Hold on kids, we're moving rooms! Want to get a child excited about moving up a grade? Tell them they have a whole separate classroom for science; and, 一个 for Spanish; and, 去吧, pick an instrument or sing out loud in the choir. Maybe run for the student council! 四年级和五年级的学生开始有更多的选择，同时也有更多的责任. 别担心, with their burgeoning skills as explorers, 问题解决者, 和确, these students are ready to get their hands dirty. 不管他们是在按比例设计一个小房子，包括所有先决条件(比如家具和浴室), 或者在花园里种植和堆肥，并承诺以后的收获品尝, these capable adventurers may take their subjects seriously, but they also take them with an unrelenting zeal. (It also helps that their teachers feel the same way!)

四年级

对于那些似乎总是受制于多任务处理能力的成年人来说，这听起来可能没什么大不了的, 但是对于一个四年级学生来说, juggling multiple demands can be a foreign concept. 这个年级的学生正在为他们在高年级的独立性和责任感做准备. They are handed their first day planner. They walk to a different classroom for certain subjects. 年底的时候，他们会在礼堂里通过ppt向同学和家人展示他们的第一个研究课题. 他们可以选择乐队或合唱团来满足他们的音乐要求. 这是一个激动人心的时刻，因为他们开始进入低年级“大孩子”的角色, but it can be a lot to juggle. It's a good thing our teachers love what they do, 因为他们已经成为对四年级学生期望更高的专家，同时也增强了他们在新发现的独立性和走廊上行走时的信心.

教室里

四年级学生学习用书面形式表达他们在课程中学到的东西. Therefore, writing is an integral part of each academic area. 一组教师教授数学、科学、语言艺术和社会研究等核心课程. Organization and study skills are emphasized and taught in all subject areas. Highlights of the fourth grade include an overnight trip to Williamsburg, a PowerPoint project that is presented to parents, 和更多的 freedom in their class choices.

​Physical Education remains a part of daily life for the Fourth Grade, 西班牙语也是如此, 在那里，他们用西班牙语向家人展示小品，探索他们的创造力和口语技巧.
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越

在低年级以后的几年里，要想把书读得比纸上所写的更多，需要采取多种形式. 我们的100本书计划鼓励课外阅读书籍，旨在扩大孩子(和家庭)对各种文学类型和主题的接触. If completed by the end of the fifth grade, a student receives a special certificate and a gift from our librarian.
在年底, after weeks of research sessions in the Library with our librarian, and a crash-course in the use of PowerPoint, 每个四年级的学生将在菲什伯恩礼堂做一个报告. The project provides students the opportunity to research, 分析, 写, 并在一个单一的话题上发表演讲，并继续坚信公开演讲的好处.

学生s choose to participate in either 开始带, an introduction to woodwind and brass instruments, or in the 低年级合唱团, which highlights music theory and sight-singing skills. In weekly Visual Arts classes, students study different techniques and artists' styles, working in different media throughout the year. ​
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Program of Study Guide
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要全面了解我们如何进行写作指导，请下载我们的写作计划.

样的一天

7:50到
7:55西班牙
8:35    Language Arts/Social Studies or
            数学/科学
10:30   P.E.
周日午餐
上午休息
12:05数学/科学或
             Language Arts/Social Studies
2:00    Art/Library/Flex Time
2:50解雇
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  • For students who are half-day, North Cross offers an after-school enrichment program called Opening Doors. Classes are offered all three trimesters, meet different days once per week, 包括:瑜伽, 足球, Bricks4Kidz, 曲棍球, 和更多的. Cost for each class varies but each costs around $100 per trimester. Course offerings are emailed to eligible parents each trimester.
  • The 较低的学校 also offers Extended Day and Holiday care options. 下载详情及 价格指导.

五年级

因为你忘记在单词学习中拼写正确的单词旁边打勾而扣分，这似乎是教学生注意细节的一种奇怪的方式, 但它是有效的. 五年级的学生正在为第二年升入中学做准备，届时他们将成为自己的校对员和组织者. 彩乐园2app下载小学(North Cross)的一位五年级老师没有提醒她的学生在放学时把记事本带回家. Our students quickly learn to be their own keepers. During their last year in the 较低的学校, 五年级的学生通过磨练他们的研究技能，为独立学习的世界做好准备, 组织, and where to put that blasted apostrophe mark.
下图: Watch highlights of the fifth grade!

教室里

这听起来可能很奇怪, 但形容彩乐园2app下载小学五年级学生最好的词是“讲故事的人”.' This is so because everything they learn, from coding to ancient civilizations, is brought to life through stories. 对早期人类的研究始于五年级历史课程的头几个月. But their work starts 好吧 before the school year. The required summer reading selection for rising fifth graders is 画洞里的男孩 作者:Justin F. 丹泽尔. Though not a history textbook, 它生动地展现了五年级学生开学前几周的生活——克罗-马格南时代.

​There are many lessons that are illustrated through classroom activities. 无论是解决一个单词问题，这将有助于为一个分数的披萨选择正确的配料,或者进行一项对照科学实验，并将结果绘制成图表，用于海报展示, our teachers have found numerous ways to teach to mastery, 没有经过测试, by bringing subject matter to life. 让学生背诵古埃及神的知识是一回事, 但让他研究并向他们展示他的传记(作为上帝本人)则完全是另一回事. 去吧，问一个五年级的学生第一个写出来的单词是什么样子的，他们可以给你画出来. They've d一个 it before—in clay.

越

Math teacher Kate Clark remarked recently that her students asked, "Mrs. Clark, when are we going to start doing Algebra?" She replied, "You already are." 学生s are entering their final year of 新加坡数学, a program which emphasizes not just the 'how' of math, 但是“为什么”,' understanding the solution by visualizing numbers as 'moveable parts.听起来像代数? (2x + 2) + x = 632曾经是一个学生直到六年级或七年级才理解的东西. Using word problems and bar models that represent the different quantities, 学生可以想象问题的不同部分，这样就能弄清楚如何解决它, 好吧, 小学. 
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How much information can you fit on an index 卡? 如果你能放在上面的唯一信息是那些在开注考试中可能对你有帮助的信息呢? Now, decide what needs to go on that 一个 卡, organize the information so that it's easy to find, and transcribe it in a way that makes sense to you. 这只是学习技巧的一个例子，它可以帮助我们的学生组织信息，这样他们就可以为未来的研究论文和演讲奠定基础.
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Program of Study Guide

样的一天

7:50到
7:55西班牙 or Science/Math or
​            Language Arts/Social Studies
8:35    Spanish or Science/Math or
​            Language Arts/Social Studies
10:30  P.E.
周日午餐
上午休息
12:05数学/科学或
            Language Arts/Social Studies
2:00   Computer Science or
            Art or Library or 乐队/合唱
2:50解雇
x
  • North Cross offers an after-school enrichment program called Opening Doors. Classes are offered all three trimesters, meet different days once per week, 包括:曲棍球, 棒球, 足球, 长曲棍球, 瑜伽,  Bricks4Kidz, 和更多的. Cost for each class varies but each costs around $100 per trimester. Download our course overview for more information.
  • The 较低的学校 also offers Extended Day and Holiday care options. For more information click here.

大厅里的声音

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萨拉姆的32
"The teachers are really nice at North Cross. 数学和科学是我最喜欢的科目，因为我们可以在课堂上做有趣的活动和实验."