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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 39
Spelling
Spelling
Design a year-end review of a variety of spelling patterns through word scrambles. These fun, themed activities build on prior knowledge of spelling patterns, and also give your child a chance to correct any recurring spelling errors they encounter. Word scrambles improve logic and reasoning skills — an added benefit to this spelling review!
Design a year-end review of a variety of spelling patterns through word scrambles. These fun, themed activities build on prior knowledge of spelling patterns, and also give your students a chance to correct any recurring spelling errors they encounter. Word scrambles improve logic and reasoning skills — an added benefit to this spelling review!
Math Word Scramble
Worksheet
Math Word Scramble
Give your little math whiz a wordy challenge! This word scramble will help them hone their spelling skills while reviewing common math terms.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Feelings Word Scramble
Worksheet
Feelings Word Scramble
Exercise your child's mind and their vocabulary with this challenging word scramble. They'll use their logic and reasoning to figure out each word.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Basketball Word Scramble
Worksheet
Basketball Word Scramble
Challenge your third grader to unscramble all ten of these basketball words. They won't even realize that they're practicing their spelling and logic skills!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Grid Puzzles
Grid Puzzles
Grid puzzles can help develop flexible math thinking and problem-solving skills. Use these puzzles to expose your child to algebraic thinking. Encourage your child to articulate their problem-solving strategies — sharing their math thinking can improve their understanding. Once your child has completed these brain teasers, challenge them to create some grid puzzles of their own!
Grid puzzles can help develop flexible math thinking and problem-solving skills. Use these puzzles to expose students to algebraic thinking. Organize students into mixed-ability pairs, and encourage them to talk through their problem-solving strategies as they work. Once they have completed these brain teasers, challenge them to create some grid puzzles of their own!
Crazy Math Puzzles
Worksheet
Crazy Math Puzzles
Hey math whizzes, here is a challenge for you! These math puzzles are tricky, but are a fun spin-off of the popular Ken Ken puzzle.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Math Grid Puzzlers
Worksheet
Math Grid Puzzlers
If your student needs a challenge in math, try these math puzzles! These math grids are tricky, but are a fun spin-off of the popular Ken Ken puzzle.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Mad Math Puzzles
Worksheet
Mad Math Puzzles
Sudoku and Ken Ken enthusiasts will enjoy this mad math puzzle, full of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division challenges.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Writing About Reading
Writing About Reading
This selection of resources supports a variety of summer reading formats. Encourage your child to become a skilled book critic by having them select a book to read and review. Take your child to a local bookstore to see how book reviews help influence readers' choices.
This selection of resources supports a variety of summer reading formats. Encourage your students to become skilled book critics by having them select a book to read and review. Invite them to visit your local bookstore to see how book reviews help influence readers' choices. Afterwards, have students post their own book reviews in the classroom library.
Book Facts
Worksheet
Book Facts
First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing Book Reviews
Worksheet
Writing Book Reviews
This worksheet will help your child organize the details needed to write about a book they've read!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Cool Bookmarks 3
Worksheet
Cool Bookmarks 3
Put a personalized twist on the old-school bookmark and your young reader will make the experience more fun for themselves by reviewing the book as they go.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Letter Writing
Letter Writing
Writing letters to different people will give your child authentic hands-on writing experience. This might entail writing to en elected official about an issue they care about, or writing a thank you note to a grandparent. Use these resources to help your child harness their letter-writing skills and discover the joy of handwritten communication.
Writing letters to different people will give your students authentic hands-on writing experience. This might entail writing to en elected official about an issue they care about, or writing a thank you note to a grandparent. Use these resources to help students harness their letter-writing skills and discover the joy of handwritten communication.
How to Write a Friendly Letter
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How to Write a Friendly Letter
E-mail is here to stay, but that doesn't mean kids shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter.Teach your child how to write a letter to a friend.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Letter to the President
Worksheet
Letter to the President
Play the role of the president and respond to the leader of a country in poverty.
4th grade
Social studies
Worksheet
Letter Writing for Kids
Worksheet
Letter Writing for Kids
Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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