New Remote Extended Learning Activities
Assignments for Jan. 21 thru Feb. 19
Reading
Get ready to learn all about President's Day! We honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on that day. Both of them celebrated birthdays in February! In 1971, the U.S. government declared the second Monday in February to be a Federal holiday to honor these two important presidents.
Read all about the first President of the United States, George Washington, in your Epic and Readworks account.
Read all about the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, in your Epic and Readworks account.
When you read about February in your Epic Reading account, you'll learn all about Leap Year, the famous grounghog; Punxsutawney Phil, St. Valentine, and how February got it's name!
Check your Readworks account for newly assigned articles about important black people that influenced history. There is also an article about the tradition of giving chocolate on Valentine's Day!
Continue to read your books about your feelings and managing your emotions in your Epic reading account.
Complete your large New Hampshire map by using the NH resource books in your Epic reading account. Read all about your home state of NH!
Complete the activities or quizzes that have been assigned from the latest issue of the Storyworks magazine. Log into the website using your class code supplied by your teacher. Explore this month's issue. It is filled with fiction and non-fiction stories, poetry and a play, as well as a debate article that you can weigh in on. You can also read or listen to archived issues on the site.
February is Black History month. We have chosen several picture books and short videos in your Epic reading account to learn about some of these important black people who changed history with their courage, inventions, and talents.
Check out the fun January Activity calendar. It has lots of good ideas to learn new things! Try to do each daily activity!
Math
Log in to your Xtra Math account and spend a few minutes each day practicing your addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.
Visit your enVisions Math account and complete your online assignments. See the "Remote Learning Accounts" page for log in button for Classlink or log into Classlink by clicking on the backpack icon on the right side of the TFS Homepage. Use your firstname.lastname and the password (nine digit student number) from the sign in card I sent home with you. Once you are in ClassLink, choose the white and orange icon for EasyBridge enVisions. Choose the Realize button on the right hand side of the screen, then the red "My Classes" circle. Click your assignments to get started.
Log into your Prodigy math account and have fun solving some math problems.
Visit the Greg Tang web site and play a game to master your math skills! See the "Remote Learning Accounts" page for log in button for Greg Tang Math.
SEL Activity - Writing
Our SEL focus in the new year is recognizing and managing emotions. We have chosen some books that talk about the different emotions and ways to deal with the way you feel.
Read the book Grow Happy, and write down all the ways Kiko grows happiness for herself. Then write a paragraph about how you "grow" happiness in your life.
Send your writing to your teacher in your Office 365 account. If you forget how to send a document to your teacher, watch the video posted by Mrs. McLaughlin on the TFS homepage. It will walk you through the steps to share a document with your teacher.
Science
Read an article a day in your Readworks account about different forms of Energy. Learn about fossils fuels and clean energy such as wind, water and solar power.
We harness this energy to create the electricity that we use in our daily life.
All life depends on energy to survive!
Watch these Mystery Science videos about Energy and Motion. Learn how energy makes things move, how enengy can be stored and released, and how energy can be transfered when objects collide.
How is your body similar to a car?
What makes roller coasters go so fast?
Why is the first hill of a roller coaster always the highest?
Social Studies
The NH Fish and Game Department publishes a beautiful magazine for kids to learn all about the animals, habitats, trees, plants, and climate in our home state of New Hampshire. We are asking fourth graders to read one each day, on their remote instruction days. You will earn a Wild Times badge if you complete all 34! After reading the magazines at https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/pubs/kids.html, answer the questions that go with each issue in complete sentences in your writing journals. Some of the magazines are divided into two parts, make sure you you read both Part 1 and Part 2.
Tell me about some of the trees and wildlife you might see in NH forests.
Describe how an oak tree supports life in the forest.
Explain the different types of forests and the types of trees that can be found across our state.
Describe the difference between white, pitch, and red pine trees.
What are some of the animals that have gone extinct in NH?
Name some of the animals that are endangered in NH and what are some of the reasons causing them to be endangered?
Explain some of the actions being done to preserve wildlife in NH?
Tell me about some of the NH animals that migrate.
Explain some of the reasons animals need to migrate.
Describe some of the ocean animals that migrate south in the fall.
Explain how freshwater fish migrate.
Describe why osprey are forced to migrate to warmer climates in the winter.
Tell me how you prepare for the winter?
Explain some of the ways that NH animals prepare and survive the cold winter days.
Describe some of the adaptations that NH animals have developed to help them survive the winter.
Why is undisturbed snow important to subnivean animals?
Describe where wetlands can be found in New Hampshire.
How do wetlands prevent flooding and protect water supplies?
Describe the wildlife and plants you might find in a wetland?
Describe a bog and how it is different from other wetlands.
What are some of the plants and wildlife that thrive in a bog?
Explain the differences between damselflies and dragonflies. Make a sketch.
1. Tell me why soil is important to animals and plants.
2. Describe the underground layers of the earth.
3. Describe some of the insects and mammals that live in the soil.
4. Explain why earthworms are so important for soil.
Continue to read about our home state of New Hampshire in your Epic reading account. You will learn about some of NH's geographical features, history, famous people and places, wildlife and our state symbols.
Follow your teacher's directions and begin to label and color your NH map with the towns and cities listed on the side of the map. Use the NH books to help identify the state's rivers and lakes. Label the states, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean that border NH on the north, south, east and west.
Unified Arts Extension Lessons
Visit the Unified Arts page to find links to all the specialist's websites to complete their activities!
