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Word Search Puzzle: February
In this month of February worksheet, learners locate and circle/highlight sixteen words in a word search puzzle associated with the month of February.
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Coco Chanel
In this Coco Chanel learning exercise, students read about the life of the designer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Memory Game with a Smile
Learners take it in turns to say two letters and then they turn the corresponding cards around to see if the pictures/words on them match. If they do, student who has found the pair wins 1 point.
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To Whom It May Concern
Fourth graders produce and peer edit typed rough drafts of the business letters following the guidelines illustrated in the Eight Essential Parts of a business letter and save to disks. They complete the Where's the Math? scavenger hunt...
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What Interests You?
Fourth graders investigate math in the real world using internet search methods to locate career fields of interest. They select an occupation, and draft brief paragraphs that reflect insight as to why that occupation interests them.
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Internet Pen Pals
Young scholars write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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October Writing Journal
For this October writing journal worksheet, students are given a list of October daily writing prompts to choose from, and a fall-framed writing page on which to write.
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Four Kinds of Sentences - Fun Review
Fourth graders review for the Four Kinds of Sentences.
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Building Your Vocabulary
Students read a book and write down any words that they do not examine. They also look up the words in a dictionary and write down the definition and a sentence for each word.
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Write All About It
Fourth graders use research skills and the writing process to create a newspaper. Although students work in groups to complete the final draft of the newspaper, each student is responsible for doing his or her own research and writing...
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History in my Town
Fourth graders research a historical period in their hometown and use PowerPoint to present it to the class.
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Have I Got a Book for You!
Fourth graders select a library book, read it and complete "Books to Check Out!" form. They compile their completed forms to a book to be displayed in the classroom for all readers to see.
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Growing Pains of the Yearling
Fourth graders read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
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Publishing a Group Book
Students examine various alphabet books. They write several sentences for their assigned letter of the alphabet, type them onto a word processing program, and create an illustration for a class alphabet book.
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Painless Poetry
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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You Mean I Am Part of History?
Fourth graders open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.
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Reading Comprehension Strategy Ideas
Learners participate in pre-reading activities, journal keeping, vocabulary lists and other reading comprehension boosters. These activities can be applied to many genres.
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Merry Easter
Fourth graders create greeting cards to special persons for a special holiday.
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Biographical Research Paper
Students choose a subject for a biographical research paper. They use books, the Internet, encyclopedias and articles to gather information on a determined subject then follow a rubric to write a research paper.
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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.
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Writing
Students write on a topic of their choice once a week. After they have finished writing, they have a small conference with the teacher about their writing.
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Writing Freely in the Elementary Classroom
Once a week, young scholars are given free time to write on a topic of their choice. When they have finished writing, they have a small conference with their teacher about their writing for that day.
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Unearthing The Facts
Students use agriculture related questions in order to build research skills. The questions are given and then they are expected to determine the best resource for finding the answers. The connection to the farmer is how they use...
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Civil War Letter
Young scholars develop a question they are interested in researching about the Civil War. After completing a webquest on the war, they write a letter to their partner using the information they gathered. They use peer editing to check...