various outreach projects during the year.
Mrs. Lisa Carlson Mrs. Tiffany Best Miss Peyton Bernard
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Fifth Grade
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St. Charles School creates a world of learning that emphasizes development in the Catholic Faith, academic excellence, and diverse co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The way in which St. Charles School meets the individual needs of your child is unlike any other.
Curriculum
At St. Charles School, your fifth-grade student will receive superior academic instruction that touches the mind, body, and spirit.
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- In math, the focus is on helping our students become fluent in math vocabulary and reflect on math patterns and processes. Fifth-grade math engages the students as reflective and confident problem solvers, with hands-on projects and cross-curricular activities.
- In social studies, students explore maps, the geography of Canada, Central and South America, explorers, and early colonies in the Americas.
- In science, students study technology, space, personal health, life science, and energy. We get to participate in the science fair. There are numerous hands-on activities to further explore the concepts.
- In reading, we read a novel every quarter, learning about plot, figurative language, author’s purpose, and many more reading skills. We work with short stories of fiction and non-fiction throughout the year as well.
- In English, we work on grammar skills. We also focus on writing techniques such as perspective, descriptive writing, chronological order, and more. Each quarter, we also publish a writing project written in cursive.
- Our weekly curriculum also includes art, music, computers, library, physical education, and Spanish.
Catholic Faith
Students in fifth grade will learn about each of the Seven Sacraments, the roots of each sacrament in Scripture, and the way each is celebrated in the Church today. Fifth graders will also study the symbols and rituals used in the celebration of each of the sacraments. They will learn that in each sacrament we encounter Jesus Christ and receive the grace to do what is right. Students will deepen their experience of prayer and learn about Catholic devotions and the use of sacramentals. They will learn to participate more fully in the Mass and to go forth from Mass to serve the needs of their families and communities. Lastly, our fifth graders will learn to love and serve as Jesus did.
