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Practice, Play, and Prepare for Fourth Grade

Everyone has a hero inside them! This week, we're celebrating all the different ways to be a hero with this collection of learning activities. Practice, play, and prepare for fourth grade.

Superhero Research Project

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Superhero Research Project

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

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Design Challenge: Making a Bottle Rocket

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

3rd grade

Science

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Floyd Danger: Quest for the Complete Sentence

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Floyd Danger: Quest for the Complete Sentence

Help Floyd Danger capture the book of complete sentences by avoiding obstacles, sorting sentences, and creating complete sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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Advanced Grammar: Suffixes #2

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Advanced Grammar: Suffixes #2

A suffix, such as -ly, -ment, or -less, is added to the end of a root word to change the word's meaning. Help your child master the concept with this word study worksheet that will have them matching, writing, and identifying suffix words.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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Place Value Number Challenge

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Place Value Number Challenge

This place value challenge is perfect for those looking for a creative math activity that kids will enjoy! Your child will be challenged to use the numbers in the number bank to create six-digit numbers based on various clues.

3rd grade

Math

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Context Clue Matching

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Context Clue Matching

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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Sentence Correcting: Incomplete and Run-Ons

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Sentence Correcting: Incomplete and Run-Ons

Review sentence structure with your students. Help your students practice identifying subject, predicate, and complete sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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The Incredible Suffix: -ible

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The Incredible Suffix: -ible

Use this resource with your students to explore a common spelling pattern. Your students will use context clues to determine which word ending with the suffix -ible best completes the sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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What Makes a Hero?

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What Makes a Hero?

As your child is reading biographies about heroic Americans, challenge her to think about what kind of qualities make up a hero.

3rd grade

Social studies

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Historical Heroes: Harriet Tubman

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Historical Heroes: Harriet Tubman

Children follow along the incredible life story of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery to rescue hundreds of other enslaved people.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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