4th Grade

ELA Week 1
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
Parent Instructions
Students can read this passage about allergies independently or along with you. They then should answer the comprehension questions using the passage to find the answers. Students should be encouraged to highlight or underline in the passage to note important facts or information that will backup their answer choices.
 
 
Student Instructions
Read the attached passage aloud, then answer the attached questions. Be sure to go back into the passage to highlight/underline your proof that helped you to verify your answer.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Main Idea/Details, Inference
Resource
MyOn
 
File Submission (if applicable)
 
Parent Instructions
Have your child log into Clever www.clever.com Then open the MyOn app. Search for the book: Medieval Knight Science.
 
 
Student Instructions
Log into Clever www.clever.com
Then open the MyOn app. Search for the book: Medieval Knight Science. Listen to or read the story. Fill in the main idea graphic organizer. 
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
I can identify the main idea of a nonfiction text using textual evidence. Standard: 4.RI.KID.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize a text.
Resource
MobyMax - accessible via www.clever.com
 
Parent Instructions
Parents, Please have your child login to MobyMax through the website Clever. Your child will practice a variety of skills relating to reading informational texts. 1. Login to clever.com using your Clever ID. 2. Click on the MobyMax icon (the icon looks like a green whale). 3. Click on Reading Skills Informational. The lesson should begin immediately. The suggested time for practice is 30 minutes, but please feel free to have your child complete an amount that you feel is appropriate.
 
 
Student Instructions
1. Login to clever.com using your Clever ID. 2. Click on the MobyMax icon (the icon looks like a green whale). 3. Click on Reading Skills Informational. 4. Begin working on the lesson.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Using the resource MobyMax, the student will review grade-level skills related to reading informational texts.
 
 
Math Week 1
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
Resource
GoMath Files listed below.
Parent Instructions
Use the sheets attached above.
 
Student Instructions
Complete the lesson on the worksheets your parents provide.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
 
Students can use benchmarks to understand the relative sizes of measurement units.
 
 
 
Resource
PDF file is attached below.
 
File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Download the pdf file. This is a cumulative review of math skills that have been previously taught.
 
Student Instructions
Students can complete at their own pace.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective

Students will review previous skills that have been taught throughout the year.
 
 
Resource
iPad, phone with camera, laptop
 
File Submission (if applicable)
 
Parent Instructions
Students will look around your house (inside/outside) in order to locate different quadrilaterals that have been discussed in class. They can take pictures on the devices listed above or record their findings in a journal. Choose whichever method is easiest for your family.
 
 
Student Instructions
Using an ipad/phone/computer, go on a "Geometry Scavenger Hunt"! Try to locate the items that have examples of each below: - 4 objects with parallel sides (quadrilaterals) - 1 Parallelogram - 2 trapezoids - 5 triangles - 1 rhombus
If you don't have a device listed above, feel free to use a notebook to record your findings.If you'd like to, share some of your findings with your teacher on SeeSaw.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Identifying quadrilaterals.
 
 
Science Week 1
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
Resource
PDF listed below.
 
File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Download the PDF file. This skill has previously been taught in 4th grade.
 
 
Student Instructions
Create a new animal based on adaptations that help the animal to survive. Remember that adaptations allow the animal to survive in its environment. Be creative! Remember that adaptations can include fur or skin color, types of teeth, feet, claws, and beaks.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students will review science skill on animal adaptations.
 
 
 
 
File Submission (if applicable)
 
Parent Instructions
Students should click on the website provided to watch a video reviewing the process of Photosynthesis. When finished, students should complete the karaoke and quiz provided on the main page of the link above. Finally, students can go to www.ixl.com and work on topic M.3 under 4th grade Science.
 
 
Student Instructions
Watch the Study Jams on Photosynthesis using the link above. Make sure you also try out the "Sing Karaoke" and "Test Yourself" buttons after viewing the video! When finished, go to www.ixl.com and practice the 4th grade Science Topic M.3: How Do Plants Make Food?
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students will recognize that plants get the materials they need for growth and reproduction chiefly through a process in which they use carbon dioxide from the air, water, and energy from the sun to produce sugars, plant materials, and waste (oxygen); and that this process is called photosynthesis.
 
 
Resource
 
File Submission (if applicable)
Parent Instructions
Students should log into their Clever accounts then click onto MyOn to sign into that program. Once there, students should do a search for the book, Mummies and Sound. A picture of the front cover is attached above. This graphic novel is level 3.9, and will take 22 minutes to listen to. After students have listened to this book, then they should write 3-4 sentences to retell what they learned about sound from their reading today. (Note: This can be done aloud as well if there is an adult that is able to discuss the book along with them.)
 
 
Student Instructions
1. Log into the Clever portal. 2. Click on MyOn 3. Do a search for the title: Mummies and Sound 4. Listen to the graphic novel 5. Write 3-4 sentences to retell what you have learned about sound through reading this book. 6. Share what you learned with an adult/older sibling. **If you'd like, you can share your sentences with your teacher through a message on SeeSaw. ** **You may also take the AR test for this book if your school has given your access to this at home. The quiz # is 160000**
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
TSW learn what causes sound and how sound waves move.
 
 
Social Studies Week 1
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3
Resource

Studies Weekly - accessible via www.clever.com

 
Parent Instructions
Parents, Please have your child log in to Studies Weekly via clever.com and access Week 1: Welcome to Studies Weekly. In an effort to not cover any new material, we will be reviewing material starting from the beginning of the year. 1. Login to clever.com using your Clever ID. 2. Click on the Studies Weekly icon.
 
Student Instructions
1. Login to clever.com using your Clever ID. 2. Click on the Studies Weekly icon. 3. Click on Tennessee Fourth Grade Studies Weekly: Colonization to Reconstruction. 4. Click on Week 1: Welcome to Studies Weekly. 5. Read through the following articles at your own pace, answering the questions at the bottom of the page for review: - Welcome to Fourth Grade! - Got Maps? by Steven - Today's News: Primary Sources - It's Not Just a Story. It's Our Story! - Introducing Ms. Johnson - Learn to Run the Country, and Help the Studies Weekly Explorers While You're At It! - Multiple Meaning Maps - The Mighty Mississippi
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Using the online resource Studies Weekly, students will review maps and primary sources.
 
 
 
Resource
Social Studies Weekly # 26
 
Parent Instructions
Log in through Clever and go to Social Studies Weekly 4th grade
 
Student Instructions
Listen to SSW #26 and then complete the test for the lesson.
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
Students will learn about key battles and event of the Civil War.
 
 
 
Parent Instructions
Students will watch a video and explore a virtual tour about Shiloh Battleground. This builds on our classroom discussion of the Civil War.
 
 
Student Instructions
Watch the 4 minute video about the Battle of Shiloh. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/videos/battle-shiloh Explore the Shiloh Battleground on http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/history/virtual-tours/virtual-tours/shiloh.2461782 What part of the Battleground do you wish you could see in real life?
 
Learning Opportunity Objective
4.34 The students will examine the significance and outcomes of key battles of the Civil War.