Holly Jolly Computer Time!

Computer Lab
Brush up on your typing skills at: http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

Flame Busters

Reading Small Group

1. Here is a rap about common and proper nouns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN5wzv5M-no

2. Play basketball with common and proper nouns:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html

Thanksgiving

Computer Lab
Click on this link to participate in a Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt!
http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/birchwood/links/grade4links/thanksgivingscavenger_gr4.html

Intervention--Pictographs!

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/playball/default.htm

Common and Proper Nouns

Reading Small Group

1. Here is a rap about common and proper nouns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN5wzv5M-no

2. Play basketball with common and proper nouns:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html

Computer Reading Fun

Computer Lab:
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation.htm

Reading Small Group:
http://www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html

The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ch. 1-3)

Here is a typing website to help you learn keyboarding skills. Play any game on the site that you want.
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html

Pedro Puts on a Play

Play the three "free" vocabulary games here:
http://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html?listId=9074314

Then write sentences with your words here:
http://www.spellingcity.com/sentenceWriting-spelling-game.html?listId=9074314

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

READ THIS BEFORE YOU CLICK!!

Kai came to the United States by way of Angel Island. Here is an immigration game in which immigrants come to the US by way of Ellis Island:
http://www.icivics.org/games/immigration-nation
On the first page, click on "No Thanks".

Computer Lab
Play any game you want on this page: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/braingames.htm

Danitra Brown Leaves Town

Our 1st story is Danitra Brown Leaves Town. The author of the story is Nikki Grimes. Learn more about Grimes at:
http://www.nikkigrimes.com/index.html

Here is an activity that will go with our 2nd story, "Summertime Star Parties":
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/star-gazing/

Mighty Jackie: The Strikeout Queen

This week, we'll learn about a great woman baseball pitcher named Jackie Mitchell.

Find out about another woman who loved baseball at
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=35297

Play baseball online games at
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/baseball/

To Be a Drum

Welcome to our blog page! You can come here whenever you need to remember an assignment or to find a link to a page you enjoyed. We'll also use this blog to take us to small-group computer assignments or to computer lab assignments.
This is the first week of school! Today, for small-group computer time, click on the link below to take you to a story that I think you will enjoy.
http://www.storylineonline.net/drum/fullscreen_yt.html

Also, on Friday, if you want to take an online spelling test (instead of a callout test or a multiple choice test) you need to click on the link on the desktop of one of our computers. During the week, if you want to practice your spelling words or take a practice test, go to www.spellingcity.com. You'll need to click on "Find a List" and then type in lfes fourth. The first list, "Third-Grade Review," is the one you need to study for this week.

Discovering the Atocha

Learn about the wreck of the Atocha at:
http://www.melfisher.org/1622.htm
Play a treasure matching game at:
http://www.greatdaygames.com/games/play/treasure-hunt/treasure-hunt.aspx
Play a treasure hunt game at:
http://www.gamehouse.com/online-games/treasure-hunt-online

John Muir and Stickeen

This week, we'll learn about an exciting naturalist, John Muir, and begin to understand the importance of taking care of our environment.
Small Group
Learn about water conservation here:
http://www.thewaterfamily.co.uk/index2_content.html
Play some animal matching games here:
http://www.dallaszooed.com/games.html

Computer Lab
After your STAR Math test, click here to read about John Muir and choose an online game to play.
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdmuir.htm

The Bunyans

Small Group
First, write a Mad Lib Tall Tale here:
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/Games/Game.html?GameName=MadLibsOnceUponA&Brain=reading&GameNumber=2&Color=FFFFFF 


Then you can play a game at Animated Tall Tales:
www.animatedtalltales.com


Computer Lab
Play a Battleship Adverbs game here:
http://www.quia.com/ba/8086.html


Here is another adverbs game:
http://www.quia.com/rr/62022.html

The Grand Canyon

Small Group
Visit the Grand Canyon with this virtual flyover. I think you'll enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2X4U1mQzoE

Work a Grand Canyon picture puzzle at: http://www.flasharcade.com/puzzle-games/grand-canyon-game.html

Computer Lab
Choose three contractions games to play at this site:
http://www.mcauliffe.brevard.k12.fl.us/TEACHERS/LabbeK/021contractons.htm

Here is a possessive pronouns quiz:
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Possessive_Pronouns.htm

Work on possessive pronouns and contractions here:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g4c20/nadia.htm

Dragons and Dinosaurs!

Small Group
Play the dinosaur games and take the quiz at
http://funschool.kaboose.com/time-warp/dinosaurs/ or
play eight different dinosaur games at
http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaur-games/index.php

Computer Lab
Review irregular verbs at
http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html and
http://www.gotkidsgames.com/sv/irregSVgame.html and
http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular01/irregular01.htm

ARMT+ and "Dragons and Dinosaurs"

These links are for April 2-6, 2012
Small Group
Play some word games at these sites:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar4.htm#
http://www.english-zone.com/reading/elefants.html
http://www.english-zone.com/reading/dolphins1.html

Computer Lab
Practice your grammar skills at
http://hoodaword.com/games/grammarninja.php

Practice common and proper nouns with RATS! at
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.asp?rats_compropnouns

These links are for April 9-13, 2012
Small Group
At the following site, you can go to Games, word Play, and Quiz.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/time-warp/dinosaurs/

Computer Lab
Practice using irregular verbs at:
http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular01/irregular01.01.htm
http://www.chompchomp.com/irregular02/irregular02.htm

Play a jeopardy game using irregular verbs. Choose a 1-player game:
http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html

Welcome to Chinatown!

Reading Small Group
Complete a jigsaw picture of Chinatown houses at
http://www.jigsawflash.com/jigsawpuzzle/337/chinatown-houses.html

Learn about Chinese New Year at
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown/index.html


Computer Lab
Practice your grammar skills at
http://hoodaword.com/games/grammarninja.php

Practice common and proper nouns with RATS! at
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.asp?rats_compropnouns

Mangrove Wilderness

Small Group
Learn about the Florida mangrove trees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SMM7x7qKE4

Click on this link to meet Inch in a Pinch and Slim Chance:
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/marine/mangrove/mangrove.htm

Computer Lab
Practice your basketball shots using past, present, and future verb tense here:
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_verbs.html

Play Verb Viper here:
http://media.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.swf?0

A Cricket in Times Square

Reading Small Group
Watch this YouTube video made by a student who wants to share a subway ride with you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS89YDjwXSk

Then, learn about how to keep a pet cricket here: http://www.almanac.com/content/pet-crickets

Computer Lab
You're Trapped! Use your reasoning skills to free yourself here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/deduction/play.shtml

Get in the Reading Ring to see if you can be the champion boxer. Then print out your medal!
http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_ReadingRing.html

Diaries, Cinderella, and Spelling and Grammar Practice

Reading Small Group
Read Diary of a Wimpy Kid at this site:
http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1

Computer Lab
Review the elements of a story at
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html
Print out your test results for a reading grade.

Spelling
Here is the site for some great spelling practice:
http://www.spellingcity.com/lfesfourth/
This week we will be on Lesson 22.

Grammar
Review action verbs with a dinosaur at this site:
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Verbs.html
Learn about linking verbs, then take a quiz:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g4c10/nadia.htm

Black History Month

Small Group
At the site below, read about 10 African-American (Black) Inventors. After you read the Introduction, click on "Start". Read about each inventor and click on "Next". On the last page, write a paragraph in response to "How Would You Feel?"
Here is the site: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm

Computer Lab
Here is a word search puzzle that contains words about black history. Click on this site:
http://puzzles.about.com/od/wordsearches/l/blwsBlackHistory.htm
When you finish, play this fun pie-throwing game to practice context clues:
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191

Happy Valentine's Day! I love you!!!

Read all the instructions before you click!

Small Group
After you click on this link, http://www.childu.com/sampleactivity.html, click on one of these games: Tossed-Up Talents or Comma Confusion. When you finish one game, click on the other game.

Computer Lab
Play some Valentine's Day games at http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/valentines-day/games/

It's a Mystery!

Small Group
We'll be learning with mysteries this week. Click on this link:
http://kids.mysterynet.com/

If you finish, you might like to go to
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/

Computer Lab
We might STAR test for math. If not, go to one of these sites:
www.freerice.com
www.spellingcity.com --List 20

The Cyberpigs are Back!

This week, we're learning more about fables, folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and pourquoi tales.

Small Group: Go to this website to enjoy a story/game with the three little cyberpigs:
http://www2.media-awareness.ca/english/games/privacy_playground/start.html

Computer Lab: Go to this website to read/hear a story about the Brementown Musicians:
http://brementownmusicians.com/story_end

Write a fractured fairy tale

This week we're learning about different narrative forms. During computer lab time today, click on the link below to write your own fractured fairy tale.
Remember: a noun is a person, place, thing, idea, event, or feeling (friend, park, dog)
A verb is usually an action word. (climb, discover, eat)
An adjective describes a noun (clever, round, bright)
An adverb most often describes a verb (merrily, quickly, cleverly)

Here's your link: http://www.writing.com/main/madlibs/item_id/1099008-A-Fractured-Fairy-Tale

Have fun!

Following Directions

To do a fun "following directions" activity, click on this link:
http://www.justriddlesandmore.com/direct.html