Purposeful Design Language Arts Grade 4

Combine a biblical worldview with a whole-book approach with this language arts course. With its whole-book approach and extensive teacher and student materials (4 in total), this comprehensive language arts program reviews phonics, and builds reading skills, grammar (including diagramming), writing, speaking/listening skills, vocabulary, spelling, and literature studies.

For the complete Language Arts course, the student uses 2 workbooks: one for reading and literature and one for language and writing. For each workbook, you'll need the corresponding teacher guide with detailed lesson plans and reduced copies of student pages. Individual Reading Guides or Literature Guides for each of the Read-Aloud and Student Reader books are included in the Reading and Literature Teacher Guide. Also required is the book 104 Poems of Whimsy and Wisdom by Amy Lykosh. Additional, downloadable teacher resource sheets are available at the publisher's website. See individual item descriptions for more detailed information. Scripture quotations use the NIV, © 2001. ~ Ruth

Required Student Reader Books:

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912; The Cabin Faced West, The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderston, The Voice of a Century, The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail, Sugar Creek Gang: The Swamp Robber, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Toothpaste Millionaire, Project Mulberry, and Apollo 11 Moon Landing: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure.

Suggested Read-Alouds:

The Gold Coin, The Sign of the Beaver, Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, The Twenty-One Balloons, John Henry, Jada Sly: Artist & Spy, The Superpower Field Guide, Li Lun: Lad of Courage, You Do the Math: Design a Skyscraper, The Railway Children, Lon Po Po, Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten!, Esperanza Risin, and Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas.