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Free Grammar, Math, and STEM Activities for Grades 4–8

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These free downloadable learning activities are a great way to connect students’ learning at school with learning at home. Below you’ll find activities that span different curriculum subjects for grammar, math, STEM, and more! 

Grammar and Punctuation Activities

Daily Language Review: Grade 4
This grade four at-home unit practices key fundamental skills such as recognizing fragments and run-ons, relating words to their synonyms and antonyms, progressive word tenses, and more! The unit incorporates fun games like playing catch, relay races, and Simon says to make learning fun!


Download this free unit from Evan-Moor here.

Daily Language Review: Grade 5
This unit focuses on fundamental skills like punctuation, using context to determine word meaning, correlative conjunctions, and others! Students will play games like battleship, Guess Who?, and dodgeball, all while learning and practicing vital language skills!


Download this Evan-Moor unit for free here!

Daily Language Review: Grade 6
This upper-level unit focuses on word relationships, multiple-meaning words, degrees in formality in grammar, and other key language skills. The unit uses simple but engaging activities that are hands-on in order to keep students interested in their material while at home! Students will partake in fun activities like word relationship crossword puzzles!


Download this unit for free here.

Daily Language Review: Grade 7
For your junior high students, this unit emphasizes words and phrases as misplaced modifiers, the function of clauses, the use of commas, and other punctuation and grammar concepts. The unit incorporates art activities, writing, card games, relay races, and more to provide a fun and engaging learning experience for your seventh grader!


Download this free unit here.

Daily Language Review: Grade 8
This eighth grade language unit provides practice for skills like passive vs. active voice, interpreting figures of speech, ellipses, and other advanced language skills. This unit includes fun and active games and activities to make the lessons fun for students; students will race to identify word meanings as their partner tries to eat a cookie (placed on their forehead) without using their hands!


Download this free Evan-Moor unit here.

Math and Science Activities

Color by Code Math Activity Grade 4
This grade four math activity practices identifying factors in a fun coloring activity! Students will have to identify the shapes that have numbers that are multiples of 7, and then color those shapes, and not the others, to reveal a secret code!


Download this fun math activity for free here.

Earth Science Unit: The Stars Grade 4
This earth science unit for grade 4 includes concept information pages to educate students, as well as investigation pages, which present students with a scientific question to investigate. Students then partake in a project and learn about the scientific method as they make observations, analyze, and ask more questions. The unit also includes reading and comprehension questions.


Download this free Evan-Moor unit here.

Critical Thinking Activity

Critical Thinking: Dragons Grade 4
This fun grade 4 dragon-themed critical thinking activity challenges students in the way they think about questions. The unit poses interesting questions for students to think about and activities to help them expand on their thoughts. The activities ask questions like
“What would people do if dragons were real?” to get students thinking. It also includes short drawing and writing activities.


Download this unit for free here.

Social Studies Activity

Ancient Egypt Activity: Grades 4–6
In this unit, students will read and partake in activities about ancient Egypt and the Great Pyramids. The unit offers a short reading excerpt about the Great Pyramids in Giza, then provides an activity for students to make their own Great Pyramid replica. The unit includes a template cut-out that includes fun facts on the Great Pyramids for the inside of the students’ pyramid.


Download this free unit here.

Mix and match these downloadable activities, along with other fun games and activities to keep children having fun learning at home or at school! 

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For more free lessons for grades 1-3 check out: Free Language, Math, and STEM Science Activities for Grades 1–3

 

Check out Evan-Moor’s Learning at Home with Skill Sharpeners Bundles for grades PreK-6! These easy-to-use activity books provide valuable skill practice at home and include a parent guide with teaching tips and fun learning activities!

 

 


Christine Wooler has experience working with children as a youth soccer coach and summer camp counselor. She is currently studying English Literature and journalism in college. She enjoys exploring educational topics that help students have fun while learning.

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