Fourth Grade
Please see the resources below.
Social Studies
Compare and contrast housing, food, shelter, games, chores and school of Native Americans and colonists.
Links to each state's official website.
Virtual Tour of the State Capitol
Virtual Tour of the Legislative Office Building
This site is great to study the history and contemporary society of Connecticut communities. Includes geography, economics and government .
People of Connecticut
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Learn about Prudence Crandall and other women who have impacted the history of our state in this virtual museum.
Computer Science
Reading
Click here to go the Nutmeg page with links to book trailers.
Click here to visit National Geographic's Forces of Nature site. about Tornado's, Volcano's earthquakes and hurricanes. Watch a video, read a survival story or create an interactive tornado, earthquake, volcano and hurricane.
Authors
Biographies and interviews of authors and illustrators.
Author profiles and interviews.
Type in your favorite author and this site will create a map of other authors you may like. Fun!
Plagiarism
Short, kid friendly video describing plagiarism using Star Wars as an example
Digital Writing Products
A word cloud is a graphical representation of words. Type or paste text into the box on this site and press the arrow button to view the arrangement of the words into a cloud. It is also easy to save and/or print the cloud by simply pressing a button. This site is similar to the Wordle site and easier to use.