Fourth Grade
Hello Fourth Grade!
Dear Families,
The Fourth Grade Team has compiled activities and resources to help your child maintain their academic growth during this school year. Any gap from the school setting poses a risk of losing what they have gained throughout the school year. We are highly suggesting you try to complete at least one activity from each subject area daily. Everything we have included is something your child has already learned and practiced in the classroom setting. They should be familiar with all the lessons and resources. If you have any questions or need support in any way, we will be available via email. Stay healthy!
Mrs. Kaszmetskie tkaszmetskie@antietamsd.org
Mrs. Leh nleh@antietamsd.org
Miss Longlott klonglott@antietamsd.org
Mrs. Oxenreider loxenreider@antietamsd.org
Reading
Read 30 mins each day from any book. Journal about one of the following prompts.
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
3. From what you've read so far, make predictions about what will happen next and explain what in the text makes you think it will happen.
4. Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have him/her as a friend.
5. Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
6. What real-life people or events are you reminded of by characters or events in the story? Explain why.
7. Write about what would happen if you brought one of your characters to school or home for a day.
8. Pick a scene in which you disagreed how a character handled a situation/person and rewrite it in the way you think it should have happened.
9. What quality of which character strikes you as a good characteristic to develop within yourself over the years? Why? How does the character demonstrate this quality?
Your child can log into Epic and practice Daily 5 reading stations (Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading)
Your child can also be logging into Raz-Kids to complete their leveled reading assignment for 15 minutes every day.
Math
Click on the link under each activity
Activity One:
Activity Two:
Activity Three:
Activity Four:
Product Game: exercises your skill with factors and multiples
Factorize: Visually explore the concept of factors by creating rectangular arrays.
Activity Five:
Product Game: exercises your skill with factors and multiples
Single digit multiplication fluency. The browser version is free (FUN and Easy to use)
Activity Six:
Visually explore the concept of factors by creating rectangular arrays.
Product Game: exercises your skill with factors and multiple
Short (2 minute / easy to follow) video on Division: Partial Quotients
Activity Seven:
Activity Eight:
Video with a simple song to explain how to represent fractions on a number line:
Product Game: exercises your skill with factors and multiples:
Activity Nine:
Visually explore the concept of factors by creating rectangular arrays
Product Game: exercises your skill with factors and multiples
Activity Ten:
Your child can practice their math facts daily by completing XtraMath. XtraMath will take approximately 10-15 minutes. The webpage will announce when they have completed a session.
You can also have your child log into Zearn or Redbird and complete one lesson per day. This takes approximately 15 minutes to complete the full lesson.
Writing
Free write or journal. Here are some writing prompts to start you off.
1. What makes you who you are?
2. What makes you laugh?
3. What is your favorite thing about being a part of our class?
4. What was your favorite summer vacation? Why?
5. Write about a time you gave something of yours to someone who needed it? What did you do?
6. What is your favorite lesson from American history? What do you like about it?
7. Do you think schools should give homework? Why or why not?
9. Write a poem about your most prized possession.
10. Do your parents let you choose your own clothes at the store, or do they pick them for you? What is your style like?
11. Write about a time you stood up for something you believed in. What did you do?
12. What is your favorite game? Is it a video game or a board game? What do you like about it?
13. What is the best gift you ever received? What made it so special?
14. What is your favorite part of the school day?
15. Write about a secret you’ve never shared. How do you keep it secret? How does the secret make you feel?
16. Do you consider yourself to be a patient person? Why or why not?
Specials
Band Activity 1:
Listen to a song on the radio. Name the instruments you were able to hear from the recording and explain which instrument was used most in order to support the melody. Also, describe the overall mood of the song and how it was obtained through the use of instruments. Was it created through special selection of instruments based on their sound qualities or through simple changes in volume (loud/soft)?
Band Activity 2:
You should continue to practice your instrument for at least 15 minutes each day. As in the activity above, analyze your own part on each of the pieces we will be performing in our Spring Concert. With the exception of percussion, does your part appear to be a main melodic instrument or more of a supporting instrument? You may discover that yours is both! Examine your music for dynamics (loud and soft) and types of articulation (accents, staccato markings, etc.) and work to combine both together at the same time. Percussionists should pay close attention to the correct volume and style in which your rhythms are to be played. You may visit www.jwpepper.com to hear each of our selections if available on their website. Simply rest your cursor on the BAND heading at the top of their homepage and select "Concert" from the drop down list. Then, type the title of the piece into the search bar on the right side of the page. Click on the appropriate file based on composer/arranger and then listen by clicking on the speaker icon.