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3:01 Introduction to Read Skills: Narrator's Point of View This quick animation provides a fun and engaging introduction to the narrator's point of view, a key literary analysis skill
4:16 Point of View: A video lesson on point of view made with PowToon. For third person, they do get into the different types.
4:53 What is a Narrative Text? You will understand what narrative text it, how its structure, and what the author's job is- establish setting and characters, explore ideas and feelings, create tension and suspense, and make the theme or message clear. A character may even say what the message was.
5:05 Point of View with Powtoon: This short video gives specific examples in short stories and looks for clues to know the perspective of the story. Third person is broken into two types here.
1:37 Order of Events This instructional cartoon provides an entertaining and informative introduction to order/sequence of events.
4:01 Identifying Themes in s Story/Fable: In this fun literacy skills cartoon students will learn how to identify themes in a story as Aesop tells the fable of The Monkey and The Dolphin.
3:07 Determining the Moral of a Fable: In this cartoon, learn how to determine the moral of a fable as Modern Day Aesop recounts the fable of The Fox and The Grapes to his teenage daughter.
10:08 Disney Lessons: This video discusses some of the morals in Disney animations. Carefully selected clips from Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin are selected.
2:34 Themes, Morals with Fable 1: This cartoon uses The Lion and the Mouse to teach about the moral.
2:22 Themes and Morals of Fable 2: The fable teaches a lesson that you have to figure out from the fable - The Dog and the Bone.
3:11 How Characters Respond to Major Events: This fun instructional cartoon gives a fun introduction to how characters respond to major events in a story.
Biographies
You can read about interesting people from history. Then check to see how you understood what you read by clicking on the correct answer. You can self check to see if you got it right.
Internet 4 Classrooms
This spot on the site will help you get a better understanding of language and vocabulary.
One School One Book
This will be the seventh year of One School One Book at Village. This site has SOOOOO much that goes with our One School One Book. Perhaps the most exciting thing is the podcast. You can follow along with your book at home and listen to adults from our school read you the chapters. You can also post your thoughts and questions by blogging! Tricky words are also defined here.
Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge
Once, our school came in first place for the summer reading challenge. Can we regain the title this year? Be sure to log your minutes over the summer!
Type - Learn How!
The most important rule is... don't look at the keyboard. That is actually pretty tough when you are first starting. Stick with it!
Poem Farm
This site is by a poet who I know! This month she is focusing on writing a poem about objects that she finds at thrift stores. The thing I like the most is that she shows the process that she used to get to her final poem.
Dr. Seuss
Ready for Read Across America Day?? Here's a great site for you! WARNING - This is just a fun site for fourth graders. Lots of smiling (and not too much learning) may occur!
Wordle
Create an interesting visual display of words. Words that appear more often when you put the words in will appear bigger.
Peter Brown's Website
This author visited our school in March 2017. He has written several picture books as well! This site will let you know the process that he uses when writing. You will also find out if there is a sequel to The Wild Robot.
Dictionary
Do you want to find the part of speech or definition of a word quickly? Just type the word in the box at the top and presto magic...there you go!
Vocabulary
There are different activities to build vocabulary understanding as well as parts of speech.
Mad Libs
Have you ever done Mad Libs? They are hysterical stories where you put in different parts of speech. Have lots of fun on this site!
Spelling City
Are you looking to make studying your word study words more interesting? Check out this site! Type in your words and study away in an interesting way.
Mr. Klinensmith's Online Help Guide
Are you wondering just when to start a new paragraph in your writing? Well, this site explains exactly when to do it
Brainy Quote
Here are some quotes from a variety of famous people. They are organized by topic and people. Do any of these thoughts help you figure out your secret of life?
This fantastic video is titled The Girl Who Silenced the World. If you want an example of an highly effective report, this would be it. This girl organized her thoughts and made a speech to leaders from around the world! Do you think she convinced them to think differently?
QAD Planner
Here is great way to plan essays when you are given a specific task to follow. Think of the Question, Answer, and Details from the text. Create a graphic organizer to plan before writing!
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