4th Grade Full Multicultural Curriculum

Welcome to Culture Corner Academy! The ULTIMATE interactive FLEX experience! Upon enrollment get access to our virtual school. Each week enter a different area of the school to learn your tasks for the week. All weeks are posted in the platform so you can work at your own pace. Work ahead, take your time, the choice is yours! We also will host fun interactive games and activities  including: 

-Game of the Week in the Gym (GimKit, Kahoot, Blooket, etc) 
-Create Your Own Lunch Tray in the Cafeteria! (Virtual activity no food required)
-Decorate Your Desk
-Read of the Week in the Libray 

Flexible Schedule Information : This flexible schedule class will mirror the live class offered with a few difference due to its flexible schedule. This class will be hosted by me on a various 3rd party sites to help build engagement through out the semester. The class will mainly be ran through an interactive site called Genially.  Learners will then be able to self direct their learning by completing different tasks set out. Examples of these would be direct instruction/lecture (by me recorded with slides using Canva and ED puzzle), supplemental videos via Youtube or a other site, discussion questions which should be answered via the Outschool classroom, Warm Up/Ice Breaker Questions using Padlet. Account creation is not required for any of these 3rd party materials. Direct instruction lessons via Ed puzzle will contain check for understanding questions throughout. 

New weekly tasks will be posted Mondays at 9AM EST

Join us this school year to build community in a small group while learning important  Reading, Writing, Science, World History and Math skills! 

Our full curriculum course covers core subjects in a fun engaging way. At Culture Corner Academy your learner will learn a variety of subjects in a nonconventional way. From our ELA curriculum that stems around diversity to our Environmental Science Unit that explores the unknown of the ocean. We believe learning should be not only fun but engagingly rich with content. Our teachers are highly qualified to give your learner the ultimate homeschooling experience. Your learner will continuously learning information not found in the conventional classroom. 

Class structure will follow this schedule: 

Class Information: 

🤎 Literature 

Never judge a book by its movie! In this class we take on books so amazing, they made a movie! Each month we will read 1 book in class and upon completion we will all watch their video productions (Parent permission will be required; an alternative will also be given to those not participating in the film screening). After the movie, students will participate in an open dialogue in Padlet or Jamboard comparing and contrasting both pieces.

WEEK 1-4 : 

Beezus and Ramona by: Beverly Cleary, illustrated by: Arthur Dorros and Tracy Dockray - (W. Morrow, 1955) 176 pages
Film: Ramona and Beezus (2010) 

WEEK 4-8: Charlotte’s Web by: E.B. White, illustrated by: Garth Williams - (HarperCollins Publishers, 1952) 192 pages.
Film: Charlotte’s Web (2006)

Week 8-16:

Harriet the Spy by: Louise Fitzhugh - (Harper & Row, 1964) 320 pages.
Film: Harriet the Spy (2007)


🤎 Writing (with FEEDBACK)

Students will learn about various topics, put them in action. Students will need a writing notebook for class. A grown up will also need to assist in writing submissions to the teacher for grammar/punctuation feedback. This class uses a platform called StoryJumper where students can become authors and put their work into physical and ebooks available for purchase with parent permission and assistance. Parents can purchase their child's books through their personal account so no information sharing will take place. The academy will be providing a gift card for learners to purchase one of their books. 

Week 1-8: 

-Learners will learn the basics and steps of Sentence Structure and Paragraph Writing over 8 weeks. Students will gain more practice in the writing of proper, complete sentences.  Topics include sentence fragments, run-on sentences, combining sentences with conjunctions, subjects and predicates, direct objects and subject - verb agreement.
-Book Creation: All About Me Book

Week 8-12:

-Learners will be introduced to Narrative Writing with a goal of writing their own by the end of the month  
Book Creation: Narrative 

Week 12-16:

-Learners will learn the 5 steps to creating a fable and putting them into action creating and writing their own 
Book Creation: Write your own Fable

🤎 Math 

Week 1-8: Multiplication

Multiplication tables 2-10	
Multiplication tables 2-12	
Multiplication tables 2-10, missing factor	
Multiplication tables 2-12, missing factor	
Commutative property	
Associative property	
Distributive property	
Multiply 1-digit by whole tens	
Multiply 1-digit by whole hundreds	
Multiply 1-digit by whole tens or hundreds	
Multiply whole tens by whole tens	
Multiply by whole tens, missing factor	
Multiply whole tens, hundreds, thousands	
Multiply in parts: 1 x 2 digits 	
Multiply in parts: 1 x 3 digits	
Multiply in parts: 1-digit x number near 100	
Multiply in Columns (2, 3 & 4 digit)

Week 8-16: Multiply in Columns

Multiply in Columns
2-digit by 1-digit
3-digit by 1-digit	
4-digit by 1-digit	
Double digit multiplication
2-digit by 2-digit	
3-digit by 2-digit	
4-digit by 2-digit	
3-digit by 3-digit	
 
🤎 History 

Students will learn about diverse heroes of different cultural backgrounds and their contributions to the world. Each week we will be highlighting new heroes. Students will learn about each hero's early life, societal contribution, and posthumous accomplishments.

Week 1- 4: African American History 

Week 1: Bessie Coleman and Mae Jemison
Week 2: Jackie Robsinson and Ruby Bridges
Week 3: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr
Week 4: George Washington Carver and Harriet Tubman


Week 4- 8: Hispanic Inventors 

Week 5: Albert Báez
Week 6: Ángela Ruiz Robles
Week 7: Carlos Juan Finlay
Week 8:  Isaac Peral


Week 9- 12: Asian American and Pacific Islander History Figures
 Week 9- 12: Semester History Research Project 


🤎 Science 

Week 1-4: 

Scientific Investigation
Atoms, Elements & Solutions

Lab:

Week 4-8 : 

Matter Properties & Changes
Energy Types & Changes

Lab: Animal Habitat Diorama 

Week 8-12: 

Waves & Sound
Electricity

Lab: 

Week 12-16: Solar System 

The Solar System
The Planets

Lab: 3D Solar System!

🤎 Geography

Every week learners will go on a virtual field trip to a new country every week. They will learn where this country is on a map, local currency, historical landmarks, capitals, and customs. Worksheets will be given for students to complete a scavenger hunt while on the field trip. 

Week 1-4: Canada, Mexico, USA, Iceland
Week 2-8: Spain, Portugal, France, Morocco  
Week 8-12: Columbia, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam
Week 12- 16: South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, New Zealand 

🤎 Art

Art will be based on different themes based on current weeks content.