Problem: Article: Everyone gets bored eventually during lecture-style learning moments. And elementary school children have a much shorter attention span than most older students, so this is not an effective teaching method to employ with 4th graders. Try employing games in your classroom to boost students' energy levels and to improve their active involvement in the learning process. There are many examples of educational games that you can find on the internet. Find some that you think your students will be interested in and adapt them to your particular topic/subject if necessary. As you use the games in class, you'll figure out what works and what doesn't. Then you can adjust the activities for the next time so that they are better suited for your specific teaching style and subject matter. Here are some helpful websites that have in-class games appropriate for 4th grade students: www.learninggamesforkids.com www.funbrain.com www.abcya.com www.knowledgeadventure.com www.education.com www.vocabulary.co.il www.jumpstart.com Unfortunately, many 4th grade students have yet to discover the joy of learning for learning's sake. Try implementing a system of rewards that will motivate your students to stay on task and to complete projects satisfactorily. Note: Try to provide incentives for input activities (things that students put time into like reading and homework) rather than on output results (like grades and scores). This will be more effective because students can control how much time they spend on activities, but they may struggle more with achieving certain grade levels. So if you assign incentives based on something students feel is largely out of their control, like what grade they get on a project or assignment, they may become flustered with the incentive program and give up trying to achieve the incentives altogether. Most 4th grade students learn best by having hands on experience within the learning process. Ask your students to bring in an object they have in their house that relates to the topic you are currently studying. This will make them think about the subject matter and apply it to their own life in order to find a suitable item to bring to class. For example, if you're discussing Native American history, try to find an authentic arrowhead and show it to your class. Then ask your students to bring something from their own house that is related to Native American history in some way. They could bring a leather vest, a beaded purse, a toy horse, a picture of a hunting bow, or any other object related to the topic.
Summary: Use games as a means of learning. Use rewards as incentives. Do a show and tell activity with your students.

Problem: Article: This recipe makes about 4 servings. Use the stovetop method given above to cook 3/4 cup of converted rice. That's 3/4 cup of rice to 2 1/2 cups of water. Combine the cooked rice with 1 1/2 cups milk, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a clean pan and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until thick and creamy, about 15 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of additional milk, 1 beaten egg and a 1/2 cup of raisins. Stir well and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 tablespoon butter or margarine and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Serve warm or chilled. This makes 4-6 servings. Cook 1 cup of converted rice on the stove or in the micro wave as directed above. Let the rice cool to room temperature. Combine 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/2 cup salsa, 1/3 cup sour cream, 1 finely minced jalapeno pepper and 1 finely minced small onion in a bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl combine the rice, 1 pound of medium cooked shrimp, 1 cup of diced pepper jack cheese, 1-15 oz.(425.24 g) can of drained corn and 1 -15 oz.( 425.24 g) can of cooked black beans and 2 medium diced tomatoes and stir well. Pour the mayonnaise mixture over the rice mixture and toss to coat the rice and shrimp mixture.
Summary: Make rice pudding. Make Texan Rice Salad.

Problem: Article: You can get it for free from your mobile device's app store. There are several ways you can enter something to be translated: Type - Touch the field to type in text to be translated. You will see the translation appear as you type. Camera - Tap the Camera button to take a picture of text to be translated. Google Translate will attempt to scan the text and then translate it, so make sure you hold your camera steady. Speech - Tap the Microphone button to speak a phrase that you want translated. Handwriting - Tap the Squiggle button to draw characters with your finger. This is useful for non-Latin characters. After entering your text to be translated, you'll see the result appear. Tap the "" button to load the translation in the main interface. You'll see the Latin characters if applicable, and you can tap the Star to add the translation to your Phrasebook. A Dictionary card will appear for most phrases as well.
Summary:
Download the Google Translate app. Decide how you want to input text. Accept a translation.