Friday, February 24, 2012

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

Saturday, February 18, 2012

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

Saturday, February 11, 2012

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/

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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