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4th Grade Specials Resources

30 4th grade specials resources: 16 activities, 4 worksheets, 3 assessments and more, covering technology, art, music, plus 3 more topics. How teachers use these

4th Grade Specials Resources

30 4th grade specials resources: 16 activities, 4 worksheets, 3 assessments and more, covering technology, art, music, plus 3 more topics. How teachers use these

Activity
Activity4th GradeLight Bulb Cut Outs

This light bulb cut outs worksheet gives 4th grade students four bulbs to fill with electricity facts, color and cut out, making a bright science bulletin board that celebrates what the whole class has learned.

Activity
Activity4th GradeCircle Cut Outs

These Circle Cut Outs will quickly give you templates for classroom decoration or student activities.

Assessment
Assessment4th GradeMy Computer Died Reading Comprehension Worksheet

An original fiction story about a laptop that dies the night before a big report is due. This My Computer Died Reading Comprehension Worksheet builds 4th grade text-evidence skills, and a complete answer key is included.

Activity
Activity4th GradeDonut Cut Outs

These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

Bundle
Bundle4th GradeFitness Songs (MP3 Album)

This Fitness Songs (MP3 Album) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!

Activity
Activity4th GradeLet's Publish My Writing Activity

Let's Publish My Writing Activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade writers pick a prompt card, plan, and type one full page on the computer, then check their work with a publishing checklist.

Workbook
Workbook4th GradeHealth and Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook

Health & Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook includes 38 Phonics-themed Stories. 5 test questions per story. Progress Reports.

Activity
Activity4th GradeCloud Cut Outs

These Cloud Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

Flash Cards
Flash Cards4th GradeFamous Painters Flash Cards

These famous painters flash cards help K-5th Grade students match twelve artists to paintings in their style, with an answer key included, so kids grow a real eye for art.

Activity
Activity4th GradeName That Landform Smartboard Game

Using Name That Landform Smartboard Game, students look at each picture and decide what type of landform is shown

Activity
Activity4th GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity4th GradeHow Much Will It Absorb Diaper STEAM Activity

Run the How Much Will It Absorb Diaper STEAM Activity as a real lab for 4th to 6th grade: test diaper gel, convert capacity units, and design a diaper, with an answer key included.

Activity
Activity4th GradeDigital Dilemma Research Activity

Students hunt for U.S. government facts with this digital dilemma research activity for 3rd to 5th grade, checking each answer in a website and a book. An answer key is included.

Activity
Activity4th GradeEvidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity

Using this Evidence Olympics Authors Purpose Activity, students try to earn a gold medal during Evidence Olympics by reading a passage and finding evidence to support an author's point.

Assessment
Assessment4th GradeTina Turner Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Tina Turner Reading Comprehension Worksheet tells the story of a singer who never gave up, then asks 4th Grade readers to find the main idea, use context clues, and explain what happened. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity4th GradePublish It Writing on the Computer Activity

Using Publish It Writing on the the Computer Activity, students use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

4th GradeMarvelous Musician Reward Certificate

Using the Marvelous Musician Reward Certificate, your student will feel celebrated and recognized for their marvelous musical skills.

Worksheet
Worksheet4th GradeRules of Design for Art Worksheet

Use this Rules of Design for Art Worksheet to help 4th grade students match, identify, and apply balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, and unity. Answer key included for quick checking.

From our teachers' playbook

Art, music, tech and more

What do 4th graders learn in specials?

Specials give 4th graders room to create, move and explore. In art, they learn design rules like balance, contrast and pattern, and study famous painters. In music, they explore how songs are built and how musicians tell stories. In technology, they practice research, slideshow presentations and staying safe online. STEAM challenges and fitness round it out. The click is when kids see that art, music and technology use the same thinking as math, reading and science.

Our favorite ways to teach specials

These moves bring creativity and real skills into every special.

Meet a painter

Show a famous painter's card and one of their works. Kids describe what they notice: colors, lines, mood. Then they create a small piece in that painter's style. Looking closely first makes their own art more thoughtful.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Read about real tech problems

Read a short story about a computer crash and talk about what to do: save often, back up, ask for help. Kids answer questions and write their own tech tips. Reading makes digital lessons concrete.

Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

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Design with the rules

Teach one design rule at a time, like contrast or balance. Kids make a quick sketch that shows it, then explain their choice to a partner. Naming the rule helps them use it on purpose.

Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What are specials in elementary school?

Specials are classes outside the core subjects, such as art, music, physical education, technology and library. Some schools also include STEAM or world languages.

What do 4th graders learn in art class?

They study design elements like line, color, shape and texture, design principles like balance and contrast, and famous artists. They also practice drawing, painting and craft skills.

What technology skills do 4th graders need?

Typing, safe online research, creating simple presentations, saving and organizing files and good digital citizenship. These skills support all their other subjects.

Can specials activities be done at home?

Yes! Art projects, music listening, STEAM experiments and fitness songs all work at home. Printables make it easy to pick one and start.