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Fourth Grade

Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement. 

Directions: 
  1. Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
  2. Print the 40-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
  3. Order the Grade 4 Teaching Guide (optional) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons using the FREE Student Weekly Assignment Booklet PDF.
Key:  *Free online   ❶  Our Pick!   ❷ Christianbook
Fourth Grade
Age 9+
Medieval History from 500 AD to 1500
40 Week Schedule, PDF



King James Bible

Bible Study
  • Hurlburt’s Story of the Bible *​
  • Bible Atlas * by Hurlbut, for reference.

Devotions
  • Keys for Kids* or Kids 4 Truth Devotionals* or other devotions of your choice

Arithmetic. Choose 1
  • CIMT, MEP, Primary Year 5 *
  • Everyday Arithmetic Book 1 (Second Half)* with Answers*
  • Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic* and Ray's free video lessons*
  • Math program of your choice, purchased separately ❶ 
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Science
  • The Story Book of Science* ❶ and The History of a Mouthful of Bread * or
  • ​Enjoying Science Together, volume of choice.
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​Library Skills
  • Learn to use Unabridged Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  • Dance Mat Typing, begin to learn keyboarding *
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Language Arts
  • Reading: McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader *
  • Writing: Handwriting Workbook of your choice^, purchase separately
  • Spelling: McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, lessons 63-99 (included in Enjoying Penmanship)
  • Grammar: Lessons in the Use of English Book 1, Part 3
  • Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing *, Copywork 1 time per week
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Latin & Foreign Languages
  • Begin or continue Latin
  • Latin for Beginners * or another Latin text of your choice [See below and also footnote 1]
  • Getting Started with Latin (Lessons 1 to 60)
  • Olim, Once Upon a Time in Latin: Reader I (for translating 1 story per term, optional)
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If you are using all 3 programs of study, the reading below is optional.
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Literature
  • Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare *
  • The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang *
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood *
  • The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights *
  • Book of Pirates *
  • A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. Henty *

Plus, enjoy reading as desired
  • Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving*
  • The King of The Golden River by John Ruskin*
  • Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome*
  • Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*, continue as desired

History
  • The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge *
  • When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan *
  • Heroes of the Middle Ages by Eva March Tappan *
  • European Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan *
  • Stories from the Crusades by Janet Harvey Kelman *

Biography
  • The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral by Brooks *
  • In the Days of Alfred, the Great by Eva March Tappan *
  • In the Days of William, the Conqueror by Eva March Tappan *

Historical Fiction
  • ​A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. Henty *
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Geography & Social Studies
  • Human Geography: The World by Fairgreeve and Young *
  • Unit Studies on specific countries of your choice using Cousin Stories, Encyclopedias, Library Books, Foreign Cookbooks, Maps, and Library DVD’s.
          The Little Cousin Series *
  • Our Little Korean Cousin
  • Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin
  • Our Little Mexican Cousin
  • Hamid, Our Little Arabian Cousin
  • Gerard, Our Little Belgian Cousin
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  • Our Little Scotch Cousin
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  • Our Little Russian Cousin
  • Our Little Indian Cousin
  • Our Little Servian Cousin

Civics
  • Elements of Civil Government by Alexander L. Peterman *
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Read Alouds (FREE at library or build your library - 1 book per term) 
Term 1 (Weeks 1-12)​
  1. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
  2. Andrew Lang Fairy Books as desired
Term 2 (Weeks 13-24)​
  1. Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress, illustrated by Alan Parry
  2. Andrew Lang Fairy Books as desired
Term 3 (Weeks 25-36)
  1. Start or continue the Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  2. Andrew Lang Fairy Books as desired
Fourth Grade Syllabus​
coming soon
Have Fourth Grade questions or comments?  See FAQ's

Notes
​[1] Prima Latina is studied in Program 2: Enrichment Study (Years 1 and 2). If your child is struggling with our Latin lessons for this year, you may wish to begin with Prima Latina.
^Consumable books less than 10%
"Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
​- Proverbs 22:6
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