3/4 Grade reading and writing (elementary)

Jan 28-April 29; No Class Feb 18, April 15

This class is typically for students in 3rd-4th grade, often ages 8-9.

Set in the 1890’s, this story follows the life of the Ingalls family as they live in a small log cabin in the Wisconsin woods, facing the many challenges and joys of the pioneer life. The class will discuss the themes of resilience, the importance of constantly learning new skills, the strength of family, and the practice of traditions. Students will work on their paragraph writing skills, focusing on adding stylistic elements to make their writing stronger!

Skills Needed to Succeed in this Class

• Reads chapter books somewhat independently

• Articulates thoughts verbally 

• Able to write a short paragraph somewhat independently 

• Willing to be gently challenged as a student 

• Able to complete 2–3 hours of homework weekly
  
  
  

Skilled Learned in this Class

• Learn/practice TWJ writing process of brainstorming, outlining, writing a rough draft, and rewriting for the final draft 

• Learn to write grammatically correct, engaging sentences which include simple stylistic elements 

• Formulate an engaging topic sentence and conclusion 

• Beginning to write an expanded paragraph which includes writing “chunks”, differentiating between main points and supporting details 

• Build upon their knowledge of basic grammar concepts including the following: subject, predicate, independent clause, compound sentence, comma use, basic parts of speech 
  
  
  

Other Class Details

12 weeks

Class meets for 2 hours per week. 

Maximum class size 20 students.

Supplies: pencil, paper, TWJ Writing Foundations Handbook

Little House in the big woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

ISBN-13 : ‎ 978-0064400015

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For families that pay out-of-pocket for homeschooling classes, The Write Journey, LLC offers a discount of 10% for those classes. Use code “PRIVATEPAY” during check out to apply discount. This offer cannot be combined with any other discounts. The reduced rates for private-pay individuals may be used by students enrolled in charter schools, but only if the family chooses to pay for the goods or services out-of-pocket.

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Paying with Charter School Funds? Use code “CHARTER” during check out to change the class cost to $0. After completing the registration process, contact your charter school to order vouchers/purchase orders in three one-month payments. Contact us for assistance if you plan to use charter funds and do not find The Write Journey (or Writing with Kris or Kris Cordell) on your charter school’s vendor list.

To pay with a check, contact us at 916.696.1759.

Cancellation Policy:

Due to the administrative costs and preparations of The Write Journey team to prepare classes and offer reasonable class sizes of 16- 20 students, we must charge a cancellation fee. Teachers typically begin communication 2 weeks before classes begin, and class schedules must be finalized in order to offer the correct number of spots open for families. 

A $25 cancellation fee will be charged up to 2 weeks prior to the start of the ordered class. Any time after 2 weeks prior to the start of class, the cancellation fee is one full month’s charge. For private pay families with more than 2 children, a flat rate of $50 will be charged.