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BookShark Language Arts 4 Package
This complete Language Arts program gives you all the tools to help you teach your children to form and organize their thoughts, construct basic sentences and write simple paragraphs. Subjects include phonics, spelling, writing mechanics and creative expression.
Customize your package with the Customize tab (below).
This complete Language Arts program gives you all the tools to help you teach your children to form and organize their thoughts, construct basic sentences and write simple paragraphs. Subjects include phonics, spelling, writing mechanics and creative expression.
Customize your package with the Customize tab (below).
- Description
- What's Included
- Samples
- Consumables
- Customize
- FAQs
With BookShark's newly redesigned Language Arts program, your students will enjoy learning with the "natural method." We include Instructions for multi-sensory approaches to teaching phonics, spelling, copywork, and a complete creative expression/pre-writing program.
This Instructor's Guide fully equips you to teach Language Arts 4. Here are just a few of the helpful features you can expect from your IG.
- A 36-Week, 4-Day schedule designed to save one day a week for co-ops, music lessons, sports, field trips or other extra-curricular activities
- Weekly Overviews
- Student Activity Sheets
- Separate parent instructions, answers & definitions
- Rubrics to help you evaluate more subjective activities
- Instructor's Guide Resources and New User Information
- And much more!
Virtual
An online platform that enables students to access their reading schedules, take assessments, and receive instant auto-grading results. Parents can track and review student work, customize assessments, and message students directly from a computer or mobile device. Virtual courses MUST be started within 6 months of purchase. You will have 12 months from the time of your start date to complete the course.
Subjects include phonics, spelling, writing mechanics and creative expression.
Includes one set of Activity Sheets.
Customize tab provides an option to purchase the Level 4 Readers:
- About Average
- Doctor Like Papa
- King of the Mound
- Henry and Ribsy
- The Children of Noisy Village
- Misty of Chincoteague
- Emily's Runaway Imagination
- Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West
- The Whipping Boy
- Socks
- A Llama in the Family
- The Toothpaste Millionaire
- McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm
- Frindle
- B is for Betsy
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Ralph S. Mouse
The following OPTIONAL supplements are scheduled in the guide but not required.
Since our Readers are integrated with our Language Arts program, we recommend that you choose the same level of Language Arts as Readers. Please note that many young students read at a higher level than their written Language Arts ability. We recommend choosing the lower level of the two until their abilities catch up. You may also look through the Scope & Sequence and the 3-Week Samples for our Language Arts Instructor's Guides before you make a final decision on which level to choose. Feel free to use the assignments in the 3-week samples as a way to evaluate which Language Arts level matches your student's skills.
One Set of Consumables is included with the package. To add consumables for another student please click here.
Is this the correct Language Arts for my child?
We offer multiple Readers/Language Arts levels for our Level A-C packages to accommodate advanced and struggling learners. Choosing a Readers/Language Arts level that is appropriate for your child will help ensure that there are no gaps in their knowledge.
If you are unsure which Readers level would be best for your child, please have them take our Quick Reading Assessment. It is very important to match the Readers level to your child’s reading ability, and the assessment will help you find the most comfortable fit for them. We encourage you to be sure that they are reading fluidly, not just decoding the words. Our goal is to help you instill a love of reading and learning in your child. If they are working too hard to decode the words, they may not enjoy the stories and the reading may become frustrating.
Please note that many young students read at a higher level than their Language Arts ability. We recommend that you look through the Scope & Sequence and the 3-Week Samples for our Language Arts Instructor's Guides before you make a final decision on which level will be best for your child.
Feel free to use the assignments in the samples as a way to test which Language Arts level will match your student's skills. If your student's Language Arts skill is slightly behind their Reading levels, you may want to consider choosing your Readers based on your student's Language Arts ability. Our Readers are engaging and fun for students of all levels!
Can I use this package with both of my children?
If your children are working at the same skill level, they can share a Language Arts program. Please note that you will need a set of the Level 4 Language Arts Activity Sheets for each additional student (one set is included with the Instructor's Guide). You may also need additional copies of the optional MCP Phonics D and/or Wordly Wise C.
If your children are working at different skill levels, please choose a Language Arts option that is appropriate for each student.
For more information on BookShark, please see our FAQs page.
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