Grade 4 Language Arts

Grade 4 Language Arts Term 1


Description

In this unit, titled ‘Our Common Heritage’ with subtheme ‘Culture and Heritage’,students will be sensitized to the richness and variety of language.A major objective to assist them in acquiring the target language,-Standard Jamaican English. The programme is therefore organized to provide practice in the four areas into which the Language Arts is divided–oral language (listening and speaking), reading, writing and language awareness (linguistic components including structure and mechanics).

Content
  • Fluency and Recognition
  • Seatwork 1
  • Assessment 1
  • Comprehension Skills
  • Lesson 1 - Inferencing with context clues
  • Assessment 1
  • Seatwork 1
  • Lesson 2 -Summarizing information
  • Seatwork 2
  • Lesson 3 - Examine the use of a variety of strategies to monitor reading
  • Lesson 3
  • Seatwork 3
  • Assessment 3
  • Lesson 4 - Elements of a Story
  • Seatwork 4
  • Assessment 4 - Elements of a story
  • Grammar Skills
  • Lesson 1 - capitalization
  • Seatwork 1
  • Assessment 1
  • Lesson 2 - compound sentences
  • Seatwork 2
  • Assessment 2
  • Lesson 3 - Degree of adjectives
  • Seatwork 3
  • Assessment 3
  • Lesson 4 - Common and Proper Nouns
  • Seatwork 4
  • Assessment 4
  • Lesson 5 - Identify and use conjunctions in sentences
  • Seatwork 5
  • Assessment 5
  • Lesson 6 - Indicate singular and plural possessives with the use of apostrophe
  • Lesson 6
  • Seatwork 6
  • Assessment 6
  • Lesson 7 - Use adverbs of manner to create vibrant and engaging text.
  • Seatwork 7
  • Assessment 7
  • Lesson 8 - Conjunctions
  • Seatwork 8
  • Assessment 8
  • Vocabulary Skills
  • Lesson 1 - Use root words and affixes to determine the meanings of words
  • Seatwork 1
  • Assessment 1
  • Lesson 2 - Review and use common spelling rules to spell grade level words
  • Seatwork 2
  • Assessment 2
  • Lesson 3 - Identify sight words and other words appropriate to grade level
  • Seatwork 3
  • Assessment 3
  • Research/Study Skills
  • Lesson 1- Identify elements of a dictionary
  • Seatwork 1
  • Assessment 1
  • Lesson 2 - Purposes of the different sections of a library
  • Seatwork 2
  • Assessment 2
  • Lesson 3 - Compile simple reports
  • Seatwork 3
  • Assessment 3
  • Lesson 4 - Compare & contrast external text features of fiction and non-fiction
  • Seatwork 4
  • Assessment 4
  • Spelling Skills
  • Lesson 1
  • Writing Skills
  • Lesson 1 - Write vivid descriptions, employing the use of adjectives
  • Seatwork 1
  • Assessment 1
  • Lesson 2 - How to write letters
  • Seatwork 2
  • Assessment 2
  • Lesson 3 -Create vibrant and engaging texts using knowledge of adverbs
  • Lesson 3 cont'd - Understanding Adverbs
  • Seatwork 3
  • Assessment 3
  • Lesson 4 - Extend paragraphs through the use of transitional words/phrases
  • Seatwork 4
  • Assessment 4
  • Lesson 5 - Modify speech and writing with noun substitutes
  • Seatwork 5
  • Assessment 5
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed