English Language Arts 4 International Schooling

Language Arts - 4

OVERVIEW

In Language Arts Grade 4, students will engage in a variety of topics as they explore the world of reading and writing. Students will put their skills to work as they learn all about word construction, cursive writing, spelling, context clues, vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, and the writing process. They will write narratives, informational, and opinion essays. In this course, students will participate in engaging lessons that include interactives, informational and literature texts, graphic organizers, videos, and various practice activities. Topics vary from women in space to fairy tales and myths. Students will have the opportunity to investigate animals in the jungle, solve a mystery using context clues, and travel around the world in this rainforest-themed course.

MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

Use context clues to read and determine the meaning of unknown words phrases
Use strategies to spell words correctly
Use legible cursive writing
Use story details to make inferences and explain what the text says explicitly
Use story details to describe a character, setting, or event
Use story details to determine the theme
Use common, proper, and plural nouns correctly when writing
Understand the contexts for formal and informal language
Use strong verbs to add more detail
Use verbs correctly when writing
Use the writing process to write an informative, narrative, and opinion essay
Use evidence from the text to determine the main idea
Explain events, concepts, and procedures in historical, scientific, and technical texts
Use relative pronouns correctly when writing
Identify subjects and predicates and use them correctly when writing
Use commas correctly when writing
Explain the major differences between stories, dramas, and poems
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are told
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate run-ons and fragments
Use proper punctuation when quoting
Describe the overall structure of a text or part of a text
Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand accounts on the same event or topic
Recognize and write the different sentence types correctly
Use reference materials to determine a word meaning
Compare and contrast themes, topics, and patterns of events in traditional literature
Make connections between the text and a visual representation of that text
Use knowledge of Greek and Latin Affixes to determine unknown word meaning
Use compound subjects and predicates correctly when writing
Use compound sentences correctly when writing
Use pronouns correctly when writing
Use synonyms and antonyms to add variety to writing
Explain how text features contribute to the understanding of the text in which they appear
Explain how the author uses reasons and evidence to support his or her points
Integrate information from two texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject
Correctly match pronouns and their antecedents when writing
Use comparative and superlative adjectives correctly when writing
Use relative adverbs correctly when writing
Use context clues to read and determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Use strategies to spell words correctly
Explain the meaning of idioms, similes, and metaphors
Use story details to summarize and determine the theme
Use parentheses for effect when writing
Order adjectives correctly when writing
Identify opposites and similar meanings of words
Use evidence to make inferences and explain what the text says explicitly
Use evidence from the text to summarize and determine the main idea
Use the progressive verb tense correctly when writing
Use irregular verbs correctly when writing
Use apostrophes correctly when forming contractions
Understand the meaning of adages and proverbs
Recognize and use homophones correctly
Use details to determine the theme of a poem
Use compound and complex sentences correctly when writing
Use correct subject-verb agreement when writing
Use helping verbs correctly when writing
Use synonyms and antonyms to determine the meaning of unknown words
Use prepositions and prepositional phrases correctly when writing
Combine sentences using prepositional phrases
Use context clues to read and determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases
Combine short sentences using appositives
Combine sentences using participial phrases
Use a variety of sentence types when writing
Use correct verb tense when writing
Use affixes to determine new word meaning
Use demonstrative pronouns correctly when writing
Use the negative correctly when writing
Use research to support writing

Fee Details

Grade Level

Grade 4

Duration

Annual

Requirements

Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, pencils, scissors, interactive notebook, writing binder, erasers, crayons, highlighter, glue, tape, paper, and other household items.

Prerequisites

None

Student Zone

Teacher Zone

School Zone