4th grade Language
Silver Burdett and Ginn World of Language
Please remember this is just a guideline for the curriculum and it may be varied as needed to meet the student’s learning needs.
Unit 1-Using Language to Narrate
Sentences- Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
Subjects/ Predicates
Using a Thesaurus
Narrating
Speaking and Listening
Time Order
Friendly Letters
Unit 2- Using Language to Persuade
Nouns- Singular and Plural
Spelling Plural Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
Singular Possessive Nouns
Plural Possessive Nouns
Compounds
Strategies for Persuading
Fact/ Opinion
Paragraph- Topic and Details
Unit 3-Using Language to Create
Pronouns- Subject, Object, Possessive,
Homophones
Poetry
Similes/ Metaphors
Unit 4- Using Language to Inform
Verbs- Action, Linking, Main, Helping, Tenses, Spelling Correctly
Prefixes
Strategies for Informing
Directions
Commas
Unit 5- Using Language to Research
Subject/Verb Agreement
Irregular Verbs
Contractions
Context Clues
Strategies for Research
Library/Encyclopedia
Taking notes/ Outlining
Unit 6- Using Language to Describe
Adjectives- after linking verbs, comparing, irregular comparison
Suffixes
Strategies for Describing
Oral Descriptions
Space Order
Unit 7- Using Language to Imagine
Adverbs
Adverbs that Compare
Synonyms/ Antonyms
Expanding Sentences
Parts of a Story
Quotations
Unit 8- Using Language to Classify
Parts of Speech
Simple/Compound Subjects
Simple/ Compound Predicates
Compound Sentences
Commas
Homographs
Comparisons
Contrast Paragraphs
Silver Burdett and Ginn World of Language
Please remember this is just a guideline for the curriculum and it may be varied as needed to meet the student’s learning needs.
Unit 1-Using Language to Narrate
Sentences- Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
Subjects/ Predicates
Using a Thesaurus
Narrating
Speaking and Listening
Time Order
Friendly Letters
Unit 2- Using Language to Persuade
Nouns- Singular and Plural
Spelling Plural Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
Singular Possessive Nouns
Plural Possessive Nouns
Compounds
Strategies for Persuading
Fact/ Opinion
Paragraph- Topic and Details
Unit 3-Using Language to Create
Pronouns- Subject, Object, Possessive,
Homophones
Poetry
Similes/ Metaphors
Unit 4- Using Language to Inform
Verbs- Action, Linking, Main, Helping, Tenses, Spelling Correctly
Prefixes
Strategies for Informing
Directions
Commas
Unit 5- Using Language to Research
Subject/Verb Agreement
Irregular Verbs
Contractions
Context Clues
Strategies for Research
Library/Encyclopedia
Taking notes/ Outlining
Unit 6- Using Language to Describe
Adjectives- after linking verbs, comparing, irregular comparison
Suffixes
Strategies for Describing
Oral Descriptions
Space Order
Unit 7- Using Language to Imagine
Adverbs
Adverbs that Compare
Synonyms/ Antonyms
Expanding Sentences
Parts of a Story
Quotations
Unit 8- Using Language to Classify
Parts of Speech
Simple/Compound Subjects
Simple/ Compound Predicates
Compound Sentences
Commas
Homographs
Comparisons
Contrast Paragraphs