4th Grade

Language Arts, Foreign Language: Latin, Science, and History

Language Arts

Grammar & Spelling

• Well-Ordered Language 2A by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 2A Teacher’s Edition by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 2B by Classical Academic Press

• Well-Ordered Language 2B Teacher’s Edition by Classical Academic Press

• Spelling Workout Level E by Memoria Press

Writing

• Portions of IEW U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons by Lori Verstegen (also consider purchasing the teacher’s manual for your reference) 

• Additional creative writing projects provided by Peace Hill.

Literature

*Listed in the order they will be read

• Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

• At Home Free Read Suggestions:

  • Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

  • The Twenty-One Balloons by Pene Dubois

  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.E. Konigsburg

  • Penrod by Booth Tarkington

  • Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

  • King of the Golden River by John Ruskin

  • The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

  • The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle

  • The Borrowers by Mary Norton

  • Gentle Ben by Walt Morey

Foreign Language - Latin

Grammar Stage Latin (Optional)

• The Big Book of Lively Latin Volume 1 - Online PDF version by Catherine Drown

Science - Early Modern Era

Includes discoveries, scientists and related experiments from the ancient era. Core curriculum provided by Peace Hill. All materials are included in the materials fee. “At-Home” nature study supplies can be found on the supplies list.

• 4th Grade At-Home Living Science Read-Aloud Books: 

  • The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre (not charter approved)

  • Pagoo by Holling C. Holling

  • Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling

History - Early Modern Era

• Story of the World, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times by Susan Wise Bauer

• Choose ONE of the two activity book options: 

  • Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Activity Book 3: Early Modern Times by Susan Wise Bauer

  • Story of the World Volume 3 Student Pages

• Historical fiction (read-aloud) books - choose 4: Students will have a fun assignment on a historical fiction book each quarter, so plan ahead. 

  • Illustrated Adventure Stories by Lesley Sims

  • Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle

  • The Spanish Fairy Book by Gertrudis Segovia

  • Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas by Jonathan W. Stokes

  • The Rain Player by David Wisniewski

  • The Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark

  • Treasure Hunters: Quest for the City of Gold by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

  • The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker

  • Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes (family read aloud)

  • Mr. Fawkes, the King and the Gunpowder Plot by Tom and Tony Bradman

  • Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone

  • Champlain and the Silent One by Kate Messner

  • Mystery of the Frozen Lands by Martyn Godfrey

  • I Am Canada: Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition by John Wilson

  • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

  • How to Live Like a Samurai Warrior by John Farndon

  • Once Upon a Time in Japan by Japan Broadcasting Corporation

  • The Perfect Sword by Scott Goto

  • The Samurai’s Tale by Erik C Haugaard

  • Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness

  • Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger

  • Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom by Veronica Chambers

  • Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

  • Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle

  • Virginia Bound by Amy Butler

  • Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

  • The Golem of Prague by Irene Cohen-Janca

  • Hans in Luck by Felix Hoffmann

  • Kristina, The Girl King by Carolyn Meyer

  • The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley

  • Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi

  • The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol

  • The Adventures of Rama by Milo Cleveland Beach

  • How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head by Harish Johairi and Vatsala Sperling

  • Tales from India by Jamila Gavin

  • Raven Boy by Pippa Goodheart

  • The Man in the Iron Mask (Great Illustrated Classics)

  • The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

  • Mr. Descartes and His Evil Genius by Jean Paul Mongin

  • The Story of Cyrano de Bergerac by Stefano Benni

  • The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: the Complete First Edition by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

  • Legends of the Iroquois by Tehanetorens

  • Skywoman: Legend of the Iroquois by Joanne Shenandoah

  • I Am Algonquin: An Algonquin Quest Novel by Rick Revelle

  • Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry

  • I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen

  • Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • Fearless Ivan and His Faithful Horse Double-Hump by Pyotr Yershov

  • The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky

  • Hana in the Time of the Tulips by Deborah Noyes

  • Folktales from Turkey by Serpil Ural

  • Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran

  • Korean Children’s Favorite Stories by Kim So-un

  • Gulliver’s Travels: Voyage to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift

  • The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

  • The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac

  • Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson

  • Freedom at Any Price: March 1775-April 19, 1775 by Amanda Stephens

  • I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis 

  • George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff

  • George Washington’s Spy by Elvira Woodruff

  • The Scarlett Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble

  • Spies at Mount Vernon by Steven K. Smith

  • Ben and Me by Robert Lawson

  • Spenser’s Story of the Constitution by Paul Sleman Clark

  • Alexander Hamilton: Little Lion by Ann Hood

  • Duel! Barr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin

  • Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

  • The Mutiny on the Bounty (Great Illustrated Classics ed)

  • The Goat Who Sailed the World by Jackie French

  • Down and Out Down Under by Geronimo Stilton

  • The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

  • The Golden Hour by Maiya Williams

  • Madame Tussaud’s Apprentice: An Untold Story of Love in the French Revolution by Kathleen Benner

  • A Tale of Two Cities (Great Illustrated Classics ed)

  • Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 by Kristiana Gregory

  • The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

  • Elfwood: The Shiny Silver Steam Engine by Nancy Trancey Buscher

  • The Gate in the Wall by Ellen Howard

  • Tales from Within the Clouds: Nakhi Stories of China by Carolyn Han

  • Tales of a Chinese Grandmother: 30 Traditional Tales from China by Frances Carpenter

  • The Mystery in the Forbidden City by Harper Paris

  • Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

  • Powder Monkey: Adventures of a Young Sailor by Paul Dowswell

  • Battle Fleet: Adventures of a Young Sailor by Paul Dowswell

  • Pip of Pengersick - My Part in Napoleon’s Downfall by Jane A. C. West

  • The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales by Diane Wolkstein

  • Anacaona: Golden Fower, Haiti, 1490 by Edwidge Danticat

  • Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes

  • Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Burg

  • Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers

  • The Devil’s Highway by Stanley Applegate

  • Mountain Men: True Grit & Tall Tales by Andrew Glass

  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Rob Lloyd Jones (Young Reading Series 3)

  • Russian Snows: Coming of Age in Napoleon’s Army by Scott Armstrong

  • I Am Canada: A Call to Battle: The War of 1812 by Gillian Chan

  • Meet Caroline: An American Girl by Kathleen Erns

  • Once on This Island by Gloria Whelan

  • Meet Josephina by Valerie Tripp

  • Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis 

  • Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears by Thomas Bryan Underwood

  • How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle

  • On This Long Journey: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy: The Trail of Tears, 1838 by Joseph Bruchac

  • Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen

  • A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia by Patricia McKissack

  • The Serpent’s Children by Laurence Yep

  • Squishy Taylor and the Vase That Wasn’t by Ailsa Wild

  • The Treasure of Ching Shih by John Gilgren

  • A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas by Sherry Garland

  • The Boy in the Alamo by Margaret Cousins

  • Remember the Alamo! The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood by Lisa Waller Rogers

  • Tucket’s Ride by Gary Paulsen

  • Ka the Falcon by Bruce Gilberd

  • Land of the Long White Cloud: Maori Myths, Tales, & Legends by Kiri Te Kanawa and Michael Foreman

  • The Weka-Feather Cloak: A New Zealand Fantasy by Leo Madigan

  • The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee by Elinor Teele

  • The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

  • The Adventures of Papa Lemon’s Little Wanderers Book 5: The California Gold Rush by Lehman Riley

  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman

  • By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman

    
    NOTE: If your student is with a charter that will not accept the historical era we are in this year for this grade, consider using your funds to purchase California Studies Weekly - Fourth Grade State History for $29.95, a simple, weekly magazine-style curriculum that can be completed at home on the side and will provide weekly options for samples.

See the course descriptions for each grade!