Fourth Grade

Fourth Grade
Your child is in fourth grade, and you're wondering what you can do to help him or her be more successful in school! Here are a few videos with activities that you can do with your child at home.
Check out the third grade and fifth grade pages for even more ideas of things to do at home.


ReadingClick on the videos below to see how to do simple reading interventions with your child at home.Doing these activities regularly will help your child improve his or her reading abilities!Feel free to email the fourth grade teachers if you have any questions!


Dot and Dash for Reading and Spelling

Asking and Answering Questions about Stories

Have your child choose twobooks at his or her reading level!Then, for each book, have your child complete one of the following activities. Children who complete two activities over the summer and bring them to school in the fall will get to participate in a celebration event!

• Talk about books with your child. Ask questions such as Who is in the story, What is happening or What is the problem (solution), When is the story taking place, Where is the story taking place, Why are the characters acting this way? Why did they …? , and sometimes How is this happening? How are the characters going to solve this problem?

Websites:
**http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/**



**http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf**

• Summarize a story:
  • **http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/storymap1_eng.pdf**

• Make a project out of what is remembered from the story:
  • **http://web.bsu.edu/00smtancock/EDRDG430/430comp_acts.html**
  • **http://teachnet.com/lessonplans/language-arts/more-ideas-than-ever-book-reports/**
  • **http://www.rochester3a.sangamon.k12.il.us/webpage/buyze/index/book_report_alternatives.htm**

Sight WordsPractice these sight words:
**http://it.pinellas.k12.fl.us/schools/clearview-es/files/FAE3DA5041CB471DA99103A6B485A8AA.pdf**





Writing Activities

• Plan and Write a story about a vacation you went on and twist it by adding a “What if…” to your story.
• Have a sibling or parent partner write a fun story with you. You write a line your family member writes a line and put it all together to laugh at your crazy summer story.
• Lay on the ground look up at the clouds and create a story about the shapes and write it later.
• Prompt: “I walked into the gym for lunch and found my classmates floating and there was a big red button on the other side of the room…”
• Prompt: “The ant on my corner…”
• Prompt: “YIKES! I looked up in the sky and saw falling.”
• Websites:
  • http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/writing/
  • **http://www.brucevanpatter.com/funstuff.html**
  • **http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm**

Math Activities

• Fractions: Practice using and talking about “benchmark fractions” such as 1/3, ¼, ½, ¾ and a whole by baking together and have your child do the measuring

Website: www.**game**quarium.com/**fractions**.html

• Elapsed Time: talk with your child about how long it takes to do something from start to finish for example: time it takes from home to Grandma’s.

Website: **http://www.onlinemathlearning.com**

• Multiplication: Practice skip counting all the facts in the car or a memory game with the answers on one half and the math problem on the other.

Website: **http://www.multiplication.com**

• Estimating: Have your child estimate the cost of one or two items at the store to see if there is enough money.

Website: www.gamequarium.com/**estimation**.html
www.mathisfun.com/numbers/estimation-game.php

• Dividing: practice diving up a pizza and have your child tell you the fractional amount that is left over or the fractional amount they are going to eat J

Website: www.aaamath.com/est.htm

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