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This Week in Fourth Grade
Week 7
Past Tense Endings
Past Tense Endings
A young reader might know that words ending with the suffix -ed are usually a past tense verb, but they might not know how to properly pronounce these past tense verbs. Have them read a list of past tense verbs (with the -ed ending) aloud to help them practice pronouncing the d, id, and t sounds aloud.
Reading a fun picture book can help readers hear, use, and read suffixes. Some students still struggle with hearing the differences in sound that the suffix -ed makes when added to different words. Have students practice saying words aloud with the goal of listening for the d, id, or t sounds.
Word Sort: Sounds of -ed
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Word Sort: Sounds of -ed
Get your students thinking about the different sounds that the -ed ending makes when it's used to indicate the regular past tense.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Grammar Puzzle: Past Tense Words
Worksheet
Grammar Puzzle: Past Tense Words
This grammar and mechanics worksheet is a playful way to reinforce students' understanding of verb tenses.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Past Tense Quicksand
Worksheet
Past Tense Quicksand
This worksheet puts an island adventure twist on basic past tense practice.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Finding Area of Rectangles
Finding Area of Rectangles
Choose a room or spot at home where your child can find the area of a rectangle. For example, ask them to find the surface area of a table. Showing them that this math skill can be applied to the real world might get them interested in this fun area of math!
Learning to find the area of rectangles can be fun! For example, have students find the area of a location at school that's in the shape of a rectangle. Showing students that this valuable math skill can be applied to their world can ignite their curiosity and creativity.
Find the Area of a Rectangle: Level 1
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Find the Area of a Rectangle: Level 1
Learners will calculate the area of six rooms in this playful geometry worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Rectangle Mania: Finding Area
Worksheet
Rectangle Mania: Finding Area
Children learn to identify the length and width of a rectangle, then use these to calculate the rectangle's area, in this geometry worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Practice Finding Area: Get Painting!
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Practice Finding Area: Get Painting!
Learners calculate the total area of a building by determining the area of its parts in this geometry worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Themes, Topics, and Comparisons
Themes, Topics, and Comparisons
Does your child gravitate towards reading a certain type of book? Ask them what books they enjoyed reading this past month. Did any of these books share a common theme or central message?
Now is a great time for students to choose a culminating project that ties into the books that they may have read during their character study. Creating bookmarks that represent each book's central message or theme is one way to reinforce this core skill.
Compare the Fairy Tales
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Compare the Fairy Tales
Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast Fairy Tales
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast Fairy Tales
Kids compare and contrast two famous fairy tales with a Venn diagram in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compare & Contrast Themes
Worksheet
Compare & Contrast Themes
Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing Styles
Writing Styles
Switch things up by encouraging your child to write within a genre that they would not normally choose. They might discover they enjoy making comics, writing plays, or penning poetry.
As students finish crafting their realistic fiction pieces, it can be fun and empowering to add their work to the classroom library bins. This way students' stories can have an authentic audience: their classmates!
Haiku for Kids
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Haiku for Kids
Mix fun with zen in this haiku activity! Students will practice writing about everyday objects in the style of haiku.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing Prompt: Superstitions
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Writing Prompt: Superstitions
In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Starting a Story
Worksheet
Starting a Story
Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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