4th Grade

4th Grade Resources for Parents and Families

This page is for students who are currently in fourth grade or have just completed fourth grade.

To view a list of Digital Tools that are available during the summer, click on this Elementary Summer Technology document. These tools can be accessed via your student's Webdesk.

Family Activities

Literacy

Read 20+ minutes a day.
While reading or after reading, write/draw:

An important part of the text.
A connection that you made to the text.
A question about the text.
The problem and resolution of the story (literary text only - fiction, poetry, drama).
The central idea and details to support it (informational texts only - nonfiction, persuasive).
A conclusion that can be drawn from the text.
Something that could be added to the text to extend its message.

Math

Environmental Shape or Pattern Hunt - Go on a scavenger hunt around the house (or even through different picture books) and find different objects/pictures to represent all the different two and three-dimensional figures.
Building - Have your child build different two and three-dimensional figures with Legos, blocks, cans, boxes, toothpicks, etc.
Physical Activities - While doing physical activities (e.g. walking from one end of a room to another, hopping, jumping jacks, going up and down stairs), keep track by skip counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s,10s, 11s, and 12s. If you have access to an outdoor space, have your child create a hopscotch path. If you’re indoors, create a number path by writing on cardboard boxes or sheets of paper and have students skip count by different amounts.
Cooking and Food - Have your child help out in the kitchen by measuring out ingredients and determining the amount of ingredients that would be needed if you made two batches or three. Have your child identify information from the nutritional facts and solve problems, such as if you had 3 servings of these cookies, how many calories would that be? How many milligrams of sodium are in the entire box of cereal? How do you know?
Shopping and Money - Have your child look at the grocery ads or online and have them determine what they would purchase if given a specific amount of money. You can require them to purchase a specific number of items. In addition, have students determine the change they should receive after purchasing their items. Give your child a recipe and have them look online or in a grocery ad to determine the cost of all the items and calculate the total cost to prepare the recipe.

Science

Create a question about an organism, object, or event that can be observed in the natural world. It may sound something like:
Does the color of a crayon affect its melting rate?
Do oranges float or sink in water?
Plan and conduct a simple investigation to answer your question.
Be sure to make observations and collect data.
Record and organize your data using pictures, numbers, and/or words.
Write about what you learned and new questions that you have.
Research or test your new questions.

Social Studies

All Things Digital

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Library Digital Resources

Access Library Digital Resources folder via tile in Webdesk.
Find read alouds, encyclopedias, Nat Geo kids, and other research resources.
Curated list of Summer Resources: K-5 Summer Library Digital Resources

Seesaw

Access Seesaw Official via tile in Webdesk.

Skills:

An interactive learning platform across all content areas, including digital citizenship and computer science.
Students create, reflect, share, and collaborate.
The platform is also a communication tool between school and home, where connected families can view student work and send messages to the teacher.
Any text written in Seesaw can easily be translated into 100+ languages by both teachers and families.

Keyboarding Without Tears

Access via tile in Webdesk.

Skills:

Students learn both foundational and keyboarding skills through engaging, game-based lessons.

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4th Grade Resources for Parents and Families

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