Grades 4-6 Curriculum

Grade 4

• Reading books and writing book reports

• Spelling, grammar, composition

• Norse myths and Native American myths

• Speech and Drama

• The four arithmetical processes, fractions, word problems

• Local geography, New Mexico geography, map making

• Zoology and the study of the human being

• Spanish language

• Painting, clay modeling, drawing

• Handwork: Cross-stitch, Embroidery, Woodworking

• Singing, recorder-playing, orchestra

• Eurythmy (movement)

• Games and physical education

• Outdoor education: class camping trip to Chaco Canyon related to New Mexico history and geography studies

Grade 5

• Language arts, spelling, grammar, composition

• Early American history and biographies of North American pioneers

• History of ancient civilizations up to Alexander the Great (India, Persia, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece)

• Speech and Drama

• Mathematics: percentages, fractions, decimals, ratio, and propostion

• North American geography

• Botany, Zoology

• Spanish language

• Painting, clay modeling, drawing

• Handwork: Advanced knitting (with 4 needles), Woodworking

• Singing, recorder-playing and orchestra

• Eurythmy (of movement)

• Games

• Outdoor education: class camping trip related to botany studies

Grade 6

• Language arts: spelling, grammar, composition

• Independent study and report writing

• Ancient history (Roman Republic and Empire) and the Middle Ages

• Speech and Drama

• Mathematics: Business math, percentages

• Geometric form drawing using precision instruments

• World Geography I

• Geology and mineralogy

• Physics: optics, acoustics, magnetism, electricity, heat

• Astronomy

• Spanish language

• Painting, clay modeling, drawing

• Handwork: Sewing, Woodworking

• Singing, recorder-playing and orchestra

• Eurythmy (movement)

• Games and physical education

• Outdoor education: class camping trip to Carlsbad Caverns related to mineralogy studies