Home Study
Overview: Following the fourth grade home study policy, students should spend no more than 40 minutes per night on home study. If your child is spending more than 40 minutes per night on a regular basis, please contact us so that we may make accommodations. Home study can be broken into three sections:
- Do - Assignments with due dates, must be completed
- Know - Ongoing skills to be practiced, time permitting & optional
- Become - Enrichment opportunities, optional
All 3 Classes:
Mathematics & Science
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Reading, Writing, and Social Studies
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Qur'anic Arabic &
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English Language Arts: Nightly Reading- By the end of trimester 1, students should be able to read for a sustained 30 minutes. Wonderopolis.org - Read (or listen to reading from) this website. Guiding questions are provided to answer an interesting question that many kids my wonder about. Extension activities are also available. Grammar Games - Social Studies: Geography Practice - U.S. Geography Practice online. Islamic Studies: Charity/Earth Day - Click here to find out how you can take action to be an Environmental Steward of the Earth. Earth Day is April 22, 2020! https://www.quranexplorer.com/ Science & Health: Save Endangered Species - Click here to find out 10 easy things you can do to help save endangered species. https://learntobehealthy.org/lessons-and-activities http://olliesworld.com/planet/usa/info/index.htm https://www3.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm General science: http://www.pppst.com/science.html Earth, Sun, and Moon: http://earthsunmoon.co.uk/ Energy powerpoint: education.jlab.org/jsat/powerpoint/energy_forms_and_changes.ppt Energy games: http://www.touchstoneenergykids.com/fun.php About electricity: http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html Interactive science website: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm Recycling Facts: https://recyclingraccoons.org/ |
Math: IXL - CAI doesn't offer an account for fourth grade, however, you may still wish to sign up for a home account Greg Tang Math Games - A variety of math games. Math Facts - Worksheets to print at home to practice a variety of operations and math facts. Multiplication.com - More multiplication practice online. Thinking Blocks - Check out this great website for modeling and solving mathematic word problems. Multiplication Games - Click here for some more multiplication games to practice your multiplication fluency. Prisms: http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html Pyramids: http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_pyramids.html Geometric figures game: http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=15 Interactive quadrilaterals:http://www.mathsisfun.com/flash.php?path=%2Fgeometry/images/shape-quad.swf&w=900&h=616&col=%23FFFFFF&title=Interactive+Quadrilaterals Geometric transformations: http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/transformation-game.html Kid Friendly Research Websites: https://www.wonderopolis.org/ http://www.kidtopia.info/ |
At times, enrichment opportunities will be listed here.