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English · Grade 4

Word Roots, Affixes and Fluent Reading

Grade 4 readers meet many long, unfamiliar words, especially in science and social studies. This course teaches ten common Greek and Latin roots (graph, tele, photo, port, rupt, struct, aud, vis, dict, spect), combines them with prefixes and suffixes to decode and define words, and practises fluent reading of an original article about volcanoes, using context to confirm or correct words.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions
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English · Grade 4

Vocabulary and Figurative Language

Using an original story, The Storm at Willow Bay, children explain similes and metaphors, recognise idioms, adages and proverbs, use synonyms and antonyms to understand and choose precise words, and use context, a dictionary and a thesaurus to clarify meanings, pronunciations and parts of speech.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions
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English · Grade 4

Inference and Evidence in Literature

Using original stories, children tell the difference between what a text says directly and what it suggests, combine text clues with background knowledge to make inferences, and support answers by quoting or citing details accurately.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions
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English · Grade 4

Themes, Summaries and Character Change

Through two original stories, children work out a theme from details in the text, write short objective summaries, and describe a character in depth using thoughts, words and actions, including how the character changes.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions
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English · Grade 4

Compare Literary Forms and Viewpoints

Children read the same original event told three ways (a story, a poem and a short play) to compare the structures of prose, poetry and drama, then compare first-person and third-person narration and what each viewpoint lets the reader know.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 7 questions
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English · Grade 4

Nonfiction Structure and Explanations

Using original informational texts about the Erie Canal, canal locks and two reptiles, children identify five text structures (description, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast) and explain events, procedures and ideas, including what happened and why, using specific details.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions

English · Grade 4

Read Across Sources

Children compare a firsthand and a secondhand account of the same (fictional) ice storm, combine information from two original texts about hummingbirds, interpret a data table and explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support a point.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions

English · Grade 4

Narrative Craft and Dialogue

Children study an original scene to learn how writers orient the reader, move events along with transitions, use dialogue and description to show characters, choose precise words and sensory details and end with a satisfying conclusion. They punctuate dialogue correctly and write their own narrative.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions

English · Grade 4

Informational Writing and Organization

Using an original model article about glaciers, children learn to introduce a topic clearly, group related information in sections with headings, develop ideas with facts, definitions, details and examples, link ideas with transitions, use precise topic vocabulary and write a concluding section, then plan and write their own informational piece.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions

English · Grade 4

Opinion Writing with Evidence

With an original model essay, children separate facts from opinions, state a clear opinion, support logically ordered reasons with relevant facts and details, link ideas with phrases such as for instance, in addition and in order to, answer a likely objection and write a concluding section, then write their own opinion piece.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions

English · Grade 4

Grammar, Revision and Editing

Children fix fragments and run-ons, use relative pronouns and relative adverbs to combine ideas, add prepositional phrases, use progressive tenses and modal verbs, put adjectives in the usual order, and edit for capitals, commas in compound sentences and commonly confused words.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 9 questions

English · Grade 4

Research, Cite and Present

Children carry out a short research project: they write a focused research question, choose useful sources, take notes in their own words, sort notes into categories, list their sources and plan an organized oral report with a visual display.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 min
  • Quiz: 8 questions