Weekly Boost
This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 15
Adverbs
Adverbs
Boost creativity and review adverbs by creating a word bank with your child! How many colorful ways can your child describe how or when something is done? Remind your young writer to refer to this resource when they are crafting writing pieces.
Teaching kids about adverbs should help them integrate descriptive language into their writing pieces. How many colorful ways can your students describe how or when something is done? Adverb word banks and sentence revision are effective ways to practice using adverbs.
Make a Deposit in Your Adverb Word Bank
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Make a Deposit in Your Adverb Word Bank
This prewriting exercise introduces students to the strategy of creating a word bank while reviewing adverbs.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Sorting Out Adverbs
Worksheet
Sorting Out Adverbs
Sort adverbs by location, degree, manner, time, and frequency with this hands-on grammar worksheet!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Spice Up Your Sentences with Adverb Phrases
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Spice Up Your Sentences with Adverb Phrases
Teach young writers to spice up sentences with adverb phrases in this engaging activity.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Logic Puzzles
Logic Puzzles
Logic puzzles help kids become flexible math thinkers. Select a fourth grade math puzzle, such as a Sudoku activity, and work with your child to complete this brain buster!
Have your students flex those math muscles! Assign logic puzzles to encourage criticial thinking skills. These challenging problems help kids grow into inquisitive mathematicians.
Logic Problem
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Logic Problem
Ready to try your hand at some detective work? Use the clues and the table provided to solve this tricky logic problem.
4th grade
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Logic Problem #2
Worksheet
Logic Problem #2
Practice logic and deductive reasoning the fun way. Have your student put his thinking cap on and try out this fun and challenging logic worksheet.
4th grade
Worksheet
Kayak Sudoku
Worksheet
Kayak Sudoku
This sudoku page with an outdoor adventure theme is a great way to keep kids engaged in numbers
4th grade
Worksheet
Understanding the Author's Purpose
Understanding the Author's Purpose
Your child is learning about a key reading comprehension strategy: why an author writes a piece of text. You can help your child understand the concept of the author's purpose by engaging in a fun writing activity together, such as writing a funny poem. Then, ask your child whether they think the purpose of this silly text is to persuade, inform, or entertain.
Your fourth graders have been immersed in various types of text by this point in their school year. Refer back to some of these texts to help your students grasp how to identify the author's purpose. Choose a reading comprehension activity that incorporates the acronym PIE (persuade, inform, entertain), but be sure to remind your students that they may need to dig even deeper to find other reasons authors write certain texts.
Author’s Purpose Task Cards
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Author’s Purpose Task Cards
Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Identify the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Identify the Author's Purpose
Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Introduction to Literary Essays
Introduction to Literary Essays
Remind your young writer that they have been practicing how to find "big" ideas while reading stories. Have your child discuss these important ideas by inquiring about the theme and characters from one of their favorite books. These types of responses are the foundation for writing a literary essay, which is addressed in this week's activity selections.
When introducing your young writers to literary essay writing, emphasize the similarities between this genre and one they're most likely familiar with—persuasive writing. The structures share many commonalities! Select an activity that guides students towards metacognition; reflective thinking leads to noticing "big ideas," which is a necessary skill when kids set out to draft a literary essay.
Find the Central Message: Literary Response
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Find the Central Message: Literary Response
Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Thinking About Characters: Literary Response
Worksheet
Thinking About Characters: Literary Response
When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Literature Response Reflection Cards
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Literature Response Reflection Cards
Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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