Grade 4 Reading passage
How Millford Got Its Water: A Grade 4 Reading Passage
A grade 4 social studies passage about how a fictional town built and now governs a shared water system, with comprehension questions and an answer key.
Water Social Studies & Civics · Grade 4
These materials cover water policy, geography, economics, and history, including how rate hearings work, how rivers shape settlement, and how communities govern a shared resource.
31 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 4 Worksheet
Larkfield's Dry Summer: A Grade 4 Water Choices Worksheet
A grade 4 economics worksheet where students use multi-digit multiplication to compare the costs and water savings of three choices during a fictional town's dry summer.
Grade 4 Classroom activity
The Prospect Town Water Vote: A Grade 4 Decision Role-Play
A grade 4 civics role-play where students take on resident roles at a town meeting and vote between building a new well or starting a strict watering schedule.
Grade 4 Classroom activity
Upstream and Downstream: The Sandpiper River Sharing Game
A grade 4 movement game where student towns along a fictional river see how upstream choices reach downstream neighbors, then agree on a rule to keep the water clean.
Grade 4 Lesson plan
Taking Turns on the Verano Ditch: A Grade 4 Water Sharing Lesson
A 45-minute grade 4 geography lesson where students learn how a fictional farm valley shares one irrigation ditch by following a fair, culture-based turn schedule.
Grade 4 Lesson plan
How the Dam Changed Tanglewood: A Grade 4 River Valley Lesson
A 45-minute grade 4 social studies lesson where students compare a fictional river valley before and after a dam and reservoir were built.
Grade 4 Classroom activity
Fix It or Let It Drip? A Grade 4 Water Repair Decision Activity
A grade 4 station-rotation activity where small groups weigh the benefits and costs of fixing four household water leaks for a family with a limited repair budget.