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The official Saskatchewan English Language Arts, Grade 4 curriculum
Saskatchewan defines English Language Arts, Grade 4 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source Saskatchewan's official curriculumRead it on the government site — curriculum.gov.sk.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Strand CR | 4 | Comprehend and Respond |
| Strand CC | 4 | Compose and Create |
| Strand AR | 2 | Assess and Reflect |
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How MapleMind teaches English Language Arts, Grade 4 — every unit, lesson, and skill
Every skill below runs as a short session: a plain-words lesson, a worked example, solving it together, then a five-question skill check that earns up to three stars. Guided Mode keeps it teaching instead of answer-handing — turning it off needs a parent's password.
Unit 1Comprehend and RespondOfficial strand · Strand CR
Growing as a viewer, listener, and reader: supporting responses with evidence, evaluating how creators work, and summarizing to draw conclusions.
Backing Up My Response With Evidence
- Responding to identity texts with evidenceCR4.1 — Understand and respond to grade-level texts about identity, supporting your response with evidence from the text and from your own experiences.
- Responding to community texts with evidenceCR4.1 — Understand and respond to grade-level texts about community, supporting your response with evidence from the text and from your own experiences.
- Responding to caring-for-our-world texts with evidenceCR4.1 — Understand and respond to grade-level texts about social responsibility, supporting your response with evidence from the text and from your own experiences.
- Evaluating a creator's technique and its impactCR4.2 — View and respond to visual and multimedia texts, explaining the creator's technique and its impact on viewers.
- Summarizing and evaluating what I hearCR4.3 — Listen, summarize, paraphrase, and evaluate what was heard, and draw conclusions.
- Reading for different purposes and text structuresCR4.4 — Read for various purposes and understand grade-appropriate fiction, scripts, poetry, and non-fiction from various cultures and countries.
The official wording — 4 outcomes in this unit
- CR4.1
Comprehend and respond to a variety of grade-level texts (including contemporary and traditional visual, oral, written, and multimedia texts) that address: • identity (e.g., Expressing Myself)
- CR4.2
View and respond to visual and multimedia texts (including graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, multimedia DVD, websites, television programs, advertisements, posters), explaining the creator’s technique and the impact on viewers.
- CR4.3
Listen, summarize, paraphrase, and evaluate what was heard and draw conclusions.
- CR4.4
Read for various purposes and demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate fiction (including stories and novels), scripts, poetry, and non-fiction (including magazines, reports, instructions, and procedures) from various cultures including First Nations and Métis and countries (including Canada).
Unit 2Compose and CreateOfficial strand · Strand CC
Growing as someone who represents, speaks, and writes: composing clear multi-paragraph texts that focus on a central idea, explain a point of view, and give reasons or evidence.
Creating Texts Through Experience and Inquiry
- Creating identity texts through experience and inquiryCC4.1 — Compose and create visual, oral, and written texts that explore identity through personal experiences and inquiry.
- Creating community texts through experience and inquiryCC4.1 — Compose and create visual, oral, and written texts that explore community through personal experiences and inquiry.
- Creating caring-community texts through experience and inquiryCC4.1 — Compose and create visual, oral, and written texts that explore social responsibility through personal experiences and inquiry.
- Creating clear representations of ideas and informationCC4.2 — Create clear representations that communicate straightforward ideas and information relevant to the topic and purpose, including illustrated reports, dramatizations, posters, and other visuals.
- Speaking in formal and informal situationsCC4.3 — Speak to present and express a range of ideas and information in formal and informal situations, like giving explanations, brief reports, and describing procedures, for different audiences and purposes.
- Writing multi-paragraph compositions with a point of viewCC4.4 — Use a writing process to produce descriptive, narrative, and expository compositions that focus on a central idea, have a logical order, explain point of view, and give reasons or evidence.
The official wording — 4 outcomes in this unit
- CC4.1
Compose and create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore: • identity (e.g., Expressing Myself)
- CC4.2
Create a variety of clear representations that communicate straightforward ideas and information relevant to the topic and purpose, including short, illustrated reports, dramatizations, posters, and other visuals such as displays and drawings.
- CC4.3
Speak to present and express a range of ideas and information in formal and informal speaking situations (including giving oral explanations, delivering brief reports or speeches, demonstrating and describing procedures) for differing audiences and purposes.
- CC4.4
Use a writing process to produce descriptive, narrative, and expository compositions that focus on a central idea, have a logical order, explain point of view, and give reasons or evidence.
Unit 3Assess and ReflectOfficial strand · Strand AR
Thinking about our own learning: reflecting on our work and strategies and exploring ways to improve, then setting and pursuing personal goals.
Reflecting, Improving, and Pursuing Goals
- Reflecting on strategies and exploring improvementsAR4.1 — Reflect on and assess your own viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and representing and the strategies you used, and explore possible ways to improve.
- Setting and pursuing personal goalsAR4.2 — Set and pursue personal goals to improve your viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and representing more effectively.
The official wording — 2 outcomes in this unit
- AR4.1
Reflect on and assess own viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other representing experiences, the selected strategies employed (e.g., using class-generated criteria), and explore possible ways to improve.
- AR4.2
Set and pursue personal goals to improve viewing, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and other representing tasks more effectively.
Printable workbook · A keepsake of the year
A English Language Arts, Grade 4 workbook worth keeping
Built from the same official curriculum as this page. Before and after each skill above, your student colours in how sure they feel — so the two of you can see, on one page, what's clicking and what needs another look. It's a quiet way to follow how the year is really going.
By June it's full of their own handwriting: units worked through, confidence grown, a mid-year check-in, notes from parent-teacher night, and a certificate at the end. Less a worksheet, more a record of the year worth keeping on the shelf.
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Common questions
Can MapleMind help my child with English Language Arts, Grade 4?
Yes. MapleMind's AI tutor covers all 14 skills in Saskatchewan's English Language Arts, Grade 4 — your child picks the exact skill, and the tutor teaches it step by step: a short lesson, a worked example, solving together, then a skill check to show it stuck.
Is MapleMind aligned to Saskatchewan's official curriculum?
Yes. Every skill in this course maps to an official outcome code from Saskatchewan's Grade 4 English Language Arts curriculum, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit on this page — with the official government source linked so you can check it yourself.
What does MapleMind cost?
It's free to start — 5 tutoring chats and a practice quiz every day, no credit card. A Pro subscription ($9.99/month or $49.99/year CAD, 7-day free trial) unlocks unlimited tutoring, practice, and exam simulations.
What if my child is stuck on just one topic?
That's the point of skill-level tutoring: open English Language Arts, Grade 4 in the app, tap the exact skill from the list on this page, and the tutor teaches just that — no wading through lessons your child doesn't need.
Does MapleMind work in French or other languages?
Yes — 14 languages, including French. Both the app and the tutor's explanations switch to the language your child chooses.
Where can I see the official Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 4?
The official source is linked on this page — Saskatchewan's official curriculum. The outline here follows it: every MapleMind skill carries its official outcome code, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit.
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