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3rd/4th Combined

​SCIENCE: Chemistry 
​Unit 1: Atoms and Molecules (4 weeks)
Unit Overview, Atoms, Molecules, Air, and Water
Unit 2: The Periodic Table (12 weeks)
Unit Overview,Elements and the Periodic Table, Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Transition Metals, Boron Elements, Carbon Elements, Nitrogen Elements,Oxygen Elements,Halogens,Noble Gas, Lanthanides, and Actinides
Unit 3: Physical Changes (4 weeks)
Unit Overview, States of Matter, Changes in State, Liquid Behavior, and  Gas Behavior
Unit 4: Chemical Changes (4 weeks)
Unit Overview, Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Types of Reactions, and Oxidation and Reduction.
Unit 5: Mixtures (4 weeks)
Unit Overview, Mixtures, Separating mixtures, Crystals, and Scientist Study - Louis Pasteur 
Unit 6: Acids and Bases  (4 weeks)
Unit Overview , Acids and Bases, pH, Salts, and Scientist Study - Marie Curie
Unit 7: Organic Chemistry (4 weeks)
Unit Overview,Organics Compounds, Alcohols and Esters, Hydrocarbons, and Polymers and Plastics
Social Studies: The Middle Ages (400 - 1600)
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Making use of The Story of the World, Volume 2 along with The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia and numerous instructor-assigned supplemental materials, this class studies the medieval world at a logic-stage level. Students will make use of primary sources, timelines, and other logic-stage materials to learn about the medieval world, from the fall of the Roman empire through the beginnings of the Renaissance.  Students will be required to turn in at least two outlines, six written summaries, and a final history project. Weekly timeline work,  periodic exams and weekly comprehension quizzes will accompany class discussion to engage deeper understanding of the time period being studied.
Topics to be covered include:

The Roman Past , Early Medieval Britain, Byzantium,  Medieval India, The Birth of Islam,  China & East of China,  Australia,  The Foundations of France ,  The Norsemen,  Early England ,  Medieval Chivalry, The Crusades, Kingship in England ,The Diaspora,  The Mongols,  Ming China,  The Ottoman Empire,  The Black Death, The Hundred Years’ Wa, Spain & Portugal, African Kingdoms, The Moghuls of India,  Native American Kingdoms, The New World, Reformation, Renaissance, Elizabethan England,  Colonizing North America,  Spanish-English War

Language Arts and Reading

At the Lab School we make sure each child progresses at the level he/she is comfortably ready for. We use centers and the Daily Five method to ensure your child is getting time specifically set aside for his/her level of instruction in reading if help is still needed.  Third grade and fourth grades break away from phonics instruction and focus on grammar and writing, leaving reading fluency to practice  and comprehension through living books. Work turns to dictation, recitation, diagramming sentences, and memory work.  Frequent writing assignments give students ample opportunity to hone their skills as they write stories for their own notebooks and send letters to servicemen and women. Language Arts will be combined  and work will be expected at the appropriate level. We will also be exploring at least one chapter book together each month.  Feel free to visit our list below to see what your child will discover as we add these chapter books to our picture books!
​Please see the information below for each level as it pertains to your child.
Some Topics Covered:
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs (the four kinds)
Adjectives
Interjections
Conjunctions
Linking verbs
Titles of respect
Adjectives
Quotation marks
Addressing an envelope
Capitalization (proper names, initials, titles of respect, addresses, poems)
Contractions

Articles
Adjectives (with Diagramming)
​Adverbs That Tell How (with Diagramming)
​Adverbs That Tell Where(with Diagramming)
State of Being Verbs (with Diagramming)
You (Understood)
Subject in Command Sentences Commands (with Diagramming)
​Questions (with Diagramming)
Predicate Adjectives (with Diagramming)
Four Types of Sentences
Object of the Preposition
The “No” Adverbs and Contractions (with Diagramming)
Adjectives
Introducing interjections
Four types of sentences
Introducing conjunctions
Four types of sentences
Introducing adverbsQuotations
Four types of sentences
Parts of speech
Writing postcards
Prepositions
Articles
Commas in a series
Conjunctions
Direct and indirect quotations
Introducing synonyms
Introducing antonyms

​Proper Nouns (with Diagramming)
Helping Verbs (with Diagramming)
Direct Objects (with Diagramming)
Adverbs That Tell When
(with Diagramming)
​​Adverbs That Tell How Often(with Diagramming)
Adverbs That Tell How Often
(with Diagramming)
​Linking Verbs (with Diagram-ming)
Predicate Nominatives (with Diagramming)
​Prepositional Phrases

Read Aloud Chapter Books That May be Explored Together This Year:

Wonder by R. J. Palacio
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
 The BFG by Roald Dahl
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
 Frindle by Andrew Clements
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. by C.S, Lewis
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Holes by Louis Sachar
Shiloh by Phillis Reynolds Naylor
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Series) by Rick Riordan
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardner
Writing skills, Penmanship:
(for information on why we teach cursive, please visit our "about us" or "curriculum" page)
Building upon each grade, the consistent step-by-step approach to good penmanship presented  each year emphasizes neatness and correct letter formation in daily practice. Writing habits which are continuously worked on and polished, will greatly influence students’ penmanship skills throughout life. Beginning in lesson 81, penmanship class will focus primarily on creative writing skills and some penmanship review. Creative writing skills will be taught in a sequence that will prepare students to write their own stories incorporating higher level thinking skills into imaginative writing.

Math

The Lab school of Oklahoma uses Saxon math for it's core math instruction.  We believe each student is unique and teach to the individual. Therefore, we  make use of the daily five method giving every child a time in which to receive one on one instruction at his or her level.  For more information on Saxon math, please visit our "About Us" page.

Some New Third Grade Topics Covered

Some New Fourth Grade Topics Covered

​Number Sense and Numeration
Counts by 11’s
​Read and writes whole numbers to 1,000,000,000 (9 digit numbers)
Identifies the greatest common factor of two numbers
​Identifies and approximates square roots
Identifies cube roots and perfect cubes
Identifies the approximate value of pi
Subtracts 4 digit or larger numbers
​Multiplies a 2 digit or larger number by a 2 digit number
Finds the percent of a number
Finds the value of a set of coins and bills
Balance a checkbook register
Completes a catalog order form
​Tells and shows time to the second
Geometry
Compares, estimates, and mesures circumference
Identifies supplementary angles
Graphs linear functions on a coordinate plane
Draws and reads a circle (pie) graph
Makes a stem-and-leaf plot
​Multiplying decimals
Multiplying fractions and mixed numbers
Dividing with decimals
Dividing with fractions and mixed numbers
Inverse operations
Reciprocals
Ratios and proportions
Prime and composite numbers
Greatest common factor (GCF)
Least common multiple (LCM)
Divisibility tests
Integers
Simplifying mixed measures
Scale factor
Scale drawings (two-dimensional)
Scale models (three-dimensional)
Planes
Horizontal, vertical, and oblique
Complex figures
Trapeziums
Circumference
Sectors
Terms
Period
Substitution
Writing a word problem for a given equation
Ortigin
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Clusters
Making predictions based on statistics
Comparative Bar Graphs
Histograms
double-Line Graphs
Line Plots
Stem and Lea Plots
Venn Diagrams
Classifying events as impossible, unlikely, likely, or certain
Sample Spaces
Permutations
Complex figures
Origin
Rotational symmetry
Polyhedrons
Circles
The Lab School of Oklahoma
111 Premier Parkway
Norman, OK 73069
Please send all mail to:
PO Box 1557
Norman, OK 73070
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Renee Roberts, Pete and Patty Mills
​Wes and Brandy White
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