Welcome to 4th Grade Cambridge!
We are looking forward to working with you all! To help best
prepare you for the year ahead, we have assembled some flexible
learning opportunities for you in Language Arts, Math, and Science.
You will find directions for each of these tasks below.
Language Arts
During the fourth grade school year your child will be exposed to many different
genres. Please have your child chose two Sunshine State books below to read and
then have them chose one of the reading tasks below for each book they read. These
tasks will be presented the first two weeks of the school year.
Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2017-2018 List for Grades 3-5
Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes
Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep and Joanna
Ryder
Framed! by James Ponti
The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson
Maxi’s Secrets: Or What You Can Learn From A Dog by Lynn Plourde
My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomons
Night of the Living Worms by Dave Coverly
Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Teddy Mars: Almost a World Record Breaker by Molly Burnham
The Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan with Mike Lane
A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Willy Maykit in Space by Greg Trine
Reading Task Options
1- Make a book report t-shirt that reflects the book.
2- Create a timeline- include the important parts.
3- Make a true or false quiz- a friend can take it
after they read it!
4- Make a book mark about your favorite chapter.
5- Write a letter to a friend informing him or her
why they should read the book.
Science
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” ~Rosalind
Franklin
With the help of each class member, we are going to assemble a classroom
science scrapbook! Students should take 2-3 photos of plants, animals, or humans.
Write a one paragraph descriptive caption for each, including an explanation of how
this photo relates to science. Using the traditional 12x12 scrapbooking paper, please
create one scrapbook page using your photos and captions.
MATH
Directions: Complete the REQUIRED Box, as well as 8 other
activities/problems of your choice.
REQUIRED:
What time is it
If Mia painted
Find the perimeter and
Study and practice now? What time
400 fingernails, area of your front or
multiplication facts will it be in 6 1⁄2 how many
back door. Record and
to become or
explain.
hours? What time
people did she
remain fluent. This was it 15 minutes
see that day in
means you should
ago? 18 minutes
her shop? If the
be able to answer a ago?
vet examined 26
fact question in 3
dogs, how many
seconds.
paws did she
see?
Draw a picture that
only uses
geometric shapes.
Identify as many
shapes as possible.
Make a table to
show how many of
each shape was
used.
If you get up at
7:30 and need to
be at your friend’s
at 8:15, how much
time do you have
to get ready if it
takes you 10 min.
to walk there?
Use the numbers
4, 5, 3, and 2 and
any operations
(+,-,x,÷) to create
at least 10 story
problems that all
have different
answers.
www.bedtimemath.org
Fill a sandwich bag
with cereal.
Estimate how
many pieces are in
the bag. Count to
see how many
there are. Find the
difference
between your
estimate and the
actual number.
What number do
you add to 74 to
get 100? What are
2 numbers you can
add to 245 to get
300?
How many
seconds are in 5
minutes? How
many minutes
are in 4 hours?
How many
seconds are in 2
1⁄2 minutes?
When you buy school
supplies (backpack,
clothes, etc...) keep
track of the amount you
spend. Total up the
cost.
For 5 days record
the temperature.
Temp ________
Temp ________
Temp ________
Temp ________
Survey 5 people
about their favorite
ice cream or
popsicle flavor.
Create a pictograph
with a key to show
In the number
75,643 what
number is in the
hundreds place?
Ten thousands
place? Rearrange the
John has $10.00. John
needs to buy two pens
for $1.29 each. Estimate
how much it will cost.
Find the exact total &
change.
245+___+___= 300
Read a math story. See
how many problems
you can solve.
Temp ________
the results.
numbers to
create the
smallest number.
Make the largest
and the smallest
numbers you can
using 4, 1, 7, 8, 5,
and 2. Find their
difference and their
sum.
I am thinking of
an even number.
It is greater than
7 x 6 and less
than 6 x 10. It has
a factor of 7.
What numbers
can I be?
Graph the results.
Ben has 6 square
tiles. Each tile has
a width of 8 inches.
He lays the tiles
down in a long
row. What is the
perimeter of the
row of tiles?
Complete the problems
using >, <, =:
471 _____147
19 + 7 ____9 + 20
4 x 9 ____ 6 x 6