Grade 4, Room 14 - Mrs. Christy Farrell
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Email: cfarrell@simonandjude.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mrsfarrell4thgrade/
I am a graduate of West Chester University with a B.S. in Elementary Education and a minor in Reading Studies. My career began at St. Alice School in Upper Darby teaching second grade. Later, I moved to St. Dorothy School in Drexel Hill where I taught fifth grade and first grade. I have been teaching fourth grade at Saints Simon and Jude School since 2017. I am so glad to be part of the SSJ community and am blessed to be teaching in an IHM school. Being a product, parent, and teacher of Catholic education I am grateful to be part of a school where our children can grow spiritually, academically and socially.
WELCOME TO GRADE 4Religion
In Religion, students use the Sadlier “We Believe” series to learn about the Commandments, Beatitudes and their role in developing a personal relationship with God.
Mathematics
Math instruction in 4th grade centers on the basics of multiplication, division, fractions and geometry. Students receive Common Core instruction on these topics. Honors math begins in 4th grade, so students who meet those qualifications are invited to join this program.
Social Studies
It’s all about Pennsylvania from pre colonization until the twentieth century.
Science
Students receive instruction in a STEM environment of discovery and problem solving. They go to lab at least once a week where they work through the engineering process.
ELA
English Language Arts is comprised of a block of reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. We focus on writing across the curriculum, so students often are practicing their writing skills in every subject. The students read selections from our new Reading Street series and practice grammar skills in its own series. Vocabulary in Context, our vocabulary series, begins in 4th grade with instruction in that series concluding in 8th grade. Students are given the opportunity to practice and integrate these new words across the curriculum as well.