Fourth Grade Curriculum

Fourth Grade Complete Curriculum List

Below is a list of the books needed to complete the Fourth Grade Complete Schedule. Since we are dedicated to keeping your costs down, we have created links to the best priced book sellers. You can purchase the books on Christianbook.com or Alibris.com by clicking the links below. Or you can link to the WorldCat website which provides a list of the local libraries that contain each book. You just enter your zip code and WorldCat will generate a list of libraries, containing the book, that are close to you.

Curriculum Choices for the Fourth Grade Complete Schedule include:

Fourth Grade Main Curriculum

Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation Curriculum

Physics Science Curriculum

General Resources

We have found these resources helpful for establishing a great foundation for your homeschool.

 

Chores

Your job as a parent is not primarily to keep your child "happy," but rather to train him up to be a responsible adult. One way to begin to accomplish this goal is to give your children responsibilities around the house. Doing chores and getting paid for a job well done, helps the child to make the connection between working hard and making money. Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Jr. is a great resource for helping you to do this.

 

Bible

The Fourth Grade Main schedule maps out daily readings from the Old Testament, giving your child a great overview of Old Testament history. Choose the Bible you think most appropriate for your child. The Bible memory verses are taken from the Wise Words for Moms booklet. Use the Tracking Your Walk Journal to write summaries of the Bible stories, memory verses, and prayer requests throughout the year.

Reformation Study Bible Child's Story Bible Tracking Your Walk Training Hearts Teaching Minds

 

Spelling

Spelling Workout is a great, easy to use, spelling curriculum.

Spelling Workout E Spelling Workout E Teacher's Manual

 

Handwriting

This is a great handwriting program. The instruction manual has a couple of pages of instruction for each level in the program. Only purchase the instruction manual if you haven't purchased it in a previous grade.

Italic Handwriting E Italics Handwriting Instructor's Guide

Use the Medieval Copybook to go along with the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation History included in this schedule, for extra handwriting practice.

Medieval History Copybook

 

Writing

Institutes for Excellence in Writing offers a wonderful training syllabus and DVD set for teachers. Once you have been through all the DVD's you will be completely equipped to teach and evaluate your child's writing.

 

Easy Classical Press offers a companion guide to IEW's Teaching Writing: Structure and Style. These guides, as they become available, will help you to implement the wonderful concepts taught in IEW's curriculum, integrating it seamlessly with the history topics taught in our history schedules.

 

Writing with History: Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation coming soon!

 

 

Grammar

Shurley English offers a wonderful grammar program that creatively teaches the often elusive grammar concepts.

 

Latin

Classical Academic Press offers a great Latin program called Latin for Children. This teachers manual, student workbook, and DVD series creatively teaches Latin vocabulary and Latin Grammar..

Latin for Children Primer B Latin for Children Primer B Answer Key Latin for Childern Primer B DVDs Latin for Children B History Reader

 

Math

Saxon math is an excellent "scripted" math program, that is very easy to teach, even for the math phobics out there. We recommend you use Saxon 65 for fourth grade. Saxon 54 is more of a third grade math program.

Saxon Math 65

 

Art

Drawing with Children is an excellent introduction to drawing even for the young child. We have coordinated the art lessons taught in Drawing with Children with our science and history schedules.

Drawing With Children Sketch Pad Colored Pencils

 

Physical Education

This physical education guide is scheduled throughout the year to ensure you and your child are getting adequate amounts of exercise. Daily muscular strength and fitness assignments as well as bi-weekly aerobic exercises are scheduled throughout the year.

Homeschool Physical Fitness Guide

 

Critical Thinking

These critical thinking software programs are an excellent addition to the curriculum choices for fourth grade. It not only helps the child to think more logically, but also has been shown to improve standardized test scores. Reading Detective "games" encourage a higher level of reading comprehension. Editor in Chief helps the child to put into practice the grammar skills learned with Shurley English. Math Detectives helps solidify math facts and math computation skills necessary to build a strong foundation in math.

Reading Detective Beginners Editor in Chief Beginning Math Detective Beginning

 

Science

The Fourth Grade Complete Schedule includes the Physics Science Schedule. Below is a link to the curriculum choices for this schedule.

Physics Curriculum

 

History

The Fourth Grade Complete Schedule includes the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation Schedule. Below is a link to the curriculum choices for this schedule.

Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation Curriculum