Teaching 4th Grade Math Multiplication Comparisons
When students learn about multiplication, they often struggle to move beyond simple addition. Most fourth graders arrive at this topic already comfortable with the idea that multiplication is just repeated addition. They see 4 times 5 and immediately think of four... read more
Supporting Your Ideas with Reasons and Evidence for 4th Grade
I see it every year in my 4th grade English Language Arts class. When we examine informational text, students are great at picking out the main point, but they tend to stop there. They treat every sentence in a paragraph like it carries the same weight, failing to... read more
Teaching Fluency in 4th Grade English Language Arts
A small farming village sits beside the river where the farmer works each day. It is a quiet, simple sentence, but for a 4th grade student, it is the perfect place to start talking about what fluency actually sounds like in practice. When you listen to your students... read more
4th Grade Mathematics Lessons on Fractions and Mixed Numbers
When fourth graders begin to really grapple with fractions, they often trip over the idea that these numbers act like whole numbers just with an extra line involved. They try to add the denominators or treat the numerators as isolated integers. This Building Fractions... read more