4th Grade Lesson Plans
Elements of a Story
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Elements of a Story
In this interactive lesson, your students will learn to identify four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Elements of Poetry
Lesson Plan
Elements of Poetry
Introduce your students to some of the major structural elements of poetry in this comprehensive lesson.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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All About the Digestive System
Lesson Plan
All About the Digestive System
Use this lesson to show your students how food travels from the mouth to the stomach. Additionally, show them how the digestive system delivers important nutrients to other parts of the body and also excretes wastes from the body.
4th grade
Science
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Food Fractions: What are the Odds?
Lesson Plan
Food Fractions: What are the Odds?
Students are sure to love this sweet lesson that teaches them fractions and probability with candy!
4th grade
Math
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
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Wacky Windmill Challenge
Windmills have been around for generations to grind food and create energy. During this challenge, students will use various materials and put their engineering skills to work by creating their own windmills.
4th grade
Science
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The Language of Landforms
Lesson Plan
The Language of Landforms
Kinesthetic and visual learners will greatly enjoy this playful lesson. Using symbols and gestures, students explore the characteristics of various United States landforms.
4th grade
Social studies
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Vocabulary in Context
Lesson Plan
Vocabulary in Context
In this lesson, students will improve their skills in using context clues to determine the meaning of difficult words. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Journey on the Underground Railroad.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Lesson Plan
Problems and Solutions in Fiction
Every story has a problem and every problem has a solution! Use this lesson to help students identify the problem and solution in fiction texts. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Compare and Contrast Short Stories.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Subtraction with Regrouping
Lesson Plan
Subtraction with Regrouping
Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.
4th grade
Math
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Identifying the Author's Purpose
Lesson Plan
Identifying the Author's Purpose
This lesson gives students foundational skills needed to identify the author's purpose in a variety of texts. Use the lesson as a stand alone or as a pre-lesson to What Were They Thinking?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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What’s Next?
Lesson Plan
What’s Next?
Guess what comes next! Teach your students to make a prediction based on textual evidence.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Adding Like Mixed Numbers
Lesson Plan
Adding Like Mixed Numbers
Solve for the sum of two mixed numbers! They will use scaffolds such as fraction models to support the visualization of mixed numbers. This can be used on its own or as support for the lesson Sums for Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions.
4th grade
Math
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Fraction Visuals
Lesson Plan
Fraction Visuals
This lesson helps your students become confident mathematicians when it comes to representing fractions visually in a variety of ways. Use this lesson as a pre-lesson to Fraction Hunt or teach it independently.
4th grade
Math
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Text Features and Their Purposes
Lesson Plan
Text Features and Their Purposes
This lesson helps your ELs identify nonfiction text features and explain how they enhance comprehension of the text. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Searching for Text Features lesson plan.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Division Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Division Word Problems
Freshen up on your understanding of division word problems with long division and one-digit divisors! Use this lesson to help students identify key division terms and solve word problems.
4th grade
Math
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Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Lesson Plan
Mindfulness: The Present Moment
Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Decimal Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Decimal Word Problems
This lesson helps students break down the different components of a word problem with decimals so that English Learners can succeed in solving them. Use it on its own or as support for the lesson Giving Gifts: All About Decimals.
4th grade
Math
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Simple Summaries
Lesson Plan
Simple Summaries
Keep it simple! Teach your students to write a summary using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then frame for analyzing a story.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Summer Drama
Lesson Plan
Summer Drama
You won't strike out with this lesson on finding the theme of a script. Use this lesson to help your students identify the elements of a script and find the theme.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Strategies for Comparing Fractions
Lesson Plan
Strategies for Comparing Fractions
Help your students see the variety of strategies they can use to compare fractions! Students will compare their strategies with that of their classmates. Use this lesson on its own or use it as support for the lesson Fraction Wars.
4th grade
Math
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Deciphering Division Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Deciphering Division Word Problems
Word problems present an additional challenge for English learners. This division lesson gives them a concrete strategy to decipher word problems. Teach it on its own or prior to teaching Division Word Problems.
4th grade
Math
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Multi-Digit Division
Lesson Plan
Multi-Digit Division
Let's solve multi-digit division problems! Students will feel more confident with their division than ever with this lesson that helps them practice dividing multi-digit numbers.
4th grade
Math
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Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Lesson Plan
Traditional Literature: Story Mapping
Students will learn how to identify story elements and create a short and sweet summary. They will fill out a graphic organizer and solidify their understanding by creating illustrations to show major plot points that they find themselves!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Lesson Plan
Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense
Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Divisibility Rules
Lesson Plan
Divisibility Rules
Introduce your students to divisibility rules with a lesson that encourages deep thinking and meaningful math talk between peers.
4th grade
Math
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Fraction of a Whole
Lesson Plan
Fraction of a Whole
Teach your students to use bar models and multiplication to find a fraction of a whole number.
4th grade
Math
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Is It True?
Lesson Plan
Is It True?
Don't believe everything you read! Teach students to differentiate between statements of fact and opinion. This important skill will help students become critical and discerning readers.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Lesson Plan
Tell Me More: Characters, Settings, and Events
Characters, settings, and events, oh my! In this lesson, students will dig deeper into each of these components and learn to provide specific details from their texts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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