DO you mind telling me quickly what you all do for 4th grade LA (all of it!) THANKS!!

[Johanna]

I need to take a sort of poll of the board to get an idea of perspective and choices if you dont mind....thanks!!!:D

[mcconnellboys]

This year, we're reading a lot of WTM recs that go along with our history studies or the time period we're in. I use similar works for our literature time.

Handwriting is Getty Dubay Italic.

Writing - I've used a variety of things this year, including copywork and things from Intermediate Language Lessons; some writing assignments from Abeka grammar; Writer's Express; and Draw Write Now.

Spelling Workout (last part of E) and F. Wordly Wise to finish up year.

Abeka, God's Gift of Language, A.

I don't know if you count Latin as LA or foreign language, but we did a review/wrap-up of Minimus this year and are working in Minimus Secundus. We also do Spanish.

Regena

[Lori in MS]

What I did this year for 4th

FLL 3
IEW
R&S Spelling 4
Italic Handwriting
Copywork Bible Memory verses

He also wrote summaries for History and Science

[Mom2legomaniacs]

R&S 4 Grammar (and the writing portion)
SWO E spelling
HWT -- cursive handwriting practice
Reading : along with out history and other "good" books of interest

[Beth in Central TX]

4th grade language arts:

R&S Grammar 4
R&S Reading 4, units 1 & 2
R&S Spelling 4
CW Aesop B
Elementary Greek I
LCI

[Kelli in TN]

Rod and Staff English 4
Vocabulary from Classical Roots, grade 4
Italic handwriting using Startwrite software
IEW

[SBP]

What we've done this year:

Spell to Write and Read
Shurley English - Level 4
Daily Grams - Grade 4
IEW
Daily read-alouds
Daily silent reading (these books sometimes relate to what we're studying in history and sometimes not)

And... I think that covers it :001_smile:.

SBP

[Heather in NC]

Reading: book selections from TWTM

Handwriting: Kimber's copywork book

Spelling: Phonetic Zoo

Grammar: Easy Grammar

Writing: I am a dismal failure at this but plan to use IEW Ancients next year...I promise!!!

[HollyDay]

when my 6th grader was in 4th grade we did BJU across the board.

Next year when my 3rd grader is in 4th grade, we will:

GWG 4
CW Aesop B
DITHOR
SWR

We did GWG 3 this year as well as Aesop A. DITHOR and SWR we started in 2nd grade.

[ABQmom]

Rod and Staff 4
SWR for spelling
copywork from lit. for handwriting
read alouds daily
silent reading daily (I choose the books most of the time)

[Laura Corin]

This time through it will be Junior English 3 (Galore Park) and a UK handwriting programme.

Laura

[8FillTheHeart]

My next yr's 4th grader will be doing:

Apples and Pears spelling
homemade vocabulary (pre-selected words from reading by me that she adds to a dictionary she is creating)
grammar--no text. We take paragraphs from reading and go over all grammar/mechanics from them.
writing--one major assignment per week. She is advanced, so they will typically be 2-3 paragraphs long.
1 hr of reading per day

[Leslie in TN]

For my dds, we use:

Copywork daily
Daily Grams 4
Simply Spelling
Writing Tales 1

Quick, painless, and effective!

[AngieW in Texas]

writing - IEW
grammar - Flashkids Language Arts workbook
spelling - Sequential Spelling
spelling/vocabulary/multisyllable word reading - Megawords
readalouds - from SL Core 5 - books that I read to her

my dd is dyslexic, so these things are not like my other girls did at 4th grade level:
30 minutes daily silent reading time in book at independent level
25 minutes daily out loud reading time in book at instructional level
nonsense word reading game
reading/vocabulary with words pulled from instructional level book

[Faithr]

My plans are:

Latin for Children
MCP Math
Writing Tales
Various read alouds for Religion, History, Literature
Reading to mom from Faith and Freedom reader/independent reading
Science at co-op
Piano lessons
Gymnastics, tennis and track for P.E.

[Faithr]

Ooops! You said just LA and I gave you the whole spiel! Sorry!

[Wendy in ME]

WT 1, Lively Latin, and Highland Latin School reading list.

[Shari]

We just finished 4th grade using BJU Grammar & Writing, Spelling, and Handwriting. Reading / Literature was a mix of TOG Year 4 and Sonlight Core 5. We supplemented the BJU writing chapters with chapters from Write Source books (used in TOG Classic).

[Suzybearybake]

Abeka Language A- Grammar
All About Spelling 3
IEW- Writing
BJU- Reading
Wordsmart-Vocabulary

[elegantlion]

Easy Grammar 4
Natural Speller
Just Write 3 (wish I had gone with IEW instead)
Vocabulary practice 4(from Teacher created resources)
HWT - Cursive
Read Alouds
Silent Reading

[Cadam]

last year for 4th grade I used....

R&S Grammar - We liked this a lot, did not use every exercise though. Mostly did odds or evens.
Classical Writing Aesop B - We are drop outs. I just started doing my own thing which we continued this year.
Spelling Workout - it's doing the job
English from the Roots up - This has been a lot of fun!

[Dayle in Guatemala]

LLATL Orange
Ridgewood Grammar
copywork and journaling for writing and handwriting
read alouds and independent reading everyday

[strider]

Spelling WorkOut
Rod and Staff Grammar (includes some writing instruction)
Various literature selections read independently and aloud
Various loose fiction writing assignments

Other things that supplement LA:

Latin
History summaries (written)
Bible inductive study

[Mamagistra]

Latin
Classical Writing
Copywork/Dictation
Lots o' reading

:)

[Amy loves Bud]

O.K.

Growing with Grammar 4 - 3 days per week
Writing Tales 1 - 3 days per week
(I've done some manipulating to make these two programs compliment eachother topically)
Spelling Power - 4 days per week
Copywork/Dictation - 2 or 3 days per week

I read literature aloud over lunch and we discuss, often we use a VP Literature Guid.

He is required to do 40 minutes of independent reading daily (I require 10 minutes per grade level). If he likes his book, he'll go way over, if not it can be a stretch;).

In addition, he writes a narration from history or science a couple of times per week.

[Another Lynn]

Spelling - SWR
Grammar - finish FLL 3, FLL4 (if either of these fail us, my next thing to consider is GWG)
Literature - Selections from Ambleside Online, tweaked for our reading level and to correspond with our history time period.
Writing - this is where I'm still searching for a philosophy that I'm comfortable with. I'm thinking I will rely heavily on dictation. I'm looking forward to reading SWB's new book and *maybe* considering whether the level 2 workbook would be too far beneath where we are.

I would like to add in some poetry memorization, but haven't planned that out yet.

As far as foreign language goes, I will probably hold off one more year and start Latin in 5th.

[Narrow Gate Academy]

Our LA for 4th next year:

R&S English 4
SWO F and part of G
Finish CW Aesop and start CW Poetry for Beginners
Daily dictation practice
Assigned reading time (30-45 minutes) and set free reading time (not decided how long)

[Donna T.]

I'll have a fourth grader next year. I think we've sort of already started fourth grade really. I go more by their age than the time of the year. He will be nine in April.

Anyways:

Rod & Staff English
Rod & Staff Spelling
Handwriting Without Tears
Sonlight Grade 3 - 5 Readers - he reads anywhere from one to three chapters a day and then does copywork from those chapters.
Prima Latina

That's what he's been doing. I just purchased Understanding Writing and plan to start that in the next month or so. If I like it (and I'm convinced I'm going to), we will probably start doing the R&S English orally. Right now, he's doing all the writing exercises in R&S. I'm also considering English from the Roots Up or Vocabulary Vine for root studies.

[StephanieZ]

I use Sonlight LA (that matches the core -- Core 4 this year.) That covers a lot of writing and general LA skills, not real heavy on formal grammar (which we get when we do Rod & Staff English on other years.)

We also use ZB Handwriting -- our last year is grade 4 or earlier, depending on when they master it.

We also use SWO.

The kids also do tons of reading (Sonlight lists and other) and being read to.

[Mama Lynx]

Latin, Classical Writing, and whatever literature I come up with. Occasional copywork. He's a natural speller, so we're not really doing a spelling program.

[Verena]

I need to take a sort of poll of the board to get an idea of perspective and choices if you dont mind....thanks!!!:D

Spelling/Dictation: continue with SWR, although I'm undecided at this point if we'll really keep going with it. We might pull spelling words from his writing assignments.
Reading: history, science, good children's literature (we'll do TOG and pick from various sources for lit. suggestions).
Writing: Ds will continue with Imitations in Writing (Aesop), alternating with Imi. in Wr. Fairy Tales. I also pre-ordered SWB's new writing book and have WA from TOG on hand. We might do a hodge-podge of all 3 to keep it a bit more varied, but I'm undecided since I haven't seen SWB's book yet.
Grammar: possibly FLL 4, it'll come out this summer

I realize this is all still very vague :)
Hope it helps, anyway.

[Heather in MD]

R & S for grammar/writing
Spelling Workout for spelling
HWOT cursive for handwriting
LLATL orange for literature - we are only using the four book studies
Daily Skill Builders for vocabulary

[Robin Hood]

R&S 4 Grammar (and the writing portion)
SWO E spelling
HWT -- cursive handwriting practice
Reading : along with out history and other "good" books of interest

We do this exact program, except at a 3rd grade level and will do the same for 4th grade next year. I am considering adding Writing Strands 3 because we aren't doing the writing portion of R & S and because it looks like it's self motivated. I am a poor writer and don't think I am a good teacher of writing. I am learning with my kids, but this curriculum challenges the student to be independent.

[Testimony]

4th Grade Language Arts huh?

This time around we are doing the following:

Grammar:
KISS grammar with Kellog and Reed's 100 Lessons in English Grammar ( found in Old Fashioned Education)

Mad Libs

Spelling

I have him do copywork and dictation from either history, science, or literature.

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary Vines

Outlining:

He does outlining from Story of the World

Latin:

Latina Christiana I= he does some grammar lessons which they compare to English

Logic:

Logic is a part of Language Arts: I use Building Thinking Skills Level 2. If you notice, there is a figural and verbal section. In the verbal section, there is a lot of writing.

Recitation

He memorizes poems and Bible versions. He had to recite them. He also reads some times sections of Story of the World, Plutarch, or Shakespeare. I check his pronunciation.

Narrations:

He narrates Story of the World, literature, Shakespeare, Plutarch, science

I think that I covered everything in Language Arts.

Blessings,
Karen
www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony