4th Grade Lesson Plans
75 ready-to-teach plans for 4th grade, each with a timed sequence and the printable pages that go with it. Free to read and print.
Fourth grade adds analysis in every subject. Multi-step problems, inference over recall, and writing that has to be organised before it is written.
Fourth grade math extends multiplication to multi-digit, formalises long division, and treats fractions as quantities to add, subtract and compare. Decimals enter through money and measurement.
Place Value & Rounding6 practice pages
Addition6 practice pages
Subtraction6 practice pages
Mental Multiplication6 practice pages
Multiply In Columns6 practice pages
Mental Division6 practice pages
Long Division6 practice pages
Order of Operations6 practice pages
Factoring6 practice pages
Fractions6 practice pages
Fractions To Decimals4 practice pages
Decimals6 practice pages
Reading
Fourth grade reading adds analysis. Inference, character motivation, text structure and comparing two accounts of the same event become the everyday work.
Leveled Stories3 practice pages
Children's Stories6 practice pages
Fables6 practice pages
Comprehension Exercises6 practice pages
Spelling6 practice pages
Reading Comprehension6 practice pages
Vocabulary6 practice pages- Shades of Meaning2 practice pages
Making Inferences6 practice pages
Main Idea and Details6 practice pages
Paragraphs & Passages6 practice pages
Poetry6 practice pages
Grammar
Fourth grade grammar works on precision. Relative pronouns, progressive tenses, prepositional phrases and the commas that hold longer sentences together.
Verbs6 practice pages
Pronouns6 practice pages
Parts of Speech4 practice pages
Sentences6 practice pages
Capitalization6 practice pages
Punctuation6 practice pages
Narrative Writing6 practice pages
Opinion Writing6 practice pages
Informative Writing6 practice pages
Writing Topics6 practice pages
Creative Writing6 practice pages
Adjectives6 practice pages
Vocabulary
Vocabulary grows fastest when students meet a word several times in different contexts. The plans below pair direct teaching with practice that reuses the word.
Science
Science at this level is observation before explanation. Each plan opens with something to notice and only names the vocabulary once students have seen the thing it describes.
Living Things6 practice pages
Ecosystems6 practice pages
Earth Science6 practice pages
Energy6 practice pages
Matter6 practice pages
Scientific Method6 practice pages
Energy Transfer6 practice pages
Earth's Surface6 practice pages
Water Cycle5 practice pages
Weathering and Erosion5 practice pages
Waves and Light6 practice pages
What is in every 4th grade lesson plan
- A real objective
- Written as what students will be able to do, tied to the standard the practice pages are built against.
- A timed sequence
- Warm-up, modeling, guided practice, independent work and a close, with minutes on each step so it fits a real block.
- A check for understanding
- One concrete way to find out who has it and who needs it retaught, before you move on.
- Matching practice pages
- Two to six printables chosen to match the independent-practice step, not a random grab from the library.