Language Arts

Teacher: Danielle Graham

4th grade English focuses on three areas: reading comprehension, writing, and grammar. As we read novels, we use context clues to determine unknown words, identify main ideas with supporting details, and begin to recognize main themes in literature. We hone writing skills to compose solid paragraphs—including a good topic statement with supporting sentences—and move from there to multiple paragraph essays. Along with composing paragraphs, we utilize the writing process: brainstorming, using an outline, writing a rough and a final draft, and revising/editing.

Math:

Teacher: Alyson Elder

Intermediate Math will develop your student's understanding of addition, subtraction, patterns, graphs, multiplication, time, measurement, division, geometry, fractions, and decimals. We will be working on one main topic at a time, with regular cumulative reviews. Conceptual and practical understanding are emphasized, while using visual models and plenty of skill exercises.

Science

Teacher: Barb Mross

Science 4 allows students to explore creation through an understandable and engaging presentation of text, diagrams, photographs, and illustrations. The curriculum offers interactive experiments, projects, and activities. Some of the topics covered include: ecosystems, plants, insects, the eye, the digestive system, and principles of motion and energy.

Social Studies

Teacher: Natalia Wallace

“Indiana in the Nation and the World” Students study Indiana history and its relationships to regional, national, and world communities. They consider the influence of physical and cultural environments on the state's growth and development and the principles and practices of citizenship and government in Indiana.

Language Arts

Teacher: Danielle Graham

Like 4th grade, 5th grade English highlights reading comprehension, writing, and grammar. Through novels, students recognize main themes in literature, are introduced to literary devices, learn the characteristics of different genres, and identify a story’s conflict. They hone writing skills through multiple paragraph reports, descriptive essays, persuasive letters, and basic literary analysis.

Math

Teacher: Alyson Elder

Intermediate Math will use a homeschool-friendly process to develop your student's understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, problem solving, decimals, graphing, statistics, fractions, and geometry. We will be working on one main topic at a time, with regular cumulative reviews. Conceptual and practical understanding are emphasized, while using visual models and plenty of skill exercises.

Science

Teacher: Barb Mross

Science 5 continues building on the foundation of science facts and skills for the further study of science in the upper grades. The colorful curriculum, filled with photographs, charts, diagrams, and illustrations, balances the presentation of facts with hands-on activities in order to promote understanding and instill in your child a love of learning. Topics include the following: minerals, fossils, matter, light, weather, ecosystems, the human body and much more. All lessons are presented within a Biblical worldview to help your child develop knowledge of God.

Social Studies

Teacher: Natalia Wallace

“The United States - The Founding of the Republic”. Students study the history of the United States to 1800, focusing on the influence of political, geographical, economic, and cultural factors on early development. Emphasis is placed upon the study of American Indian cultures, exploration, colonization, settlement, and the founding period that produced the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Language Arts

Teacher: Danielle Graham

In 6th Grade English, students continue to hone reading comprehension, writing, and grammar skills to prepare for middle school. While implementing the writing process, essays focus on narratives with plot elements, argumentative analysis comparing texts, and informative compositions using relevant details and facts as support. Grammar builds on previously learned skills. Through novels, poems, short stories, and factual texts, students find key ideas through textual support, understand how structure contributes to understanding, and synthesize different genres.

Math

Teacher: Alyson Elder

Intermediate Math will use a homeschool-friendly process to develop your student's understanding and review of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, expressions and equations, decimals, ratios, percents, factoring, fractions, integers, geometry, and statistics. We will be working on one main topic at a time, with regular cumulative reviews. Conceptual and practical understanding are emphasized, while using visual models and plenty of skill exercises.

Science

Teacher: Barb Mross

Science 6 is an engaging and interactive class that covers topics such as earthquakes and volcanoes, weather and erosion, natural resources, cells, scientific classification, atoms and molecules, the solar system, and genetics. Your child will consider each topic within a biblical worldview and will develop critical thinking skills along with other science process skills such as classifying, inferring, communicating, measuring, experimenting, and collecting and recording data.

Social Studies

Teacher: Natalia Wallace

Peoples, Places, and Cultures in the Americas and Europe including geographical, historical, economic, political, and cultural relationships. The areas emphasized are Geography, Canada, Latin America, and Western Europe.