Are you searching for the best English curriculum for your Grade 4 child? Our Grade 4 English program builds on foundational skills and introduces more advanced reading, writing, speaking, and listening concepts. With engaging lessons and activities, students expand their vocabulary, improve comprehension, and develop confidence in expressing themselves. Our experienced tutors provide personalized support to ensure every child excels, no matter their starting point. Explore the curriculum below to see how we help Grade 4 students achieve English language success!

Grade 4 English Curriculum

Reading

Phonics and Word Recognition

Use combined knowledge of phonics, syllabication patterns, and morphology to read accurately

Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words

Apply word-analysis skills to decode unfamiliar multisyllabic words

Fluency

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding

Writing

Text Types and Purposes

Write opinion pieces: introduce topic clearly, provide reasons supported by facts and details, link opinions with transitional phrases, provide concluding statement

Write informative texts: introduce topic clearly, develop with facts, concrete details, quotations, examples; use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and linking words; provide concluding statement

Write narratives: establish situation, introduce narrator/characters, organize event sequence, use dialogue and description, use transitional words, provide conclusion

Production and Distribution of Writing

Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

Develop and strengthen writing through planning, revising, and editing

Use technology to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others

Demonstrate sufficient keyboarding skills to type minimum of one page in a single sitting

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather from print and digital sources

Take notes, categorize information, and provide list of sources

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection

Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration

Engage effectively in range of collaborative discussions

Paraphrase portions of texts read aloud or information presented in diverse media

Identify reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Report on topic or text, tell story, or recount experience with appropriate facts and details

Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate

Differentiate between formal and informal discourse; use formal English when appropriate

Language

Conventions of Standard English

Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that)

Use relative adverbs (where, when, why)

Form and use progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking)

Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must)

Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns

Form and use prepositional phrases

Produce complete sentences, recognizing fragments and run-ons

Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they're)

Use correct capitalization

Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations

Use comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence

Spell grade-appropriate words correctly

Choose punctuation for effect

Knowledge of Language

Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely

Choose punctuation for effect

Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English and situations where informal discourse is appropriate

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Use context clues to determine meaning of words/phrases

Use Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to meaning

Consult reference materials for pronunciation and precise meaning

Clarify meaning of words by comparing related words

Explain meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context

Recognize and explain meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs

Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites and to words with similar meanings

Acquire and use academic and domain-specific vocabulary

Literature

Key Ideas and Details

Refer to details and examples when explaining text and drawing inferences

Determine theme of story, drama, or poem from details; summarize the text

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event, drawing on specific details

Craft and Structure

Determine meaning of words and phrases, including those that allude to significant characters

Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose

Compare and contrast point of view from which different stories are narrated

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Connect text with visual or oral presentation, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions

Compare and contrast similar themes and topics in stories, myths, and traditional literature

Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

Refer to details and examples when explaining text and drawing inferences

Determine main idea and explain how supported by key details; summarize the text

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts, including what happened and why

Craft and Structure

Determine meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases

Describe overall structure (chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution)

Compare and contrast firsthand and secondhand account of same event or topic

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively

Explain how author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points

Integrate information from two texts on the same topic

Media Literacy

Analyze various digital and print media formats

Evaluate how media messages influence behavior

Create media products using various forms and techniques

Understand purpose and intended audience of different media formats