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Our library of 261 fourth grade lesson plans, created by educators, differentiates from your regular classroom concept delivery. Give your classroom the tools and creativity to expand their analytical abilities, write book reports, solve long division problems and more. You won't be disappointed with the positive results your students' will give you at the end of the day!

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Sentences: Complete or Fragment?

Sentences: Complete or Fragment?

A deeper understanding of what constitutes a complete sentence will help your young writers understand how to create technically correct and more complex sentences. This practice will help students edit and revise their writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Mastering the Possessive Apostrophe

Mastering the Possessive Apostrophe

Who would have thought possessive apostrophes could be this fun or easy? With one simple rule and some fun sentences, students will become masters at indicating possession.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

There and They're and Their, Oh My!

There and They're and Their, Oh My!

Mix-ups of "there," "they're," and "their" happen way too often. There is no better time than now to help your students get their homophones down. They're sure to have fun with this interactive English lesson!

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Fraction of a Whole

Fraction of a Whole

Teach your students to use bar models and multiplication to find a fraction of a whole number.

4th grade

Math

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Geometric Ideas

Geometric Ideas

Geometry is everywhere! Lines, line segments, and points are all around. In this lesson, your students will learn about important aspects of geometry.

4th grade

Math

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Close Reading Through Word Choice

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life

Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life

Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History

Día de los Muertos: Traditions in History

Sugar skulls and fancy dress aren't all there is to the Day of the Dead. In this lesson students will learn about several societies that celebrate their dead, as well as some of the history behind the traditions of the Día de los Muertos.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Finding the Five Themes of Geography

Finding the Five Themes of Geography

Students journey on a scavenger hunt around the school to put their knowledge of the Five Themes of Geography to the test!

3rd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Multiplication: Musical Chairs

Multiplication: Musical Chairs

In this fun, fast-paced multiplication review lesson, students will play a musical game practicing their facts while applying different techniques to their problem solving skills.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Cooking School Fractions

Cooking School Fractions

Make equivalent fractions matter in the real world with this hands-on math lesson! Students use measuring cups and spoons to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

The Language of Landforms

The Language of Landforms

Kinesthetic and visual learners will greatly enjoy this playful lesson. Using symbols and gestures, students explore the characteristics of various United States landforms.

3rd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

3-Digit Multiplication

3-Digit Multiplication

Teach your students to multiply a 3-digit factor by a 1-digit factor using base ten models and the standard algorithm.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Mighty Mean, Median, and Mode

Mighty Mean, Median, and Mode

Give your students a good basis in interpreting data with this lesson that teaches them about mean, median, and mode with plenty of practice and cute videos to keep them interested.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

All About the Informative Essay

All About the Informative Essay

Informative essays have a structure that is fairly easy to dissect. This lesson includes an anchor essay which students will mark up, a mixed-up essay outline for them to sort, and a web for them to organize ideas for their own essay.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fraction Hunt

Fractions are everywhere! In this hands-on lesson, your class will work together in groups to find real-world examples of fractions. As they discover more complicated fractions, students will create their own word problems with them.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Multiplication Bingo: Two-Digit Numbers

Multiplication Bingo: Two-Digit Numbers

Your students will go bonkers for bingo as they play this baffling multiplication game! Who will get five in a row first?

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!

Charts and Graphs and Diagrams, Oh My!

Students will learn about three nonfiction text features: charts, graphs, and diagrams. They will analyze and interpret the information represented in these visual forms and discover how they aid in the comprehension of nonfiction texts.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Righteous Rounding: Rounding Decimals

Righteous Rounding: Rounding Decimals

Your students will be rounding decimals like pros after this fun lesson that teaches how to round numbers with decimals to a given place.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Growing by Powers of Ten

Growing by Powers of Ten

Make multiplying by powers of ten more accessible to your students by focusing on patterns in the number of zeros!

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

What is a Region?

What is a Region?

Through examples and non-examples, students will learn what qualifies as a region. Creativity and problem solving skills will be put to the test as students determine the necessary elements that make up a region.

4th grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Multi-Digit Division

Multi-Digit Division

Students will feel more confident with their division than ever with this lesson that helps them practice dividing multi-digit numbers.

4th grade

Math

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

We all have our own home of feelings inside, like a shell that we can tuck into when needed. This we learn from turtles, and now your students can too. This lesson helps students access that place inside full of feelings, emotions, and thoughts.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.

Preschool

Lesson plan

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