4th+Grade+ELA

4th Grade Language Arts Skill Builders by Internet4Classrooms select any grammar or reading skill

We've highlighted some of the links from this site below:

Grammar Games:

 * Fish Tank Game - Type the root, suffix and/or prefix to create a Fish Tank.
 * 10 questions that are scored, allows you to see the answers at the end and you can play again
 * Constructing Prefixes - Match the prefix with the **//opposite//** meaning by dragging to construct a match.

Grammar:
Vocabulary Building:
 * 1) Antonym Matching - A Quia quiz. Find pairs with opposite meaning.
 * 2) Homonyms - A Quia quiz. Read the sentence and select the correct word.
 * 3) Homonyms: Word Confusion from Fun Brain. Click the word that best fits the sentence.
 * 4) Homophones Game **//-//** [Skillwise game] Can you match the words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings?
 * 5) Super Synonym Match-up - Try to find the synonym word pairs via this matching game. Over 60 word pairs to be found.
 * 6) Squanky the Tooth Taker: Tooth Tally - Select the word that means the same thing (synonym)as the word given.
 * 7) Synonym Quiz - Find the word that best completes the sentence.
 * 8) Synonym Match - Concentration style matching game with pairs of words with similar meanings.
 * 9) Synonym Match-Up - A Quia quiz to match the word with its synonym, concentration style,
 * 10) Synonym Matching - A Quia quiz. Find pairs of words with same meaning.
 * 11) Synonym Matching #2 - More practice finding the pairs of words with the same meaning.

Capitalization & Punctuation:
 * 1) Capitalization - Practice editing skills by looking for capitalization errors.
 * 2) Capitalization Quiz - choose the correct sentence
 * 3)  Capitalization Quiz - Read each sentence carefully. Look for an error in capitalization. Choose the answer that shows the correction that needs to be made.
 * 4) Capitalization Quiz - Read each sentence and decide whether it is capitalized correctly. If it is, mark it correct. Otherwise mark it incorrect.
 * 5) Edit Dan's Copy - Help Dan edit his news reports. You can pick Level 1 for capital letters and final punctuation or pick Level 2 for run-on sentences, quotation marks, and apostrophes.
 * 6) Grammar Blast: Punctuation/Capitalization - Read the question and select the answer choice you think is correct.
 * 7) Magical Capitals - Help the fairy capitalize the sentences.
 * 8) PowerProofreading - Select 4th grade and then select a sentence to correct the grammatical mistakes.
 * 9) Proofreading Makes Perfect - Correct the punctuation and capitalization mistakes in the sentences.
 * 10) Quiz on Comma Usage - Click on "The paragraph, please!" and a paragraph will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary commas in the paragraph.
 * 11) Quiz Time - nine multiple-choice questions
 * 12) Using Capital Letters - Correct the sentences using capital letters.
 * 13) Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
 * 14) Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text-area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).
 * 15) Which Word Should be Capitalized? - Short answer quiz that is self checking.
 * 16) Word Detective - Read the sentence and on paper write down the proper noun with correct capitalization. Then click on "check here" for self checking the answers.
 * 17) Write Your Own Friendly or Business Letter - Practice writing the different parts of a letter using the correct capitalization and punctuation.

**Reading:**
View Flocabulary's 5 Elements of a Story media type="youtube" key="c6I24S72Jps" width="560" height="315" Main Idea:
 * 1) Find The Main Idea - Watch the video lesson and then try an activity and quiz to make sure you understand the main idea.
 * 2) Get The Idea - Read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts.
 * 3) Identify Main Idea - Show what you know. Read the passage and choose the correct main idea.
 * 4) Main Idea - Read the paragraph and select the main idea.
 * 5) Main Idea - Read each paragraph carefully. Decide what each is mostly about.
 * 6) Strategies for Better Reading - Find the main idea for each passage and choose the correct answer choice.
 * 7) What's The Big Idea? - Solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea.
 * 8) What's The Main Idea? - Select the sentence that is the main idea of the paragraph.

Compare and Contrast:
 * 1) A Fishy Story - Read the story online and answer the questions in Word, Works, or on paper.
 * 2) Compare/Contrast - Identify how the characters are alike and how they are different. Read the lesson and then practice.
 * 3) Compare and Contract Lesson - Print off an organizer to write down the similarities and differences from the passage. Check your work with the answer keys.
 * 4) Compare and Contrast Practice - Read the two articles and answer questions comparing and contrasting the information.
 * 5) Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairy tales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.
 * 6) One Grain of Rice - Compare/contrast tales from different cultures. Read the passage and answer the questions.