4th Grade

Unlike fixed, one-dimensional lessons found in textbooks, Switched-On Schoolhouse is a CD-ROM-based curriculum filled with a lively mix of lessons, assignments, practice sessions, and quizzes reinforced by enriching multimedia tools. Dynamically interactive, desktop-based lessons include movies, maps, timelines, learning games, and interactive projects. These lessons captivate student's interests and engage them in learning. Available for students in grades 3-12, Switched-On Schoolhouse provides a thorough and engaging Christ-centered curriculum that covers five core subjects and a variety of electives.

The trusted choice of thousands of homeschoolers, Switched-On Schoolhouse is highly reflective of student's individual needs and offers reliable lessons students love to learn. A homeschool curriculum award-winner, Switched-On Schoolhouse offers unique features that enhance the learning experience and the ease of homeschooling. Plus, SOS 2010 Edition offers even more options!

New Features for SOS 2010 Edition

More Vocabulary Games

Improve your child's vocabulary with SOS! Discover more interactive vocabulary games that build comprehension through fun, hands-on challenges.

Automatic Curriculum Updates

Don't worry about downloading content updates! Course revision updates automatically download via AOP's server, saving you time and giving your child up-to-date courses. (SOS users without an internet connection may request a CD containing revisions. The CD must be installed by the SOS user to receive updates).

Instant Audio Feedback

Give your child immediate feedback and positive reinforcement with SOS! This user-friendly feature gives instant audio feedback on answers to questions.

Fresh Journal Look

Encourage journaling and improve writing skills at the same time! The SOS journal has a new look to engage students in their writing.

Individual Weekday Scheduling

With this flexible, schedule-friendly feature, you can easily assign courses to select days of the week. For example, you can assign math only on Mondays and Tuesdays or schedule history just on Fridays.

Zero Out Option

Want to zero out an entire SOS unit? Easily give a zero grade to any unit with this handy grading feature.

Other Features & Benefits

Automatic Grading

Complete administrative tasks with a click of the mouse! Automatic grading and recordkeeping conveniently record student's assignments and scores and preview upcoming assignments. Approximately 85% of student work is graded automatically by the computer, giving you more hands-on time with your student. Teachers love the easy-to-use report features that print detailed grade reports and at-a-glance report cards.

Built-in Global Calendar

Never be caught off guard by holidays, events, or field trips with the time-saving built-in calendar. This feature allows you to assign or remove school days, exclude date ranges, and add or remove events like field trips and holidays. Organize your calendar with daily or monthly views to help you plan future events and assignments.

Videos

Spark student's interests with eye-catching animation and colorful graphics! Filled with thousands of videos, this dynamic curriculum offers students front row seats to some of history's greatest moments, such as a space shuttle launch or Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. These amazing educational tools cannot be found in traditional textbooks!

Custom Curriculum

Want to add your own ideas or lesson plans to the SOS curriculum? Now you can! With custom curriculum, parents can modify existing subjects by combining, adding, or removing units and assignments. Parents also can choose to build their own curriculum program from scratch using any available SOS materials. This flexible feature allows SOS to be used as a core curriculum or as a supplemental material.

     • Build learning programs that address learning gaps or offer remedial or review work
     • Add enrichment to challenge advanced students
     • Create compressed work tracks for students who enroll mid-year
     • Make mini-units of study

Advanced Lesson Planning

Put away those bulky lesson planners! Advanced lesson planning allows parents to create lesson plans in a sleek and convenience format. With this feature, parents have the flexibility either to plan lessons in accordance with a school calendar or tailor-make assignments for a class, group, or individual student. Parents also can use the tools to create or change semester or year-long schedules in a matter of minutes!

     • Tailor-make each student's school day by adding, removing, or resequencing assignments
     • Preview assignments or review student work
     • Adjust the pace for individual subjects at your student's level
     • View all student assignments and grading tasks on one page

Practice Lessons

This feature allows students to look at the Switched-On Schoolhouse program and see how it works before starting the curriculum. Students are taught step by step how the different features and activities are used in the lessons. They also learn to take quizzes and tests and are introduced to different problem types. Both new and experienced users benefit from this feature.

Student Mode

Students can view presentations, answer lesson questions in or out of sequence, and record their own notes and questions on an electronic notepad with this unique feature! Students also can personalize their homepage with customizable themes.

Book Reports

Enriching book reports in grades 3-8 feature different genres, annotated book lists, and links to additional resources. Thought-provoking questions provide guidelines for students to reflect, evaluate, and write about books of their choice.

Printing Options

Take learning from the screen to the page in seconds! Flexible printing options allow students and parents to print entire assignments, lessons, vocabulary lists, problems, and records. Use this advantage for student work or review lessons.

Text-to-Speech

With the user-friendly "Text-to-Speech" feature, students can focus or review specific passages. All they have to do is highlight the passages they want to hear, and the curriculum reads it to them. This feature is perfect for audio learners, students who have difficulty reading on the computer, or students who need help pronouncing complex words. Students also can choose from multiple voices.

Multimedia & Learning Activities

Keep students on the edge of their seats! Amazing multimedia and captivating learning games help students grasp difficult concepts and provide extra practice. Learning games also give students challenging and fun ways to remember facts.

Assignment Screens

Take the guesswork out of schoolwork with assignment screens. Student screens show daily assignments, curriculum overviews, due dates, subject reviews, and grades. Teacher's screens allow them to edit, add, remove, or reorder assignments, as well as change assignment due dates.

Revised Content

The goal is to constantly improve lessons to help students master concepts. Using current multimedia, new problems, various practice activities, and up-to-date content, students stay on the cutting edge of education.

Historical Timeline

This helpful feature puts history into perspective. Students simply click on any linked date in the curriculum to find out where the topic stands in history. Students can see the context of their studies and how the events of the past fit together.

Resource Center

Find resources right at your fingertips! A calculator has been included for student and teacher convenience, and an interactive periodic table highlights the elements. Each element is hyperlinked to its own page to provide students with more information.

Message Center

Communication is easy with an internal messaging system! The message center allows parents to attach messages to lessons for their students to view in their personal mailboxes. Parents are notified immediately of student messages and can access, sort, and print messages in one convenient place. (Messages are between student and parent only).

Minimum System Requirements
Windows XP Service Pack 3 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or • higher • 600MHz or higher processor • (1 GHz or higher processor • recommended) • 512 MB memory (RAM) • 600 MB hard drive space • 1024 x 768 or higher resolution • monitor, 16 bit color • CD-ROM drive • Adobe Acrobat Reader • Printer recommended	Windows Vista (all versions) • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or • higher • 1 GHz or higher processor • (1.5 GHz or higher processor • recommended) • 1 GB memory (RAM) • 600 MB hard drive space • 1024 x 768 or higher resolution • monitor, 16 bit color • CD-ROM drive • Adobe Acrobat Reader • Printer recommended

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