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GRADE 4 MATH

 

Day 1: Have your child identify what number he would add to 6 to get to 13 (7), to 9 to get to 18 (9), to 8 to get to 12 (4)


Day 2: Have your child read 5 and 6 digit numbers. Write the number 260,931 and have your child read it to you.


Day 3: Have your child add 400 to the number 230,194 and write the new number. Have your child add 20, 000 to the same number and write the new number.


Day 4: Write the number

  • 528,102
  • 57,090
  • 7,044,709 .

Have your child read the numbers to you.


Day 5: Have your child add and subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers.

  • (33 - 17 (16)
  • 60 - 25 (35)
  • 158 + 93 (251)
  • 308 -74 (234) etc.

Day 6: Have your child fill in the missing numbers; 20, __, __, __, __, 30( count by 2s); 50, __, __, __, __, __, 80 (count by 5s); 10, __, __, __, __, __, 70 (count by 10s).


Day 7: Write or say the number 8,093,143 what is the value of the number 9? What digit is in the millions place?


Day 8: Have your child answer multiplication facts for 2s through 5s (2x5, 3x6, 4x7, 5x8, etc.).


Day 9: Have your child answer multiplication facts from 6s through 9s (6x7, 7x8, 8x5, 9x4, etc.).


Day 10: Have your child answer true or false;

  • 22+13 =35 (T)
  • 16+8=58 (F)
  • 14+6=40 (F)
  • 51-25=24 (F)
  • 3x(4 +5)=27 (T).

Day 11: Have your child solve for x.

  • x/6 = 5 (X=30)
  • 17 -x = 8 (x=9)
  • 4 x 5 = 30 -x (x=10).

Day 12: Have your child make up a word problem using this information; Sara was born July , 1985. Her brother Joe was born in June of 1988. Sara's dad was 32 when she was born. Her older sister is 5 years older than she is. ( example answer: How old was her dad when her brother was born? (Her dad was 35 years old)


Day 13: Have your child name two numbers between 1 and 2 using decimals. (i.e. 1.7, 1.5, etc.)


Day 14: Have your child write "one and fourty six hundreds" with digits (1.46).


Day 15: Have your child identify the answer to this word problem. Mrs. Tennet had $208.37 in her savings account. She withdrew $52.50. A week later she deposited $48.00. What is the new balance in her savings account? ($193.87)


Day 16: Have your child draw a 200 angle and label it.


Day 17: Have your child draw a 1200 angle and label it.


Day 18: Have your child look at a geographical map and locate a specific point, label it in terms of longitude and latitude.


Day 19: Jackie is saving for tennis camp. If she puts $40.00 in the bank each week, how much will she have saved after 20 weeks ($800.00).


Day 20: Have your child identify greater than or less than ;

  • 10,000,000 _____ 7,508,976 (>)
  • 750.000 ____1.5 million (<)
  • 1 billion ______109 (=)

Day 21: Have your child round off this number, 16,986,510,

  • To the nearest million (17,000,000)
  • To the nearest thousand (16,987,000).

Day 22: Have your child solve these problems;

  • 9 x 67 = (603)
  • 115 x 7 = (805)


Day 23: Have your child write one-tenth as a fraction. (1/10); one-tenth as a decimal (0.1).


Day 24: Have your child write one-hundredth as a fraction (1/100); one hundredth as a decimal (0.01)



Day 25: Have your child write three tenths as a fraction (3/10); three tenths as a decimal (0.3).


Day 26: Stewart made 15 out of 30 shoots in the school basketall contest. What fraction of the shots did he make? (15/30 or 1/2). What percent of the shots did he make (50%). At this rate how may shots would he make if he took 100 shots? (50)


Day 27: Have your child do these division problems.

  • 94 divided by 5 (18 R4)
  • 188 divided by 8 (23 R4)
  • 324 divided by 12 (27).


Day 28: Have your child solve this problem ; Sherrie works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. She earns $56 per day. How much does she earn per hour? ($7.00). How much does she earn per week? ($280.00)


Day 29: Have your child round to the nearest tenth of a cent. A 46 ounce can of juice costs $2.75, what is the unit price per ounce? (5.9 cents). A 6 ounce can of soda costs 34 cents. What is the price per ounce (5.7 cents).


Day 30: Have your child solve fold a sheet of paper into six equal parts. Shade in three parts. What fraction is shaded? (1/2) What fraction is not? (1/2) What percent is shaded? (50%) What percent is not? (50%)


Day 31: Have your child find a graph in a magazine or newspaper charting specific data. Have your child develop math problems comparing this data (i.e. Which one is greater? How much more? Etc.).


 

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GRADE 4 READING

Day 1: Have your child print an emergency list for your family. Put one list by each phone.


Day 2: Have your child start a collection of things he found at the park or seashore.


Day 3: How many compound words can your child find at home? Have your child write them down.


Day 4: Have your child list 5 summer sports he can play.


Day 5: Have your child start a diary or a journal and write in it every day.


Day 6: Have your child search for a number in the phone book. Plan a trip to the library.


Day 7: Have your child name the planets and check her answers in the encyclopedia.


Day 8: Have your child keep a record of family outings. Who? What? Where? When?


Day 9: Have your child look at the TV guide and list the days and times of favorite shows.


Day 10: Have your child identify what state he lives in and find it on the map.


Day 11: Have your child make a dinner dessert following directions from a cookbook.


Day 12: Have your child read a story to a small child - practice first.


Day 13: Have your child make up a play using a fairy tale.


Day 14: Have your child play a game. (boggle, scrabble or spill and spell).


Day 15: Have your child read a kids page in the newspaper.


Day 16: Have your child draw a diagram of the rooms in your house and label them.


Day 17: Have your child take a nature walk at home. Have them draw and write about what they saw.


Day 18: Have your child read her journal and draw a picture about it.


Day 19: Have your child write a poem about his favorite animal and illustrate it.


Day 20: Have your child organize her bookshelve by subject.


Day 21: Have your child read a syndicated column in the newspaper.


Day 22: Have your child pretend she has $500.00. Have her cut from sales brochures what she would buy.


Day 23: Have your child list clothes games and books to take on vacation.


Day 24: Have your child help organize coupons and throw away expired ones.


Day 25: How many nursery rhymes does your child know? Have him make a list.


Day 26: Have your child write her name in column form and write adjectives after each letter.


Day 27: Have your child make a map of how to get from her house to a friend's house.


Day 28: Have your child play I spy with the colors of the rainbow.


Day 29: Have your child write a letter to a grandparent or relative. Have her address the envelope.


Day 30: Have your child call a friend and trade some books to read.


Day 31: Have your child make a chart of his room. Have him label the furniture and color.

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