3rd/4th Grade

First through fourth grade students work through the Abeka elementary Bible program. The specific units taught each year varies.

358967 The First Thanksgiving Flash-a-Card  

359025 First Christmas Flash-a-Card  

195073 Salvation Series Flash-a-Card  

358975 Creation, Adam, and Cain Flash-a-Card  

358983 Enoch, Noah, and Babel Flash-a-Card  

358991 Abraham & Isaac Flash-a-Card  

359009 Jacob Flash-A-Card  

359017 Joseph Flash-A-Card  

359033 Boyhood and Early Ministry of Jesus Flash-a-Card  

359041 Jesus Heals and Helps Flash-a-Card  

271411 Parables of Jesus 1 Flash-a-Card  

271446 Parables of Jesus 2 Flash-a-Card  

359068 Later Ministry of Jesus Flash-a-Card  

359076 Crucifixion and Resurrection Flash-a-Card  

359084 Life of Paul Series 1 Flash-a-Card  

359092 Life of Paul Series 2 Flash-a-Card  

268917 Moses in Egypt Flash-a-Card  

268925 Journey to Sinai Flash-a-Card  

268933 Journey Through the Wilderness Flash-a-Card  

319074 Joshua Flash-a-Card  

319104 Judges Flash-a-Card  

271136 Ruth Flash-a-Card  

271152 Jonah Flash-a-Card  

271225 Life of Samuel Flash-a-Card  

271241 Young David Flash-a-Card  

271276 David in Hiding Flash-a-Card  

271314 Elijah Flash-a-Card  

271349 Elisha Flash-a-Card  

271462 Daniel Flash-a-Card  

271381 Ezra and Nehemiah Flash-a-Card  

271365 Esther Flash-a-Card  

271187 Favorite Bible Stories 1 Flash-a-Card  

271209 Favorite Bible Stories 2 Flash-a-Card  

24244 Sword Drills  

3rd grade students will...

• read, write, compare, and understand place value in numbers to 10,000

• add and subtract numbers to 10,000

• master multiplication facts (up to 10 times 10) and division facts (up to 100 divided by 10)

• multiply one-digit numbers by multiples of 10

• use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve word problems (including two-step word problems)

• find the area and perimeter of rectangles, squares, and shapes composed of rectangles

• read, write, and compare fractions

• identify simple equivalent fractions and add and subtract fractions with the like denominators

• solve measurement problems involving elapsed time, length, weight, and capacity

• identify right angles, rectangles, squares, and rhombuses

• identify faces, edges, and vertices in 3-D shapes

Texts Used:

Third Grade Math with Confidence

4th grade students will learn to...

• Understand place value in numbers to the millions-place

• Identify factors or multiples of numbers and tell whether numbers are prime or composite

• Solve multiplication problems (up to four-digit times one-digit and two-digit times two-digit)

• Use long division to solve division problems (up to four-digit divided by one-digit)

• Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa

• Add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators

• Multiply fractions by whole numbers

• Multiply to create equivalent fractions

• Read, write, compare, and order decimals to the hundredths place

• Solve measurement problems and convert measurements within a system of measurement (for example, inches to feet, or kilograms to grams)

• Measure, draw, compare, and reason about angles

• Identify and categorize triangles and quadrilaterals

• Create and interpret line plots

• Find averages

Text Used:

Fourth Grade Math with Confidence

Third and fourth grade use Memoria Press curriculum for language arts.

• Introduction to English Grammar

• Introduction to Composition

• Literature Guides: Charlotte’s Web, The Moffats, Farmer Boy

• Traditional Spelling III or  IV

Topics include:

• Native peoples in North America • European exploration • Settlement of the thirteen British colonies • American Revolution and Constitution • Westward expansion • Slavery and the Underground Railroad • Civil War and Reconstruction • Homesteading • Immigration to the United States • World War I • Great Depression and New Deal • World War II • Civil Rights

 Space exploration • Vietnam War • Cold War • Computers and the Internet • Persian Gulf War • September 11, 2001 • Modern homeschooling movement • Many lessons highlight individuals who participated in American history in various ways (e.g., Thomas Gallaudet and education for the deaf; John Ross, a Cherokee chief; Clara Barton and the Red Cross; Liliuokalani, last Queen of Hawaii; and Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, radio and TV entertainers)

Texts Used:

Notgrass Our Star Spangled Story

Units include:

• What is science?

• God’s creation at work

• The earth’s atmosphere

• The earth’s surface

• Plant world

• Solar system

• Animal kingdom

• Animal habitats

• Human biology

Text used: 

Exploring God's World