Fourth Grade Curriculum Book List
Product Description
LANGUAGE ARTS
Spelling: Using an innovative approach to spelling, your child will learn the different spelling rules and exceptions, using a program that is designed for independent study and that easily engages the child.
Grammar: Fourth grade grammar covers topics such as complete subjects and complete predicates, compound sentences, action verbs and linking verbs, conjunctions, irregular verbs, past-tense verbs, negatives, commas, direct and indirect quotations, sentence diagramming and more.
Writing: Using a "Benjamin Franklin" approach to learning to write clearly and beautifully, we incorporate a program that makes learning to write enjoyable for the child and parent.
Reading: Your child will read from either the original or abridged texts of some of the great classic authors such as Lousia May Alcott, Francis Hodgson Burnett, L. M. Montgomery, and others. Children will begin writing book reports for the books they have read. There is also a book of poetry so your child can continue memorizing poems, which is an excellent way to develop eloquence and improve memory skills.
Penmanship: An Italics penmanship workbook that focuses on cursive writing, and improving the Italic style. We include our Content of Character Copybook, the first in our curriculum series.
MATH
Using the Saxon math program esigned especially for home-educating families, the students will continue to develop their understanding of critical skills and concepts such as number sense, numeration, numerical operations, measurements and geometry, patterns, relationships, math functions, and data manipulation through charts.
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
Using the Story of the World series, your child will learn about the time period from 1850 to the present. Topics covered will include the Victorian era, Civil War, World War One, the Great Depression, World War Two, Hitler, Zionism, Apartheid, Vietnam War, and more. There will also be coloring maps of important geographical areas including the United States. Creative projects are included to give the students a better understanding of events during this period.
SCIENCE
An introduction to physics, including experiments in sound, energy, motion, and more. This program is hands-on to make it memorable and enjoyable.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Latin: Though considered a “dead” language, Latin is still the key to the vocabulary and structure of all the romance languages and the technical vocabulary of all the sciences including law and medicine. Hamza Yusuf said that studying Latin will aid a child in better understanding Arabic grammar. Martin Cothran commented that nine out of ten times he can tell whether a person has studied Latin by the quality of their writing. Grade four introduces level two in our Latin series.
ART
The student will learn to draw from chapter titles such as: Animals of the World, Forest Animals, Grassland and Desert Animals. The course emphasizes the similarity between drawing and writing.
WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE?
You will receive the curriculum book list, suggested teaching guideline, and an invitation to our Kinza Academy Yahoo Group by email. If you will need help getting started, please click on our "Consultation" tab. We look forward to assisting you and your family during the homeschooling years.
