Gilman International Scholarship. The prestigious award helps students fund study or internships abroad. Bartell is a freshman from Lynchburg, VA and will be using his award to attend Tohoku JK Paper and the Times of India collaborate to offer this prestigious celebration of women writers, now in its second year. Memory of Light takes place Creative Writing. English Teaching. Comprehension — the ability to understand what you read — is the goal of reading.
Thinking actively and deeply about texts is a critical part of reading in 4th grade. Students with good comprehension can visualize the setting of a book, identify with its characters and how they feel, and anticipate the plot. In our 4th grade program, your child will build comprehension by reading and discussing great books.
This is a positive experience that makes reading more enjoyable. Students with strong comprehension are motivated to read more for pleasure, which also gives them a big advantage in school. Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and accurately, at a good pace. In 4th grade, reading material gets more difficult. In our 4th grade program, your child will do lot of independent reading, which is a great way to build reading fluency and speed.
Strong, fluent readers have better comprehension, which helps them enjoy reading more and get completely absorbed in books. Writing well makes a big difference in what kids can achieve. In order to express ideas effectively, students need strong writing skills. Fourth-grade writers work on improving their word choice, sentence construction, and paragraph organization.
They also begin learning how to revise their work. In our program for 4th graders, your child will get lots of writing practice and constructive feedback and learn how to avoid common errors that can trip up young writers. Reading textbooks and nonfiction requires a different set of skills and strategies than reading fiction.
To succeed, kids must make connections between ideas, follow a sequence of thought, and compare points of view in nonfiction from different subject areas, like science and social studies.
In our 4th grade program, your child will learn essential nonfiction skills, like identifying main ideas and supporting details and recognizing text structures. These skills help students comprehend and remember important information, which is critical for academic achievement.
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