GRADES 4 & 5 SCIENCE AND WRITING, 2011-12

If you have a student in the fourth or fifth grade, he/she might be interested in our 4/5 Science and Writing course.  The course will have two quarters of science lessons and two quarters of writer’s workshop.  These quarters will give your student a chance to have fun while learning both science and writing in a group setting.  Your student may take as few as one or as many as all four sessions.

4/5 Science: This class is designed to give 4th and 5th graders a fun classroom learning experience.  These classes may include note taking, demonstrations, experiments, graphing, hands-on-activities, crafts, or games.  Typically the students receive take-home papers, but they are for optional enrichment only.  Parents have the discretion to determine whether the students complete those papers and/or do any additional work.  Papers are not turned in, nor do students receive any grades.

1st Quarter - Birds
An eight-week course for 4th and 5th graders covering such topics as: bird structure, characteristics, types of birds, classification, habitats, and life cycles.  Classroom activities include note taking, artwork, investigations, microscope work, games, drawing, an in-class presentation by students, and possibly a field trip.

2nd Quarter - Human Body
An eight-week course for 4th and 5th graders covering such topics as: Body systems, how muscles work, health and nutrition, organization of the human body, and some cell study.  Activities will include some note taking, experiments, microscope work, hands-on demonstrations, and a little play.

4/5 Writing:

3rd Quarter -Institute for Excellence in Writing at Towle
This class has been designed to help students learn to compose sentences that make sense, structure a paragraph, and organize an essay.  Using The Institute for Excellence in Writing's program Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Syllabus students will learn note taking and outlining, summarizing from notes, and report writing.  Students need to bring a three ring binder and a pencil to class. 

4th Quarter - Making Your Own Books
Using a combination of skills learned in Institute for Excellence in Writing at Towle and each student's own creativity, students will "publish" several books.  Each book will highlight either a historic time period or a unique culture.  The class will end with an "author's party" where students will share what they have written.  Institute for Excellence in Writing at Towle is a prerequisite for this class. 

Pre-register by calling Towle Institute at (302) 993-1408 or by registering by mail.