Extracurricular reading in grade 4: bibliography, books, stories
Extracurricular reading in grade 4 is especially important as it prepares your child for the transition to high school. The literature he needs to read becomes more difficult as he grows up himself and becomes interested in more complex things.
Although at first glance it may seem that summer reading is a whim of the school. This is wrong. In Russia, reading during this period should help the child develop certain skills that will be useful to him in secondary school.
Extracurricular reading in grade 4 helps the child to understand more complex truths. Remember to develop your love of reading gradually.
Summer reading in grade 4 is useful, as it:
- Prepares the student for the perception of more difficult information. In the 5th grade, he will have more complex subjects, it will be difficult for an unprepared child, therefore, among the books you can find more complex works.
- Provides answers to questions. At the age of 10, the child has more difficult questions than before. His horizons become broader, which means that curiosity is stronger. Literature will broaden the horizons of the student.
- Promotes understanding of information. Analyzing the stories after reading the stories will help your child develop analytical skills that will be useful in high school.
- Continues to shape the inner world of the child. Summer literature used to form basic ideas about the world and its structure; in the literature intended for 10-year-old children, more complex issues are raised.
Thanks to a few minutes spent in the summer, the child will learn better and stand out from other children who did not do this in the summer.
Only one indicator changes, the rest remain unchanged:
- The rate of words per minute should increase from 85 to 100 words per minute.
- Accents must be placed in the right places.
- Speech should be clear.
Check your reading speed at home to see if it is normal. If not, pay attention to this.
Required reading are:
- The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Dickens;
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and The Golden Pot by Hoffmann;
- “The Adventures of Captain Vrungel” by Nekrasov;
- Raspe’s “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”;
- “Robinson Crusoe” Defoe;
- “Treasure Island” by R.L. Stevenson;
- Belyaev’s Amphibian Man;
- Wells’ Time Machine;
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle;
- Lindgren’s The Kid and Carlson;
Also, a child can read several epics about Ilya Muromets, Alyosha Popovich and Svyatogor. At this age, it is also useful to learn by heart the verses of native poets, for example, Pushkin, Tyutchev or Fet.
Reading at this age prepares the child for more difficult studies in high school, as well as contributes to his development and broadening his horizons.