Mosdos Press Literature - Ruby - 4th Grade

Grades: 4th

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Mosdos Literature Ruby

Ruby builds on the knowledge base a fourth-grader brings to the study of language arts and literature. Thought-provoking selections by authors including Elizabeth Friedrich, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Carol Fisher Saller provide the foundation for building strong language, reasoning, and writing skills. The book explores themes like courage, loyalty, compassion, and fair play. An innovative, extensive poetry unit comprised of six dynamic lessons introduces fourth-grade learners to the pleasure of understanding poetry and its complexity.


The Ruby set consists of the Student Reader, Student Activity Workbook, and two-part Teacher's Edition. The extra student pack includes only the Student Reader and the Student Activity Workbook.


Ruby includes:

  • 20 short stories
  • 37 poetry selections
  • 5 nonfiction essays
  • 1 play
  • 3 biographies
  • Brief author biographies


About Mosdos Literature

Literature cannot be neutral but will clash or harmonize with your family's values. Mosdos Literature is a complete literature program that does not glamorize evil nor present subject matter that is not age-appropriate. It never portrays a cynical disregard for positive values as normal, but it reinforces the universal ideals of courage, honesty, loyalty, and compassion.


Nearly 2 decades ago, Mosdos Press launched a unique literature series that would teach all necessary language arts skills through a curriculum that promotes traditional values. Readings are from both classic and contemporary works that are wholesome and stress caring for others and a concern for the natural world.


Student Reader

Mosdos Literature begins with the Student Reader, which is beautifully illustrated using many full-color photographs, color drawings, and black-and-white pictures. From the beginning, Mosdos committed to collecting for the Student Readers only the most engaging, morally rich, and intellectually challenging selections of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, the novella, and for the older grades, novels.


There is an introduction to every story in the Student Reader and an explanation of some facet of literature. That literary focus can include defining character, theme, internal and external conflicts, setting, climax, foreshadowing, and more. This academic component is developed and illuminated through the stories. 


Vocabulary words that might be unfamiliar are presented in boxes on the pages where the word first appears in the account. The stories are followed not just by the classic review questions designed to assess reading comprehension but also by more complex questions that require thoughtful analysis. Every unit concludes with activities such as writing a short skit, doing a craft, or memorizing a poem. Pick the ones that best suit your child; there are far too many to do them all.


Student Activity Workbook

Next is the consumable and engaging Student Activity Workbook that works to expand the value of the Mosdos curriculum. For nearly every story in the Student Reader, the Student Activity Workbook contains corresponding vocabulary, creative writing, or comprehension questions. It also provides extended reinforcement of the literary elements being taught. These assignments help you evaluate areas of progress in your child and concepts that might require additional work. The literature, vocabulary, and writing components all tie together, giving your child a chance to truly understand what was taught by approaching it in various ways. 


Student Activity Workbooks vary by grade levels. There are more word games and puzzles for vocabulary practice, activities that focus on various language arts skills, and brief composition work for younger grades. In older grades, the puzzles and games gradually decrease while the number of writing assignments increases.


Teacher's Edition

Each Teacher's Edition is detailed and well-organized. The Teacher's Edition will make lively discussions with your child possible through great commentary plus questions and answers. Homeschooling parents will appreciate that Mosdos Press did not assume any level of expertise or teaching degree when preparing their Teacher Editions. So whether new or experienced, anyone can teach literature. 


Each page of the Student Reader is duplicated at a smaller size in the Teacher's Edition, still abundantly easy to read. Information is arranged in the ample margins around these replicated pages, discussing the literary components found in each story with clear, concise explanations. Of course, the Teacher's Guide also includes the answers for the Student Activity Workbook. This makes teaching a lot easier for every homeschool parent.


Mosdos Press is the ideal literature curriculum for any family who wants an excellent academic program that encourages wholesome values without any religious content. The thought-provoking selections are colorful and engaging, and while not religious, they still reflect sound principles.



Features


Download PDF Student Edition Sample.
Download PDF Student Activity Workbook Sample.
Download PDF Teacher's Edition Sample.

Literature Bundle Includes:
  • Student Reader
  • Workbook
  • Teacher's Edition

  • Extra Student Pack Includes:
  • Student Reader
  • Workbook

  • Faith-Based: No

    Student Edition
    Pages: 615
    Publication Date: 2009
    ISBN: 9780980167016

    Teacher's Edition
    Pages: 615+
    Binding: Spiral-bound in two parts
    Publication Date: 2009
    ISBN: 9780980167023

    Student Activity Workbook
    Pages: 180+
    Publication Date: 2009
    ISBN: 9780980167030
    Mosdos Press Literature - Ruby - 4th Grade Review by Mama Smiles

    review by Mama Smiles

    ”Finding a complete language arts curriculum can be a challenge. We love the Mosdos homeschool language arts curriculum for its thorough curriculum, interesting stories, and detailed lesson plans.”

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    Customer Reviews

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    jenineclaire@me.com
    NOT for us

    This curriculum was very overwhelming for my 9 year old and me. There is so much information that it's overwhelming, and the poetry section was just terrible. I didn't like that I had to pre-read every story, because there is a lot of 'death' sprinkled throughout this book, and because of a family tragedy, it is a huge trigger for my daughter. So this curriculum was completely exhausting for both of us.

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    Jen
    Mostly Good

    This is our first year with Mosdos. Last year we completed the last level in All About Reading. The transition went pretty well, but I set up a schedule that works for us because this program has a lot in it, and it can be overwhelming at first. We don’t do everything that is available in the program, but we do what works for us. My student loves the stories; it’s his favorite part. He does not like the workbook because there is a lot of writing involved, but once we started doing a lot of it verbally it got better. The vocab section is great. The reason I took off a star is because there are pages that are physically difficult for my student to read due to the text being over a faded image. There’s lots of pages where this isn’t an issue and the text is over a solid color background, but there’s enough of it to where my student gets frustrated with it. We use reader highlighter cards to help with reading and the card placed on the text with the image background in it makes it even worse. I wish they would have printed all of the text on a white background. I have attached some pictures to show what I’m talking about. Hope it helps!

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    Ashley
    My favorite literature curriculum!

    I am very excited to use this with my 4th grader this year. I looked over all the stories and lessons and think this will be the curriculum we will use for many years to come. The stories are beautifully-written and have such good messages. The workbook lessons are wonderful at reinforcing concepts learned in the text.

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    Anonymous
    Empowering Educators for Engaging and Effective Instruction

    The Teacher Manual is an indispensable resource for 4th-grade educators, offering comprehensive lesson plans and valuable guidance to enhance literature instruction. With its well-structured content and supportive materials, the manual empowers teachers to create engaging and enriching learning experiences for their students.

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    bina w.
    Stories

    We love all the stories, poems and questions within the entire Mosdos series. We keep a journey and answer questions in there as well. My daughter likes the workbook because it's colorful and not black and white like the other ones. She likes how the textbook is so vivid in color.