Websites & Links

Here are some helpful websites my students might find useful

Reading:

• Epic online Books for Kids during school hours: https://www.getepic.com/app/profile-select 

Shrader Class Code: rwv3811 

VA Studies:

https://guest.portaportal.com/virginiastudiesfourthgrade

http://www.solpass.org/va.php   Username: Nuckols ES  Password: NFES

https://quizlet.com/subject/social-vocabulary-4th-grade-virginia-studies/

Virginia Declaration of Rights - http://www.nationalcenter.org/VirginiaDeclaration.html

Virginia Studies: Ready Resources for the Classroom - http://vastudies.pwnet.org/all/index.htm

Werowocomoco- research project - http://powhatan.wm.edu/

Frontier Muesum (great visuals to show cultural landscape) - http://www.frontiermuseum.org/ 

The Story of Virginia: An American Experience - http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/earlyvirginia.htm

Virginia Pathways - http://www.vastudies.org/

The National Rights - Documented Rights - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/exhibit/

Bill of Rights - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html

The Underground Railroad (interactive site) - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/

Historical Documents-"The Confessions of Nat Turner" - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h500.html

Ironclads - http://americancivilwar.com/monitor.html

Appomattox Courthouse - http://americancivilwar.com/appo.html

Primary Sources for Civil War - http://www.mrnussbaum.com/civilwarpage.htm

Foldables by strand - http://vastudies.pwnet.org/coolstuff/foldables.html

Flash card for Virginia Cultural Landscapes - http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-10740

Suffolk Teaching Activities & Resource - http://star.spsk12.net/index.htm

American Revolution (lesson plans and links) - http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/revolution.html

Give Me Liberty!:  The Story of the Declaration of Independence (scholastic) - http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=787_type=Book_typeId=2637

Redcoats vs. Rebels (rap song) - http://www.educationalrap.com/song/redcoats-vs-rebels.html

Social Studies for Kids: Patrick Henry: Voice of Freedom -http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/patrickhenry.htm

The Declaration of Independence for Kids - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm

Grade 4 Math:

Websites for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Practice:

• https://www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html -Math Playground has grade level and topic specific games for kids.

• Desmos Area Model Use the Desmos calculator to enter factors and create virtual area models.

• Create area models for multiplication and division using virtual Base 10 Blocks.

• Number Activities Multiplication A website for teacher use that includes lesson ideas for multiplication (includes multi-step problems).

• Number Activities Addition and Subtraction A website for teacher use that includes lesson ideas for addition and subtraction (includes multi-step problems).

• Thinking Blocks Addition and Subtraction This website allows students to model addition and subtraction using bar models.  Provides scaffolding for each of the major structures for addition and subtraction.

• Thinking Blocks Multiplication

• Base Ten Blocks Use Rectangle Multiplication to Visualize the multiplication of two numbers as an area.  Can be used to aid in the connection between the box method and the traditional algorithm - choose the common view.

• Interpreting Remainders City Blocks Computer activity that involves interpreting what to do with the remainder in a division problem based on the situation.  Powerful when used as a discussion tool.

• Word Problems with Katie-Addition/Subtraction

• Word Problems with Katie-Multiplication/Division

• The Most Amazing Race

• Under the Sea (Choose Addition, Subtraction or Multiplication)

• Estimation Contraption

Websites for Place Value Practice:

• Place Value to 1,000-Requires students to drag digits to the correct place value to create the standard form of a number.

• Place Value Game-A game where students place digits to make the largest number, can specify the number of digits.

• Place Value -Tutorials, activities, and models that support place value understanding.

• Age Calculator - A site that calculates your age to the nearest day, hour, minute, and second (great for students to read, compare, or round large numbers)

• Kahn Academy site for video and practice problems. 

Websites for Graphing Practice:

• Create a Graph A website that allows students to create different types of graphs.

• Constructing Line Graphs A tutorial on constructing line graphs.

• Interpreting Line Graphs  A tutorial on interpreting and creating line graphs.  Includes many examples.

• Twelve Days of Christmas Graphing A site that provides current prices for the gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Includes a short video that introduces the site. Bar graphs can be constructed to compare the cost of each item. Line graphs can be constructed to show how the cost of each item or the total cost of all gifts has changed over time. 

• Line Graph Interpretation A set of ten multiple choice questions that require interpreting line graphs. Excellent for class discussion.

Grade 4 Science:

• http://www.solpass.org/sci4.html

• https://sites.google.com/a/solteacher.com/olteacher-com/home/4th-grade/4th-grade-science

• https://guest.portaportal.com/aausten