Learning Language Arts Through Literature Grade 4

The Learning Language Arts through Literature program is a complete language arts program for Grades 1-12. Using an integrated approach to teaching, students learn communication skills in the context of quality literature that makes not only makes reading more attractive, but creates a deeper understanding of grammar, writing mechanics, vocabulary, spelling, and other language skills.

The Orange Activity Book (4th grade) includes spelling work, exercises that ask students to identify parts of speech, comprehension activities, copywork, graphic organizers, bookbinding stories, and more. Please note that this book cannot be used independently and must be used in conjunction with the Orange Teacher Book (sold-separately). 36 lessons with each lesson divided into 5 days.

The updated third edition of the Orange Level is even easier to use with added editing and synonym practice to strengthen your student's writing. This book has also moved the location of the book studies. Parents could technically use the 2nd and 3rd editions together, but the page and lesson numbers wouldn't align and the teacher's edition wouldn't have the answers to the new editing and thesaurus exercises.

Please note: the following resources are for this level are sold-separately and are not included:

• Orange Teacher Book

• The Boxcar Children (Book #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Wilbur and Orville Wright by Augusta Stevenson
• Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

287 pages, softcover.

The Learning Language Arts through Literature program is a complete language arts program for Grades 1-12. Using an integrated approach to teaching, students learn communication skills in the context of quality literature that makes not only makes reading more attractive, but creates a deeper understanding of grammar, writing mechanics, vocabulary, spelling, and other language skills.

The Orange Book is designed for students in 4th grade. Students will enjoy reading the chosen literature books (not-included) as they study a broad spectrum of language arts skills. This Teacher's Book provides parents with easy-to-use lessons that require little to no preparation. Lessons are divided by days, with step-by-step instructions that closely follow the student book, though additional notes, clarifications, examples, and other teacher helps are integrated; in addition, answers are provided in the margins.

This course covers 36 lessons in five units that cover research, journal writing, poetry, newspapers, and story-writing & book-making. Lessons integrate all the fourth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills. Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Review activities and assessments are also integrated throughout.

The updated third edition of the Orange Level is even easier to use with added editing and synonym practice to strengthen your student's writing. This book has also moved the location of the book studies. Parents could technically use the 2nd and 3rd editions together, but the page and lesson numbers wouldn't align and the teacher's edition wouldn't have the answers to the new editing and thesaurus exercises.

Please note: the following resources are for this level are sold-separately and are not included:

• Orange Student Activity Book

• The Boxcar Children (Book #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Wilbur and Orville Wright by Augusta Stevenson
• Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

266 pages, softcover.

This series chronicles the early years of famous American men and women. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to todays' reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects.

Ben and Me is a classic American story that celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 1999, and it has been a favorite for readers small and old for generations. Once you've read it and met Amos, the mouse who tells the story, you will never think of Benjamin Franklin, or American history, quite the same way again.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Henry are orphans with no place to go. Will the children be able to find a home so that they can all stay together as a family?

Although he faced his responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt was more than a little apprehensive when his father left him alone to guard their newly built cabin in the wilderness. When a renagade white stranger stole his gun, Matt knew he had no way to shoot game and no way to protect himself. It was only after meeting the proud, resourceful Indian boy that Matt began to discover new ways to survive in the forest. And in getting to know his friend, Matt also began to understand the heritage and way of life of the Beaver clan and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier. Elizabeth George Speare has written a compelling survival story, filled with wonderful detail about living in the wilderness, that explores the relationship between the white settles and the Indians in the 1700s. Recommended for ages 10 to 14. A 1984 Newbery Honor book.
Please be advised: Language may be too mature for younger readers.