Scope and sequence · Languages
Grade 4 Latin
A quarter of things and actions from a Roman world a child could touch: a painted garden room where one rose becomes many roses, soldiers locking shields into a tortoise, ships in mosaic at Rome's harbor, race day at the Circus Maximus and children playing in the street, each story teaching the year's big skills: how nouns flip from one to many, how a verb's ending names its doer, and how to read and build little Latin sentences like puella cantat.
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What to cover
10 of 10 lessons are MUST COVER. They are tested on the unit tests and exams, or are skills the SAT/ACT relies on. OPTIONAL lessons are enrichment. Do them if time allows. The course is complete when the MUST COVER lessons are done.
Unit 1: One and Many
- MUST COVER 1.1 One Rose, Many Roses · unit test
- MUST COVER 1.2 One Soldier, a Whole Legion · unit test
Unit 2: Who's Who in Rome
- MUST COVER 2.1 A Roman Name · unit test
- MUST COVER 2.2 The Sailor, the Farmer and the Poet · unit test
Unit 3: Action Words
- MUST COVER 3.1 Amo, Amas, Amat · unit test
- MUST COVER 3.2 We Build, You Build, They Build · unit test
Unit 4: Little Sentences
- MUST COVER 4.1 Puella Cantat · unit test
- MUST COVER 4.2 Pueri Currunt: The Children Play · unit test
Unit 5: English Wears Latin
- MUST COVER 5.1 The Dictionary Men · unit test
- MUST COVER 5.2 Pater Noster · unit test
36-week pacing calendar
This is a 10-week course. Pair it with another course in the same subject, or spread it over the year at a lighter pace.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 One Rose, Many Roses: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.1 activity (the first ending-flip cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice, and the first recitation out loud | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 One Soldier, a Whole Legion: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 1.2 activity (the family testudo and new flip cards) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 1 review and unit challenge (the one-and-many museum) | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 A Roman Name: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.1 activity (the Roman name-plate) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 The Sailor, the Farmer and the Poet: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 2.2 activity (the paper mosaic) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 2 review and unit challenge (the name-plate and family tria nomina chart) | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 Amo, Amas, Amat: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.1 activity (verb charades and the first verb chart) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 We Build, You Build, They Build: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 3.2 activity (the arch experiment) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 3 review and unit challenge (the arch photograph and the full amo chant) | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 Puella Cantat: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.1 activity (sentence strips) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Pueri Currunt: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 4.2 activity (the Roman games) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 4 review and unit challenge (the Roman game afternoon) | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 The Dictionary Men: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.1 activity (My First Latin Dictionary) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 Pater Noster: warm-up, video, teaching and picture study Session 2: Lesson 5.2 activity (rehearsing the Family Latin Evening) and Latin notebook Session 3: Worked examples, practice and recitation Session 3 (end of unit): Unit 5 review and unit challenge (the Family Latin Evening) | ||
| Wk 11 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 12 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 13 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 14 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 15 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 16 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 17 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 18 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 19 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 20 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 21 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 22 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 23 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 24 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 25 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 26 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 27 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 28 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 29 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 30 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 31 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 32 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 33 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 34 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 35 | Open week: second course, project or review | ||
| Wk 36 | Open week: second course, project or review |
Grading: Recitation and flashcards (daily chanting, card flips, vocabulary reviews, reading aloud) 30%, Latin notebook (dated pages, charts, copied sentences, reflections) 25%, Practice (both directions from Unit 3 on, corrected with the answer key) 15%, Unit reviews 15%, Unit challenges 15%. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69. Below 60: repeat the chants and practice with help.