JHC's 4th and 5th grade reading classes uses CKLA (Core Knowledge Language Arts), a comprehensive reading and language arts program that helps students build strong skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. CKLA is designed to grow students’ background knowledge about the world while also strengthening foundational skills like decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. Each unit includes rich, engaging texts—both fiction and nonfiction—along with explicit instruction in phonics, grammar, and writing. Students learn important content in science, history, and literature as they develop into confident, capable readers and writers. CKLA provides a consistent structure across grade levels, helping students build the knowledge and skills they need for success in school and beyond.
Below you will find the units we will be studying. Click on the link to take you to individual lessons that include videos about what we are reading and studying in that lesson. (If you find that units or lesson are missing it is because we do not complete every unit and each lesson.)