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Fourth grade is that fabulous
year when abstract thinking begins to develop and the child's thought processes
and imagination take flight. Already grounded in the basics, the fourth grader
can begin the enjoyable task of using his skills to communicate what he is
learning and thinking. Our fourth grade curriculum still provides plenty of
practice in the essentials while providing interesting and provocative books
that inspire a young person's mind.
Our teacher's
plan book, called the
Corebook,
helps you to organize your daily schedules and record what you have done while
ensuring that you meet the objectives for the year. It also provides
guidelines for narrations and copywork, outlines for
teaching geography and health, and timetable lists.
By the way,
we know every child is different-- feel free to mix and match between the grade
levels to create the best "fit" for your child!
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4th grade History
Kit:
$154.44 (save $17.16)
(You may also purchase items individually.)
Following
the timeline for a classical education, our fourth graders
study modern history starting in the 1800s to
present time. Our fourth graders will
gain a sense of time as they fill in and personalize the
Book of the Centuries (a Charlotte Mason concept.) Our
teacher's plan book, or Corebook,
gives guidelines for scheduling.
Geography lessons and memory lists for the
time period are also contained in the
Corebook.
Boy in the Alamo
-$8.95
Meet Abraham Lincoln -$3.99
Book of the Centuries: Modern
-$5.50
Twenty and Ten
-$4.99
We'll Race You Henry Ford
-$5.95
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
-$3.99
The Day MLK was Shot
-$5.99
Trail of Tears
-$3.99
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark
-$8.95
El Guero: A True Adventure
-$4.95
By the Great Hornspoon
-$5.95
Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt
-$5.99
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor
-$4.50
Helen Keller
-$4.50
The Wright Brothers
-$5.99
Plain Girl
-$7.00
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
-$5.99
Freedom Train
-$4.50
Shades of Gray
-$4.99
The Story of George Washington Carver -$4.50
The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal
-$6.99
The Children's Atlas of the World
-$24.99
Snow Treasure
-$4.50
Harry Houdini
-$4.50
Escape From Warsaw
-$4.99
Meet Thomas Jefferson
-$3.99
Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West
-$4.99 |
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4th grade Literature
Kit: $70.35
(save $7.82)
(You may also purchase items individually.)
Because our fourth graders have such a large reading list
in the history program, we've kept our literature reading
list short and sweet. Your
child will continue to develop his love for poetry as it
is covered in the natural manner that Charlotte Mason
advocates. Literature will be one class that your child
will not want to miss!
Favorite Poem's Old and New
*In supplement kit
($24.95)
Rascal
-$5.99
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
-$4.50
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
-$6.99
Captains Courageous ( Rudyard Kipling)
-$3.95
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
-$4.99
A Wrinkle in Time
-$6.50
The Swiss Family Robinson
-$4.50
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
-$5.50
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
-$4.50
Hero Tales (T. Roosevelt)
-$8.95
American Tall Tales
-$22.00 |
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Our fourth graders start a new
math program this year: the highly acclaimed Saxon math.
Unlike many math programs in schools today, Saxon, while
teaching a new concept in every lesson, manages also to
provide sufficient review of previous concepts. Right now
we do not carry Saxon products. Please use the link
below for purchasing information.
Saxon5/4 home study kit:
$55.75 |
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4th grade Science
Kit: $38.68
(save
$4.30)
(You may also purchase items individually.)
In science this year, your student will study the human
body using
Reader's Digest's outstanding book on the subject as a
guide. Your fourth grader will also study medicine's
fascinating history. Nature study, nature journaling, and outdoor play,
continue to be emphasized in fourth grade.
The History of Medicine
-$13.99
Your Body's Heroes and Villains
-out of print
The Human Body
-$16.99
Nature Notebook
-12.00 |
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4th grade Reading & Grammar
Kit: $96.07 (save $10.68!)
(You may also purchase items individually.)
Our fourth graders continue becoming excellent writers
using the Wordsmith Apprentice book in addition
to Charlotte Mason style copywork. Grammar is
studied this year with the aid of Emma Serl's
wonderful book, Primary Language Lessons, which
intertwines great literature, fables, folklore and maxims
with grammar and language arts lessons. During the second semester, a Language
Practice workbook is available to give student's extra
practice in the grammar rules they've learned and to
expose them to the types of questions they may see on a
standardized test.
Phonics:
Merrill Phonics Skilltext
E
-$8.95
Grammar:
Primary Language Lessons
by Emma Serl -$14.95
Language Practice 4
-$10.95
Writing:
Wordsmith Apprentice
-$16.00
Spelling:
Spelling
Power Manual
(used all the way through 12th grade!) -$49.95
Spelling Power Blue Record Book -$5.95 |
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Items available individually
Art Fraud
Detective
-$15.95
Carnival of the Animals
-$19.95
Mozart's Magnificent Voyage (Classical Kids)
-$16.98 -not available
at this time
Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery (Classical Kids)
-$13.98 |
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Latin Primer 2 VHS pkg
-$95.00
(includes student and teacher
books, videos, teacher's packet which includes test and
quiz book, instructions, pronunciation cassette, and flashcards)
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Latin's Not So Tough 3
-$37.45
(includes student workbook,
answers, quizzes, flashcards and pronunciation
CD/cassette) |
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Supplement
Kit: $72.95 (save $8.11!)
*includes Star-Spangled pictureback rather than
D'Aulaire's version
(Upgrade to D'Aulaire's for $10.53 on order form)
(You may also purchase items individually.)
*The
products in the supplement kit are used in each grade of
The Tanglewood Curriculum.
*Please note that the 4th grade kit does not include the
dictionary.
Handbook of Nature Study
-$24.95
*by
Anna Botsford Comstock
All the Birds of North America
-$19.95 *the
easiest and most comprehensive guide we've found!
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
-$7.95
*one of my absolute favorites
Favorite Poems Old and New
-$24.95
*fabulous poetry book you may remember from your childhood,
used in literature programs for grades 1-4
The Star Spangled Banner (pictureback)
$3.25
*cute,
contains entire song along with short illustrated notes
about famous pieces of Americana
The Star-Spangled Banner
-$14.95 *D'Aulaire's sumptuously illustrated book -we use it every
morning
Children's Illustrated Dictionary
-$19.99 *Best we've found for grades 1-3. (not included in
4th
(A
dictionary is not included in this kit although your
fourth grader should have an age-appropriate one available
for use. I like my children to use the medium-sized
hardbound dictionary with no distracting illustrations
that I used as a child.) |
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