4th Grade Distance Learning

Students, please complete AT LEAST 1 activity of your choice per subject for this week of school. All tasks build upon knowledge that you have gained so far this year. The blue underlined text indicates a

“live” link which means by clicking it you will be directed to the item on the internet. You may show your work on a piece of paper or in a notebook that you can show your teacher when school resumes. It will be helpful if you write down the date you complete the work

in the square if you’re able to print the choice board on page 2.

Parents, please feel free to assist or modify these activities for your child as necessary and contact us with any questions.

Reading Listen to a fiction book on Storyline Online . Create a plot diagram with the character and setting, rising action (conflict), climax (OMG moment), falling action, and resolution. Add a theme! See attachment on pg 3.

Scholastic Learn-at-Home has free articles! Read the non-fiction articles “Nothing Can Stop Her” and “Cats Under Wraps” and answer questions 4-10 at the back. See attachments pg 4-6 for hard copies.

Learn about something new! Design a poster organizing and explaining your knowledge with text features! Must include: Heading, 2 subheadings, captions, illustrations, diagram, labels, bold words defined in a glossary, and map. More, if you can!

Math Choose any program for 30 minutes:Reflex ProdigyiStation Math

*Extension- make a math board game and play with your family/friends

Math Word Problem Read the math problems & solve them.

*Extension- make a poster illustrating how you solve your own multi step problems that YOU create!

2 digit x 2 digit Problems: Roll 2 dice to form 2 digit number, roll again for 2nd number. Solve. Repeat 9 times *extension - roll for a 3 digit number & a 1 digit divisor- then divide

*If you don’t have dice, use small pieces of paper, number 2-9. Place them face down & select randomly, putting back number each ‘roll’.

Writing Choose one of the Expository prompts found on pages 7-8. Then fill in the graphic organizer found on page 9 to organize your thoughts and explain why it’s important and how it's important to you.

Read the attached passage about Dippin Dots. Then answer the multiple choice questions that follow.-Try and use all of your strategies that we’ve worked on in class to determine the correct answer.

Watch the following video over the different types of sentences we’ve learned about this year.Practice creating the different types of sentences from the video.. -Finally create a Flip Grid video explaining how to create the different types of sentences. Use the code: alloway9716

ScienceForce & Motion VideoWrite a summary of the video. Be sure to write about 3 things you learned from the video.

*Extension - make a poster illustrating your learning - mass, inertia, force, motion, etc.

Finish watching or review: Science Court: Inertia

Summarize the Court case. Be sure to detail all that you’ve learned from it.

*Extension - draw a poster that illustrates the case

Answer these questions:

What’s Newton’s First Law of Motion? What is inertia? List examples of inertia. Explain why you wear a seat belt, using the Newton’s First Law and inertia. What’s the relationship between mass & inertia? What is friction? List examples of friction.

Social Studies

Missions in Texas video

Summarize the video, be sure to describe at least 2 of the Missions highlighted in the video

Draw a layout of a Mission.

Be sure to include the walls, a church, gardens, well, living quarters, stable/barn for livestock.

Growth Mindset: Each day write how you are applying a growth mindset. Fill in the blank with one of the terms and then write a well developed paragraph defining the term & about your experiences. Be sure to give supporting details.

What is _______ and how do you apply a growth mindset to that term?*the power of yet*confidence*optimism*motivation*failure

4th Grade Choice board

1. Characters:

Why the setting is important:

2. Rising Action (Conflict)

3. Climax (OMG Moment!)

4. Falling Action

5. Resolution (How does it end?)

6. Theme/Lesson/Message

7. Title

Grade 4 Writing Expository Prompt

READ the information in the box below.

We all have a place where we can go to enjoy ourselves, spend time with other people or just be alone. It can either be inside or outside.

THINK about all the places that you go during your daily life.

WRITE about your favorite place. Explain what makes it special to you.

Be Sure to-clearly state your central idea organize your writing develop your ideas in detail choose your words carefully use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar and sentences

Hook:

Central Idea:

Specific Example Specific Example Specific Example:

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question.

Shannon wrote this paper about why Dippin’ Dots aren’t sold in the supermarket. Read Shannon’s paper and look for any corrections or revisions she needs to make. When you finish reading, answer the questions that follow.

The Crazy Reason Why Dippin’ Dots Aren’t in the Supermarket

(1) Go to the freezer section of your grocery store, and you’ll find a million

flavors of Ben & Jerrys ice cream. (2) However, you’ll never find a crum of the

futuristic ice cream Dippin’ Dots in the freezers.

(3) According to Dippin’ Dots, most grocery stores don’t get cold enough to

hold the unique ice cream’s shape. (4) Your kitchen freezer is probably around

0 degrees Fahrenheit, but the Dots must be stored at a much colder

temperature then that. (5) They are flash frozen. (6) Stored at negative 40

degrees Fahrenheit. (7) Fun fact for you nerds out there: that’s the same

temperature as negative 40 Celsius!

(8) Now, you could still eat the Dots at 0 degrees, but they would all stick

together. (9) In fact, if a freezer lost power, the Dots would has to be thrown

away within thirty minutes! (10) By then, the Dots would cease to be actual

Dots. (11) They would be Dot soup, it would be messy and runny! (12) Thats

why the company has installed special freezers in convenience stores around

the country packed full of Dots.

(13) Back in 2013, the Dippin’ Dots company decided People might want to

eat its ice cream at places other than baseball games or amusement parks, so

it began shipping freezers. (14) You might be too lazy to go to a convenience

store. (15) You can even get Dots delivered to your house. (16) They will be

packed with a ton of dry ice. (17) Thirty cups of Dots will run you a cool

$59.99 plus $9.99 shipping.

1 Shannon’s paper ends abruptly. Which sentence should Shannon add to the end of her paper?

A. The price includes the cost of the dry ice.

B. Ask your mom for some money.

C. “I love Dippin’ Dots!” I shouted.

D. This delicious and interesting dessert is definitely worth the price.

2 What is the most effective way to combine sentences 14 and 15?

A. If you are too lazy to go to a convenience store, you can even get Dots delivered to your house.

B. You might be too lazy to go to a convenience store because you can even get Dots delivered to your house.

C. You might be too lazy to go to a convenience store you can even get Dots delivered to your house.

D. Since you can even get Dots delivered to your house, you might be too lazy to go to a convenience store.

3 What is the correct way to write sentences 5 and 6?

A. They are flash frozen. Which are then stored at negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

B. They are flash frozen and then stored at negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

C. They are flash frozen, they are stored at negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

D. They are flash frozen stored at negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

4 What is the correct way to write sentence 11?

A. The Dot soup, it would be messy and runny!

B. They would be. Dot soup it would be messy and runny!

C. They would be messy, runny Dot soup!

D. They would be Dot soup. That would be messy and runny!

5. How does sentence 4 need to be changed?

A. Change be stored to being stored

B. Change then to than

C. Change probably to probly

D. Sentence 4 does not need to be changed

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6. What change needs to be made in sentence 2?

A. Change find to finds

B. Change freezers to Freezers

C. Change crum to crumb

D. No change needs to be made.