Calvert


	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Reading Phonics Literature	Continued basic skill development, vocabulary building; critical thinking; children's classics, European legends.	Comprehension and interpretation; children's classics and Newbery Award winners.	Improving comprehension; children's adventure and mystery classics; and other relevant, interesting materials.	Guided reading of five children's classics; comprehension and interpretation; literary devices.	Guided reading of four literary classics; improving comprehension; enrichment activities; vocabulary building.
Spelling Vocabulary	Daily spelling / vocabulary lessons; review of spelling rules; derivations; working with new words from all subjects; exercises and games (CD-ROM version available)	Daily spelling / vocabulary lessons; syllables, word division, capitalization, abbreviations; weekly review of new words from all subjects (CD-ROM version available)	Daily spelling lessons, vocabulary study, maintaining spelling and vocabulary lists in all subjects; commonly misspelled words (CD-ROM version available)	Daily spelling and vocabulary with weekly review of lists kept in all subjects; usage (CD-ROM version available)	Daily spelling, common misspellings; emphasis on building spoken, reading, and written vocabulary (CD-ROM version available)
Writing Composition	Process writing; using shape planners in creative, descriptive and factual writing; organizing a word bank	Outlining and summarization; writing letters, reports, original stories; applying grammar skills	Planning, organizing and outlining; writing original compositions, reports, friendly and business letters; oral reports.	Descriptive and narrative writing; letter writing; planning and outlining; book report; research project	Narrative, descriptive, and explanatory writing; outlining; editing; story writing; oral reports; research project.
Grammar	Parts of speech, punctuation, sentence elements and construction; usage and common errors	Subjects and predicates, parts of speech, punctuation, verb tenses	Sentence structure and diagramming, parts of speech, punctuation, research skills.	Diagramming simple, compound, and complex sentences; punctuation, sentence structure, usage.	Review of the eight parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, diagramming; research skills; guidelines for effective speaking.
Mathematics	Skills review; adding / subtracting to 5 digits; expanding multiplication and division skills; adding and subtracting fractions; place value to millions; adding and subtracting decimals; tables, graphs, charts.	Skill review; tables and graphing, metric and customary measures; geometric figures; multiplying fractions and whole numbers; ratio and probability; multiplying and dividing decimals.	Skills review; frequency tables; graphs; adding / subtracting units of time; multiplying and dividing with algebraic equations; prisms; proportion, percent; integers; coordinate graphing; dividing fractions; variable expressions; functions; sequences.	Skill review; equalities and inequalities; variables and formulas; using reciprocals in dividing fractions; complementary and supplementary angles; complex fractions; statistics; permutations and combinations; multiplying and dividing integers; Pythagorean Theorem, pyramids; graphing functions.	Problem solving and review; number theory; scientific notation; two-step equations; constructions; vertical and adjacent angles; tangent, sine, and cosine; rational and irrational numbers; absolute value; compound sentences; surface area; coordinate graphing.
Science	Plants; light, color, sight; solar system; minerals, rocks, fossils; animal adaptations and behavior; sound; oceans; electricity and magnets; growing up healthy.	Animals, matter, and plant classification; weather and climate patterns; human body systems; stars; forces; Earth's structure, surface; energy.	Classifying life forms; matter; space; energy sources; body systems; Earth: mapping, crust, history; electricity; plant reproduction; ecology.	Elementary physics; motion, forces, and energy; sound and light.	Earth science; matter, compunds, and mixtures; energy; weather; Earth's structure; solar system; water.
Poetry	Reading and memorizing for pleasure.	Appreciation, memorizing, oral reading, elements of poetry.	Studying and memorizing poetry of Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Robert Frost.	Study of classic poems; memorizing, discussing elements of poetry.	Narrative poetry, techniques of reading silently and orally, memorizing; study of elements.
History	Lively progression of historical events from Stone Age to present using Hillyer's A Child's History of the World.	American history: discovery, the first explorers, colonization, expansion, wars, present time	Ancient history; civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Southwest Asia, Rome, China, and India.	Understanding world history: political, economic, and social changes from ancient to present times; rise of democracy.	Chronological history of the United States from colonial times to present; incorporates role of geography; use of maps.
Geography	Map reading, weather, climatic regions, conservation, housing in different regions, care of soils, grasslands.	Map skills, landforms and resources of the United States; introducing Canada and Latin America.	Maps; Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands: climate, landforms, vegetation, minerals, demographics, economy.	Maps; Europe, the former Soviet Union, N. America and S. America: climate, landforms, vegetation, minerals, demographics, economy.	`
Art	Famous paintings; exercises in creating and drawing.	History of painting using Hillyer and Huey's A Child's History of Art: Painting.	History of sculpture using Hillyer and Huey's A Child's History of Art: Sculpture.	History of architecture using Hillyer and Huey's A Child's History of Art: Architecture.	`