Fourth Grade

Johnny Can Spell

Learn how to integrate instruction and practice in phonemic awareness, phonetics, penmanship, and spelling, supporting development of encoding and decoding skills.
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Johnny Can Write

Learn how to integrate sentence writing, vocabulary building activities, and grammar instruction.
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Spell SMART

Instead of assigning word lists and testing word lists, teach students how to Think to Spell–a word analysis process that focuses on phonograms, syllables, morphemes, and rules of language.
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Sentence Mapping

Give old-fashioned sentence diagramming a new twist as a visual tool to improve writing.
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Words at Work

Teachers appreciate the “make & take” part of this workshop that makes it possible to leave the training and immediately introduce three dynamic literacy centers: Word Webs, Poetry Words, and Breadcrumbing.
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Sentences under Construction

Do not think about right or wrong; just play with sentences.  Zoom-in and zoom-out, creating long flowing sentences or very short skeleton sentences. Use puppets, sentence codes, and drama to understand the different kinds of sentences–
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Write with Color

Think out of the box. Using the five senses, think descriptively about common things and common places. Use these ideas to create a “color poem.”
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Handwriting

Learn the basics to successfully teach students how to hold a pencil and how to form letters. Examine the habits of handwriting and ways to help students improve.
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Johnny Can Spell Phonogram Card Set

A laminated, class-sized (5.5 x 8.5 inches) set of the 70 common phonograms. Front of card has large image of phonogram.
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Practicing the Phonograms with Alice Nine (Audio CD)

An audio CD designed to facilitate practice of the correct pronunciation of the isolated speech sounds associated with the 70 common phonograms.
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Johnny Can Spell Teacher’s Guide

A nongraded guide for the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, handwriting, and spelling in an integrated approach.
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Johnny Can Write Teacher’s Guide

A nongraded reference book for teaching word grammar (parts of speech), sentence grammar (sentence composition and fluency, sentence elements, punctuation), vocabulary (dictionary skills, word derivation, word relationships, multiple meanings).
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Word Analyses, Book Four

Contains 500 words presented in 125 lessons. Word list continues from Lesson Planner Book 3:2 with words selected from high frequency word lists, most commonly misspelled word lists, confusing word lists, and subject vocabularies.
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The ABC’s and All Their Tricks, Margaret Bishop

A highly recommended resource to assist in the phonetic analysis of words. The single best phonics reference book ever!
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What is the responsibility of the fourth grade teacher?

If instruction with Johnny Can Spell and Johnny Can Write begins in the primary grades, the fourth grade teacher should not need to introduce basic knowledge or practice the skills. However, fourth grade should continue to apply the knowledge and use the skills during new word introduction for spelling or content vocabularies for the knowledge and skills are life long in their application.

If instruction with Johnny Can Spell and Johnny Can Write was not given in the primary grades, the fourth grade teacher must assess student knowledge and skills. Then the teacher must provide instruction and practice in such a way as to fill any gaps and strengthen any weakness. Following the Lesson Planners, Book 3:1 and Book 3:2 will assist the fourth grade teacher in this task.

In both scenarios, the fourth grade teacher benefits greatly from training and the resources provided in the Johnny Can Spell Fourth Grade Teacher Package.

The fourth grade student using Johnny Can Spell will review…

• Correct penmanship habits and proper use of tools
• Correct formation of manuscript and cursive letters
• Alphabetizing
• The common sounds of the 70 common phonograms
• Common spelling rules
• Rules of syllabication

The fourth grade student using Johnny Can Spell will learn…

• Over 700 new high frequency words
• How to identify the direct object, predicate adjective or nominative, and an indirect object
• About verb tenses: present, past, perfect in the simple and the perfect; the progressive form
• How to use different types of conjunctions
• The difference between transitive, intransitive, and linking verbs

The fourth grade student using Johnny Can Spell will be able to…

• Blend sounds into words he/she recognizes
• Analyze words by syllables and sounds in order to write them, spelling
• Identify the three major word chunks: sounds, syllables, morphemes
• Write words from dictation
• Spell grade appropriate words correctly
• Find the meaning of a word, the part of speech, and irregular spellings in the dictionary
• Use a thesaurus to enhance word choice in writing
• Use rhyming and alliteration patterns in creative writings
• Correctly use common homophones, homographs, antonyms, and synonyms
• Use words with multiple meanings correctly in sentences
• Classify spelling words according to parts of speech
• Form noun plurals and possessives; capitalize proper nouns
• Identify prepositional phrases in sentences
• Write complete sentences
• Classify sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
• Classify sentences as simple, compound, and complex
• Use descriptive words and phrases to elaborate with adjectival elements
• Use descriptive words and phrases to elaborate with adverbial elements
• Diagram basic sentence elements

The fourth grade student using Johnny Can Write will know…

• Common inflectional forms, -s and –es with nouns, -ed and –ing with verbs, -er and –est with adjectives
• Common suffixes, e.g., -able, -ous, -ly, -ion, -ive, -ment, -ful
• Common prefixes, e.g., re-, un-, pre-, post-, tri-, sub-, dis-
• Common roots, e.g., ject, tend, quest, tele-, mem-, cord, vict, tract
• Common prepositions
• The forms of common irregular verbs, e.g., go, going, went, gone
• What is a subject and what is a predicate
• How to begin and end a written sentence
• How to add descriptive words to a sentence
• How to use proof reader marks

The fourth grade student using Johnny Can Write will be able to…

• To identify and create rhyming and alliteration patterns
• Identify common homophones, homographs, antonyms, and synonyms
• Use words with multiple meanings
• Identify the beginning and end of a sentence in print
• Write complete sentences
• Classify sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
• Use descriptive words and phrases to answer the adjective questions—Which one? What kind? How many?
• Use descriptive words and phrases to answer the adverb questions—How? When? Where? Why?