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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 25
Building Vocabulary
Building Vocabulary
Your child will enjoy expanding their vocabulary through exploration of compound words, vivid imagery, and hyperbole. Have them keep a list of compound words that they find throughout their independent reading. Hyperbole is especially fun to discover; who doesn't like to exaggerate a little? Encourage your child to come up with their own hyperboles to use in their writing.
Students will enjoy expanding their vocabulary through exploration of compound words, vivid imagery, and hyperbole. Keep and post a list of compound words, hyperbole, and their definitions in the classroom. Encourage students to add to the chart as they come across them in their reading.
Creating Compound Words
Worksheet
Creating Compound Words
Students will gain insight into the meaning of compound words as they break each word into its two different parts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Expressions Explained
Worksheet
Expressions Explained
Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fun With Hyperboles
Worksheet
Fun With Hyperboles
In this engaging worksheet, learners will practice identifying, working with, and writing hyperboles.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Equivalent Fractions
Equivalent Fractions
Practicing basic multiplication and division facts will prepare your child to decompose or compose fractions. Be sure to provide your child with opportunities to visually recognize equivalent fractions. Have them draw equivalent fractions to help them understand how they would represent the same amount in different ways.
Practicing basic multiplication and division facts will help prepare students to decompose or compose fractions. Allow your students opportunities to play games that help them practice multiplication and division facts. A fun way to remind students to continue practicing their facts is to quiz them as they exit the classroom for lunch or recess.
Sugar Coated Fractions
Worksheet
Sugar Coated Fractions
Students will write a fraction that shows the ratio of colored candy for each problem, then simplify the fraction.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Fraction Action! Reducing to Lowest Terms #1
Worksheet
Fraction Action! Reducing to Lowest Terms #1
Help your fourth grader wrap their head around reducing fractions to lowest terms with this helpful worksheet.
4th grade
Worksheet
Simple Fractions with Sylvia
Interactive Worksheet
Simple Fractions with Sylvia
Simple fractions worksheet helps teach your child to reduce fractions to their simplest form and cartoon characters keep learning interesting.
4th grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Referring to Text Features for Understanding
Referring to Text Features for Understanding
Quality nonfiction text should not only contain accurate information, it should also be visually appealing and accessible to the reader. Nonfiction text features—like charts, graphs, illustrations, and captions—can be essential in helping us further understand a topic. Show your child the value of nonfiction text features with kid-friendly nonfiction texts, such as social studies and science articles from magazines. Ask your child to imagine these examples without text features. Are they still as informative and engaging?
Quality nonfiction text should not only contain accurate information, it should also be visually appealing and accessible to the reader. Nonfiction text features—like charts, graphs, illustrations, and captions—can be essential in helping us further understand a topic. Show your students the value of nonfiction text features with kid-friendly nonfiction texts, like social studies and science articles from magazines. Ask your students to imagine these examples without text features. Are they still as informative and engaging?
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams From Nonfiction Texts
Worksheet
Reading Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams From Nonfiction Texts
Learners will read and interpret three types of nonfiction text features in this three-page practice worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Understanding Nonfiction Formatting
Worksheet
Understanding Nonfiction Formatting
Take a closer look at formatting! Learning how nonfiction text is formatted helps students understand the underlying structure of the information.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Pre-Read with Nonfiction Text Features
Worksheet
Pre-Read with Nonfiction Text Features
During this pre-reading exercise, your students will rely on nonfiction text features and their own background knowledge to gather information.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Elevating Writing Style
Elevating Writing Style
Your fourth grader is elevating their writing style in increasingly complex ways. Strategies such as adding voice, utilizing different fonts, and linking simple sentences can all help improve and lend sophistication to your child's writing. Use graphic novels to illustrate how to use voice and ALL CAPS in dynamic writing.
Your fourth graders are elevating their writing style in increasingly complex ways. Strategies such as adding voice, utilizing different fonts, and linking simple sentences can all help improve and lend sophistication to students' writing. Use graphic novels to illustrate how to use voice and ALL CAPS in dynamic writing.
Utilizing Text and Font Features in Your Writing
Worksheet
Utilizing Text and Font Features in Your Writing
This sheet will review the ways that writers can play with different text and font features for a variety of effects.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Makeover Part 1
Worksheet
Sentence Makeover Part 1
In this worksheet, learners will rewrite a short paragraph using smooth, flowing sentences.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Linking Up Ideas
Worksheet
Linking Up Ideas
Give your students the opportunity to practice combining ideas using transition words and conjunctions.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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