Grade 4
Grade 4 English Language Arts
9 units and 55 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 4 student works through in English Language Arts — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 4 English Language Arts
OHM School · Grade 4
English Language Arts
9 units · 55 lessons
It opens with Word Study and Fluency and closes with Grammar and Vocabulary.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 9
Word Study and Fluency
2 lessons
Lessons
- 1Decoding Multisyllabic Words
- 2Reading Fluently
Unit 2 of 9
Textual Evidence
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1Citing Evidence to Support a Claim
- 2Distinguishing Strong from Weak Evidence
- 3Inferencing with Evidence
Unit 3 of 9
Reading Literature
8 lessons
Lessons
- 1Theme and Summary
- 2Describing Character, Setting, and Events
- 3Words from Mythology
- 4Poems, Drama, and Prose
- 5First- and Third-Person Narration
- 6Text and Performance
- 7Similar Themes Across Cultures
- 8Independent Reading of Literature
Unit 4 of 9
Reading Informational Text
8 lessons
Lessons
- 1Main Idea and Summary
- 2Explaining Events and Procedures
- 3Academic and Subject Vocabulary
- 4Text Structures
- 5Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
- 6Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams
- 7Integrating Two Texts
- 8Independent Reading of Nonfiction
Unit 5 of 9
Figurative Language
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Similes and Metaphors
- 2Idioms
- 3Adages and Proverbs
- 4Personification
- 5Synonyms and Antonyms
Unit 6 of 9
Writing
9 lessons
Lessons
- 1Opinion Pieces with Reasons
- 2Essay Structure: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
- 3Writing Body Paragraphs
- 4Writing an Effective Conclusion
- 5Narrative Writing
- 6Clear and Coherent Writing
- 7Revising a Full Essay
- 8Publishing and Keyboarding
- 9Writing Routinely
Unit 7 of 9
Research Reports
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Choosing a Research Question
- 2Gathering Information from Multiple Sources
- 3Taking Notes and Listing Sources
- 4Organizing and Writing the Report
- 5Evidence from Texts
Unit 8 of 9
Speaking and Listening
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Collaborative Discussions
- 2Paraphrasing What We Hear
- 3Speakers' Reasons and Evidence
- 4Organized Presentations
- 5Audio and Visuals in Presentations
- 6Formal and Informal English
Unit 9 of 9
Grammar and Vocabulary
9 lessons
Lessons
- 1Relative Pronouns and Adverbs
- 2Progressive Verb Tenses
- 3Modal Auxiliaries
- 4Prepositional Phrases
- 5Fragments and Run-Ons
- 6Commas and Quotation Marks
- 7Precise Words and Punctuation for Effect
- 8Greek and Latin Affixes and Roots
- 9Academic Vocabulary
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered9 units and 55 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of English Language Arts in Grade 4, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 4 student would work through today.
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