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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 24
Contractions
Contractions
Given that we use contractions so often in our speech, it’s important that our kids know how to use these words in writing. Knowing when to use contractions in our writing can improve the overall flow of certain sentences. When you introduce this skill, it’s helpful to begin by defining the word “contract”. Since “contract” means to get smaller or shorter, your child will soon understand that a contraction is “a shorter way to say two words.” These activities will give your child ample practice as they work towards understanding that an apostrophe fills the space of those missing letters.
Given that we use contractions so often in our speech, it’s important that we teach students how to use these words in writing. Knowing when to use contractions in our writing can improve the overall flow of certain sentences. When you introduce this skill, it’s helpful to begin by defining the word “contract”. Since “contract” means to get smaller or shorter, your students will soon understand that a contraction is “a shorter way to say two words.” These activities will give your students ample practice as they work to understand that an apostrophe fills the space of those missing letters.
Creating Contractions: Part 1
Worksheet
Creating Contractions: Part 1
Learners will practice writing the contractions for ten phrases, then the phrases for ten contractions.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Creating Contractions: Part 2
Worksheet
Creating Contractions: Part 2
Learners will rewrite seven sentences using the correct contractions.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Shrink Ray Contractions: Mission #2
Worksheet
Shrink Ray Contractions: Mission #2
Learners will embark on a top-level grammar and mechanics mission in this fun contractions worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fractions Review
Fractions Review
It's helpful for kids to see fractions in lots of different forms. Introduce your child to fractions with tape diagrams, divided shapes, and number lines. Use a chocolate bar as a fun and yummy way to demonstrate equivalent fractions. Teaching your child to compare fractions by drawing area models can help them understand the topic conceptually.
It's helpful for students to see fractions in lots of different forms. You can introduce them to fractions with tape diagrams, divided shapes, and number lines. Use a chocolate bar as a fun and yummy way to demonstrate equivalent fractions. Teaching students to compare fractions by drawing area models can help them understand the topic conceptually.
Introduction to Fractions
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Introduction to Fractions
Children practice writing fractions in number and word form in this sweet introductory worksheet.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Writing Fractions: Fraction Fundamentals
Worksheet
Writing Fractions: Fraction Fundamentals
Students write the fraction that corresponds with the shaded part of each shape in this third-grade math worksheet.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Color by Fraction
Worksheet
Color by Fraction
Here's a challenging math worksheet for your 4th grader: your child must color the fractions according to their value, giving each value its own color.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Making Predictions
Making Predictions
While reading, good readers make predictions about what is going to happen next based on textual evidence the author presents. A talented reader tends to evaluate these predictions continuously, and revise any prediction that is not confirmed by the reading. Encourage your child to explain their predictions by giving evidence. These resources will help them interact with texts on a more meaningful level, thus improving their reading comprehension.
Good readers make predictions as a way to connect their existing knowledge to new information from a text in order to gather meaning from what they read. Before reading, they use what they know about an author to predict what a text will be about. The title of a text will trigger memories of texts with similar content, allowing them to predict the content of the new text. During reading, good readers may make meaningful predictions about what is going to happen next, or what ideas or evidence the author will present to support an argument. They tend to evaluate these predictions continuously, and revise any prediction that is not confirmed by the reading. Encourage students to explain their predictions by giving evidence.
Head to Head Fiction: Problems and Solutions
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Head to Head Fiction: Problems and Solutions
Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Making Predictions: Before, During, After!
Worksheet
Making Predictions: Before, During, After!
Students will practice making and adjusting predictions about their texts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reading Reflections: Making & Evaluating Predictions
Worksheet
Reading Reflections: Making & Evaluating Predictions
Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing a Strong Introduction & Conclusion
Writing a Strong Introduction & Conclusion
Writing a strong introduction and conclusion is a key skill for your fourth grader to master. Learning how to hook a reader with a powerful beginning sentence will make your child better writers. A conclusion that ties up loose ends, emphasizes the main points, while also leaving the reader with some sense of wonder makes a piece of writing strong. Use these resources to help teach specific strategies on how to write captivating introductions and conclusions.
Writing a strong introduction and conclusion is a key skill for your fourth graders to master. Learning how to hook a reader with a powerful beginning sentence will make your students better writers. A conclusion that ties up loose ends, emphasizes the main points, while also leaving the reader with some sense of wonder, makes a piece of writing strong. Use these resources to help teach specific strategies on how to write captivating introductions and conclusions.
Hook Your Reader!
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Hook Your Reader!
Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Practice Writing a Strong Lead: Literary Essay
Worksheet
Practice Writing a Strong Lead: Literary Essay
Students will practice writing strong leads for their literary essays.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write On! Strong Lead Sentences
Worksheet
Write On! Strong Lead Sentences
In this exercise, students will practice writing attention-grabbing lead sentences.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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