Fourth Grade Reading and Writing (web version)

Every day aim for reading a book of your choice for 40-50 minutes then choose one or more activities from each collection below.

Word Ladder

Try out this Word Ladder. You'll need an adult or sibling to read the clues to you so you can try it out without seeing what the next word is. Have fun!

Reading

Choose one of your favorite books or go to your school's library website for available e-books or audio books. As you read, jot down a few notes (or chat with an adult) about one or more of these:

Inferences you are making as to why a character is making the choices he/she is and what those motivations might be.

Look for cause and effect and think specifically about how there may be more than one effect.

Actively Learn: Library (tech)

Log on to Actively Learn from within Clever, then find three articles that interest you from the Library. You may filter articles in the catalog by grade levels, topics, text type, number of pages and more! Practice using the highlight, hear it, or translate features.

Writing

Start a daily journal about what's happening in your life right now. Pay specific attention to the feelings that you might be having about this experience. Start to notice seed ideas for writing a persuasive letter or opinion article on something that feels important to you. Say to yourself, "What do I think about this?"

Fourth Grade Math

Zearn!

How many Zearn badges will you earn this week? Set a goal. Sign into Clever and use Zearn to keep your math skills current.

Math Card Games

Check out these card games from Eureka Math.

Choose two games--such as Multiplication Number Battle and Fraction Number Battle (fractions less than 1)--to practice your math skills.

Story Problem Challenge

Create your own story problem for the expression 79 divided by 3 and see who in your family can solve it!

Fourth Grade Science and Social Studies

Choose one activity per day.

What is Westward Expansion?

Watch the Brainpop video, from your Clever account, Westward Expansion to get the “big idea” behind this movement.

Gain deeper understanding of Westward Expansion by reading the Scholastic articles about Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase.

Questions to think about: How did the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase change life for all living on North America? Who all was affected by this purchase and how were their lives affected?

What dissolves?

In the kitchen, investigate what powders (flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, etc.) will dissolve in water. Decide how much water and how much powder you will use for each test, and then be consistent. Make a table to show your findings.

If there are any powders that don’t dissolve, what can you do to "help" them dissolve? Write a paragraph to explain your findings.

Fourth Grade Enrichment

Code Break with the Code.org Team (tech)

With schools closed and tens of millions of students at home, Code.org is launching Code Break — a live weekly webcast where our team will teach your children at home while school is closed, and a weekly challenge to engage students of all abilities, even those without computers.

Tune in Wednesdays at 10am PT, starting March 25.

Learn more at https://code.org/break