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Typical Course of Study

4th Grade Language Arts

By Beverly Hernandez, About.com

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.
  • Silent and oral reading
  • Choral reading
  • Listening skills
  • Telephone skills
  • Making and accepting simple social introductions
  • Summarizing simple information
  • Listening to literature
  • Critical reading
  • Short stories, chapter books, poetry, plays
  • Spelling
  • Increasing dictionary skills
  • Cursive handwriting
  • Simple outlining
  • Writing letters and informal notes
  • Written and oral book reports
  • Creative writing
  • Developing skills in locating information
  • Increasing indexing skills
  • Developing encyclopedia skills
  • Utilizing parts of a newspaper
4th Grade Course of Study

Used by permission of World Book

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