Helpful Websites
Helpful Websites
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Week 5: Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan is a tall tale story that many of you will be familiar with.
*We will be learning about generalizing and inferring.
Week 4: Eye of the Storm
Eye of the storm is an expository text about the life of storm chasers.
*We will be learning about cause and effect as well as predicting and setting purpose.
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Week 3: How Night Came from the Sea
How Night Came from the Sea is a myth about how night came to be.
*We will learn about generalizations and visualizing.
Week 2: Adelina's Whales
Adelina's Whales is an expository text about the migration of whales.
*We will learn about fact and opinion and text structure.
4th Grade Reading Street Unit 3
Week 1: The Man Who Named The Clouds
The Man Who Named the Clouds is biography about the man who came up with our system of naming clouds.
*We will learn about graphic sources and important ideas.
Week 5: So You Want to Be President?
So You Want to Be President is an expository text about the presidents of the United States.
*We will learn about main idea and details and inferring.
Week 4: Horse Heroes
Horse Heroes is an expository text about real horses that were extraordinary.
*We will learn about fact and opinion.
Week 3: Scene Two
Scene Two is a drama about a group of kids writing a play about their town's history.
*We will learn about drawing conclusions and questioning.
Week 2: Coyote School News
Coyote School News is a historical fiction story about a Spanish boy growing up.
*We will learn about drawing conclusions and story structure.
4th Grade Reading Street Unit 2
Week 1: What Jo Did
What Jo Did is a fiction story about a kid who with some amazing basketball skills.
*We will learn about cause and effect and background knowledge.
Week 5: Letters Home from Yosemite
Letters Home from Yosemite is an expository text that tells about the Yosemite National Park.
*We will be learning about main idea and details as well as text structure.
Week 4: The Horned Toad Prince
The Horned Toad Prince is a trickster tale. It tells the story of an animal who outsmarts a bigger character.
*We will be learning about author's purpose and story structure.
Week 3: On the Banks of Plum Creek
On the Banks of Plum Creek is a historical fiction story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
*We will be learning about literary elements and schema.
Week 2: Lewis and Clark and Me
Lewis and Clark and Me is a historical fiction story that tells of the Corps of Discovery and the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
*We will be learning about author's purpose and questioning.
4th Grade Reading Street Unit 1
Week 1: Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn Dixie is a realistic fiction story about a girl who moves to a new town and discovers a friend in a dog.
*We will be learning about summarizing and story sequence.
SRA Review Games
Spelling City
Click on the link above, "Find a List", type in Courtney Bond then click on the story we are working on.
Other
Moonwalk
Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
My Brother Martin
Antarctic Journal
Encantado
Subject and Object Pronouns Review Game
Navajo Code Talkers
Pronoun/Antecedent Review Game
Seeker of Knowledge
Possessive Pronoun Review Game
Encyclopedia Brown
Smokejumpers
Lost City
Language Arts
Weekly Review
Because of Winn Dixie
Declarative and Interrogative Review Game
Lewis and Clark and Me
Types of Sentences Review Game
On the Banks of Plum Creek
On the Banks of Plum Creek Review
The Horned Toad Prince
Compound Sentences Review Game
Letters Home from Yosemite
Clauses and Complex Sentences Review Game
What Jo Did
Coyote School News
Scene Two
Irregular Plural Nouns Review Game
Horse Heroes
Singular Possesive Nouns Review Game
So You Want to be President
Singular and Plural Possessive Noun Review Game
The Man Who Named the Clouds
Action and Linking Verb Review Game
Adelina's Whales
Main and Helping Verb Review Game
How Night Came from the Sea
Subject-Verb Agreement Review Game
Eye of the Storm
Paul Bunyan
The Case of the Gasping Garbage
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Week 2: Encantado: Pink Dolphins of the Amazon
Encantado is an expository text about the mysterious pink dolphins of the Amazon River.
We will be learning about comparing and contrasting as well as summarizing.
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4th Grade Reading Street Unit 4
Week 1: The Case of the Gasping Garbage
The Case of the Gasping Garbage is a mystery about two kid detectives.
We will be learning about comparing and contrasting
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4th Grade Reading Street Unit 5
Week 1: Smokejumpers
This is a non-fiction, expository text that tells about the lives of brave fire fighters that fight fires from the air.
We will be learning about word choice and important ideas. We will be reviewing author's purpose and graphic sources.
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Week 2: Lost City
This is a biography that tells of the discovery of Machu Pichu by Professor Hiram Bingham.
We will be learning about sensory words and sequencing. We will review comparing and contrasting as well as plot
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Week 3: Cliff Hanger
This is a realistic fiction story that looks at what it takes to be a hero.
We will be learning about imagery and the climax of a story. We will review story structure and author's purpose.
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Week 4: Antarctic Journal
This is an autobiography about Jennifer Owings Dewey, a researcher who lived in Antarctica for four months.
We will be learning about main idea and details. We will review fact and opinion and word choice.
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Week 5: Moonwalk
This is a science fiction story that looks at space and what it would be like to visit the moon.
We will be learning about the point of view of a story as well as the rising action. We will review drawing conclusions and literary elements.
Science Websites and Resources
Animal Websites
Science Fair Project Resources
Science Fair Topic Selection Wizard
More Science Experiments and Ideas
Social Studies Websites & Resources
A kid safe search engine
log-in: vol.school
password: vol2school
Fun Videos
Latitude and Longitude Rap Video
Other Helpful Social Studies Websites
Bobby Jindal - Office of the Governor
Presidents of te United States
MORE Presidents of the United States
A virtual United States puzzle to put together for extra practice!
Religion