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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 22
Homophones
Homophones
Activities with homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings - are a fun way for your child to build upon their vocabulary and test their understanding of a word's meaning. Choose a pair of homophones and ask your child to use each word in a sentence. This is a great way to see if your child truly understands the meaning of these tricky words!
Homophone activities are a fun way for fourth graders to build upon their vocabulary and test their understanding of a word's meaning. Merging spelling skills and use of context clues into one activity is a great way to address this skill. Your students will enjoy working with words that sound the same but have different meanings.
What are Homophones?
Worksheet
What are Homophones?
Can ewe right the write words? Weight, I mean you! Wait, now I'm just confused... Learn about homophones with this fun worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Camping Homophones
Interactive Worksheet
Camping Homophones
Laura mixed up the homophones in her personal narrative, so it's up to your student to correct them.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Words With Double Meanings
Worksheet
Words With Double Meanings
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, children will look at seven homographs, then write two sentences that reflect each of each word's meaning and part of speech.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long Division with 1-Digit Divisors
Long Division with 1-Digit Divisors
You and your child can practice solving long division problems with the partial quotient method. If your child is stuck, work together to read through the example on one of the partial quotient activities. As you and your child work with this conceptually-based model, talk about place value and estimation. This strategy proves challenging at first, but it ultimately helps kids "see" the different parts of a long division problem.
Remind your fourth graders that division is a "sharing" operation where objects are shared (or divided) into a number of groups of equal number. Integrate activities that assess their understanding of both the standard algorithm and conceptually-based models. The partial quotient strategy, for example, is a great way for kids to use mental math and estimation when solving for a quotient!
Division Shark Muncher: Part 1
Worksheet
Division Shark Muncher: Part 1
It's a quotient-free frenzy feed with this division worksheet!
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Long Division With Partial Quotients #1
Worksheet
Long Division With Partial Quotients #1
Mental math meets long division in this partial quotients worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Long Division With Partial Quotients #2
Worksheet
Long Division With Partial Quotients #2
Mental math meets long division in this partial quotients worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Fiction Story Elements
Fiction Story Elements
Select one of these fiction reading comprehension activities to work on with your child. Remind your child to self-monitor for understanding during all stages of the reading process, as well as reflect on the main idea of the texts. Regardless of the type of reading comprehension activity, kids should be looking beyond surface-level comprehension at this point in the school year.
Integrate these activities into your comprehension strategy instruction! Probing questions and metacognitive strategies teach young readers how to self-monitor for understanding during all stages of the reading process. Regardless of the type of reading comprehension activity, kids should be looking beyond surface-level comprehension at this point in the school year.
Read and Think Bookmarks
Worksheet
Read and Think Bookmarks
These bookmarks will provide thinking frames for your students as they read, encouraging deeper thinking and strengthening comprehension.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Alice in Wonderland Characters
Worksheet
Alice in Wonderland Characters
Explore characters in literature by getting inside of the most famous Alice in Wonderland character's head: Alice herself.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
3-2-1 Read!
Worksheet
3-2-1 Read!
With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Including Transitions in Literary Essays
Including Transitions in Literary Essays
Strong writers lead into their evidence with transitional phrases, and explain why this evidence matters. Help your child elevate their writing style by reading through the transitional words and phrases on the reference page of the "Practice Using Transitions" activity. Then, grab a book, possibly the one your child is currently reading, and read a page together—searching for sentences that incorporate these seamless transitions.
Strong writers lead into their evidence with transitional phrases, and explain why this evidence matters. Help your students elevate their writing style by providing them with examples of transitional words and phrases, as well as mentor writing pieces. They will need ample scaffolding and practice in order to learn how to write in this smooth and cohesive manner.
Practice Using Transitions #1
Worksheet
Practice Using Transitions #1
Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Practice Using Transitions #2
Worksheet
Practice Using Transitions #2
Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Transition Words & Phrases: Task Cards
Worksheet
Transition Words & Phrases: Task Cards
Upper grade students practice using transitions to craft clear and cohesive writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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