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4th Grade Reading Comprehension Activities: Ideas, Projects, And Strategies

November 13, 2023 //  by  Suzanne Bucknam

Having your students be engaged in literary activities is a great way to get them excited about reading and answering questions. 4th grade students will enjoy creating or responding to these activities listed below. These projects can be altered depending on the questions you are working with, the books they are currently reading or the context you are hoping to use them in.

Using the same tools consistently will give the students an idea about what questions to expect, which always makes students more comfortable. You can more components to most of these activities or you can simplify them by eliminating certain sections.

1. Beach Ball Socratic Method

Using this fun and engaging activity will bring learning to life at a 4th grade level . You can also encourage your students to speak in full sentences by referring to these sentence stems. This activity can be done after a read-aloud.

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2. Roll and Retell

All that is required for this activity is a few dice. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in large groups to discuss different elements of the short story or book they are reading. Your 4th grade students will feel like they are playing a board game while they are learning.

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3. Build and Explain

Simply cutting and pasting or drawing symbols directly onto these cups is a comprehension activity that makes use of images to prompt retelling. Students could design and create their own stack or you can have a class set. Alternatively, this activity would be effective with small groups as well.

Learn More: Teach Outside The Box

4. Reading Comprehension Bracelets

This reading comprehension activity is easy to customize. You can change up the color codes of the beads if you do not have these on hand or students can make a necklace instead of a bracelet, depending on their preferences. They can take it home or keep it at school.

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5. Book Talks with Talking Points

Add these fun key-ring tools to your next book talk session. This aid will even be handy with 3rd grade kids or even older students. The students will answer questions based on the prompt they flip to. Each student could have their own copy or you could make only one.

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6. Reading Cootie Catcher 

This idea is a fun spin and variation on an old favorite game that provokes nostalgia with many young students. They will begin by picking a color and then, the activity expands to having them answer multiple-choice and extended-response questions. Answering these questions is an essential skill.

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7. Yellow Brick Road

Students can create their own yellow brick road stones to discuss different components of a story, which is an essential skill or they can work on their inferencing skills. 1st graders, 2nd graders, and even 5th graders will understand the movie references hidden inside this game.

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8. Cheeseburger Book Report

One of the benefits of this activity is that the teacher can decide if they want students to add additional content by adding more condiments to their cheeseburger. Students can write in simple complete sentences, complex sentences, or point form.

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9. Text Clues

Making predictions, using text clues, and making inferences based on the given information in a text are lifelong skills that students must master. Having them create this visual craft will assist them in writing down their thoughts and allow them to be creative with their project designs.

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10. Asking Good Questions

Having students answer questions about the who, what, where, when, why, and how of a story is a reading skill that needs to be developed. Having them create and design this craft will make sure they don’t forget to answer any of these important questions when asked.

11. Acronyms | Context Clues

Fourth graders absolutely love acronyms. To be honest, when I’m teaching I sometimes still reference acronyms I was taught in elementary school. Using the IDEAS acronym to teach context clues can help readers to decipher different meanings throughout passages.

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12. Close Readings

Close readings are essential to a classroom that’s trying to really use all of the different reading strategies. There are so many insightful and interesting reading passages available, meaning that your students will be excited about close readings.

Pro tip: These can be done collaboratively to enhance reading fluency and understanding.

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13. Reading Exit Tickets

Exit tickets are great because they can literally be tailored to almost anything you’re teaching. They also act as an informal assessment and being used as an  exit to leave the classroom can be helpful in pushing kiddos to get them done.

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14. Think, Mark, Chart

Having a Think, Mark, Chart anchor chart in the classroom can be very beneficial to readers of all levels. Create this chart together at the beginning of the year and keep it up all year! If students have questions during reading, it’s important to redirect their attention back to the chart and explain you’ll go through the passage together after.

Pro tip: Make this into small sheets of paper that students can keep on their desks or in their reading notebooks.

Learn More: Just a Primary Girl

15. Summarizing

Summarizing is so important for developing strong readers. When summarizing, teachers are getting students to break down what they read into smaller, more comprehensible pieces. In some cases, students will begin to automatically do this as they read, making their comprehension abilities much stronger.

Learn More: Mrs. Capulong’s Classroom

16. Breaking Down Reading Standards

Reading comprehension activities aren’t only helpful to students, but also helpful to teachers. If you’re new to fourth grade, you’ve noticed the intensity that the reading standards hold. Making it more important to have a complete understanding of them before being able to teach reading successfully.

Learn More: LiteracyTA

17. Vocabulary Builder Flip Book

My students absolutely love making flip books! Hidden inside these coloring pages are vocabulary words, figurative language, or really any skill your heart desires that students will reference time and time again.

Pro tip: Have students create their very own flipbooks with this video.

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18. Main Idea and Details

Introduce or remind students about the main idea and details with this super simple web activity. Students will be hooked on how easy it is to decipher between the main ideas and the details and excited for whatever lesson you have planned next!

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19. Reading Levels

In grade 4, reading levels vary across the board. In some cases, readers are very advanced and above reading level, while on the other hand, some readers are quite far below the average fourth-grade reading level. Making sure that students know and understand their levels will help the child with comprehension.

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20. Strategy Mini Books

Teaching and helping students to integrate core comprehension skills into their daily reading should be top of the list. Using these little mini books that are filled with comprehension strategies, will help students to have a reference point when they are stuck or unsure. Not only fostering daily comprehension, but also independence.

21. Create a Story Map

Creating a story map will literally provide students with a visual of the story elements. This visual will help students to build background knowledge that is an essential tool in retelling the story.

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22. What is Reading?

Across grade levels, it is essential that students fully understand what the purpose of reading is. At the 4th-grade level, students are beginning to pertain a deeper understanding of what they’re learning. An activity with this anchor chart can be a great way to really foster the total knowledge and understanding of reading.

Learn More: Teaching with Terhune

23. Jenga Story Retell

Turn Jenga into the perfect classroom version, good for a variety of subjects. Honestly, Jenga is one of the best games to integrate into your classroom. Whether you’re focusing on story retelling, vocabulary terms, spelling words, or comprehension topics, you can’t go wrong with this purchase.

Pro tip: Write the questions or tasks on a piece of paper and tape them to the blocks.

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24. Heads Up

If you’ve heard of Heads Up, then you can imagine why this would be so much fun for 4th graders. Get rid of that boring old vocabulary worksheet and allow students to learn through play! You can simply write the vocabulary words on an index card and have them hold the cards up to their heads while other students act it out!

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25. Comprehension Short Stories

Youtube short stories are great for developing so many different reading skills. One of the best parts of this comprehension activity is hearing different voices and accents. Varying accents and voices will help students to be able to work with different listening skills.

Learn More: Making English Fun

26. Sight Words

Sight words only get more difficult as students get older, but they never lose their importance. For effective reading comprehension, students should have strong fluency skills. Working on 4th grade sight words can help to build those. Whether you use this as a whole class activity or in small centers, it is sure to help students with their sight word fluency!

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27. 4th Grade Read Alouds

Are you looking for stories that are great for 4th grade? Maybe an entire playlist for that matter? Read Alouds are extremely important for blossoming readers. This comprehension bundle can be used to simply enhance fluency or paired with a comprehension worksheet.

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28. Making Connections

Making connections helps students to really delve deep and put meaning to the words they’re reading. This video will give students an overview of different strategies in order to make connections.

Learn More: Education Galaxy

29. Riddles

Riddles help students to think more in-depth about what they’re hearing or reading. Sometimes a simple Youtube video like this can spark kids to put on their thinking caps and be ready for a comprehension article or some graphic organizers.

Learn More: Mango Kids

30. Create a Game Show! 

Creating a game show or matching games through Wordwall can be a great way to motivate your kiddos to want to read and have a deeper understanding of what they read. Whether you allow students to create their own game shows are you create them, they’ll always look forward to it!

Learn More: Worldwall

31. Create a Comprehension Video Lesson

Creating a comprehension video lesson is super simple and could be very beneficial without your kids even knowing! You can use Edpuzzle to create a video, including any of your own or sourced material online, and add questions or prompts. The best part is, if your kids want to keep watching, they’ll need to answer the questions to move on!

32. Reading Comprehension Cubes

Instead of printable worksheets this year in your centers, try out reading comprehension cubes! Students will love the hands-on rolling of these dice and love working collaboratively even more! Either have students record their answers in notebooks or aloud to each other.

Learn More: To Elementary and Beyond

33. Reading Response Options

Providing students with a variety of different response options is defiantly a go-to comprehension activity. This not only provides students with choices but also helps them to be more confident in effective reading comprehension.

Learn More: Ashleigh Education Journey

34. Book Club

Book clubs provide students with a place to hold discussions and comfortably ask and answer questions about a book they’re reading! Providing students with book club talking points can help students to ask important comprehension questions collaboratively.

Learn More: Falling in Love with 4th

35. Create Poetry Books

Poetry is a way to teach comprehension through short and often complex sentences. These sentences help students to build awareness around the many meanings found. A poetry book can go along with your poetry unit in fourth grade! Students will love decorating and creating these masterpieces.

36. Inference Detectives

Becoming inference detectives is a great way to help students learn how to make inferences and draw conclusions! These activities are packed with so much fun and students will absolutely love solving them. Don’t worry they all come equipped with an answer key to help save teachers’ prep time!

37. Reading Quotes

A fourth-grade classroom is essential for reading comprehension and fluency. Having reading quotes around the room is one of the best ways to incline to students build a love for reading. One fun activity that my students love is creating posters of reading quotes! If we have some free time, I allow reading groups to choose a quote and create a poster.

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38. For the Love of Reading

Giving students different devices that will motivate them to read is a great way to really spice up their comprehension and fluency. These punch cards are super simple and can be so motivating to students and parents.

Final Thoughts

Having tools for students to access will allow them to visualize and better understand the story or book they are working with in your class. You can either create these resources yourself and make one copy of your entire class to use or you can have students work with their hands to design their own copy of these crafts that they can always keep with them to refer back to when you tell them to or when they feel they need to.

Giving your students the opportunity to access these supports will build them for success and give them ownership of their learning.

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4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 4th grade reading comprehension activities below are coordinated with the 4th grade spelling words curriculum on a week-to-week basis, so both can be used together as part of a comprehensive program, or each can be used separately. The worksheets include fourth grade appropriate reading passages and related questions. Each worksheet (as well as the spelling curriculum ) also includes a cross-curricular focus on earth science, physical science, history, social sciences, mathematics and life sciences. This allows students to build their reading comprehension skills and reinforce knowledge in other subject areas. There are 36 weeks of fourth grade worksheets, following most standard school year calendars.

Be sure to check out all of our reading comprehension worksheets .

Anatomy of a Circle

Week 30 Reading Comprehension (D-30). A short explanation about the radius, diameter, and center of a circle. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Basic Geometry Terms

Week 25 Reading Comprehension (D-25). A short summry of the different terms used in geometry. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Branches of Government

Week 29 Reading Comprehension (D-29). A reading segment about the different branches of government. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Chaparral Ecosystems

Week 3 Reading Comprehension (D-3). A passage and questions about relatively rare shrubland communities called Chaparral ecosystems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 20 Reading Comprehension (D-20). A short passage about electricity, conductors, and static electricity. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Discrimination Against Gold Rush Immigrants

Week 15 Reading Comprehension (D-15). Comprehension activity about the discrimination against gold rush immigrants in the 1850?s. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Eastern Woodland Natives

Week 32 Reading Comprehension (D-32). Reading passage about the Eastern Woodlands, a Native American cultural region. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Ecology: Taking Care of Earth

Week 36 Reading Comprehension (D-36). A description about the study of ecology and what it involves. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Week 2 Reading Comprehension (D-2). Reading segment about ecosystems, organisms, and communities. Cross-Curricular Focus:Life Science.

Endangered Species

Week 11 Reading Comprehension (D-11). A life science reading comprehension passage about endangered species. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Eratosthenes: Geographer and Mathematician

Week 16 Reading Comprehension (D-16). A short story and related questions about the world’s first geographer. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences / Mathematics

Week 10 Reading Comprehension (D-10). A reading segment about using estimation in mathematics. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Evaluating Efficiency

Week 33 Reading Comprehension (D-33). A passage about determining the best way to solve problems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Expressions with Parentheses

Week 13 Reading Comprehension (D-13). A reading segment about how parentheses are used in solving math problems. Cross-Curricular Focus: Mathematics.

Gold Rush Boomtowns

Week 19 Reading Comprehension (D-19). A passage about the origination of boomtowns during the gold rush in California. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Hide and Seek

Week 8 Reading Comprehension (D-8). A reading passage and questions about the role of camouflage in the predator-prey relationship. Cross-Curricular Focus: Life Science.

Import Export

Week 21 Reading Comprehension (D-21). How early American colonies imported and exported products. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

Magnetic Attraction

Week 23 Reading Comprehension (D-23). A reading comprehension passage about the properties of magnetism. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Measuring Temperature

Week 35 Reading Comprehension (D-35). A segment about temperature and the different scales used for measurement. Cross-Curricular Focus: Physical Science.

Natural Resources

Week 6 Reading Comprehension (D-6). Passage and questions about renewable and non-renewable natural resources. Cross-Curricular Focus: History / Social Sciences.

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14 Fun 4th Grade Reading Ideas

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Looking for some fun 4th grade reading ideas? Reading is a gateway to endless adventures, and for fourth graders, it’s an important time to explore and find joy in the process. I always found it helpful to start with some fun and creative ideas to use with my students. From escape rooms to reading buddies, these ideas are sure to make reading enjoyable and interactive. Dive in to discover how you can change reading from a routine task into an exciting journey for young readers! 

4th Grade Reading Ideas

1. Reading Passages and ELA Centers

This bundle contains 9 months of reading and ELA games, passages, and activities for students. Perfect for centers, group work, early finishers, or a whole class activity, each month contains multiple reading passages as well as games and activities to engage students and keep things fresh throughout the year!

2. Author Study

Choosing an author to focus on as a class or for students to research in groups is a great way to experience the wide variety of genres and stories out there. You can keep things fresh by focusing on a new author every month or even quarter, sprinkling in multiple genres and backgrounds! This 4th grade reading idea is great for exploration!

3. Book to Movie Comparison

Choose a book or even a few that have been adapted into movies and have students read them individually or as a class. At the end of reading, have students watch the movie and then write a summary comparing and contrasting the two. Such a fun way to dive into literary and cinematic elements!

4. Theme Park Reading Comprehension Escape Room

This 4th Grade Reading Idea contains five reading tasks for students to complete either individually or in groups. After completing each activity, students earn theme park main attractions and eventually solve the escape room! Teacher directions and little to no prep adds an extra bonus!

5. Book Trailer Creation

After reading a book, have students create a short video trailer incorporating key elements that make the book exciting without giving away the story. Allow students to share trailers with one another to encourage book exploration!

6. Literature Journals

Have students create a personalize a journal where they can write reviews, summaries, sketch thoughts, or ask questions about books or stories they have read. Cater this 4th grade reading idea to readers struggling to find their groove by offering incentives for thoughtful entries!

7. Baseball Reading Escape Room Activity

In this 4th grade reading idea students are challenged to work in teams or on their own to collect missing baseball items by solving reading tasks. They can complete the escape room by collecting all of the missing items, which adds a fun and competitive element to completing reading tasks!

8. Blind “Date” With a Book

Have students bring in or choose a book they love, wrap it in butcher paper, and have them write a preview of the book. Add these covered books to a classroom collection and allow students to choose a book to read based only on the preview and nothing else. This is such a fun activity to expand reading horizons without judging a book by its cover!

9. Reading Buddies

This 4th grade reading idea involves pairing students with a “buddy” from a younger grade. Students can get together once a month or whenever time allows and read together. What a fun way for the older kids to practice reading aloud while the young students get to listen to a fun read aloud!

10. Travel to the Moon Reading Escape Room

In this escape room activity, students will work to complete 5 different moon or space related reading tasks to collect the boarding passes needed to solve the escape room! This 4th grade reading idea is perfect for group or individual work with little to no prep!

11. Readers Theater

Using stories or reading passages for students to act out is great no matter the grade level! I love asking students to act out important scenes or chapters from books to practice comprehension and emphasis of important literary elements! This can be a great activity to mix up the usual written summary activities that come with reading longer texts.

12. Character Interviews  

Have students conduct interviews with characters from their favorite books. They can write questions and answers from the character’s perspective, promoting deeper understanding of character development. This 4th grade reading idea is a great way to get students to connect with the characters in their books!

13. Literary Scavenger Hunt

 Create a list of literary elements (e.g., similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia) for students to find in their reading materials. Award points for each element they discover. This is a great activity to get students comfortable with identifying literary elements within a text they are already reading!

14. Reading Olympics

Organize a reading competition where students earn points for each book they read. Set up teams and have them compete in various reading-related challenges. I have found that you can make any skill into the “olympics” to engage students and foster some friendly competition amongst the learning!

Once again, reading should be an enjoyable experience for students of all ages, but it does take some exploration to get there! I hope some of these 4th grade reading ideas have appealed to you and inspired a love of reading in your students!

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4th Grade Literacy Centers

Are you running centers in your classroom or are they running you?! If you want some fresh ideas for  4th Grade literacy centers, you’ve come to the right place.

I taught 4th grade for several years, and these are some of the literacy centers I’ve used in my classroom. Here you will find literacy activities for spelling, word work / sight word practice, reading comprehension, writing, and more.

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This post is also one part of a full series on helpful content geared toward literacy instruction in upper elementary classrooms. Here are the other posts to check out once you’ve read all of this post:

• Why You Need to Have Literacy Centers in Your Upper Elementary Classroom
• How I Use Choice Boards to Run Literacy Centers
• 3rd Grade Literacy Centers*
• 5th Grade Literacy Center Ideas*
• 5 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Literacy Centers (and how to fix them!)

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Literacy instruction includes vocabulary, spelling, sight word practice, writing, reading comprehension and fluency.

One of the best ways to teach all of the skills involves using literacy centers or literacy work stations.

Here are some ideas for literacy centers from my 4th-Grade classroom.

4th Grade Literacy Center for Spelling Practice: Emoji Spelling

One literacy skill that I strive to target through my centers is spelling.

Engaging and interesting work leads to more impactful learning, so make your literacy centers fun! 

I added a twist to this spelling literacy center by making it “emoji-themed,” which keeps this activity fun for students. Here’s how it works:

• Students write the words with “emoji-code.”
• They switch papers with someone to “crack their code” by writing the spelling words.

I have NEVER had a 4th-grader complain about practicing their spelling words with this literacy center idea!

I do not “grade” this worksheet, but I require my students to turn in their literacy centers worksheets for accountability.

Seeing their work also helps me gauge which students are improving their skills through literacy centers practice.

Literacy Work Station Sight Word Practice: Four in a Row

To continue building my students’ reading fluency, I have several games and activities geared toward sight word practice.

One of them is the Four in a Row Board Game.

This fourth-grade literacy center requires playing with a partner.

•  Flip over a sight word card to read out loud.
• If you have the matching word on your board, cover that space.
• The first person to get four words in a row wins that round.

I designed this center to spiral through different levels of sight words.

It’s also important to me that students have the option to work independently or with a partner, so this center can be used for both.

Recognizing words fluently leads to stronger reading comprehension skills. This game targets their word identification abilities during literacy practice time.

Writing Literacy Center Idea: Spin and Write

Finding time for student writing in the classroom continues to be an on-going challenge.

Jazzing up the fun factor on any assignment motivates students to participate and get involved more. 

Since my kiddos love spinners as much as they do emojis, I incorporated them with this literacy center writing activity.

I purchased these clear, durable spinners here.

Students use the spinners to land on a wheel that has nouns and verbs. Then they write a sentence using one noun and one verb that they land on.

This writing center helps me to see my students’:

• Understanding of grammar.
• Potential difficulties with forming complete sentences.
• Subject-verb agreement.
• Spelling and Handwriting

Literacy Work Station for Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes: The Word Maker

Upper elementary students need effective strategies for understanding multi-syllabic words and word family relationships.

Using graphic aids and visual organizers offer students a non-intimidating way to practice word parts. That’s why the The Word Maker literacy center comes in “word triangles.”

Here are the details for this 4th-grade literacy center:

• Students are given a root word or word part.
• They add prefixes and suffixes to make longer words.
• As an extra challenge, they use the new words they created in sentences. (MORE writing practice! YES!)

I laminate the triangles so that students can write with dry erase markers. (Instead of the normal sized Expo markers, we use these. They are more colorful and they’re washable.)

More Literacy Center Ideas for Fourth-Grade

Did you see an idea in this post that piqued your interest?

I LOVE ❤️ using stations to review and practice ELA and reading with 4th Graders. So, I could go on and on for days with this topic!

This video shows more details for you:

How Long Should Centers Be in 4th Grade?

Planning centers for upper elementary is impossible without considering time frames.

However, when it comes to how long Grade 4 centers should be, it depends on so many factors.

My sweet spot is around 90 minutes, which allows students to spend a minimum of 25 minutes at 3 different literacy stations.

25 x 3 = 75, which leaves you with 15 minutes for transitions, set-up, and clean-up time.

If you don’t have that much time to devote to your literacy block, don’t despair.

One year, all I had was one 45 minute block. My 4th graders that year got two 15-minute literacy activities with a cushion of 10 minutes for transition and prep.

Planning Your 4th Grade Stations

As you plan out how long your centers should be for 4th grade, keep these things in mind:

• Amount of total students you have
• How long your students need to transition (the more you model and prepare them for centers, the less transition time they need)
• Whether you’re going to use fixed groups or choice boards to manage your centers.

Not only will the answers to these areas help you map out the time-frame for your stations, but it will make center planning in general easier.

“How Do You Organize a Literacy Center?” More F.A.Q’s

I get so many questions about how I set up literacy centers in my classroom. Here are a few of the main ones:

• Are you self-contained? No. I teach Language Arts & Social Studies and I have a co-teacher who teaches Math & Science. We share the same full class of 4th graders, but we each have our “homeroom” group. Our students switch classes, and our classrooms are right across the hall from each other.
• How many students are in each group? I do not allow more than 4 students per literacy center. In fact, all of the centers mentioned above really only allow 2 students working on that center at a time.
• So how do you “group” your students? I start off the year by assigning fixed groups of 3-4 students and I MODEL behavior and procedures like crazy! But then I train my students to choose their own centers using Choice Boards. I have an entire detailed post on how I use choice boards HERE.
• Do you have fixed stations? My classroom layout isn’t big enough for literacy centers to be in the same spot, so I only use centers that students can grab and move around the room to different locations. This also helps control the number of kids completing each center. The only literacy center that stays put is my Technology Center where I have 4 desktop computers. Our school has one iPad cart for all the 3rd-5th grade teachers to share, and I also keep this center stationary so that I can keep a close eye on my students while they’re using the iPads.

A Detailed Guide Book for Planning Your 4th Grade Literacy Centers

Although the questions and answers above give a glimpse into how I set up and run literacy centers in my class, they are just scratching the surface!

There are so many details to keep in mind.

I wrote a quick guide with detailed answers to these questions PLUS literacy center planning pages for teachers.

This guide walks you through setting up centers and details this info:

• How to choose “groups” for your centers?
• A breakdown of different time frames and what to do for your literacy block during those time frames.
• Details on the best ways to differentiate your centers.
• Knowing whether to switch out your centers each week or not.
• Options on how to help students choose a center OR setting up fixed student groups.

I know how overwhelming it can be to get centers going in the classroom when you have a million other things to consider and do as a teacher!

Hopefully the ideas and info from this post can get the ball rolling for you.

The series of posts listed at the top also have ideas and tips for literacy centers.

As an added bonus, the blog post below (in the image) tells you everything you need to know if you’re new to teaching 4th grade.

Happy Teaching 🙂

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Thank you for the insight, great read indeed! I will be using these activities in my class.

That’s great to hear Caroline! Thanks for stopping by.

This was a great read and thank you for sharing! Looking forward to using the activities in my class.

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4th grade students are curious and full of wonderment. It's best if you put their energies to work reading appropriate leveled texts and practicing reading skills. And what better way to do that than with the activities on this page? This page has all of my reading worksheets written at the 4th grade level. I used this open source tool to determine the readability scores of my worksheets, but you should read and approve each of them yourself for quality and appropriateness before giving them to children. I encourage you to allow worksheets written for the next two grade levels as well. Reading scores vary wildly based on which algorithm one uses. The readability scores on this page are an average of those score. Still, it's sensible to open up the gates a bit to allow for a richer variety of appropriately leveled content. Click the button underneath this text to do so.

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Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test - This activity features a reading passage about metal detectors. Then they answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and long-response questions. This is great practice for standardized tests. View my readibility scores . Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test - This worksheet might save someone's life. It is a persuasive text about why people should wear seat belts. It has multiple-choice and long-response questions to promote authentic learning. View my readibility scores . Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test - Black Friday has become an increasingly important phenomenon in the world of consumers. Students can learn about this interesting ritual while practicing their reading skill with multiple-choice and extended-response questions. View my readibility scores . Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test - There sure are some strange birds out there. Hummingbirds are included in that group. Learn more about these unique pollinators in reading passage. Students answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and extended-response questions after the passage. View my readibility scores . Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test | RTF Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test | PDF Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test | Preview Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test | Answers Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test | Ereading Worksheet

Fact and Opinion Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has 25 statements about pizza. Students determine whether each statement is a fact or opinion. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Fact and Opinion Worksheet 4 | RTF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 4 | PDF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 4 | Preview Fact and Opinion Worksheet 4 | Answers

Fact and Opinion Worksheet 5 - This worksheet has 25 statements about cars. Students determine whether each is fact or opinion and then explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Fact and Opinion Worksheet 5 | RTF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 5 | PDF Fact and Opinion Worksheet 5 | Preview Fact and Opinion Worksheet 5 | Answers

Figurative Language Worksheet 7 - This worksheet has 10 more examples of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification. Students read each example, determine the technique, and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Figurative Language Worksheet 7 | RTF Figurative Language Worksheet 7 | PDF Figurative Language Worksheet 7 | Preview Figurative Language Worksheet 7 | Answers Figurative Language Worksheet 7 | Ereading Worksheet

Poetic Devices Worksheet 5 - This worksheet has 10 snippets of poetry, each rich in poetic devices. Students read each example and determine which techniques are being used: alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and /or rhythm. Then they refer to the text to explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Poetic Devices Worksheet 5 | RTF Poetic Devices Worksheet 5 | PDF Poetic Devices Worksheet 5 | Preview Poetic Devices Worksheet 5 | Answers

Poetic Devices and Figurative Language Worksheet - This worksheet reinforces students' knowledge of alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification. Students read 26 poetry snippets and identify the techniques used in each example. Then they refer to the text to explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Poetic Devices and Figurative Language Worksheet | RTF Poetic Devices and Figurative Language Worksheet | PDF Poetic Devices and Figurative Language Worksheet | Preview Poetic Devices and Figurative Language Worksheet | Answers

Inferences Worksheet 2 - This worksheet will give students some much needed practice with making inferences. How do I know that this practice is "much needed"? Because all students need more practice with making inferences. View my readibility scores . Inferences Worksheet 2 | RTF Inferences Worksheet 2 | PDF Inferences Worksheet 2 | Preview Inferences Worksheet 2 | Answers Inferences Worksheet 2 | Ereading Worksheet

Inferences Worksheet 4 - This worksheet has 4 more curious scenarios. Students read the passages and answer questions by making inferences from the text. Then they explain their answers by referring to the text. View my readibility scores . Inferences Worksheet 4 | RTF Inferences Worksheet 4 | PDF Inferences Worksheet 4 | Preview Inferences Worksheet 4 | Answers

Inferences Worksheet 5 - This worksheet features four reading passages, each followed by a series of inferential questions. Students read the passages and practice their inferencing skills by answering the questions. Then they support their answers with text. View my readibility scores . Inferences Worksheet 5 | RTF Inferences Worksheet 5 | PDF Inferences Worksheet 5 | Preview Inferences Worksheet 5 | Answers

Inferences Worksheet 8 - Wow, another double-sided inferences worksheet. This one has four more interesting scenarios and ten inferential questions. This worksheet also asks students to support their answers with textual evidence. View my readibility scores . Inferences Worksheet 8 | RTF Inferences Worksheet 8 | PDF Inferences Worksheet 8 | Preview Inferences Worksheet 8 | Answers

Infer the Setting Worksheet 2 - In this worksheet students read five very short passages and find clues that reveal the setting of each. They then describe the setting of each passage and support their answers with text. View my readibility scores . Infer the Setting Worksheet 2 | RTF Infer the Setting Worksheet 2 | PDF Infer the Setting Worksheet 2 | Preview Infer the Setting Worksheet 2 | Answers

Making Predictions 4 - Here is another predictions worksheet. This will help students practice making predictions based on text. View my readibility scores . Making Predictions 4 | RTF Making Predictions 4 | PDF Making Predictions 4 | Preview Making Predictions 4 | Answers

Point of View Worksheet | Works of Roald Dahl - Roald Dahl is a favorite writer among budding readers and their teachers for good reason. This worksheet has 9 paragraphs taken from his collection. Students identify the narrator's perspective in each paragraph and then explain their answers. This worksheet only asks students to distinguish between first, second, and third-person, but it could be easily modified to allow for objective, limited, and omniscient narrative modes as well. View my readibility scores . Point of View Worksheet | Works of Roald Dahl | RTF Point of View Worksheet | Works of Roald Dahl | PDF Point of View Worksheet | Works of Roald Dahl | Preview

Point of View Worksheet 9 - Students read 7 paragraphs written from either first, second, or third-person perspective. Students determine the narrator's perspective and explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Point of View Worksheet 9 | RTF Point of View Worksheet 9 | PDF Point of View Worksheet 9 | Preview Point of View Worksheet 9 | Answers

Point of View Worksheet 10 - This worksheet features another 8 paragraphs written from a variety of perspectives. Students determine whether each story is told from first, second, or third-person perspective. Then they explain their answers. View my readibility scores . Point of View Worksheet 10 | RTF Point of View Worksheet 10 | PDF Point of View Worksheet 10 | Preview Point of View Worksheet 10 | Answers

Point of View Test 1 - Students determine the narrator's perspective in 10 different texts and answer multiple-choice questions. Then they match terms to definitions. View my readibility scores . Point of View Test 1 | RTF Point of View Test 1 | PDF Point of View Test 1 | Preview Point of View Test 1 | Answers

Point of View Test 2 - Students read ten passages narrated from a variety of perspectives. They determine whether each is told from first, second, third-person objective, third-person limited, or third-person omniscient perspective. Then they match point of view terms to the matching definitions. View my readibility scores . Point of View Test 2 | RTF Point of View Test 2 | PDF Point of View Test 2 | Preview Point of View Test 2 | Answers

Story Structure Worksheet | "The Phone Call" - A young man overcomes the negative emotions brought about by a negligent parent. Students analyze and identify the structure of the story. View my readibility scores . Story Structure Worksheet | "The Phone Call" | RTF Story Structure Worksheet | "The Phone Call" | PDF Story Structure Worksheet | "The Phone Call" | Preview Story Structure Worksheet | "The Phone Call" | Answers

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Finding key points

In this reading worksheet, your child will read a short informational passage and then underline key points and answer questions about the language and content of the passage.

Making metaphors

How many metaphors can you find in this poem? In this language arts worksheet, your child learns to spot metaphors, determine their meaning from context, write them as similes, and decide which metaphors are most effective and why. Bonus: your child gets practice writing poetry using metaphors.

New words: make a conservation dictionary

Make your own dictionary of words about conservation! In this language arts worksheet, your child will look up words related to pollution prevention and write each word's definition. Bonus: your child gets practice alphabetizing words!

Poems: The Rabbit

In this language arts worksheet, your child will read the poem aloud and then answer questions about the poem's meaning and language.

Putting sentences in order

Can you fix this paragraph? It's all out of order! In this language arts worksheet, your child will put the sentences into logical order and then rewrite the paragraph using compound and complex sentences.

Reading comprehension: David Copperfield

Here's an excerpt from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. In this reading worksheet, your child will read a description of young David's life and answer questions about the story, point of view, character's feelings, and use of language.

Reading comprehension: Hard Times

Here's an excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens. In this reading worksheet, your child will read a description of Coketown and answer questions about Dickens' use of language.

Reading comprehension: letter of complaint

What does this writer want? In this language arts worksheet, your child reads a letter to the city council and then answers questions about the writer's intent, language, and reasons.

Reading comprehension: The Mango Tree

In this language arts worksheet, your child will read three parts of a traditional story from India and answer questions about the characters' feelings using complete sentences.

Reading comprehension: thunder and lightning

Here is a scientific description of thunder and lightning. In this language arts worksheet, your child will read an informational passage and then answer questions about what happened and practice replacing descriptive words.

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Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.

Fun and engaging reading activities to try

Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:

Interactive Phonics Activities

Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.

Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.

Reader's Theater

Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.

Interactive Read-Alouds

Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.

Comparative Analysis

Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.

By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.

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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.

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22 Creative and Practical 4th Grade Classroom Ideas

Creating an engaging and inspiring learning environment for fourth-grade students is crucial for their academic growth and overall development.

With a combination of innovative teaching techniques, interactive activities, and a well-organized classroom setup, educators can capture students’ attention and foster a love for learning.

We will explore creative and practical 4th grade classroom ideas specifically designed for students.

These ideas aim to promote collaboration, critical thinking, and a sense of curiosity, ultimately helping students thrive in their educational journey.

From flexible seating arrangements to interactive project-based learning, let’s dive into a world of possibilities that will make the fourth-grade classroom a dynamic and enriching space for both teachers and students alike.

Creative Coding Club: Digital Adventures

Introduce your students to the world of coding and technology by starting a creative coding club. Utilize user-friendly platforms or coding games designed for beginners. Students collaborate to write code, design animations, and develop interactive projects. As they create digital stories, games, or simulations, they enhance their computational thinking, logical reasoning, and creativity. This club fosters a valuable skillset for the digital age while sparking innovation and teamwork.

Time Travel Adventure: Historical Role-Play

Transport your students back in time with a historical role-play activity that brings history to life. Choose pivotal moments or figures from various time periods and assign each student a role to play, whether it’s a famous historical figure, an ordinary person from that era, or even an invention. Provide ample resources for research, including books, primary sources, and online materials. As students embody their assigned roles, they gain a deeper understanding of the past, its challenges, and its impact on the present. This activity fosters empathy, critical thinking, and a love for history.

Math Mysteries: Problem-Solving Puzzles

Engage your 4th graders in a series of math mysteries that challenge their problem-solving skills and logical thinking. Create a set of intriguing math problems that involve real-world scenarios, puzzles, and brainteasers. To add an element of excitement, weave a narrative that leads students through a series of clues, each of which is unlocked by solving a math puzzle. As they tackle each challenge, students not only reinforce their mathematical abilities but also develop perseverance and a sense of accomplishment as they unravel the mysteries. Related: 20 Excited First Day Activities for Preschool

Literary Escape Room: Exploring Story Elements

Transform your classroom into a literary escape room, where students embark on an adventure through the elements of storytelling. Choose a well-known novel or story and design a series of puzzles and challenges that relate to the plot, characters, setting, and themes. To succeed, students must analyze the text, collaborate, and use critical thinking to unlock clues that lead them to their final destination. This activity encourages a deep dive into literature, fosters teamwork, and enhances comprehension skills while making learning an exciting adventure.

Global Pen Pals: Cultural Exchange

Connect your students with peers from around the world through a global pen pals program. Partner with teachers from other countries to facilitate cross-cultural communication. Students exchange letters, emails, or even video messages, sharing insights into their daily lives, cultures, traditions, and interests. This activity promotes communication skills, cultural understanding, and empathy, while also fostering friendships and a sense of global citizenship.

Inventor’s Workshop: Innovative Creations

Ignite your students’ imaginations with an inventor’s workshop where they become aspiring inventors. Provide a variety of everyday materials, recyclables, and craft supplies. Challenge students to brainstorm, design, and create unique inventions that solve real-world problems or enhance everyday life. Encourage them to sketch their ideas, build prototypes, and present their creations to the class. This activity fosters creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, while also nurturing a sense of innovation and curiosity.

Math in Motion: Geometry Scavenger Hunt

Transform geometry lessons into an interactive adventure with a math in motion scavenger hunt. Hide geometric shapes and objects around the classroom or school grounds. Provide students with clues and challenges that involve identifying, measuring, and classifying the shapes they find. As they explore, measure angles, and analyze spatial relationships, they reinforce geometry concepts in a hands-on and engaging way. This activity not only enhances math skills but also encourages teamwork and outdoor exploration. Related: 25 First Day of Preschool Activities for 3 – 5 year Olds

Language Arts Theater: Reader’s Theater Performance

Bring literature to life by organizing a reader’s theater performance based on a selected story or play. Assign roles to students and provide them with scripts to practice reading aloud. Encourage them to express emotions, use different voices, and engage in dramatic interpretation. As they rehearse and collaborate, students improve their reading fluency, comprehension, and public speaking skills. The culminating performance allows them to showcase their literary understanding while having fun on the stage.

Virtual Field Trips: Exploring the World from Home

Embark on virtual field trips that transport students to different corners of the world without leaving the classroom. Utilize online resources to virtually visit museums, landmarks, ecosystems, and historical sites. Guide students through interactive experiences, videos, and live webcams, allowing them to explore and ask questions in real time. As they virtually journey to diverse locations, they expand their global awareness, gain insights into different cultures, and make meaningful connections to their curriculum.

Eco-friendly Project: Sustainability Showcase

Empower your students to become eco-conscious advocates by organizing a sustainability showcase. Have students research various environmental issues and solutions, such as reducing waste, conserving energy, or promoting biodiversity. Task them with creating informative posters, presentations, or even practical projects that demonstrate their understanding and proposed actions. This activity not only promotes research and communication skills but also instills a sense of responsibility for the planet, encouraging students to be stewards of a greener future.

Artistic Expressions: Cultural Collage

Immerse your students in a multicultural art project that celebrates diversity and creativity. Assign each student a different country or culture to research. They’ll explore traditional art forms, symbols, colors, and patterns unique to that culture. Then, challenge them to create a collage using a mix of materials like paper, fabric, and found objects to represent their chosen culture’s artistic essence. This activity encourages cultural appreciation, research skills, and artistic expression while fostering a deeper understanding of global societies.

Math Magicians: Interactive Board Games

Transform math learning into a playful experience with custom-made interactive board games. Divide students into groups and assign each group a specific math concept or skill to focus on, such as multiplication, fractions, or geometry. Students collaborate to design and create their own board games, incorporating math problems, challenges, and strategic thinking. This creative approach not only reinforces math concepts but also promotes teamwork, critical thinking, and game design principles.

Writer’s Workshop: Collaborative Story Creation

Ignite your students’ passion for writing by organizing a collaborative writer’s workshop. Begin a story with an intriguing opening paragraph and have each student contribute a paragraph to continue the narrative. Encourage them to build on each other’s ideas, incorporate descriptive language, and develop characters and plot twists. As the story evolves, students practice writing skills, creativity, and teamwork, culminating in a unique and captivating collective creation.

Science Sleuths: Mystery Science Investigations

Engage young scientists in a series of mystery science investigations that require them to apply their knowledge and experimental skills. Present intriguing scenarios, like a “Who Stole the Ice Cream?” mystery, where students conduct experiments to gather evidence and solve the case. Provide them with scientific tools, data collection sheets, and guidance to conduct experiments, make observations, and draw conclusions. This hands-on activity enhances critical thinking, inquiry skills, and understanding of the scientific method.

Social Studies Symposium: Cultural Show and Tell

Transform your classroom into a social studies symposium where students become experts on different cultures, time periods, or historical events. Have each student select a topic to research and prepare a presentation that includes visual aids, artifacts, and engaging storytelling. This allows students to delve deep into their chosen subjects, honing research skills, public speaking abilities, and a broader understanding of the world’s rich history and diverse societies.

Science in Action: DIY Experiments

Engage your students in hands-on scientific exploration with a series of do-it-yourself experiments. Provide a variety of materials and instructions for safe and exciting experiments, such as creating volcanoes, making slime, or studying the properties of water. Students follow the steps, make predictions, record observations, and draw conclusions. This interactive approach fosters a deeper understanding of scientific principles, encourages curiosity, and sparks a passion for discovery.

Math Masters Challenge: Real-World Applications

Challenge your students to become math masters by applying their mathematical skills to real-world scenarios. Present them with practical challenges such as budgeting a family vacation, planning a party, or designing a floor plan. Students use math concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve these everyday problems. This activity not only reinforces math skills but also teaches financial literacy and problem-solving strategies that are valuable for life beyond the classroom.

Book Adaptation Theater: Bringing Stories to Life

Encourage creativity and literacy by organizing a book adaptation theater project. Have students select a favorite book and work in small groups to adapt a scene or chapter into a short play. They will need to analyze characters, dialogue, and key events, and then bring the story to life through acting, props, and costumes. This activity strengthens reading comprehension, teamwork, and communication skills while fostering a deep connection to literature.

Environmental Awareness Campaign: Visual Media

Empower your students to become advocates for environmental change with an engaging visual media project. Assign each student or group a specific environmental issue, such as pollution, deforestation, or climate change. They’ll create compelling posters, infographics, or short videos that raise awareness about the problem and suggest potential solutions. Through this project, students develop research skills, visual communication techniques, and a sense of responsibility towards the planet.

Cultural Fair: Multicultural Celebration

Host a multicultural fair where students showcase their knowledge and appreciation of different cultures. Have each student select a country, research its traditions, holidays, cuisine, and clothing, and create a booth to display their findings. The fair becomes a vibrant display of diverse cultures, with students sharing insights, artifacts, and even tasting samples of traditional dishes. This activity promotes research, cultural awareness, and a sense of unity in celebrating the rich tapestry of the world’s societies.

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Sohaib's journey includes 10+ years of teaching and counseling experience at BCSS School in elementary and middle schools, coupled with a BBA (Hons) with a minor in Educational Psychology from Curtin University (Australia) . In his free time, he cherishes quality moments with his family, reveling in the joys and challenges of parenthood. His three daughters have not only enriched his personal life but also deepened his understanding of the importance of effective education and communication, spurring him to make a meaningful impact in the world of education.

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18 Fresh & Fun Fourth Grade Classroom Ideas

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Fourth grade can be a tough time for students. They’ve got heavier workloads and more responsibility than the younger grades, and hormones are often starting to rear their heads. That’s why it’s so important to create a welcoming and inviting learning environment for kids this age. To help you get started, here’s a list of 18 fresh and fun fourth grade classroom ideas!

1. Use your walls to your advantage

Wood accents can add some depth to your fourth grade classroom (even if it’s fake)!

Source: @misslawless.mn

2. Shine a spotlight on heroes

Empower your students by showcasing kids who are activists!

Source: @wonderwashi

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3. Can it be summer year round?

Summer’s fun-loving and carefree energy is great for any season.

Source: @miss__fourth

4. Create a job board

Hang a “Help Wanted” sign, complete with job descriptions, and encourage them to step up!

Source: @miss__fourth ‘s job board.

5. Do a little at a time

As this teacher reminds us, transforming your fourth grade classroom doesn’t have to happen overnight!

Source: @miss__fourth ‘s classroom transformation.

6. Make it feel like home

This inviting classroom library space looks more like a cozy living room!

Source: @mrs.bennerswinners

7. Use sweet color palettes

Pastels add eye-catching color in soothing, calming tones.

Source: @digitalplanninggal

8. Break it down

Support kids as they learn bigger concepts, like annotation, with a bulletin board that breaks down the steps.

Source: @theresourcefulteacher

9. Put an elegant spin on your classroom library

Subdued hues, wicker seating, and an accent rug elevate this decor!

Source: @sarah_elizabeth_knight

10. Strengthen the core

Those colorful balance ball chairs will engage their minds  and bodies!

Source: @fixingupfourth

11. Variety adds spice to life

Different table heights, multiple seating options , and an open concept can spark imagination!

Source: @setfourthandshine

12. Shades of inspiration

Choose a color for your classroom and then combine elements in several different shades along with accent pieces. It creates a remarkably complex space!

Source: @bodkinshouseofchaos

13. Plant the seeds of gratitude

While you’ll likely cover this in November, find ways to discuss thankfulness all year.

Source: @hartley_and_fourth

14. Invite kids to share what they are reading

Start a conversation about books with an interactive library corner.

Source: @missdowling

15. Post student “selfies”

Start the year with 4th Grade Selfies. It’s a great way to encourage self-reflection and help kids get to know each other. Keep these to see how much they’ve grown by the last day of school!

Source: @missp_fourthgradefam

16. Take them to the beach!

Okay, you probably can’t go to the beach, but you can bring the palm trees and flamingos to your fourth grade classroom! Check out our beach theme ideas .

Source: @cma1291

17. Celebrate books

This adorable bulletin board reminds kids that reading is an adventure!

Source: @missp_fourthgradefam ‘s book nook.

18. Add a cozy reading spot

Pom poms, string lights, folding chairs, and a rustic rug? This is a book lover’s paradise!

Source: @tinytotsandtikes

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