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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 17
Comma Usage
Comma Usage
Correct comma placement can feel like a daunting task for most fourth graders. Make sure to remind your hard-working child that adults share in these feelings, too! Have fun quizzing each other on comma usage rules. Then, read a book with your child, and pause every time one of you notices a comma. Discuss why the comma was used in each of these sentences!
Correct comma placement can feel like a daunting task for most fourth graders. Make sure to remind your hard-working students that adults share in these feelings, too! Correct comma usage requires remembering quite a few rules - from placing commas before coordinating conjunctions to using serial commas. These activities offer them a variety of practice and exposure to this skill.
Comma Rules for Kids
Worksheet
Comma Rules for Kids
Children are introduced to five rules for adding commas to sentences, then then use what they have learned to add missing commas to sentences.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Using Commas in a List
Worksheet
Using Commas in a List
Help your child build their grammar skills with a punctuation worksheet, where they'll practice using commas in a list.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Punctuate Me: Using Commas
Worksheet
Punctuate Me: Using Commas
This veggie-themed worksheet helps refine learners' understanding of how and where to use commas.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Multi-digit Multiplication
Multi-digit Multiplication
Teaching multiple multiplication strategies can help your child grow in their conceptual understanding of this math operation. Many children don't understand why the standard algorithm works, so area models and partial products can help make that more clear. Ask your child to explain one of these strategies to you! Having them take on the role of a teacher is a great way to reinforce any concept.
Teaching students multiple multiplication strategies can help them grow in their conceptual understanding of this math operation. Many students don't understand why the standard algorithm works, so area models and partial products can help make that more clear.
3-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication
Worksheet
3-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication
Give your students some practice multiplying 3-digit numbers with this straightforward multiplication worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Partial Products & Area Models
Worksheet
Partial Products & Area Models
Students are able to see the computations involved in multi-digit multiplication through these visuals models.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Lattice Method For Multiplication
Worksheet
Lattice Method For Multiplication
The lattice method for multiplication may be a different way of multiplying than your child is used to, and could help practice multiplying double digits.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Themes in Text
Themes in Text
Ask your child to explain how they figure out the theme of a text. Listen for terms, such as: big idea, lesson, moral, and supporting evidence. Why evidence? Your child is advancing in their reading abilities; they are expected to not just state their opinions, but cite evidence in a text to show why their thoughts are valid. Reading a picture book aloud can be a fun way to hunt for the theme together.
This selection of activities will get your students not only identifying the themes in a variety of texts, but also finding evidence that supports their thoughts. Get your fourth graders thinking about themes throughout the rest of the school year by recording notes in their reading notebooks; after students finish a book, have them jot down the theme on a post-it note. As students collect these post-it notes, they'll notice common themes among the books they've read.
Finding the Theme
Worksheet
Finding the Theme
Learners will practice identifying the theme of a story by reading a short passage and answering four comprehension questions.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Think About Theme: The Golden Nugget
Worksheet
Think About Theme: The Golden Nugget
Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Find the Theme Flowchart
Worksheet
Find the Theme Flowchart
With this easy-to-use flowchart, your students will learn how to find the theme of a fictional story.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Literary Essays: Focus on Thesis & Argument
Literary Essays: Focus on Thesis & Argument
Although your young writer is now familiar with the structure of an opinion essay, they will be flexing their writing skills as they transfer this knowledge to the literary essays. This form of writing requires your child to integrate literary reflections and responses into their writing. This type of writing proves challenging for most children! Help your child brainstorm about their literary essay by asking them about the theme and characters in the book they've chosen to write about.
Although your young writers are now familiar with the structure of an opinion essay, they will be flexing their writing skills as they transfer this knowledge to literary essays. This form of writing requires them to integrate literary reflections and responses into their writing. Select activities that give your kids practice choosing a focused topic, organizing their essays, and writing literary responses.
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Worksheet
Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response
Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Literary Argument Writing: Selecting Your Topic
Worksheet
Literary Argument Writing: Selecting Your Topic
Students can use this template to generate a topic for a literary argument essay by considering a story they have read.
4th grade
Worksheet
What's Your Thesis? Activity
Worksheet
What's Your Thesis? Activity
This resource offers readers 10 different discussion focuses for critical reflection towards thesis writing development.
5th grade
Worksheet
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