Watch your learner's reading, spelling, fluency and word knowledge skills SOAR while taking this class designed specifically for fourth graders! 

We follow a research-proven successful teaching and learning model: 
🧠Learn it! 
✍️Spell it! 
📖Read it! 
🗣️Use it!

Here is what one Outschool parent had to say about this class:
💬"Awesome class - kids were very engaged learning new vocab! Exactly as advertised. Great teacher!"


This class is SUCCESSFUL at teaching young learners NEW spelling, vocabulary and sight words because it is: 
✅ Engaging 
✅ Participatory 
✅ Active 
✅ Addresses Different Learning Styles 
✅ Employs the use of TEN Learning Modalities (see below)
✅ Is FUN! 
When kids are engaged and having fun, they are learning without even knowing it! 

Learners will be creating a set of flash cards during each class so they can continue practicing the words after class ends. After completing 20 weeks of this course, they will have a collection of the 200 "must know" words for 4th grade and will be ready to move on to my next course for 5th graders! 

During class, we use a learning platform called Kahoot to learn the words and practice spelling them! I will post a link to the Kahoot in our Outschool classroom so students can continue to practice the words after class ends! 

My effective teaching method employs the use of TEN learning modalities when teaching the new words. Learners will:
👀 look at each word and identify spelling patterns
💬 read each word aloud
🔠 spell each word
✍ write each new word (on an index card to make a set of flashcards)
🔨 break some words down into prefixes, suffixes, root words, and syllables 
📚 identify synonyms and antonyms of each word; homophones; and compound words
🎯 make connections to the words and themselves and their experiences
👓 identify critical attributes of each word; discuss multiple meanings and parts of speech
📝 make up sentences using the words
👁 look at a visual representation of the word as used in a sentence  
 

           
Lessons:
-Antonyms: collect, disperse, torrent, trickle, maintain, discontinue, snare, release, methodical, haphazard
-Compound Words: driftwood, beanstalk, waterfront, quicksand, cardboard, textbook, junkyard, landmark, sunburn, gingerbread
-Homophones
-Homographs
-Eponyms
-Words From Other Languages
-Fry's Instant Sight and Spelling Words
-Clips
-Content Words: Math
-Latin Roots art, pop, corp 
-Latin Roots aqua, port
-Greek Word Parts geo, photo, auto
-Fry's Instant Sight and Spelling Words
-Prefixes super-, dis-, pre-, semi-, uni-
-Prefixes non-, en-, multi-, post-, trans-
-Fry's Instant Sight and Spelling Words 
-Synonyms: romp, startle, appoint, grief, jittery, sweltering, glee, vessel, pledge, triumph
-Synonyms: unfurl, vast, thaw, nimble, din, trophy, garment, eerie, chide, fret
-Antonyms: native, foreign, excited, calm, dissimilar, identical, reduce, enlarge, appear, vanish


All classes are independent of the other classes each week. You can jump in any week and continue until you finish all 20 weeks! 

**Learners will need to be able to open a 2nd tab on their computer to access the game OR they can use a second device such as a phone or tablet. 

🌟Leaves of Learning Academy is rated "Popular" by Outschool because we are in the top 10% of all teachers on Outschool. This means we offer classes that are in high demand that fill up quickly! 🌟

*Leaves of Learning Academy is an organization on Outschool with about 18 teachers. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. I am happy to offer a refund to any learner who prefers not to attend the class with a substitute. Please send a message through Outschool in that event and I will issue a refund. Thank you!

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Outschool policies regarding refunds for classes:

✅If your learner misses a class meeting, you are not entitled to a refund. Your teacher may, however, transfer your learner to another available section, or provide a class recording, at their discretion.
✅If your learner has not joined the meeting 10 minutes after the class’s start time, the meeting may be cancelled, at the teacher’s discretion. This is considered a missed meeting and you are not entitled to a refund.
✅Refunds are not guaranteed in the event that your learner misses a past or future class meeting due to a schedule conflict, and will depend on the class-specific refund policy.
✅If your learner’s meeting time changes because of daylight saving time starting or ending for several world regions, you are not entitled to a refund if they’re unable to attend. Please review your learner’s schedule ahead of time to ensure you know when classes are meeting.