MONTESSORI 3-4 Learning Standards
Helping Our Students Achieve LANGUAGE ARTS READING UCS Reading Series Genre and Strategies   WRITING Formation of Paragraphs Main Ideas and Focus on Details Handwriting- Review combinations Capital letters   MECHANICS The Writing Process- Punctuation Review: Period Question Mark Comma Exclamation Mark Quotation Marks Hyphen Spelling   GRAMMAR Grammar Boxes- Article/Noun Adjective Verb Adverb Preposition Pronoun Conjunction Interjection Advanced Word Study- Root Words Prefixes Suffixes Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Compound Words Sentence Analysis- Subject Predicate Direct Object Indirect Object Adverbial Extensions Attributives   HANDWRITING Refine Formation of Letters- Cursive Letter Connections   SOCIAL STUDIES HISTORY NOTION of  TIME Review of The Year and Its Parts- Months Weeks Days Hours Minutes Seconds BC/AD Timeline.	TIMELINE of  LIFE Creation of Universe Creation of Earth Creation Experiments Eras and Periods of Time Introduction to Botany, Zoology, and Geology   NEEDS of  PEOPLE Vertical Study: Defense Nutrition Clothing Shelter Transportation Horizontal Study: Primitive Egyptian Roman Greek Medieval Renaissance 18th Century 19th Century Modern   GEOGRAPHY POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Study of a Continent Regions Countries Flags States Cities Population Landforms Waterforms Flora Fauna Cultures/Citizenship North America South America Europe Asia Africa Australia Canada United States Map Skills Political Physical Road Maps Latitude Longitude FUNCTIONAL GEOGRAPHY COMPOSITION of the EARTH Hydrosphere Lithosphere Barysphere Atmosphere Rocks and Minerals Formation of Mountains and Faults Study of an Earthquake Study of a Volcano Plate Tectonics   SUN and  EARTH Movements of the Earth Introduction to Climatic Zones Time Zones Solstices and Seasons