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How Can I Practice at Home?

As a fourth grade student, it is time for you to take up the responsibility of your learning. You will still have guidance and coaching, but how much you learn is largely due to how hard you work for it. Now you should have some basic foundations that you can build on.

Mathematics

One place you can focus is fact fluency. Do you know all your "Friends of Ten"? Can you answer what 6 x 7 is without having to use fingers or write it down. I didn't fully learn all my multiplication facts until tenth grade. As a Challenge student, it made it really difficult because it took me so long to figure out the fact, and the problem my class was working on might have 10 steps. To become fluent, practice with the facts. Some students will learn them really easily and quickly. Some, like me, need a bit more practice. Don't worry about how quickly or slowly other students learn. Take care of you. YOU are worth the investment in your own learning! Use flash cards, 99math, Prodigy, or SplashLearn. Write the fact families out. Have someone quiz you at home. You are worth the time!

In class, make sure you take notes! Remember, your adult probably didn't learn these strategies when they were in school. If you can show them what we're doing in class, they may be able to use the words that make sense to you. But, it won't help either of you for you to say, "That's not what Mrs. Sanders did. I don't know what she did."

Reading

The best thing you can do to become a better reader is....READ! Read everything! Nonfiction is everywhere! Read magazines about your favorite video games. (No, reading the closed captions on a YouTube video do not count. That is being read to you, and it does not always accurately translate.) Read the coupon flyers that come in the mail.. Read road signs. Read the information on your favorite cereal box. Don't forget you have access to digital books through your Student Backpack.

Writing

Reading is about taking in what another person thinks. Writing is about expressing yourself. Write in a journal. Don't worry about your sentence structure or spelling, we can focus more on that in school. Write a letter to a relative who lives far away. Write poetry. Want to be a famous singer when you grow up? Write lyrics! The more you practice the better you get. Do not ever say you cannot write. That's like saying you have nothing of value to add to the world. Remember, we're "better together". Our world is a rainbow of color and you have a place in that! Write for yourself. Or write to share with others. Write in response to what matters to you. Find your voice!