Fourth Grade

4th GRADE - SUMMER

Avoid the Summer Slide!  Summer is finally here! While there definitely should be time for rest, relaxation, and fun, don’t forget to brush up on those skills to make the next school year even better!  These are merely suggestions and recommendations. For the websites listed below, simply click on the hyperlink for direct access.

Reading and Writing

• Reading is the GREATEST thing you can do to encourage your child’s growth - check out your local library for summer reading activities and book lists.
• Read aloud to a parent or friend.
• Draw an imaginary picture and write a story about it.
• Write a new ending to your favorite story or a book you read over the summer.
• Write a review of a story you have read.
• Popular authors and series:

1. Rick Riordan
2. Matt Christopher
3. Gary Paulson
4. Andrew Clements
5. Judy Blume
6. C.S. Lewis
7. Lemony Snicket

Math

• Review and know your multiplication facts (0-12)
• Review and know your division facts (0-12)
• Practice the steps of long division, including remainders
• Review and practice the steps of multiple digit multiplication
• Review fractions

1. Simplifying/Reducing

2. Adding

3. Subtracting

4. Equivalent fractions

5. Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to improper fractions

• Review two-dimensional shapes, types of angles, rays, lines, classifying triangles and quadrilaterals, find and draw lines of symmetry

Applications

With short and quick videos, this science teacher takes kids’ science questions and answers them through a multimedia video.  If students watch real-time, they can vote on the next question!

Using kid-friendly videos, primary and secondary sources, and other activities available on a variety of subjects, students brush up on history, science or current events with characters, Tim and Moby.  There are daily free topics. Membership is required for full access.

This website is especially for students entering grades 4th - 8th as typing will be an essential skill in many aspects of schooling.  Practicing correct hand positions and getting familiar with where the keys are is integral to being a successful typist!

Khan Academy videos are not only educational, but they are often entertaining as well.  This is a good resource to review concepts in math, grammar, science, and history so that students are prepared for the approaching school year.  

This website is dedicated to builders and innovators.  Scratch allows children to learn coding concepts and create interactive projects without needing to learn a text-based programming language.  Scratch would be very helpful for those students interested in St. Paul’s Lego Robotics Program.

This handwriting website helps students keep their cursive writing sharp over the summer.  Remember, you will be using cursive in grade five!

Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.  Funbrain.com is an award-winning “edutainment” website that uses interactive games to tutor elementary students.

Chompchomp.com is a grammar-based site with daily grammar workouts including topics such as sentence fragments, irregular verbs, commas, subject-verb agreement, apostrophes, and pronoun agreement.  There are also video presentations and handouts to download.

This website is a free online tool for students to practice their math skills.  Some of the areas include arithmetic, fractions, time, money, measurement, place value, and geometry.  Students receive immediate feedback on their answers. The length, level, timer, and type of math problems can be adjusted.

In grade five, students will be focusing on U.S. History.  Stack the States makes learning about the 50 states fun. Students carefully build a “stack of states” that reaches the checkered line to win each level.  You earn a random state for every successfully completed level. Students learn about state capitals, shapes, geographic locations, & flags.