What It’s About
This course helps fourth-grade students become confident readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers. Students explore a variety of texts—stories, poems, plays, and informational articles—to build comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. They learn grammar, spelling, and writing techniques to express ideas clearly. Through activities like reading discussions, creative writing, research projects, and presentations, students practice understanding what they read, analyzing characters and events, identifying themes, and sharing their own ideas. By the end of the course, students will have stronger reading fluency, improved writing skills, and a greater love for language.
Course Content
Unit 1: Foundations of Reading and Writing
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4 Topics
1 Quiz
1.1. Short Vowel Sounds
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1.2. Long ‘A’ Spelling Patterns
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1.3. Setting and Characters
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1.4. Theme and point of view
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Unit 1: Quiz – Vocabulary, Setting, Characters, and Point of View
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Unit 2: Exploring Text Types and Poetic Elements
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4 Topics
2.1. Nonfiction Text Features
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2.2. Genre and Author’s Purpose
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2.3. Synonyms and Antonyms
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2.4. Poetry and Sentence Types-R3
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Unit 3 Understanding Structure and Cause/Effect
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4 Topics
3.1. Cause and Effect in Texts
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3.2. Interpreting Visuals
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3.3. Procedures (How-To Texts)
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3.4. Using Dialogue and Quotation Marks
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Unit 4: Inference and Theme Development
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4 Topics
4.1. Making Inferences and Predictions
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4.2. Understanding Theme
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4.3. Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns
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4.4. Summarizing a Text
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Unit 5: Exploring Drama and Structure
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3 Topics
5.1. Story Structure
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5.2. Verbs and Tenses
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5.3. Elements of Drama
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Unit 6: Analyzing Text and Building Informative Writing
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4 Topics
6.1 Fact vs. Opinion
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6.2. Photographs and Captions in Nonfiction Texts
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6.3. Plural Spelling Rules
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6.4. Informative Writing
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Unit 7: Organizing Writing and Mid-Year Reflection
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4 Topics
7.1. Understanding Characters and Traits
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7.2. Summarizing Key Ideas
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7.3. Compound Words and Inflectional Endings
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7.4. Prepositions and Organizing Ideas
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Unit 8: Research and Persuasion
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4 Topics
8.1. Researching a Topic
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8.2. Informative Writing
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8.3. Persuasive Writing
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8.4. Writing Conclusions
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Unit 9: Deepening Text Understanding
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4 Topics
9.1. Text Features in Nonfiction
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9.2. Diphthongs (oi and ou)
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9.3. Confused Words (Homophones)
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9.4. Informative Writing
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Unit 10: Figurative Language and Persuasive Techniques
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4 Topics
10.1. Sequence of Events
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10.2. Similes and Metaphors
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10.3. Second-Hand Accounts-R
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10.4. Persuasive Letters
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Unit 11: Cultural Language and Summarizing Skills
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4 Topics
11.1. Summarizing
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11.2. Idioms
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11.3. Proverbs and Adages
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11.4. Opinion Writing
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Unit 12: Analyzing Point of View and Media
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4 Topics
12.1. Determining Importance
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12.2. Comparing Point of View
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12.3. Adjectives and Descriptive Language
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12.4. Understanding Media (TV Ads)
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Unit 13: Poetic Expression and Emphasis in Writing
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4 Topics
13.1. Cause and Effect
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13.2. Poetry
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13.3. Imagery and Descriptive Language
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13.4. Punctuation for Emphasis
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Unit 14: Distinguishing Reality and Enhancing Informative Writing
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4 Topics
14.1. Prefixes and Suffixes
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14.2. Fact vs. Opinion
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14.3. Fantasy vs. Reality
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14.4. Informative Writing (Expanding and Organizing Ideas)
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Unit 15: Grammar Mastery and Final Writing
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4 Topics
15.1. Formal vs. Informal Language
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15.2. Progressive Verb Tenses
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15.3. Mechanics of Grammar and Editing
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15.5. Narrative Writing and Revising
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