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4th Grade Grammar Resources

33 4th grade grammar resources: 10 videos, 9 songs, 8 worksheets and more. How teachers use these

4th Grade Grammar Resources

33 4th grade grammar resources: 10 videos, 9 songs, 8 worksheets and more. How teachers use these

Game
Game4th GradeGreek and Latin Roots Game

A retro arcade game where 4th grade kids read each clue and tap the critter holding the matching word, using Greek and Latin roots like tele, scope, port and graph. Play online on any phone, tablet, Chromebook or computer.

Bundle
Bundle4th GradeScience Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeSubject of the Sentence Worksheet

Students underline, write, and build complete subjects in this Subject of the Sentence Worksheet, a three-part grammar page for 4th grade. An answer key is included, so checking work takes only seconds.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeContractions Flash Cards

These contractions flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students see how two words join to make a contraction, with 24 fold-over cards and a practice page. Answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeAdjective Flash Cards

These adjective flash cards help kindergarten through 4th grade children describe 18 bright pictures with fold-over word cards and model sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

Video
Video4th GradeNoun Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Noun Song (Lyric Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use adjectives in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradePrefix Flash Cards

These prefix flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn 24 common prefixes, their meanings and an example word for each. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeSuffix Flash Cards

Students learn 24 common suffixes, their meanings and example words with these suffix flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Video
Video4th GradeVerb Rap Song (MP3)

Using the Verb Rap Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeQuotation Marks Punctuation Worksheet

This quotation marks punctuation worksheet gives 4th grade students practice with split quotations: they check six sentences for errors, then rewrite five with two sets of marks. An answer key is included.

Video
Video4th GradeSubject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Subject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use subjects and predicates in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeNoun Flash Cards

These noun flash cards for preschool to 4th grade pair 18 bright pictures with their nouns so children learn people, places, animals, and things. Answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeInterjection Flash Cards

These interjection flash cards teach K to 4th grade students 18 lively words like Wow! and Oops!, the feelings they show and how to use them. A practice page and answer key are included.

Video
Video4th GradeVerb Rap Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Verb Rap Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Video
Video4th GradeAdjective Song (MP3)

Using the Adjective Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use adjectives in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

Activity
Activity4th GradeProofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity

This proofreading capitalization and punctuation activity gives 2nd to 5th grade students 16 self-checking detective cards for fixing sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

Bundle
Bundle4th GradeSongs for Kids (MP3 Album)

Songs for Kids Download by Have Fun Teaching has 18 fun and educational songs for kids.

Video
Video4th GradeSimile Song (Original Music Video)

Using this Simile Song (Original Music Video), your students learn about how to use similes in order to bring emotion and feeling into their writing.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeSubject Predicate New Sentences Worksheet

This subject predicate new sentences worksheet has 4th graders underline a complete subject or predicate in each sentence, then rewrite it with a new part of their own. An answer key with sample sentences is included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeCommon and Proper Nouns Flash Cards

Using this Common and Proper Nouns Flash Cards, students sort the Common and Proper Flash Cards to the appropriate category.

From our teachers' playbook

Sentences with style

What do 4th graders learn about grammar?

Fourth graders learn to build complete sentences and fix fragments and run-ons. They identify the subject and predicate, use relative pronouns like who and which, and put adjectives in the right order (a small red ball). They punctuate dialogue with quotation marks and commas, use progressive verb tenses like "was running," and choose the right homophone (their, there, they're). The click is when a student reads their own writing and spots the run-on before the teacher does.

Our favorite ways to teach grammar

Grammar sticks when kids hear it, see it and use it in their own writing.

Sing the sentence parts

Play a subject and predicate song, then write a silly sentence on the board. Kids underline the subject once and the predicate twice. The song gives them the definitions; the practice right after makes them stick.

Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).

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Who or what is it about?

Model finding the subject by asking "Who or what is this sentence about?" and the predicate by asking "What did they do?" Then turn fragments into full sentences together. The two questions become kids' go-to tool.

Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Punctuate the talking

Give kids a comic strip and have them rewrite the speech bubbles as sentences with quotation marks. Mix in different speakers and tag placements. Dialogue makes punctuation rules feel purposeful.

Why it works: shuffled practice teaches kids to choose the right strategy, not just repeat one, and it improved test scores in research (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What grammar do 4th graders learn?

Complete sentences, fragments and run-ons, subjects and predicates, relative pronouns, progressive verb tenses, adjective order, commonly confused words and punctuating dialogue.

How do I teach run-on sentences?

Read the sentence aloud and listen for where a breath naturally goes. Show three fixes: a period, a comma plus a conjunction, or rewriting. Practice with kids' own writing.

Should grammar be taught separately or through writing?

Both work best together. Short focused lessons teach the rule, and applying it in their own writing makes it stick.

How can I help my 4th grader with grammar at home?

Read together and point out interesting sentences. Play "fix the sentence" games and let them be the editor of a family note or email.