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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 5
Spelling Patterns
Spelling Patterns
Help your child notice and learn challenging spelling patterns, such as diphthongs (two vowels which form to make a unique sound), consonant blends, and silent letters. Choose activities that include a variety of words with different tricky spelling patterns so that students begin to internalize them.
Help your students notice and learn challenging spelling patterns, such as diphthongs, consonant blends, and silent letters. Choose activities that include a variety of words with different tricky spelling patterns so that students begin to internalize them.
Phonics and Spelling Practice: Common Consonant Blends
Worksheet
Phonics and Spelling Practice: Common Consonant Blends
Reinforce phonics and spelling concepts with this consonant blend worksheet!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Phonics and Spelling Practice: Final -ch and -tch Consonant Clusters
Worksheet
Phonics and Spelling Practice: Final -ch and -tch Consonant Clusters
Students will practice sorting -tch and -ch words, then practice writing and spelling them.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Silent Letter Search
Worksheet
Silent Letter Search
Students will practice reading and writing words with silent letters in a fun and engaging way!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Addition with Regrouping
Addition with Regrouping
When adding two numbers, "regrouping" or "carrying" is the process of bringing a set of 10 over from one column and adding it to the next column, such as changing 10 ones into 1 ten. Give your child real life word problems that involve addition with regrouping so that they experience the pertinence of knowing this skill.
Remind students and parents about math terms that might appear on worksheets. For example, in terms of addition, "regrouping" is the same as "carrying." Give students base ten blocks to manipulate when working on addition problems with regrouping.
3-Minute Math Drill: Addition
Interactive Worksheet
3-Minute Math Drill: Addition
Add like mad with our thrilling addition worksheet! This three-minute math drill gets your child racing to complete all the addition equations on the page.
4th grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Bumble Bee Addition
Interactive Worksheet
Bumble Bee Addition
Learners solve 12 three- and four-digit problems as they work on their multidigit addition skills.
4th grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Math Riddles: Addition #4
Worksheet
Math Riddles: Addition #4
What do sea monsters eat? Solve the math problems in this worksheet to reveal the answer! This math worksheets gets kids to build math and spelling skills.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Character Traits
Character Traits
Ask your child to describe one of the characters in a book they are reading. Show them a list of character traits to help them expand upon the way they describe people. Ask them to think about how the character's behavior may or may not change throughout the book.
As students immerse themselves in fiction books, help them dig a little deeper when evaluating character traits. For example, if a student notices that a character is quiet, ask them a question: "Is this character quiet throughout the entire text?" This will help them notice how character traits evolve and change over time.
Characters in Books
Worksheet
Characters in Books
Young readers practice analyzing characters in a work of fiction with this five-page reading comprehension worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Evaluating Character Traits: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Worksheet
Evaluating Character Traits: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Children read a classic fable with an eye toward character analysis in this reading comprehension worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Featured Character Postcard
Worksheet
Featured Character Postcard
Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Revising Realistic Fiction
Revising Realistic Fiction
Encourage young storytellers to write a first draft of something they want to work on, and then ask them to read it aloud. This simple exercise helps writers see where they need to make revisions and edits to their writing.
Students are usually comfortable adding more to their stories, but they often have trouble removing what they've already written. Model to students how quality editing and revision involves removing any unnecessary or unclear words and sentences. Let students proofread their classmates' writing to get them thinking about how to improve their own writing.
Commas and Semicolons
Worksheet
Commas and Semicolons
Commas and semicolons come to life in this grammar and punctuation worksheet!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Correcting Run-On Sentences
Worksheet
Correcting Run-On Sentences
Kids revise run-on sentences with this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Revise with ARMS
Worksheet
Revise with ARMS
Add, remove, move, and substitute! Use this fun revising strategy to revise a sample essay.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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