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English
Grade 4 · Select a term below to review
📘 Term 1 — Reading & Vocabulary
Topics covered in the first term
- Reading comprehension — main idea and supporting details
- Sequence of events in a text
- Cause and effect relationships
- Context clues — finding the meaning of unknown words
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Compound words and contractions
- Nouns — common, proper, concrete, abstract
- Pronouns — personal, possessive, reflexive
- Verbs — action verbs and linking verbs
- Adjectives — describing nouns
📗 Term 2 — Grammar & Writing Skills
Topics covered in the second term
- Adverbs — describing verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
- Prepositions and prepositional phrases
- Conjunctions (and, but, or, so, because, although)
- Types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative)
- Simple and compound sentences
- Punctuation — period, comma, question mark, exclamation point
- Capitalization rules
- Writing a paragraph — topic sentence and concluding sentence
- Descriptive writing — using vivid language
- Narrative writing — telling a story in order
📙 Term 3 — Literature & Communication
Topics covered in the third term
- Fiction vs. non-fiction texts
- Story elements — character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution
- Point of view — first person and third person
- Figurative language — simile, metaphor, personification
- Poetry — rhyme, rhythm, and stanzas
- Expository writing — writing to inform
- Persuasive writing — writing to convince
- Research skills — gathering and organizing information
- Oral communication — giving a short presentation
- Listening skills — following multi-step directions
Words are your superpower — keep reading and writing! 📖✨