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Fourth Grade
| Teacher | Years Teaching | Years at OLC |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Sue Blecki | 32 | 13 |
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education, Mercyhurst College
"The best thing about teaching is working with the children and helping them to love reading. I try to make reading interesting and provide learning many different learning experiences.”
| Teacher | Years Teaching | Years at OLC |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Shari Kum | 20 | 10 |
Education: Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
"The best thing about teaching is knowing I have made a difference in the children’s lives. Students like my class because “I have fun, tell lots of stories and even try to crack a few jokes.”
What we're learning
Mrs. Kum and Mrs. Blecki welcome you to fourth grade.
Our language arts time stresses both reading and writing. Our reading series presents a variety of stories and poems. While enjoying the literature, we learn about the story elements, main idea, cause and effect, author's purpose and making predictions. As another part of language arts, the students have the opportunity to read chapter books from our Leveled Book Collection. They apply the skills they have learned to select books matching their particular reading level. We also include in our program expository reading skills while studying Pennsylvania history.
The skills we learn in English are applied in our writing. Learning about correct sentence structure, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs help us to become better writers. Fourth graders are introduced to several forms of writing including personal narratives, descriptions, comparisons, letters and reports.
Poetry is another part of our curriculum. We not only read many kinds of poetry, we also try our hand at writing our own poems.
Place value, addition, subtraction and multiplication concepts, dividing by one digit, measurement, statistics and probability, and fractions are all part of the fourth-grade math program. The students also apply some of the skills used in reading when working on word problems.
In science, fourth graders work on plant structure, animal behavior, food chains and food webs. They also learn about matter, weather, Earth science and the human body. In health, they learn about how to stay away from drugs and alcohol. They also study the digestive and circulatory systems. An important part of the science curriculum is the opportunity for the students to participate in the Science Fair.
Fourth-grade social studies concentrates on the United States, its history and its regions. The students learn all the states, the capitals and their geographic locations.
The religion classes in fourth grade present a detailed study of the Commandments and the Beatitudes. Through discussion and activities, the students learn what God expects of us and how we can best follow God's plan. The students also plan class liturgies and participate in the right of Reconciliation throughout the year.