4th Grade Language Arts IV: English Quests
This 8-week, 3 days per week course will teach fourth grade English language arts, following national standards, for the fourth quarter. We will follow quests to grow skills in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Genevieve Pollock
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5.0
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What's included
24 live meetings
14 in-class hoursClass Experience
In this 8-week course, we will quest together to achieve fourth grade level ELA (English Language Arts) skills corresponding to national standards. Knowing that each student comes from a unique background -- that includes schooling history (and recent policy changes), regional standards, personality, online engagement, individual talents, (among other things) -- I will especially strive to connect with each learner in a personal way. Conscious of these individual differences, I will help each learner make connections between skills they have already learned with the next level of reading, writing, spelling, punctuation, and grammar (wherever that next level may be). I will also help each learner to connect with our classroom of peers in the way that feels comfortable. I do this by creating an open, attentive, and supportive classroom environment where each learner is welcome to choose to share and collaborate in his or her own way. This course is can be used as the primary ELA curriculum or a supplemental course. Although it is titled part four (of four), students are welcome to join at any time without prerequisites. This course has a flexible refund policy, which means that you can receive a pro-rated refund if you need to withdraw at any time. Although students will be expected to complete writing projects outside of class, additional homework for our non-class school days is optional. Please let me know if you would appreciate assignments for your learner on independent study days. All homework that is submitted will receive feedback and encouragement. Course topics by week: Week 1: Quest for Strong Paragraphs: review of writing paragraphs, complete sentences: simple, compound, and complex Week 2: Quest for Reading Comprehension: reading, class discussion, answering comprehension questions, literature genres, setting, characters, conflict, plot, inferences Week 3: Quest for Writing: begin first writing project: narrative, story maps, writing process, point of view, characters Week 4: Quest for Story Improvement: narrative writing project revising and editing, reading for theme, predictions Week 5: Quest for Poetry: poems, limericks, narrative poems, lyric poems, figurative language Week 6: Quest for Short Essays: reading, class discussion, answering comprehension questions with short essays, nonfiction text features, writing summaries Week 7: Quest for a Self-Led Project: plan, write, and revise a final project Week 8: Quest for Editing: review of the past seven weeks through proofreading and editing exercises
Learning Goals
Students will learn to write paragraphs.
Students will learn to use a variety of complete sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
Students will learn reading comprehension skills.
Students will learn to answer reading comprehension questions with complete answers.
Students will practice class discussion and collaboration skills.
Students will learn to analyze texts for setting, characters, point of view, conflict, and plot.
Students will learn to analyze texts for inferences and theme.
Students will learn about literature genres and types of poetry.
Students will learn to plan, write, revise and edit a narrative writing piece.
Students will learn to answer reading comprehension questions with short essays.
Students will learn about nonfiction text features.
Students will learn to write summaries.
Students will learn creative writing.
Students will learn to incorporate their skills in real-world applications such as editing texts and completing a writing project.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Students will occasionally be sent worksheets for our in-class exercises. Please print these worksheets and have them available to help the student engage in the lesson and learn the material. Thank you!
Supply List
Please keep a pencil and notebook (or other paper) available for in-class writing exercises. Please print PDF files with worksheets for in-class assignments. Optional: I will pull most of our worksheets from a workbook that is available for purchase.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Optional: I will pull most of our worksheets from a workbook that is available for purchase.
Joined September, 2020
5.0
82reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Psychology from Institute for the Psychological Sciences at Divine Mercy University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of Notre Dame
As the newly published author of the "Emotebook" and a freelance writer for over 20 years, I have relied on language arts skills as the building blocks of a happy career. For three of those years, I also worked full-time as an associate editor, which helped me gain real-world expertise in the nuances of English language arts. I am walking the language arts journey with my three children while homeschooling them, as well as with several other students in various grades. I am also bridging the gap between cultures by teaching English as a second language to hundreds of students online. I look forward to this language arts quest with you!Reviews
Live Group Class
$44
weekly3x per week, 8 weeks
35 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-11
2-6 learners per class
