Fourth Grade

Fourth grade at Holy Spirit Catholic School helps students become more independent, responsible learners while strengthening their academic foundation. With support from their teachers, children learn to organize their work, think critically, and take pride in their progress. Together, students build a community of faith where they encourage one another and grow through new challenges.

Living Our Catholic Faith
Students explore the Beatitudes, Ten Commandments, lives of the saints, and organization of the Church. Learning about the liturgical calendar and participating prayerfully in Catholic liturgies deepen their connection to the Church. Service and everyday acts of kindness help students put their faith into practice.

Reading with Greater Understanding
Literature circles, novel studies, and nonfiction selections invite students to explore different perspectives and deepen comprehension. Through independent reading, discussion, and the Accelerated Reader program, students strengthen reading skills and discover new interests.

Developing Strong Writers
Students use the writing process to plan, draft, revise, and polish their work. They explore storytelling, informational and persuasive writing, poetry, and technical writing while strengthening grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Vocabulary instruction helps students understand word meanings and communicate with greater precision.

Strengthening Mathematical Reasoning
Fourth graders build accuracy and fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division while expanding their understanding of place value and whole-number operations. Fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement, and data provide opportunities to solve problems, compare strategies, and explain their thinking.

Exploring Science and Discovery
Students investigate the structures and functions of plants and animals, energy, and waves, including how waves help technology transfer information. They also explore Earth’s systems, its place in the universe, and the ways human activity affects our world.

Understanding Our Communities
Through geography, economics, Kansas history, and civics, students learn how places, people, and decisions shape communities. These lessons encourage thoughtful citizenship and a deeper understanding of the world around them.

Throughout fourth grade, students grow in confidence, perseverance, and responsibility, developing skills that support their learning and their contributions to our school community.