Fourth Grade

A poem written and recited by Kenyan school girls

Check out these two pictures and share what you see, wonder, and feel when you look at them.

Listen to Sylvia tell her story of segregation

by Duncan Tonatiuh



Chinese Segregation in San Francisco Schools

The fight for education for Chinese students in America

You will never believe it!!!

Practice looking at photos as a primary source

Let me know what you learned here

Write a story for each image using ONLY six words!

Click on this Google Form to see three more amazing images

Go to this Holiday Bitmoji Classroom to read a story, sing a song, learn a new holiday tradition, make a card and play a game. Wishing you a safe and healthy winter break.

The Science of Winter's Wonder

By Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson

Published by Chronicle Books

If the website is confusing, click on this link for a screencast of how to use the website.

Make your own snow dough with just corn starch and vegetable oil. You could even add some glitter to make your snow extra fancy!

By, Robert Frost

Illustrated by, Susan Jeffries

Published by, Dutton Children's Books

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

How does it make you feel?


Cut a snowflake out of a single piece of paper

Compiled by, Frank La Pena, Craig Bates, and Steven Medley

Illustrated by, Harry Fonseca

Published by Heydey Books

by, Leanne Simpson

Illustrated by, Amanda Strong

Published by, Highwater Press

Click on the link above to cast your vote for our next president!

Written by, Deborah Chandra. Illustrated by, Brock Cole. Published by, Square Fish

Watch the video and answer a few questions about the youth vote

From More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

By, Alvin Schwartz. Drawings by, Stephen Gammell.

Published by, Harper Trophy

From More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

By, Alvin Schwartz. Drawings by, Stephen Gammell.

Published by, Harper Trophy

Make a hanging ghost out of a single piece of paper

Select one item from the digital choice board to complete. Share it with your teacher so that she can submit it for evidence of all of the work we have done learning about how to be safe, responsible, and respectable online.

Written, illustrated, and read by, Patricia Polacco

Read with permission of Philomel Books

See what reading was like for Patricia Polacco. She got past her struggle and became a famous author. What challenges do you have that you will try to overcome?

Read with permission of Scholastic Books

Click on this Google Slide presentation and fill in the blanks with other ways to say, "I was scared"

GJL[DA] News & Media Literacy - 3-5

Watch the Copyright Law video with the flower on the left side of the game controllers. Play the left video controller game, "Mix -n- Mash". Click on the top blue square called, "Reality Check" on the left bookcase. Play Mission 1.Read two books from the bookshelf.

Practice looking for the website address, title and author of an article online using this Google Slides presentation.

Watch the bottom, Superhero video on the left side of the white board. Select the top video game controller to play the Common Sense Media game, Evolve. Click on the white pillow on the floor for the "Kindness is a Muscle" video. Click on one book on the right side of the white board.

An Upstander is somebody who stands up for other people when they are being bullied. Click on this Google Slide and fill in the bubble to tell us what you can do to be an upstander.

[DA] Relationships & Communication-3-5

Watch both of the videos on the right side of the whiteboard. Watch both of the videos on the top row of the bookcase on the left side of the white board. Go to the Imagine Neighborhood on the white board and listen to one podcast of your choice.

Fill out this quiz to show that you know how to be safe in your online friendships

[DA] Privacy & Security-3-5

First, play both of the games on the right side of the white board. Then, watch the video about Private and Personal Information on the far right side. Read one of the books from the bookshelf.

Click on this Google Slide and then drag the blue squares to show what information is okay to share online.

[DA] Digital Footprint - 3-5

Click on the game controller to play a game about creating a strong password. Then, watch the Wild About Safety video with Timon and Puumba to learn how to be Safety Smart. Finally, read one of the books on the bookshelf.


Go through the slides and fill in each box to tell what you have learned about Camila from her digital footprint. Then, drag the white bubbles to show which choices Camila was in charge of.

[DA] Media Balance_3-5

First, watch My Media Balance, on the right side of the white board. Then, click on My Media Plan on the whiteboard. It will take you to a chart to fill out this week as you think about your own media choices.

Click on the link and decide how each of the online choices would make you feel

A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends

Read with permission of Harper Collins