Full School Year - Language Arts - 4th grade

**Students may join at any time! This class offers review days often so students won't miss any material no matter when they join or if they need to pause and take a break. 

Most importantly ----> I make the classroom a fun environment! Games, MadLibs, videos, even hangman for tricky spelling words, anything to get the students engaged and interested in learning. 

Class is held three days a week with homework assigned on the last day. Usually, this is just working on grammar terms and vocabulary, or finishing a writing assignment. Virtual homework portals will be assigned to each student where they can complete worksheets and fun games online for review. 


Language arts is comprised of many elements. This class will cover the following over the course of the year:

Reading comprehension --> Each week we read either a page or two from a famous storybook or a poem. We will cover basic reading work such as summarizing and main points but also, advanced literacy analysis skills. The readings get harder as the year goes on! Students will be introduced to over 30 different books and authors!

Writing --> First half of the year covers the necessary writing skills. Second half will practice using these skills and students will be showcasing them all towards the very end! (My degree in creative writing comes in handy here. I take this part of class very seriously. It does not matter what your student's future goals are, writing is a much-needed life skill!)

Grammar --> First half of the year is learning new grammar terms, why we need to know them, and how to use them properly when we write. Second half of the year works on practicing and memorizing these terms. Review is key here!

Spelling --> Each week students are given 3 new words, every 5th class we review the previous 4 weeks. Totals over 100 new words learned for the school year.

Vocabulary --> Each week students are given 3 new words, every 5th class we review the previous 4 weeks. Totals over 100 new words learned for the school year.


Please see the syllabus for a weekly breakdown of material.