Grade 4 English Language Arts
10 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Reading & Writing”.
Strands and outcomes
- Comprehend and Respond (CR4.1–CR4.4): Comprehend and respond to a variety of grade-level texts. View and respond to visual and multimedia texts, explaining the creator's technique and the impact on viewers. Listen, summarize, paraphrase, and evaluate what was listened to and draw conclusions. (and 1 more outcome)
- Compose and Create (CC4.1–CC4.4): Compose and create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore. Create a variety of clear representations that communicate straightforward ideas and information relevant to the… Speak to present and express a range of ideas and information in formal and informal speaking situations for… (and 1 more outcome)
- Assess and Reflect on Language Abilities (AR4.1–AR4.2): Reflect on and assess own viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other representing experiences, the… Set and pursue personal goals to improve viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other representing…
Units
Unit 1
Reading Detectives
Reading short original stories and articles, then finding the main idea and key details, making inferences from clues, working out word meanings and choosing the best summary.
Outcome: CR4.4 · main idea, inferences and summaries in fiction and non-fiction
Unit 2
Text Features
Using the parts of a nonfiction book to find information: reading a table of contents and index, knowing what glossaries, captions, labels and timelines are for, and choosing headings.
Outcome: CR4.4 · text features of non-fiction
Unit 3
Figurative Language
Spotting similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia and alliteration (plus hyperbole at the stretch level), and explaining what figurative phrases really mean.
Outcome: CR4.4 · similes, metaphors and personification
Unit 4
Point of View
Telling first-person stories (I, me, we) from third-person stories (he, she, they), finding pronoun clues, and noticing when dialogue uses “I” in a third-person story.
Outcome: CR4.4 · narrator and point of view
Unit 5
Word Builders
Using word parts to work out meanings: prefixes like re- and mis-, suffixes like -able and -ment, finding the base word, and (at the stretch level) roots such as port and tele.
Outcome: CR4.4 · prefixes, suffixes and word structure
Unit 6
Parts of Speech
Naming the job each word does in a sentence, with a focus on Grade 4's pronouns, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions. Easier levels stick to nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns.
Outcome: CC4.4 · parts of speech in writing
Unit 7
Super Sentences
Joining sentences with and, but, or and so; spotting and fixing fragments and run-ons; and choosing verbs that agree with the subject and match the tense.
Outcome: CC4.4 · simple and compound sentences
Unit 8
Punctuation Power
Writing possessives (the dog's bone, the girls' bikes, the children's toys), placing commas in dates, places and lists, and punctuating dialogue with quotation marks.
Outcome: CC4.4 · apostrophes, commas and other punctuation
Unit 9
Sound-Alikes
Choosing between words that sound alike (there/their/they're, to/too/two, its/it's) and using context to tell which meaning of a word like “bark” or “bow” is meant.
Outcome: CC4.4 · homophones and choosing the right word
Unit 10
Paragraph Power
Choosing topic and concluding sentences, finding the sentence that doesn't belong, using transition words, identifying cause and effect, and putting sentences in order.
Outcome: CC4.4 · paragraphs with a central idea and a logical order
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